Weekly Journal #49

Industry News

Why WarnerMedia’s Blockbuster HBO Max Play May Not Boost Its Leverage in Roku Talks (Variety)

DGA Tells WarnerMedia That Deal To Release WB Movie Slate On HBO Max Is Unacceptable (Deadline)

Disney+ Tops 86 Million Subscribers in First 13 Months (Hollywood Reporter)

U.K. Industry Upbeat as COVID-19 Vaccine Deployed, But Realistic About Long Recovery (Variety)

Film

The Best Movies of 2020 (New Yorker)

Standouts from an unprecedented year in cinema (Atlantic)

For ‘Promising Young Woman,’ the Devil’s in the Set Details (Variety)

Television

'The Crown' Hits Nielsen's Streaming Top 10 With Season 4 Debut (Hollywood Reporter)

FX Developing The Rolling Stones Drama Limited Series From ‘The Crown’ Producer Left Bank (Deadline)

‘Your Honor’ Debut Starring Bryan Cranston Breaking Showtime Viewership Records (Deadline)

Jamie Bell And Margaret Qualley To Star in ‘Fred & Ginger’ For Amazon (Deadline)

Digital

Disney To Launch General Entertainment Streaming Service Star Globally In February (Deadline)

GIPHY’s Most-Viewed GIFs of 2020 (Giphy)

In Other News

what’s the worst professional rejection you’ve ever gotten? (Twitter)

The Senseless Killing of Brandon Bernard Trump’s decision to go ahead with his execution feels like cruelty for the sake of cruelty (The Cut)

Time Magazine Names Joe Biden And Kamala Harris As Person Of The Year (Deadline)

The Social Life of Forests (New York Times)

This is The Year Celebrities Lost Their Shine (Vice)

The Next Six Months Will Be Vaccine Purgatory (Atlantic)

Little pygmy possum found on Australian island for first time since fires (BCC)

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John Wells