Weekly Journal #55
Industry News
'The Mandalorian,' 'Soul' Push Disney+ Subscribers to 95 Million (Hollywood Reporter)
The High Cost of Chasing Netflix (Hollywood Reporter)
Does Amazon’s Next CEO Care About Hollywood? (Hollywood Reporter)
Black History Month Programming Available on TV and Streaming (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Shaka King Goes to Hollywood (New York Times)
Sony Pictures International Productions Launches French Genre Label Parasomnia (Deadline)
Sundance Film Festival Posts Largest-Ever Audience With Virtual 2021 Edition (Hollywood Reporter)
Television
How Kids Television Became the Most Heated Front in the Streaming Wars (Variety)
Pedro Pascal To Star As Joel In ‘The Last Of Us’ HBO Series Based On Video Game (Deadline)
Former ‘Bachelorette’ Rachel Lindsay Says She Will Not Renew Her Contract With Franchise, Addressing Chris Harrison Controversy (Variety)
‘Chappelle’s Show’ Returns to Netflix After Dave Chappelle Gets Paid (New York Times)
Digital
Epic’s new MetaHuman tool lets you craft realistic faces inside a browser (Verge)
Around the World With Apple/ Potential NBCUniversal & Warner Media Merger (Information Podcast)
In Other News
The U.S. Is Seeing a Massive Spike in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes (Cut)
The $120,000 Art Basel Banana, Explained (Vogue)
Don’t Sleep On the Fourth Jonas Brother (Cut)
The Type of Love That Makes People Happiest (Atlantic)
A bear let loose and the wall of death: Friday's best photos (Guardian)
What’s This About Gorilla Glue Being Used As Hair Spray? (Cut)