Weekly Journal #84
Industry News
‘Mission Impossible 7’ Covid Shutdowns See Paramount Sue Insurance Company Over $100m Policy Payout (Deadline)
HBO Max to Launch in Nordics & Spain in Fall. Portugal, Central & Eastern Europe in 2022 (Deadline)
How the Future of Entertainment Will Be Forged Between Hollywood and Video Games (Indiewire)
Film
Hot Vax Bummer: Delta Variant Dampens Hollywood’s Box Office Recovery (LA Times)
Stream These Five International Films Now (New York Times)
Vanessa E. Williams on How ‘Candyman’ Reframes the Original (Hollywood Reporter)
Television
Why Netflix Is Using Polls on ‘Love Is Blind’ and Other Shows (LA Times)
The Ted Lasso Backlash Was Inevitable (Vox)
‘Hacks’ Co-creators Ink Overall Deal With Warner Bros. Television Group (Deadline)
Digital
Netflix and Video Games (Matthew Ball)
The Next Creator Economy Unicorns (Information)
In Other News
You Can Now Carry A Handgun In Texas Without A License, Training Or Background Check (NPR)
Five Justices Did This Because They Could (Atlantic)
Black Surfers Reclaim Their Place on the Waves (New York Times)
The Two Reasons Parents Regret Having Kids (Atlantic)
Okay, Fine, I Will Get Pumpkin-spice Drunk (The Cut)
Oh, to Be a Cow Airlifted Through the Swiss Alp (The Cut)