Weekly Journal #149

Industry News

Warner Bros. Discovery Now Sees Up To $3.5 Billion In Content Write-Downs, $1 Billion More Than Previously Anticipated (Deadline)

Whispers of a Writers Strike Grow Louder (The Hollywood Reporter)

The Golden Age of the Streaming Wars Has Ended (The Verge)

Rushfield: Memo to a Panicking Hollywood (The Ankler)

“Aggregeddon” Time! Plus Amazon, Anti-trust, the Economy and...the Clippers (The Entertainment Strategy Guy)

Film

Raiders of the Lost Art (The New York Times)

‘The Woman King’: Read The Screenplay Dana Stevens Forged For The Viola Davis-Starring West African War Epic (Deadline)

Austin Butler, Jonathan Majors and Adam Sandler Answer the Most Very Important Questions (The Los Angeles Times)

Angelo Badalamenti Was the Beating Heart of David Lynchs Films (Vulture)

There Are 153 New Holiday Movies This Year (Vulture)

Television

Netflix Lets Advertisers Take Their Money Back After Missing Viewership Targets (Digiday)

‘Raised By Wolves’ & ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Among Other Titles Being Removed From HBO Max As Warner

Bros Discovery Lines Up FAST Plans (Deadline)

With ‘Wednesday’, Paradigm Shift Puts Amazon Behind One Of Netflix’s Biggest Hits As Renewal Talks Begin (Deadline)

Best International TV Shows of 2022 (Variety)

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John Wells