Weekly Journal #150
Industry News
Netflix Reveals Plan to Invest $850M in New Jersey Production Hub (The Hollywood Reporter)
AMC Entertainment Shares Plunge After Company Reveals Plan For Reverse Stock Split, $110 Million Sale Of ‘APE’ Equity To Antara Capital (Deadline)
It’s High Noon in America (The Atlantic)
Bob Iger vs. Bob Chapek: Inside the Disney Coup (The Wall Street Journal)
Netflix’s New Ad Tier Looks to Be Off to a Tepid Start (Variety)
Historically, The WGA Is Overdue For A Strike, With Residuals Again A Key Issue Of Upcoming Talks (Deadline)
Hollywood Outlook for 2023: Extremely Bumpy (Variety)
Film
‘Stars at Noon,’ ‘Vortex’ and More of This Year’s Streaming Gems (The New York Times)
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Screenwriters Talk Splitting Their Script Into Two Films, Sigourney Weaver’s Mysterious Role and the Upcoming Movies (Variety)
For This Season’s Oscar Contenders, Abandonment Is Survival (The Hollywood Reporter)
Television
‘Snowfall’: FX Sets Premiere Date For Sixth & Final Season (Deadline)
‘Yellowstone’ Prequel ‘1923’ Draws Big Premiere Audience (The Hollywood Reporter)
When Harry Met Meghan (The New York Times)
In Other News
A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business (The New York Times)
Bookforum and a Bleak Year for Literary Magazines (The New Yorker)