Weekly Journal #117
Industry News
SAG-AFTRA Members Overwhelmingly Ratify $1 Billion-A-Year Commercials Contracts (Deadline)
A Scrappier Model for Netflix Might Be More Sustainable (New York Times)
John C. Reilly the Actor Thinks Audiences Just Want to Be Surprised. (Vulture)
Film
The Multiverse According to The Daniels and David Eagleman (Pioneer Works)
There Is Hell, and Then There Is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Vulture)
New Weird Al Movie is a Roku Original (Watch Here)
Television
Television Is in a Showrunning Crisis (Vice)
Directing TV Means Less Creative Freedom, but These Filmmakers Have Never Been Happier (Indiewire)
There's Too Much TV to Keep Up. Have We Hit the Limit? (NPR)
AMC Networks Hits 9.5 Million Streaming Subscribers In March (Deadline)
Feeling Nostalgic? Adults Turn on ‘Sabrina,’ ‘Friends’ as TV Security Blanket (Wall Street Journal)
Paramount+ Sets UK Launch Date, Reveals India 2023 Plans (Deadline)
Paramount Adds 6.3M Global Streaming Subs in First Quarter to Top 62M (Hollywood Reporter)
Roku, Apollo Among Bidders for Starz Stake as Lionsgate Mulls Options (Hollywood Reporter)
Hulu Offers ‘Fresh’ Twist to Emmy Race, Submits Sebastian Stan Horror Film for TV Movie (Variety)
In Other News
Buying Soap Was Just the Start. Now The Company Wants to Text You, Too. (Forbes)
The Great Rage (Atlantic)