Weekly Journal #165
Industry News
The Netflix Tax: Lawmakers Increasingly Take Aim at Streaming Giants to Fund Local Priorities (The Hollywood Reporter)
David Zaslav on Potential Writers Strike: We’re Hopeful For Solution That’s “Fair to All Parties” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Warner Bros Discovery Unveils 3 Price Tiers For New Max Streaming Service (Deadline)
California Film Tax Credit Hits Snag Over Industry Diversity (Variety)
Film
Beau Is Afraid Is Your Worst Nightmare, and It’s Wonderful (The Atlantic)
Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler & More Set For Netflix’s ‘The Piano Lesson’; Denzel Washington, Todd Black Producing (Deadline)
Nicolas Cage’s Entire Career Is Guided by This Decades-Old Direction (IndieWire)
Television
From ‘Glitchy’ HBO Max to ‘Overwhelming’ Amazon Prime Video, Hollywood Insiders Spill on Their (Least) Favorite Streaming Interfaces (Variety)
Austerity Hits Broadcast TV as More Talent Is Asked to Take Fall $$ Cuts (The Ankler.)
‘Jury Duty’: What If a Real Person Was Put in the Middle of a Sitcom and Didn’t Know It? (The Wrap)
Hollywood Shifts Back to Basics: Profits, Selling to the Highest Bidder (Variety)
In Other News
The Problem of Abundance (The Free Press)
The Phandom of the Opera (The New York Times)
The Profound Surfaces of Preston Sturges (The New Yorker)