Weekly Journal #171
Industry News
‘The Old Man’ FX Series Shuts Down Season 2 Production Amid Writers Strike (Deadline)
Netflix Password-Sharing Crackdown Begins in the U.S. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Struck (No Mercy / No Malice)
Rushfield: The 6-Month Shutdown Scenario (The Ankler.)
TV Writer David Simon Weighs in on the Writers Guild of America Strike (NPR)
Film
‘Movie Theaters Are the Marketplace of Free Ideas’ (The New York Times)
How to Watch a Movie in 15 Easy Steps (The Atlantic)
Indie Film Shutdown Looms as Insurers Grow Wary of SAG Strike Risk (IndieWire)
Television
HBO Drama Chief Francesca Orsi On ‘Succession’ Finale & WGA Strike; ‘The Last Of Us’, ‘House Of The Dragon’, ‘White Lotus’, ‘Euphoria’ Updates & More (Deadline)
The Great Rebundling: Who Will Figure Out How to Rebuild Pay TV First? (The Hollywood Reporter)
New Max Credits Display Irks Creatives Amid Labor Standoff; Streamer Vows to Correct “Oversight” as Guilds Blast “Grave Insult” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Jesse Collins Entertainment To Produce 75th Emmy Awards (Deadline)
The ‘Top Chef’ Oral History: “How Is This Going Off the Rails on Day One?” (The Hollywood Reporter)
In Other News
How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards (The New York Times)
The Tortured Bond of Alice Sebold and the Man Wrongfully Convicted of her Rape (The New Yorker)
Can You Love the Art and Hate the Monster? (The New Yorker)