Weekly Journal #179
Industry News
Netflix Eyes IP Deals Rather Than “Stressed” M&A Assets, Plays Down Plans To Syndicate Originals (Deadline)
‘A Lot of Blood in the Water.’ Why Actors’ and Writers’ Strikes Are a Big Blow to Hollywood Studios (The Los Angeles Times)
Column: The Studios Thought They Could Handle a Strike. They Might End Up Sparking a Revolution. (The Los Angeles Times)
How AI Will Augment Human Creativity in Film Production (Variety VIP+)
Rushfield: Sum of All Fears, 2023 (The Ankler)
How Will the “Disruption” of Hollywood Play Out? (Doug Shapiro via Medium)
What Picketers? How The Strike Plays On The Warner Bros. Studio Tour (Deadline)
We Are All Background Actors (The New York Times)
Film
‘Barbie’ Glams Up Summer With $150M+ Opening, ‘Oppenheimer’ Excites $75M+ – Box Office Update (Deadline)
The Girls’ Guide to the Barbieverse (The Cut)
Barbiemania: How Warner Bros. and Mattel Painted the World Pink and Created Marketing Magic (The Hollywood Reporter)
AMC Theatres Drops Controversial Plan to Charge More Money Based on Seat Location (Variety)
Television
How TV Writing Became a Dead-End Job (The New York Times)
AI Grabs "South Park" Director's Chair (Axios)
Will Bob Iger Sell Disney’s Linear TV Networks? Insiders, Analysts Debate (Variety)
In Other News
Florida Board of Education Approves New Black History Standards That Critics Call ‘A Big Step Backward’ (CNN)
Meet the Chefs Who Feed Beyoncé and Lizzo on Tour (The New York Times)
‘Does it Really Matter Who Wrote It?’: The Rise of Ghostwritten Celebrity Fiction (The Guardian)