Weekly Journal #187
Industry News
Rushfield: Sorry Tale of Two Letters (The Ankler)
WGA & AMPTP Set To Restart Talks Again Next Week (Deadline)
Warner Bros. Discovery CFO on Streaming Prices: “Quality Content Has Been Given Away Well Below Fair Market Value” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Strikes Must Be Settled by October 1 In Order to Salvage the Scripted-TV Season, Says Fox Boss (TV Line)
Film
Breaking Baz at TIFF: ’American Fiction’s Debut Filmmaker Cord Jefferson Donated A Kidney To His Father – And Made One Of The Year’s Best Movies (Deadline)
Do Studios Dream of Android Stars? (The New York Times)
Television
Which Streaming Service Cancels TV Series at the Highest Rate? This New Study Sets the Record Straight (Variety)
‘One Piece’ Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix (Deadline)
Fox Leans Into Animation “Moment” With Strike-Impacted Fall Schedule As Deadline Nears For Return Of Scripted Originals In 2023-24 Broadcast Season (Deadline)
From Starstruck to The Bear: Why Are Text Messages on TV So Impossible to Read? (The Guardian)
‘Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore Asked DC to Send His Film and TV Royalties to Black Lives Matter: Recent Movies Don’t Stand By Their ‘Original Principles’ (Variety)
Cable TV Is on Life Support, but a New Bundle Is Coming Alive (The New York Times)
In Other News
The Rabbi Whisperer: A Playwright Helps Sermon Writers Find Their Voice (The New York Times)
The Who's Who of the Tech World Meet With Senators to Debate Plan to Regulate AI (NPR)
‘Moonlight’, ‘Choir Boy’ Writer Tarell Alvin McCraney Named Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director (Deadline)