Weekly Journal #206
Industry News
Disney+ Readies Its Password Crackdown Era (The Hollywood Reporter)
Ranking the Most-Bang-for-Your Buck Streaming Services for 2024 (IndieWire)
Amazon Prime Video Ad Tier Sparks Class Action Lawsuit From Subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)
Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Inks First Look with Warner Bros. After ‘Barbie’ Success (The Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Movie Theaters’ Secret Revenue Weapon: Elaborate Popcorn Merch (The Hollywood Reporter)
Doc World Is Reeling From Oscar Nominations and What They Might Mean for the Struggling Sector: ‘There Is This Resentment Towards Certain Kinds of Success’ (Variety)
Colman Domingo Reveals Barack Obama’s Advice After Receiving Oscar Nom for ‘Rustin’ (Variety)
Hopeful or Hopeless? Takeaways From 2024's Bleak Box Office Beginning (Apple Podcasts)
‘We will not accept fake Patois’: Jamaican linguist on dialogue in Bob Marley biopic (The Guardian)
Television
The 8 Biggest Takeaways From TV Press Tour (The Hollywood Reporter)
‘Forever’: Mara Brock Akil Netflix Series Casts Leads, Regina King To Direct Judy Blume Adaptation (Deadline)
Platonic Love In Pop Culture (Apple Podcasts)
In Other News
Does LACMA Have a Looted Art Problem? (The Hollywood Reporter)