Weekly Journal #211
Industry News
What Could Happen If Paramount Global Is Sold — Especially in Pieces (Variety)
“It’s a Silent Fire”: Decaying Digital Movie and TV Show Files Are a Hollywood Crisis (Hollywood Reporter)
Max Launching In Europe On May 21 — Series Mania (Deadline)
Hollywood Contraction Hits Entertainment Executive Jobs: “This Is A Full-Scale Depression” (Deadline)
‘To leave is heartbreaking’: the film and TV makers forced into other jobs (The Guardian)
Film
Unbossed! Regina King & John Ridley Honor Shirley Chisholm’s Life & Legacy, Talk Netflix Movie On ElectionLine Podcast (Deadline)
10 Years Ago, ‘Veronica Mars’ Was Meant to Usher in a New Age of Kickstarter Cinema. It Didn’t. (IndieWire)
Is This the Best Movie of 2024 So Far? (The Ringer)
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Star Carrie Coon Talks Franchise’s Future, ‘The White Lotus 3’ and Owning 10,000 Blu-rays (Hollywood Reporter)
Television
Peak TV Autopsy: Streamers grossly overspent on original content (VIP+)
Everything Nickelodeon stars are saying about Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Entertainment Weekly)
Streaming viewership data shows steep drop-off after top originals. (VIP+)
Hollywood’s attempts to encourage diversity ‘performative’, study finds (The Guardian)