Weekly Journal #212

Industry News

BBC To “Proactively Deploy AI” & Seek “Major Global Partnerships With Tech Players” (Deadline)

Are video game movies saving mainstream Hollywood? (The Tacoma Ledger)

The AI Perils Buried in the Fine Print (Hollywood Reporter)

So What Is and Isn’t Available from Hulu on the Merged Disney+ App? (IndieWire)

Film

As Election Looms, Politics Can Seep Into Movies Whether Hollywood Likes It or Not (Variety)

Steven Spielberg Reviews ‘Dune 2’: “One of the Most Brilliant Sci-Fi Films I’ve Ever Seen” (Hollywood Reporter)

Pierce Brosnan cosigns Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the next James Bond: 'The man has the chops' (Entertainment Weekly)

Ryan Gosling Launches Production Banner With Amazon MGM Studios, First Look (Hollywood Reporter)

Television

Goodbye Peak TV. Hello, TV's Ozempic Era (Variety)

How Quinta Brunson Hacked The Sitcom (The New Yorker)

The ‘3 Body Problem’ Exit Survey (The Ringer)

Rob Wade Restructures Fox Entertainment Operations: Michael Thorn Adds Network Unscripted, Fernando Szew To Head Studios (Deadline)

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John Wells