Weekly Journal #232
Industry News
LA’s streaming gold rush is over. Film and TV workers have been left in the dust. (Sherwood)
Fed Cuts Interest Rates For First Time In Over Four Years (Deadline)
UTA’s Jeremy Zimmer Urges Hollywood Creators To Be “More Daring”, Says Audience Is “Weary” Of Repetition (Deadline)
How a Naked Man on a Tropical Island Created Our Current Political Insanity (New York Times)
Amazon Prime Video and MGM Studios Join Motion Picture Association (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Top Cinema Chains Will Spend $2.2 Billion Over Three Years To Upgrade Theaters As Box Office Accelerates (Deadline)
Inside Out 2 Was the Hit Pixar Needed, but the Laid-Off Employees Who Crunched on It Are Still Hurting (IGN)
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos: Theatrical Releases Are “Inefficient” Way to Distribute Some Movies (Hollywood Reporter)
Lionsgate’s Runway AI Deal Could Reshape How Studios Greenlight Movies (IndieWire)
Television
‘The Penguin’: Behind The Decision To Make Colin Farrell Completely Unrecognizable As Oz Cobb (Deadline)
Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters Says the Streamer Wants “Netflix-ify” the NFL, “Never Say Never” to Other Sports Rights (Hollywood Reporter)
How Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ & ‘Your Honor’ Performed After Landing On Netflix In The First Half Of 2024 (Deadline)