Weekly Journal #255

Industry News

OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse) (NYT)

TikTok, YouTube, Twitch Pitch Themselves as Partners to Film, TV Execs In Spain (Hollywood Reporter)

Disney Sends Cease And Desist Letter To Character.ai For Copyright Infringement As Studios Move To Protect IP (Deadline)

They’re Famous. They’re Everywhere. And They’re Fake (NYT)

AI-Generated Actress Tilly Norwood Slammed by Canadian Performers Union as “Nothing But Lines of Code” (Hollywood Reporter)

Film

SAG-AFTRA Slams AI Actress: “Tilly Norwood Is Not an Actor — It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion” (Hollywood Reporter)

Television

NBCUniversal, YouTube TV mend rift with new distribution deal (LA Times)

‘Peaky Blinders’ Sequel Series From Steven Knight Gets Two-Season Order At Netflix & BBC; Cillian Murphy To Exec Produce (Deadline)

How Much Higher Can ‘Slow Horses’ Climb? Plus, ‘Landman’ S2 and ‘Jay Kelly’ Trailers (Spotify)

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John Wells