Weekly Journal #247
Industry News
California Lawmakers Officially Secure $750M Annually For Film & TV Tax Credit Program With Final Budget Vote (Deadline)
Streaming Hits a Milestone, Overtaking Cable and Broadcast Combined in TV Use (Hollywood Reporter)
L.A.’s Movie and TV Exodus Sparks Insiders to Go Public With Frustration at Film Office (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Bad News for Movie Studios: Authors Just Lost on a Key Issue in a Major AI Lawsuit (Hollywood Reporter)
How ‘28 Years Later’ Shot Those Bloody Zombie Kills and the Terrifying Alpha Chase on a Soundstage: ‘It Was Pretty Scary’ (Variety)
Television
Streaming Hits New High, Surpassing Broadcast & Cable TV Viewing In May For First Time, Nielsen Says (Deadline)
Don’t Expect Netflix to Save U.S. Broadcast Networks (Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix Strikes “New Kind Of Partnership” To Carry TF1 Stations In France (Deadline)