Weekly Journal #266
Industry News
What’s Next For ABC Vs. FCC: Lawsuit Looks To Put Trump Attacks On Trial, But The First Battle May Be About Timing (Deadline)
Paramount-WBD Antitrust Suit Heads To Supreme Court In Red State Vs. Blue State Showdown Over $111B Merger (Deadline)
Bill Gates Warns A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit (The New York Times)
Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers (The Hollywood Reporter)
Dolly Parton, Honky-Tonk Angel (The New Yorker)
The Improbable Longevity of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (The New Yorker)
Everyone Wants a Paramount Settlement. First, Look Under the Hood (The Hollywood Reporter)
AI Slop Showdown Over Tung Tung Sahur & Italian Brainrot May Offer Glimpse At Hollywood’s Future (Deadline)
Roy Price Once Led Amazon Studios. Now He’s Betting on User-Generated Microdramas (The Hollywood Reporter)
Film
James Gunn Gives DCU Update Amid Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger & Debunks Batman’s ‘The Brave & The Bold’ Report (Deadline)
Our Last Movie Star Like Mae West and other classic Hollywood icons, Miss Piggy plays with femininity in delightful, contradictory ways. (Vulture)
Who’s Afraid of Film Festivals? After Politics Rattled Berlin and Shook Up Cannes, Venice Braces for Impact (Variety)
Television
Your Favorite Shows Are Coming Back (a Little) Faster (Vulture)