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ted lasso
HOLLYWOOD September 16, 2022
Apple’s zeitgeist-defining Emmys magnet has been plagued by production delays and the perfectionism of star-auteur Jason Sudeikis. But the biggest obstacle to Season 3 might be the unresolved question of how streaming blockbusters are valued, and who reaps the benefits, in the post-TV era of television.
stallone
HOLLYWOOD September 11, 2022
A ‘Kardashians’-style unscripted show following Sly’s family (and his unfolding divorce) is the latest in a series of surprising, revenue-generating maneuvers for the ‘Rocky’ star as he re-capitalizes on his fame. Plus news on the latest Netflix re-org and seven questions about the Emmys.
reed hastings
HOLLYWOOD September 8, 2022
Two short years ago, the Netflix visionary and chief corporate philosopher wrote a business memoir extolling all the qualities that made his company totally unique, different, and special. So what happens when his stock tanks and he’s taking pages from everyone else’s playbook?
Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos
HOLLYWOOD September 5, 2022
The real conversation inside Hollywood and Wall Street about Reed and Ted’s ad-tier about-face, Zaslav’s narrative heel-turn, Chapek’s ESPN dilemma, and the long arm of John Malone.


tendo nagenda
HOLLYWOOD September 1, 2022
Back in 2018, Sarandos pitched Nagenda on the promise of building out a spare-no-expense team to focus only on making great studio-style movies, and running it with autonomy—the Netflix culture. Then the Great Correction happened.
Olivia Wilde
HOLLYWOOD August 28, 2022
Is Olivia Wilde’s recent P.R. train wreck the result of sexism, or various unforced errors, or is it simply a near-term headache that will be absolved after her film Don’t Worry Darling proves that she was a media genius all along?
Stacy Spikes
HOLLYWOOD August 25, 2022
The original pennies-for-dollars, money-incinerating subscription phenomenon was literally too good to be true. But the inevitable failure of MoviePass also opened the door to a genuinely transformative idea: moviegoing as a service. All it needed was a better business model.
closed theater
HOLLYWOOD August 21, 2022
After an awful August, this year’s box office will likely finish at about $7 billion—up from last year, but about a third less than in 2019. A third. For movie theaters, the only solution is full-scale reinvention, meme-stock nonsense, or, as is increasingly common, Chapter 11.


David Zaslav
HOLLYWOOD August 18, 2022
Since taking over WBD in April, David Zaslav has run the company like a cost-cutting vigilante… until it comes to an odd gangster movie project written by his Hamptons buddy, Nick Pileggi.
Apatow and Rogen
HOLLYWOOD August 14, 2022
The raunchy, Apatowian films that dominated the mid-2000s box office and spawned a generation of comedy stars have gone the way of iPods and skinny jeans. Critics blame everything from Covid to cancel culture, but the real culprit is more insidious: an economic landscape that rarely rewards risk-taking. One producer has some ideas to fix it.
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