Matthew Belloni • April 4, 2025

A Declaration of Movie Window War

At CinemaCon, the fight for the 45-day theatrical window was all anyone could talk about. So I assembled a team of industry players to survey the battlefield and attempt to find a solution.

Eriq Gardner • April 1, 2025

CAA’s $70 Million Question

While its legal battle with Range Media grinds on, the talent agency was quietly handed a major setback in a legal subplot over the equity it allegedly owes to its ex-agents. Meanwhile, CAA’s lawyers are reprising their decade-old strategy from a previous conflict with UTA. The only winner in both cases? Bryan Freedman…

Kim Masters • April 1, 2025

Ari’s New Entourage

How does the creative community square the righteous Ari Emanuel—the feminist, Democratic megadonor, and #MeToo advocate—with the real-life, ethically flexible MAGA-era version? “That is the ultimate hypocrisy of this town,” as one source put it.

Matthew Belloni • March 28, 2025

Jen Salke Lived and Let Die at Amazon

The Amazon MGM Studios chief, one of the great survivors of the streaming era, was already on borrowed time after a series of big-budget flops and the James Bond debacle sealed her fate. Now, with a new org chart, the heat’s on Prime Video’s Mike Hopkins, who no longer has Salke as a shield.

Eriq Gardner • March 26, 2025

An Agency Death Wish

CMG Worldwide, a once-dominant agency in posthumous talent representation, is entangled in legal battles over James Dean and Roberto Clemente rights. But does Hollywood’s long-standing fixation on “life rights” miss the bigger picture?

Matthew Belloni • March 25, 2025

Ari Finally Set Patrick Free

The most interesting element of Endeavor’s finally consummated go-private is the departure of both Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell from the day-to-day of the talent agency wars. Now Patrick is setting up his own shingle in pro football, among other things, and poaching from his former shop.

Scott Mendelson • March 25, 2025

‘Snow White’s Predictably Sleepy & Dopey Flop

Forget the movie’s controversies about Gaza, little people, and its leading lady. What doomed the vastly underperforming ‘Snow White’ is that Disney simply overestimated the value of a live-action remake of a historic, but not exactly beloved, film.

Matthew Belloni • March 21, 2025

Amazon Picks Its Bond Producers

While their deals are still being negotiated, Amazon execs have selected veteran producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal to shepherd the next iteration of James Bond.

Matthew Belloni • March 21, 2025

What Does Apple Really Want From Hollywood?

As the $3 trillion company’s stock drops and its leadership scrutinizes the money-losing Apple TV+ service, some around town are asking whether the streaming ambitions become expendable if the share price or overall financials grow more challenged.

Eriq Gardner • March 18, 2025

Ike Perlmutter’s Vengeance Endgame

The battle between Perlmutter, the former Marvel chairman and Trump buddy, and his onetime Palm Beach neighbor, which started over some tennis courts, is back on the legal docket. The outcome may impact defamation cases nationwide.

Matthew Belloni • March 18, 2025

How UTA’s Jeremy Zimmer Lost the Troops

Pushed out of the top talent agency he co-founded and ran, Zimmer became a victim of the pressures from a changing Hollywood and the private equity investors who increasingly call the shots.

Scott Mendelson • March 18, 2025

Theatrical’s Long Covid

Five years after the pandemic shut down movie theaters, so many other out-of-home industries have fully recovered—Broadway, the concert business, live sports, etcetera. But the exhibition industry’s “survive til ’25” mantra has proved naive.

Matthew Belloni • March 14, 2025

The Mailbag: Disney’s Kamala Problem, Taylor Sheridan Moves & “Worst” Streamer Rankings

Answers to burning questions from readers, sources, agents, producers, and maybe your secret enemy on the Disney succession race, China’s box office windfall, the Paramount-Skydance odds, what’s up with Jon Hamm, whether Netflix actually makes the worst movies… and much more.

Eriq Gardner • March 11, 2025

Starz Wars: The Bondholders Strike Back

After Lionsgate broke out its movie studio from Starz, some bondholders found themselves left out in the cold. Now they’re going to court.

Kim Masters • March 11, 2025

Can Mike & Pam Survive at Warners?

As Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy’s first full slate for Warner Bros. hits theaters, the talk around town is about the studio’s big budgets, risky bets, and how David Zaslav, a notorious belt-tightener, let his deputies spend so much.