Julia Alexander • March 19, 2024

Netflix 2028: A Streaming Odyssey

If we project current trends out four years, Netflix could account for nearly half of all major SVOD revenue globally. Are Max and Disney’s content licensing strategies paving the way?

Eriq Gardner • March 18, 2024

Reality Bites Bravo

With a cluster of high-profile lawsuits targeting the ‘Real Housewives’ universe, entertainment litigator Bryan Freedman is aiming to permanently shift the balance of power between TV producers and reality stars.

Matthew Belloni • March 18, 2024

Iger’s Four Horsemen of the Succession Apocalypse

Now that Disney, under the watchful eye of Nelson Peltz, appears to have settled on a quartet of internal (yet by no means ideal) candidates, can it manage a complex process that allows for one winner without creating three sore losers?

Matthew Belloni • March 15, 2024

Zimmer vs. Kassan: ‘Complete Lies’ and M&A Gone Bad

I spoke to the warring UTA and MediaLink executives to get to the bottom of the ugly legal mess, why the acquisition failed—and figure out if, or when, Kassan will next be choppering back to the Croisette.

Matthew Belloni • March 12, 2024

Oscars Aftermath: The Good, The Bad & The Kenergy

Nolan’s big night, Jason Kilar memories, and a few other light Oscars observations and impressions from my seat at the Dolby and the parties thereafter.

Scott Mendelson • March 12, 2024

A Grand Universal Theory of Oppenheimer’s Success

While Hollywood was obsessed with finding the next ‘Star Wars’ or Marvel cinematic universe, Universal’s long-tenured Donna Langley stood firm against what seemed to be a Disney onslaught by… not being Disney.

Baratunde Thurston • March 10, 2024

Hollywood’s A.I. Judgment Day

A pre-Oscars report from the epicenter of the A.I. filmmaking revolution.

Matthew Belloni • March 8, 2024

The Michael Jackson Movie Wants to Change Your Mind

An exclusive look at the script for ‘Michael,’ currently in production, reveals the first Jackson estate-approved piece of entertainment that directly addresses the child molestation allegations against him—and seeks to cleanse the entertainer’s image 15 years after his death.

Julia Alexander • March 6, 2024

Assessing Netflix’s Less-Is-More Film Strategy

New film boss Dan Lin is about to make a fraction of the movies produced by his predecessor, Scott Stuber. So how can he optimize the value at that sort of yield? And what’s he going to make?

Matthew Belloni • March 4, 2024

Behold, the 2024 Awards Season Awards!

Acknowledging the highs and (mostly) lows of the interminable months-long march to the Oscars.

Scott Mendelson • March 4, 2024

It’s Not the Movies, It’s Imax

The opening weekend success of ‘Dune: Part Two’ suggests that the future of theatrical relies, in part, on studios marketing films as requiring a premium large format experience.

Matthew Belloni • March 1, 2024

Disney, Netflix & The Less-Is-More Movie Mantra

Executive shuffles at two top film studios underscore a strategic shift amid a challenged business, where fewer projects are getting made, quality may finally trump quantity, and, if all goes well, Disney could actually ditch the cookie cutter for the occasional creative risk.

Julia Alexander • February 28, 2024

The Streamer Seven Year Itch

The first real signs of streaming consolidation are upon us. Five niche players, in particular, seem most vulnerable to the next wave.

Scott Mendelson • February 26, 2024

The Bob Marley Marketing Miracle

Is the Paramount musical biopic a new paradigm for how studios can get people into theaters for non-tentpoles during the off-season?

Matthew Belloni • February 26, 2024

Reese’s New Bankers to the Rescue 

Production company rollup Candle Media has hired the investment bank Moelis & Co. to figure out how to prop up Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.