HOLLYWOOD
Matthew Belloni
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January 23, 2023
Streaming Services Have a ‘Recall’ Problem
The second installment of Puck’s original study reveals how few consumers can remember whether the shows they like are on Apple TV+, Peacock, Netflix, or somewhere else, and why that matters to the future of digital platforms.
Baratunde Thurston
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January 22, 2023
Harry & Meghan in History
Despite my best efforts to not care about the British royal family, I’ve found myself entranced by the Sussexes’ journey of racial awakening, moved by their historical traumas, and transformed by their exile.
Matthew Belloni
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January 20, 2023
Puck’s Official Streaming Service Hierarchy
An original research study of what consumers actually feel about the top streamer brands, from Apple TV+ to Netflix and beyond.
Julia Alexander
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January 17, 2023
Iger’s $27.5 Billion Hulu Question
To buy or not to buy is Disney’s first Hamletesque question under its new/old C.E.O. Then there’s the matter of how much it can really pay and how the service should be integrated. Activist investor Nelson Peltz is watching—and so is the entire industry.
Matthew Belloni
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January 16, 2023
An Oscar Oops & The Most Mysterious Campaign
Academy president Janet Yang’s apparent endorsement of Michelle Yeoh raised eyebrows during voting, and the faux pas isn’t even the weirdest drama of the season…
Matthew Belloni
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January 13, 2023
The Iger Narrative Meets Its Nemesis
Nelson Peltz, the iconic activist, seems out for blood with Bob Iger. But does Peltz’s board seat thesis make any sense at Disney?
Eriq Gardner
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January 9, 2023
Inside Disney’s Covid Soap Opera
A controversial lawsuit featuring a “General Hospital” star who found god over Covid vaccines may put Hollywood itself on trial.
Matthew Belloni
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January 9, 2023
Welcome to the Do-or-Die Golden Globes
NBC’s stripped-down red carpet is being assembled and all those security blockades are going up in Century City, but Globes owner Todd Boehly and H.F.P.A. president Helen Hoehne can’t be quite sure whether this is a swan song, an audition for another suitor, or the beginning of a very different chapter.
Julia Alexander
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January 3, 2023
The Real ‘Knives Out’ Mystery
A blockbuster second week for ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ proves once again that you can’t judge a Netflix film by its debut—or against the traditional box office, either.
Julia Alexander
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January 3, 2023
Netflix’s Peloton Pivot
The company’s Nike partnership suggests a path whereby a streaming pure-play can become a lifestyle brand.
Matthew Belloni
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January 3, 2023
23 Semi-Surefire Hollywood Predictions, Predicaments and Preoccupations for 2023
For the second year in a row, I polled sources for offbeat observations and areas of preoccupation that you might not be thinking about, both big picture and small, regarding what to expect in this year of likely pain and anxiety.
Eriq Gardner
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January 2, 2023
The Copyright Death (and Rebirth) of Mickey Mouse
Yes, the earliest version of Disney’s most iconic character will be out of copyright soon. But you may be surprised by what happens thereafter.
Matthew Belloni
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December 30, 2022
The Hollywood Hero of the Year Is…
David Ellison arrived in Hollywood like a wannabe Bond villain: a young, icy-blue-eyed aerobatic pilot, armed with Larry’s billions. More than 15 years later, however, with a nine-figure payday from Top Gun: Maverick, his string of studio and streamer successes could be a harbinger for how Hollywood survives a new era of downsizing and consolidation.
Julia Alexander
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December 26, 2022
5 Unpredictable Predictions for Streaming in ’23
This will be the year that streaming companies finally get serious about wringing money from their content after a brutal 2022.
Matthew Belloni
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December 23, 2022
The Hollywood Villain of the Year Is…
Gunnar Wiedenfels, Zaz’s hatchet man, became the avatar of Hollywood’s perilousness in 2022 and managed to turn Warner Bros. and HBO, two of the industry’s premier brands, into objects of scorn and suspicion in the creative community.
Julia Alexander
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December 20, 2022
The 4 Streaming Commandments of 2022
One last look back at what we learned, and what comes next, after Hollywood’s streaming annus horribilis.
Matthew Belloni
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December 19, 2022
How Agents Ride Out a Recession
UTA C.E.O. Jeremy Zimmer speaks candidly about cuts at the streamers, the writers’ unrest, WME’s expansion, CAA’s M&A, and what’s next for his own agency amid an economic downturn.
