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Welcome back to What I’m Hearing, a special retro Sunday night edition. No, this isn’t a return to the old schedule; honestly, we had a lingering advertising commitment that had to run tonight, so thank whoever’s logo appears up top for the early WIH.
💫💫 PSA: No issue on Thursday night. I’ll be traveling with spotty Wi-Fi, so barring some wild news event, I’ll be off that day and back next Monday. (You’ll probably be watching the Biden-Trump debate while wincing and drinking heavily, anyway.) Tuesday’s WIH+ will arrive as usual.
Programming note: I spoke to The Washington Post’s Impromptu podcast about how to save movie theaters. On The Town, Lucas Shaw and I parsed the Inside Out 2 box office bonanza, and Scott Galloway ensured he’s never getting invited to the Oscars (see feedback below). Subscribe here and here.
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Discussed in this issue: John Malone, Kevin Costner, Bob Iger, Chris McCarthy, Bob Chapek, Taylor Sheridan, MrBeast, Ryan Reynolds, Anjali Sud, Shari Redstone, Tom Cruise, Justin Timberlake, Justin Timberlake’s lawyer, and… the speakers at the Norman Lear memorial.
But first…
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| Don’t tell Nelson Peltz or Ron DeSantis, but it’s quickly becoming the summer of Disney at the box office. The extraordinary success of Inside Out 2, which has now soared past $355 million in North America and $720 million worldwide in less than two weeks, and the immense anticipation building toward Deadpool & Wolverine, which may open near Star Wars: The Force Awakens numbers ($248 million in 2015), offer a genuine salve to Bob Iger’s struggling movie division. Yes, it’s too early to say that Pixar is back, and far too early to suggest either that the MCU has returned to prominence, or even that the assets acquired in the Fox deal—from which Deadpool hails—are finally... |
