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Matthew Belloni • September 6, 2024

Hollywood’s 10 Percent Problem

According to a new study, only one-tenth of the 500+ movies either released or scheduled for release by the major studios and streamers between 2022 and 2026 actually came from an internal development slate. Is this the new normal, or a wake-up call that the system has become far too risk-averse?
Scott Mendelson • August 27, 2024
Assessing MGM Under Amazon Rule
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From August 2022, when Amazon officially acquired MGM, through to this past weekend’s flop Blink Twice, the studio released copious features greenlit by predecessors Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. So, how’d they do? Not great… but not awful considering the grim new normal.
Scott Mendelson • August 20, 2024
7 Lessons From Hollywood’s Good-Not-Great Summer
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Overseas matters more than online controversies, younger moviegoers already want to relive their youth, audiences are hungry for old-school movie stars, and other revelations from this year’s better-than-expected blockbuster season.
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Scott Mendelson • August 12, 2024
What Women Moviegoers Want
After years of ignoring female-focused melodramas, romantic comedies, cat-and-mouse thrillers, etcetera—a string of hits like It Ends With Us may finally convince Hollywood to revisit some of its tried-and-true genres.
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Scott Mendelson • July 22, 2024
A Twist on Summer Movies
Old-school movie fans flocked to theaters for Universal’s superhero-free storm chaser Twisters, the rare big-budget tentpole with regular people in extraordinary situations.
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Matthew Belloni • July 15, 2024
Netflix’s Scramble to Save the Secret Prince Movie
The Oscar winner Ezra Edelman’s exhaustive 9-hour documentary is stranded over a surprising objection from the late music icon’s dueling estates: It’s too long.
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Scott Mendelson • July 9, 2024
Can Hollywood Make Old Franchises New Again?
The success of ‘Despicable Me 4’ and ‘Inside Out 2’ demonstrates the power of Gen Z nostalgia at the box office. But a slew of resuscitated, ’90s-era franchises also proves there’s a formula for reinvigorating older movies for this younger generation, too.
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Lauren Sherman • July 8, 2024
Devil in a Cerulean Blue Dress
Finally, a ‘Devil Wears Prada’ sequel is in the works, with Miranda Priestly facing the dystopian post-aughts realities of the magazine business. In other declining-industry news: notes on the Saks-Neimans merger.
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Scott Mendelson • June 23, 2024
‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Deadpool 3’ & The Benefit of the Disney Bounce
There is a certain grim irony in the year potentially being dominated by overperforming Disney toons and MCU spectaculars, like we’re right back to 2016 all over again. We’re not. But Disney’s success is a boon to the overall theatrical industry in profound ways.
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Matthew Belloni • June 17, 2024
Hollywood’s Report Card, According to High School Kids
A surprising conversation with a group of next-generation teen movie watchers about what they actually like, where they watch it, and the stars that move the needle.