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Lesley Goldberg • August 27, 2024

The Best and Worst Deals of the Peak TV Era (Part 3)

The third and final (for now) installment of our semi-conclusive and detail-rich list of the most costly showrunner deals, nine-figure pacts that led to zero new shows, and biggest underperformers of Hollywood’s hyper-inflated Peak TV era. Plus, the ones that really worked, too.
Lesley Goldberg • August 22, 2024
The Best and Worst Deals of the Peak TV Era (Part 2)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The latest installment of our semi-conclusive and detail-rich list of the most costly showrunner deals, nine-figure pacts that led to zero new shows, and biggest underperformers of Hollywood’s hyper-inflated Peak TV era.
Lesley Goldberg • August 19, 2024
The Best and Worst Deals of the Peak TV Era (Part 1)
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A conclusive and detail-rich list of the most costly showrunner deals, the nine-figure pacts that led to zero new shows, and the biggest underperformers of Hollywood’s hyper-inflated Peak TV era.
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Scott Mendelson • April 2, 2024
Zaz-Adjusted Box Office Mojo
So far in ’24, Warner Bros. Discovery accounts for nearly 30 percent of domestic box office and—depending on how you slice it—19 to 40 percent of international.
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Matthew Belloni • February 9, 2024
Ryan Coogler’s 25-Year Plan
Is the ‘Black Panther’ director’s new deal with Warner Bros.—wherein the copyright for his next project, with Michael B. Jordan, will revert back to him after 25 years—part of a new ownership trend in Hollywood? Or did Coolger just pitch the right executives at the right time?
Tom Cruise and Miles Teller attend the Global Premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" on May 4, 2022, in San Diego, California.
Matthew Belloni • January 11, 2024
‘Top Gun 3’ Takes Flight at Paramount
Even as Tom Cruise sets a “strategic partnership” with Warner Bros., he may not be available until well into 2025 or 2026.
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Scott Mendelson • January 7, 2024
The Color Purple Question
Is it fair to quantify the commercial value of a prestige film that disappoints at the box office without considering a potential streaming license as part of its gross?
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Matthew Belloni • November 13, 2023
Warners Reverses Course in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Fight
In a surprising about-face, Warner Bros. executives will allow the filmmakers of Coyote vs. Acme, a $70 million live action/CGI hybrid Looney Tunes film, to shop the movie to other potential distributors.
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Matthew Belloni • November 14, 2022
Harry Potter and the Desperate Movie Studio
David Zaslav may want more Potter hits, but he has more than a few obstacles—franchise challenges, sequel blues, a complicated and semi-cancelled talent—in front of him. And Zaz needs Rowling more than she needs him.
James Gunn
Matthew Belloni • October 30, 2022
Five Awkward Questions for the New DC Studios
The inside conversation percolating in Hollywood about the new Gunn-Safran regime, and what it might reveal about Zaslav’s strategy to take on Marvel.