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" "The Pitt: Patrick Balls 15-Year Overnight Success
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (269+ words) I've done a lot of things to survive,' the actor tells me Patrick Ball is proudly showing me the bracelets he was recently handed by fans. "This one says China for Langdon," he explains, holding the handmade friendship bracelet up…...
Peter Friedlander Is Remaking Amazon TV. What's Taking So Long?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (410+ words) People are mystified" six months in about the agenda, as agents grow restless for the streamer to start buying again It"s quiet at Amazon. Back in 2018, four months after Jennifer Salke replaced Roy Price as head of Amazon"s…...
Cracking Apple TV: The Shows It Wants Now
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (307+ words) My Spring Sellers" Guide begins with the streamer"s narrow brief, high bar and the execs who decide what gets made Now that the Writers Guild'has ratified its new (four-year) contract with the major studios, Hollywood"s scribes are back…...
Friedlander's Amazon Woes; Millennial Meltdown; Indie Film Pricing Shake-Up
3+ week, 2+ day ago (553+ words) Plus: Who could replace Jeff Shell? And Chernin execs on their creator strategy Happy Easter and Passover " and it looks like there's one more thing to celebrate this weekend as the WGA and AMPTP reach a tentative four-year agreement. The…...
New Rules of Indie Film Pricing " and the Cannes Test Ahead
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (391+ words) Agents and execs on 2026s budget danger zone, fresh buyers and the unexpected opportunity underway Next week, the Cannes Film Festival will unveil its competition lineup, a slate of prestige projects and future awards contenders, many of which likely sold as…...
Hollywood Money Gushed from the Gulf. Then Came War
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (639+ words) Stalled projects, a "carefully constructed" industry at risk " and even the biggest merger in entertainment industry history under threat With production at a standstill across the Gulf, cinemas shuttered or operating at reduced capacity, and high-profile films relocating for safety,…...
Heated Rivalry" and the Risk of Loving Romance to Death
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (456+ words) A once-niche genre is now a vertically integrated IP machine, and saturation is looming Who will you be seeing Wuthering Heights with this weekend? In the spirit of Valentine's Day and that film, today I'm writing about the accelerating business…...
Kevin Williamson on His Post-Scream" Dream and the Truth About His Netflix Cancellation
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (417+ words) The data that sank his hit drama "Waterfront" and his goal of making one more horror franchise "before I die" Kevin Williamson may be creatively done with Scream but not with screams. "What I"d love to do before I…...
Bari Weiss and the Great TV News Pay Cut
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) Tony Dokoupil's paycheck, Gayle King's looming haircut and the shrinking economics of today's on-air talent TV news executives are bracing for yet another round of cost-cutting at Paramount Skydance, where an effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and the execution…...
Courtney Kemp's New Showrunner Math: Budget, Franchise, Repeat
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (409+ words) The star producer breaks down how the TV market shifted as she went from Starz juggernaut "Power" to Netflix"s "Nemesis" Even a proven hitmaker like'Courtney Kemp'is pitching shows differently now. When the creator of'Power" the Starz hit she built…...