Wednesday: Netflix Growth Plans; American Psycho; Roku's FAST Lead; Tribeca Festival Update; All Things Zaslav
Netflix stock soared yesterday, but the market tanked today on tariff woes. The Tribeca Festival lineup was announced and American Psycho is getting a fresh look.
Tuesday: Cate Blanchett Retirement Talk; Florence Pugh Stunt; Cannes Critic's Week; Skydance & Paramount; Jesse Eisenberg's New A24 Film
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Monday: Sarandos On Theaters; Breakfast Club Reunion; Minecraft Keeps Rolling; Beetlejuice, Gremlins & Goonies
Ted Sarandos thinks the theater audience is telling us something, Minecraft might be the first billion dollar film of the year, and hooray for the cast of the Breakfast Club.
Weekend Edition: T.V. Writing Jobs Plummet, John Wilson's Low-Tech Cinema; Cineverse Grabs Sundance Winner
Bad news for T.V. writers, but good news for fans of weird cinema in Queens, New York. Also, Cineverse snaps up Things You Kill.
Friday: Remembering Director Ted Kotcheff; China To Limit U.S. Film Imports; David Zaslav's Pay; Touch Me Wins Overlook Film Festival
Director Addison Heimann’s Touch Me won the Grand Jury Prize at the Overlook Film Festival. Director Ted Kotchoff has passed away at the age of 94.
Thursday: Cannes Film Lineup Announced; Oscars Add Best Stunt Category; NEH Cancels Documentary Grants; Mubi Snags Joachim Trier Rights
Cannes announced their official lineup today. The NEH loses 85% of their grant funding and MUBI grabs the international rights to Joachim Trier's latest.
Wednesday: Youtube Endorses No Fakes Act; Death Stranding Film; Pam Grier On Jackie Brown; Film Stocks Soar
Busy day as film stocks surge, Youtube endorses a ban on deep fakes, and A24 announces a video game movie of their own.
Tuesday: Paramount Deal Extended; Mark Waters Hershey Movie; Werner Herzog To Be Honored; Shout Buying Gravitas
Paramount/Skydance gets a merger extension and Werner Herzog is a living legend. MNP fave Mark Waters is set to helm a Hershey biopic.
Monday: Minecraft Breaks Out; Tron: Ares Meets Nine Inch Nails; NYC Arthouse Theater; New Directors/New Films
The breakout hit A Minecraft Movie continues to exceed all expectations. Tron: Ares soundtrack is being done by Nine Inch Nails and a classic arthouse theater is set to re-open in New York.
Weekend Edition: Lionsgate Comeback Plan; Cineverse Stays Scrappy; Minecraft Red Hot; Avatar Footage Revealed
Lionsgate has two more John Wick movies, a comedy directed by Aziz Ansari (Good Fortune, also starring Keanu Reeves) and the upcoming The Housemaid starring Sydney Sweeney in the works.