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FAST & Getting Faster - Free, ad-supported streaming television continues to be on a growth trajectory. For the second month in a row, Tubi, the Roku Channel and Pluto TV collectively accounted for a bigger share of television (4.3%) than the combined total of Max, Paramount+ and Peacock (3.7%). >>>Tubi Grew 14% Since May
More Pink Slips At WBD - Warner Bros. Discovery is making more cuts this week as part of another round of cost-cutting measures. Pink slips are being distributed across the company including at Max and in some areas of production, business affairs and finance. >>>"All Options Need To Be On The Table"
'Twisters' Barreling Toward The B.O. - Twisters, the new chapter in the Amblin-produced franchise co-written by Michael Crichton, will hit U.S. and Canada with a force of $50M from Friday-Sunday. That number will easily outstrip the start of the original 1996 movie, which posted $41M. >>>Set To Top $100M Worldwide
Disney & 'Doctor Who' - Almost completely absent from Disney's upfront festivities in May was Doctor Who, the iconic British sci-fi series that Disney now co-produces with the BBC following what was undoubtedly one of the biggest global TV show deals of the past decade. >>>Complex Ratings Picture
'M3GAN' Returns - M3GAN 2.0 is in production as it heads for a June 27, 2025 theatrical release with Timm Sharp, Aristotle Athari and Jemaine Clement boarding the Blumhouse, Atomic Monster and Divide/Conquer sequel. >>>Cast Details Vampire Vs. Vampire - Awesomeness has launched development on Blue Bloods (wt), a series adaptation of the best-selling book series from Melissa de la Cruz, for which Jacquie Walters will serve as writer and executive producer. In the universe of Blue Bloods, New York City is secretly ruled by an elite class of immortal vampires. >>>From 'The Descendants' Author |
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Peacock‘s Emmy Award-winning series Poker Face has revealed its first batch of Season 2 guest stars and they include Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann and Kumail Nanjiani.
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Mimi Rogers (Bosch: Legacy) and Cemre Paksoy (As the Crow Flies) are attached to star in Night Nurse, an erotic thriller from writer-director Georgia Bernstein, which will mark her feature debut.
Colin Firth has boarded Young Sherlock, Prime Video’s new series from Guy Ritchie, which tells the origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective. |
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More News 📺 Fox has unveiled premiere dates for its fall schedule. The season kicks off with the series premiere of the new animated comedy Universal Basic Guys on Sunday, Sept. 8, immediately following the Fox NFL doubleheader.
💰 Global entertainment and media advertising is projected to top $1 trillion in 2026 and, by 2028, will double where it was in 2020. Growth will be fueled by an explosion in internet advertising.
📽️ Rebel Wilson's The Deb will close the Toronto Film Festival on September 15 after all. David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers with Ben Stiller is set to open the fest on September 5. Both films will be making their world premiere.
🔥 Fire Country is coming to Netflix. Season 1 of CBS’ popular drama will be available on Netflix in the U.S. beginning August 1 in a deal made by series producer CBS Studios.
🧊 Paramount Global is expanding its existing partnership with Ice Cube and his production company Cube Vision. Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz, COO of Cube Vision, will develop and executive produce projects for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms across Paramount. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Naomi Pomeroy, the Portland-based Top Chef Masters contestant who was the recipient of the James Beard Award for Best Chef Pacific Northwest in 2014, died Saturday in an accident on the Willamette River, according to multiple reports. She was 49. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024 Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Wed - Emmy nominations; IATSE contract ratification voting ends
Thu - Netflix earnings; Donald Trump speaks at GOP convention
Fri - Twisters opens
Sun - Snowpiercer S4 premiere; Tour de France final stage
Mon - Ryan Reynolds on Fallon |
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Shovel Ready - East End Studios broke ground on its downtown Los Angeles Arts District facility, East End Studios Mission Campus, a 245,000-square-foot Class-A facility featuring five stages.
The vertical phase of construction is set to begin this summer. The project, with a total cost of approximately $230 million. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
LA Mayor Karen Bass (center left in the photo) said, “Right now, our legacy industry needs support and this campus is the type of initiative that will help save jobs and help spur production in our area...We are creating jobs and energizing our signature economy.” |
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