Harlan Coben has made 13 shows with Netflix, including some of its biggest hits. His rule for getting there? Ignore the data. Manori Ravindran talks to Coben about modest budgets, prestige TV and adapting his books:
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The best actor race could have its starriest lineup yet. Katey Rich maps how Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt are following very different paths through a modern Oscar race
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Mike Schur calls the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger “gasoline on a fire,” warning that Hollywood’s shrinking ecosystem could drive writers, actors, directors and executives out of the business. Full Ankler Agenda episode:
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Disney staffers are bracing for cuts as Josh D’Amaro pushes to streamline the company. A leaked memo says its legal division will become a “much smaller organization,” while insiders say there’s a sense “something big” is coming:
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John Wilson turned the unmistakable style of HBO’s ‘How To’ into his first feature, ‘The History of Concrete,’ even as Hollywood had ideas of what his follow-up should be. Katey Rich talks to Wilson about making the movie his way:
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A bipartisan federal tax credit aimed at bringing film and TV production back to the U.S. has officially been introduced in Congress. It still needs to pass, but it has support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Elaine Low breaks down what’s in it
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“People in this town love art, but what they truly worship is math.” Ari Emanuel’s gospel of scale has helped define modern Hollywood. Richard Rushfield considers where that philosophy has led the industry:
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This week, for @TheAnkler, we focus on my obsession with @BravoTV and @90DayFiance, and how reality TV could be changed completely by Quickture and AI in general.
When a 'Summer House' scandal breaks, fans can spend days dissecting it before the episode even airs. Erik Barmack looks at an AI company that could turn unused footage into programming on demand:
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After ‘Backrooms’ made more than $400M worldwide, A24 is throwing its newfound weight around. The studio wants a bigger cut of ticket sales, and some theater chains are refusing to play along. Matthew Frank reports:
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The superhero hierarchy has changed dramatically since the MCU’s peak. Adam B. Vary crunches box office, streaming, audience affinity and cultural staying power to rank Hollywood’s 67 most valuable characters. See who made the cut:
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Rep. Laura Friedman makes the case for keeping film and TV production in the U.S. as Elaine Low learns a federal production tax credit could be introduced in the House Thursday:
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SCOOP: @elainelow has learned that legislation creating a nationwide production credit is likely to be introduced in the House as early as Thursday. More:
Jake Paul has gone from Vine star to boxer to venture capitalist. His Anti Fund now manages more than $180M, with bets on OpenAI, Anduril and more. @natjarv sits down with Paul to unpack his investment playbook:
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“I felt way overexposed.”
After ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ took off, John Green had people showing up at his home at night. He tells Andy Lewis how that experience with fame helped inform his new novel, ‘Hollywood, Ending’:
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David Ellison won. Paramount is acquiring Warner Bros. Now comes the part that matters: proving the skeptics wrong. Richard Rushfield on the deal, its promises and what Hollywood needs from the new studio:
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For Paramount and Warner Bros. employees, the question is quickly becoming when the cuts start and how deep they go. @theseanmac and @elainelow discuss the layoff timeline as the merger moves ahead, without protections for workers
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30 movies a year. Pledging $1.5B in U.S. film production. Editorial safeguards for CBS News. Paramount made those merger concessions. Matt Stoller explains how a clause covering recessions and strikes could easily undermine them
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In an email to WBD staffers, David Zaslav said he expects the merger “will close no later than early October.”
Audiences didn't just turn out for a 'Resident Evil' movie. They turned out for a Zach Cregger movie. Christopher Rosen and Sean McNulty discuss why filmmaker equity is becoming a powerful box office draw:
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