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And not the type that comes with two studio tentpoles going at each other. As Barbenheimer showed this past year, that’s actually great for business.
We’re talking the red-ink kind. And it will be felt by both studios and exhibitors, with the latter sector experiencing a potential collapse come spring among midsized circuits due to the erratic pipeline of product. >>>“We Should Be Nervous" |
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Media M&A On The Way - Ongoing streaming losses, anticipated interest rate cuts (that could lower financing costs), more robust stock prices and the end of WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes — as well as actual, high-level conversations — have many believing that sluggish media M&A of all sizes could pick up dramatically in the new year. >>>Likely Candidates
Ad Dollars Streaming Away From Linear - National TV advertising will grow by low-single-digit percentages in the coming years, experts believe. Next year will get a shot in the arm from the Olympics and the election, reaching $70.9 billion, before falling back to $61.9 billion in 2025. In analyses from ad-industry trackers, gains in streaming are by and large being offset by declines in the traditional business. >>> Marketers Fish Where The Fish Are
Top Int'l Films Of 2023 - As 2023 draws to a close, Deadline’s film critics have chosen their top movies to hail from abroad. Some were festival world premieres, some have made the International Feature Oscar shortlist, others were simply outstanding. >>>See The List
Disney Scores A Touchdown - With the 10th edition of the College Football Playoff starting on New Year’s Day set to cap off a high-rated season, Disney says advertising inventory is nearly sold out for the semifinals and championship. >>>Multiple-Year Commitments |
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Thembi Banks made her feature directorial debut with Young.Wild.Free, which premiered at Sundance. It stars Algee Smith, Sanaa Lathan, Sierra Capri and Mike Epps. Banks spoke with Deadline's Valerie Complex about what it’s like as a director working on the East Coast vs. the West Coast, how life has changed since her film premiered at Sundance and the unglamorous aspects of indie filmmaking. >>>Hear The Interview |
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A major cast member will be absent when Night Court returns with Season 2 on January 2. Kapil Talwalkar, who played court clerk Neil in Season 1, has exited as the comedy series has decided to take the show in a new creative direction, Deadline has confirmed. |
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More News
💰 Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired Turkish streamer BluTV. The U.S. media giant already had a 35% stake in the eight-year-old streamer along with content deals in place, and has upped stake to 100%.
✊ Milana Vayntrub has spoken out before about the online harassment she has faced for her portrayal of “Lily Adams,” a store manager in AT&T ads. But Vayntrub recently revealed she received support from an unlikely peer – Stephanie Courtney, who plays the character “Flo” in ads for Progressive Insurance.
❌ Maine's secretary of state of has determined that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state’s ballot, finding that he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment‘s insurrection clause.
👎 Gary Oldman isn’t a big fan of his portrayal of magician Sirius Black in the Harry Potter franchise. “I think my work is mediocre in it,” Oldman claims. “No, I do. Maybe if I had read the books like Alan (Rickman, aka Prof. Snape), if I had got ahead of the curve, if I had known what’s coming, I honestly think I would have played it differently.” |
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 This year's Christmas Day NFL games averaged 28.7M viewers, which is up 29% versus last year’s average football audience across the holiday
🔻 Elon Musk‘s X lost its bid to change a California law on content moderation disclosure by social media companies. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami, best known by his screen name Vijayakanth, has died at the age of 71. A popular figure in Tamil cinema and leader of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam political party, Vijayakanth had been unwell for some time and died December 28. 🕯️ Mbongeni Ngema, the South African creator of the Whoopi Goldberg film Sarafina! , has died in a car accident. He was aged 68. Ngema’s family revealed that he was killed in a head-on collision December 27. 🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Sunday - New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest airs
Mon - Rose Bowl; NHL Winter Classic
Tue - Rob Lowe's The Floor premieres on Fox |
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A.I. Enters The Game - Prime Video debuted "Defensive Alerts" on Thursday Night Football, an A.I. driven real-time feature that tracks the movements of defensive players prior to the snap, identifying “players of interest” likely to rush the quarterback. |
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