WarnerDiscovery Will Rename Max Back To Original HBO Max Name This Summer After 2 Years - CEO David Zaslav Says “The Powerful Growth We've Seen In Our Global Streaming Service Is Built Around Quality Of Our Programming. Bringing Back HBO Brand Will Further Accelerate That Growth In The Years Ahead.”
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Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki Outlines Entertainment Strategy, Addresses Concerns: ‘Filming Cost In Hollywood Skyrocketed So It's A California-Specific Issue, Not U.S. As For Content, We Don’t Know How It'll Evolve, We're Paying Close Attention To The Trends.’ (Crunchyroll Now Has Over 17M Paid Members.)
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Tom Cruise Hopes Splashy ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Cannes Premiere Helps Restore Franchise To Box Office Glory-Insiders Say Dead Reckoning Is Top-Performing Film In Series Internationally Except China, Both Movies Were Filmed Consecutively, & TFR On Track To Best Previous Outings.
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Sony Pictures Has Full-Year Profit Slipping 4% To $774 Million - Profits In Q4 Still Surged Over 70% To $354 Million Due To Lower Theatrical Marketing Costs, Higher Revenue From Crunchyroll's Paid Subscriber Growth, & The Addition Of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
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AMC Theatres' A-List, Cult-Like Movie Subscription Service With Near 1M Members Yapping To Everyone About It - CEO Adam Aron Says “Not An Accident. We Have Gone Way Out Of Our Way To Court & Attract These People. They’re Our Single Best Customers Of The Year & We’re Giving Them Everything We Have.”
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Could Be Most Expensive Film Ever Made With $400M-Ish Price Tag. Insiders Say “Not Always In Budget's Best Interest But Cruise's Incredibly Detailed & Puts Time & Effort On Every Aspect. It’s Big & Expensive But Has Enormous Value Beyond Theatrical Revenue.”
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Could Be Most Expensive Film Ever Made With $400M-Ish Price Tag. Insiders Say “Not Always In Budget's Best Interest But Cruise's Incredibly Detailed & Puts Time & Effort On Every Aspect. It’s Big & Expensive But Has Enormous Value Beyond Theatrical Revenue.”
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Unions, MPA, Jon Voight, & Sylvester Stallone Send Joint Letter To Request Hollywood Tax Deductions Be Included In Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill. Measures Include Section 181 For Production Expenses, Section 199 For Domestic Filmmaking, & Section 461 To Carry Back Net Losses For Up To 5 Years.
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After Chicago Funds Argued For It But NYC Funds, Company, & Skydance Opposed, Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick Denies Scott Baker's & Baerlocher Family Trust's Request To Join NYC Case. The Targeted Disclosures Of Information Are "Relatively Limited" But Includes Email Inquiries & Production.
In Special Meeting With MPA Chief Charles Rivkin, Studio Executives Argue Many Films Still Shoot In U.S, Including Hotspots With Generous Production Incentives Like Georgia, New Jersey, & New York. Runaway Production Problem Mostly Impacts California, Which Doesn't Offer Similar Level Of Subsidies.
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Puck Theorizes WarnerDiscovery's Possible Split Restructuring Prompts Zaslav To Sell To Skydance, Corroborates NYPost Article Of Skydance Wanting Mega-Merger With Them Beyond This Deal (If That's Possible, Then Skydance's Still Basically Meaningless When Redstone Had Other Offers Of Higher Values.)
FCC Review Has A Public Interest Litmus Test That Promotes Fairness Standards So Deal Can Be Throttled Along With Broadcast Licenses Withheld If Administration Doesn't Think It Passes Test. (Center For American Rights, Teamsters, Fuse Media, & LiveVideo.AI Have Made New Additional Filings As Well.)
Company Co-CEO George Cheeks On Analyst Question About FCC's Ability To Cap CBS's Reverse Compensation From Local Affiliates, Given It Actually Brings In $1B Of Revenue: “We Provide Valuable Content & They Provide Scale Distribution. If That Changes, Difficult For Us To Continue To Foot That Bill.”
When ‘Sinners’ Reverts To Ryan Coogler In 2050, Warner Bros. Managed To Reserve A Right Of First Refusal From Him To Continue Distribution. Sony Also Has Similar Scenario In Not Owning 28 Years Later Trilogy But Only Paying To Produce, Market, & Release The Films After Bidding Against WB In Auction.
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Disney Developing MLB Catcher Dynasty ‘Molina’ Movie With Jose Rivera Writing The Script While Viajes Miranda’s Lin-Manuel Miranda And Luis Miranda Jr., Rideback's Jonathan Eirich And Nick Reynolds, & Tiara Blu Films's Diana Nabatoff Are Producing.
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When Company Wanted To Pay Only Around $15-20M & Trump's Lawyers Sought $100M Last Week, The Settlement Talks Between Two Sides Stalled Out. While Redstone Has Promised A Recusal Due To Nervousness About Conflict Of Interest, It'll Be Hard For Them To Manage Board & Trio Co-CEOs On Talks From Afar.
Even Though Ron Burkle's 101 Studios, Taylor Sheridan's Co-Producer, Was The One That Sent 3 Bid Letters To Special Committee With One Focused On National Amusements, Co-CEO Chris McCarthy Now Says Company Has Investment In 101 Studios But Isn't Looking To Acquire It In Response To Analyst Question.
Company Swings To $152M Net Profit, Paramount+ Adds 1.5M New Subscribers, Totaling 79M Globally, Narrowing Streaming Losses Sharply To $109M. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Helped Swing Film Profits To $20M From $3M Loss. Trio Co-CEOs Says “Performance Driven By A Powerful Content Slate & Focused Execution.”
Paramount Global Swings To $152M Net Profit, Paramount+ Adds 1.5M New Subscribers, Totaling 79M Globally & Narrowing Losses Sharply To $109M. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Helped Swing Film Profits To $20M From $3M Loss. Trio Co-CEOs Says “Performance Driven By A Powerful Content Slate & Focused Execution.”
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David Zaslav Says WarnerDiscovery Can Move Quickly If It Decides It Wants To Restructure, Internal Reorganization Actually Gives “Real Visibility To See We’re Biggest Maker Of Content & Have Largest Production Operation Globally, All Of Which Can Nourish & Enhance Our Existing Streaming Business.”
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WarnerDiscovery Frames Streaming Business As Its Growth Engine, Max Adds 5.3 Million Subcribers With A Profit Of $339 Million. Net Losses Have Narrowed To $453 Million As Studios Slow On Tough Box Office With Lighter Theatrical Slate (Max & Discovery+ Now Have A Total Of 122.3M Global Subscribers.)
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Bob Iger Says Disney’s Upcoming Film Slate In Next 18 Months Is Its Best Since 2019 - He's Very Thrilled With Thunderbolts's Release, Touting It As “The First And Best Example” Of Marvel Studios’s Much-Discussed Refocusing More On Quality Over Quantity In Their Films, “I Feel Very Good About That”.
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Bob Iger Says Disney’s Upcoming Film Slate In Next 18 Months Is Its Best Since 2019 - He's Very Thrilled With Thunderbolts's Release, Touting It As “The First And Best Example” Of Marvel Studios’s Much-Discussed Refocusing More On Quality Over Quantity In Their Films, “I Feel Very Good About That”.
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Disney To Boost Spending On Film & TV In Markets Outside The U.S. To Grow Global Streaming Subscribers - Bob Iger Says “The Third Pillar Of Growth Is Investment In Content, Where We Know That We Need To Invest More In Original Local & Regional Content Overseas & We’ve Already Started That Process.”
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Disney Gains Surprise 1.4 Million Disney+ Subscribers Towards 126M Global Total As Streaming Profit Surges To $336 Million, CEO Bob Iger Says ‘We Remain Optimistic’ About Our Fiscal 2025 Outlook (Hulu Subscribers Rose By 1.1 Million To 54.7M While ESPN+ Subscribers Declined By 800,000 To 24.1M.)
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