☀️ A24 Gets Kushner Cash in New Fundraise
☀️ A24 Gets Kushner Cash in New Fundraise
Studios beating #BigTech in Upfronts / HBO sets new WB IP future / PAR leaders address staff
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024.
Where I’m sorry De Niro and Pesci, there are 2 new kids in town!
SONY is finally answering the burning question “What if Princess Buttercup and that guy from Bosom Buddies had starred in an ‘80s sitcom together?” with this new “de-aging” still from their upcoming re-team with Robert Zemeckis, Here.
BTW: The camera never moves from the fixed position inside of the home for the whole 104 minutes of the movie. According to Zemeckis in VF: “The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does.”
THEN: IATSE and the AMPTP reached a tentative agreement. Wait, don’t they know they have another whole month to put the industry into a panic mode for a week before it gets resolved at the last minute? Great, now I need new plans for the end of July (but seriously, congrats Hollywood!).
OH: Just heads up for NY Times podcast fans — the company is looking to move some pods to a subscription model, limiting the number of free episodes, including for The Daily.
ALSO: America’s favorite cricket underdogs have met their demise, losing at the hands of England in the T20 Cricket World Cup.
PLUS: The NFL / Sunday Ticket lawsuit jury begins deliberations today.
IN THIS EDITION
A24 kicks off a very busy day, with a new investor! See what’s afoot in the new valuation and how, uh, Bob Iger is tangentially involved.
A new Upfronts report suggests that Hollywood is doing quite well in our new ad-tier era vs. the #TechStreamers — find out the latest intel on who’s buying, who’s not — and why not.
See how popular Jessica Alba is among the NETFLIX set in the new weekly films chart, AMAZON keeps buying (I should just put that here as a placeholder every day, I think) and The Apprentice pic is lining up a deal.
Plus, HBO expands its IP, a breakdown of what the PAR Office of the CEO said to the troops and . . . as I said, busy day.
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
