Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY October 20, 2022.
Where it’s been a minute, but the Streaming discount bin is back! This time PAR+ is avail for a year at $25 (Ad-supported), or $50 (Ad-free)… PLUS a free AMAZON FIRE STICK. Well that’s new.
IN OTHER DISCOUNT NEWS: While there are no official numbers from AMAZON – the additional PRIME DAY they stuffed in the calendar last week seems to have yielded nowhere near the results of their usual Summer event (which happened 3 months earlier).
IN TODAY’S EDITION:
NETFLIX Films have the Quantity game on lock…
But how about the Quality? I take a look comparing NETFLIX’s output & quality and movie output from all other Studios & Streamers this year so far via our best public gauge, Rotten Tomatoes.
APPLE sets Wahlberg’s co-star for his SKYDANCE action-comedy
UNI moves “M3GAN” in January
PINTEREST adds to music label streaming revenue
A few really good new trailers today… like this!
Since this newsletter is coming out a little later than usual today, here’s a benefit – the new trailer for “The Crown” Season 5 just dropped. But still some other great new ones in the TRAILER HOUSE section towards the end too.
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
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