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 Oct. 18, 2023.

Where saying something in the ‘public town square’ will now cost $1 a month in NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINES.

Yes, X is running a test of charging a $1 a month fee to new X users in those countries for the ability tweet (or… X? what’s the new word for tweeting? 🤷‍♂️), or also retweet anything.

You can still scroll feeds for free, i.e. just stand outside the town square and listen. Just don’t make any eye contact.

ALSO: SUNDANCE tix go on sale today.

PLUS: SNL next week 👇.

THEN: META now allows you to limit INSTA following you across the web – info here.

🪧 STRIKE FORCE:

• George Clooney, Emma Stone, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry and Scarlett Johansson met with SAG-AFTRA leadership yesterday (via Zoom, not a carpool) to get filled in on the details around the whole rev share thing. See ya on the picket lines!

• DISNEYFOX’s big 2024 Deadpool 3 tentpole is half shot & half edited according to director Shawn Levy… who sounded half certain it’ll make DISNEY’s scheduled May 3 release date at this point.

IN TODAY’S EDITION

• Tom Cruise had the most popular movie in America on NETFLIX last week… and no, it’s not an Mission: Impossible pic.

  • Plus int’l audiences continue their big October on the service and more, with a South Korean pic taking the crown.

• Add SHOWTIME SPORTS next to MTV NEWS as longtime institutions now abandoned at PAR.

• A look at Q3 projections & what to keep an eye on in the NETFLIX Q3 report later today… as the company gets a favorable tax ruling from a U.S. District judge.

• Big football audience numbers return this weekend – except for NFL games in Europe which continue to be duds, as College Football sets an impressive feat and more.

📽 THE SILVER TV 📺