☀️ A24, AMAZON Increase Q2 Buying Spree
AMAZON's big NBA check / Cannes market projects heat up / NETFLIX gets Ronda Rousey pic
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect here on LINKED-IN if ya like) and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on FRIDAY, May 3, 2024.
Where NYC now has two playoff-winning teams! The KNICKS 🏀 joined the RANGERS 🥅 in winning a first-round playoff series last night — and yes my apologies to L.A. who’s having a tougher go this year, but any dual franchise winning excitement at MSG needs to be celebrated.
As for my Philly reader contingent — hey, it was a great series, even if your extra 2,000 local fans last night didn’t quite pay off. But after our NFL games this past season . . . a little payback is just the natural order of things.
PLUS: Over 40k books for sale on AMAZON have now used AI to create audiobook versions (they are marked as being created by AI). #jobloss
THEN: AMAZON is putting all other flywheels to shame, by now recommending audiobooks to AUDIBLE subscribers based on their PRIME VIDEO viewing — and no, there is no way to opt-out of this sharing between apps . . . so if you share an account with your spouse, perhaps get ready for a lot of book recommendations that are not quite hitting the mark.
OKAY: NETFLIX . . . you good, bud? First Cobra Kai’s final season gets . . . 3 different parts, and now Emily In Paris season 4 is getting the “halves” treatment — pt. 1 on August 15 and pt. 2 on Sept. 12 (both falling in Q3).
AND: Here are your final SNL hosts for the 2023-24 season:
PLUS: My apologies for leaving Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted off of my round up of NETFLIX’s summer comedy efforts yesterday — then again, I heard “the movie business is over,” so it shouldn’t be a big deal.
OH: As the week rounds out here, just shining a little light on some folks doing good in town, as the INEVITABLE FOUNDATION awarded its latest round of grants to help disabled folks — this round centered on disabled women and nonbinary writers.
WAKEUP BOX-OFFICE POLL RESULTS
Ok I’m going with The Fall Guy optimists . . . but not the super $40M+ bulls (although I’m secretly rooting for you — come on summer movies!!).
IN THIS EDITION
Another busy day . . . from the latest at APPLE (including previous China problem reports seeming overblown #shocking), FUBO subscriber numbers, SONY-APOLLO saying hey, some SPOTIFY / UMG $$ comps and more.
Plus another busy day at A24 and AMAZON, plus UNI cast and director news, ABC, CBS, DISNEY, NETFLIX and more making project news, moves in the executive suite, the roundup of new things to stream this weekend and — ok ok, let’s get moving.
NEW ANKLER PODCAST EPISODE!
Including Summer Movie Season box office predictions from the Ankler’s new “Office of the Experts”!
🎥 THE SILVER SCREEN
