☀️A24 Boosts A-List Roster, UNI '80s IP Revival Grows
PAR enlists Teller for sports pic / Berlanti goes AMAZON for new series/ MSG NETS get debt lifeboat
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya like or email me at seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on TUESDAY, April 29, 2025.
Where, yeah, it’s gonna be a fun summer. Happy 100 days, America.
EH: I’m sure this’ll help 👇. Et tu, Jeff?
BUT: Good thing the DEI crusade continues!
ALAS: He may have stolen borrowed the slogan — but he didn’t quite borrow the results. See ya at the 200-day celebration!
OH: Here’s why a 73-year-old, press-averse man letting his 24-year-old girlfriend lead his interview PR may not be the best idea. Yeesh. Couldn’t even have a blanket answer in your pocket, Bill, for a probing question like “How did you two meet?”
But, apparently Bill won the “I don’t care — I’m gonna wear my NAVY sweater with the holes in it, and no, I’m not gonna put a t-shirt on underneath!” argument.
GOOD NEWS!: Look at that revenue boost coming into the federal government! That deficit will be down in no time . . . now, I wonder who will be paying to make up that disparity in about 4-6 weeks when the products in those shipping containers hit shelves. 🤔
I look forward to the rest of 2025 outlooks on the DIS, PAR and WBD calls next week.
BUT: At least the big banks (BOFA, MORGAN STANLEY and others) who lent Elon money for his TWITTER purchase have finally sold off all of that debt to other folks. Always love a tidy surprise ending, 3 years later.
YUP: Clearly MICROSOFT included Hollywood in its new poll of 31k folks about AI usage in the workplace — gotta love the 8% who said they use AI so they can take all the credit for the work and avoid citing a coworker.
ALTHOUGH: I guess permission to use John Cena’s voice for AI sexual roleplay with minors was somewhere in his AI bot voice contract with META. Kristen Bell and Judi Dench — you may want to check yours as well.
META, of course, called the instances that the WSJ found “hypothetical,” even though they were, uh, very actual.
PLUS: An 81k sell-out in a football stadium for the SAVANNAH BANANAS is pretty impressive.
FINALLY: Sorry NBA — the NFL is coming for your biggest holiday. There will now be 3 NFL games on Christmas Day every year going forward, regardless of the day of the week.
AMAZON has the night game this year, and NETFLIX has the other 2 (plus an option for games again next year).
🎥 THE SILVER SCREEN
