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☀️DISH Sale to DIRECTV Nears Finish Line

DISNEYFOX adds to '80s remake cavalcade / NEON in talks for TIFF winner / NETFLIX orders Pugh limited series

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Sep 27, 2024
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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect here on LINKED-IN if ya like) and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on FRIDAY, September 27, 2024.

Where it has been 0️⃣1️⃣ days since our last significant industry layoff. Man, I hate resetting that sign — Richard, next time it’s your turn.

Via Giphy

ALSO: The Tribeca Festival 2025 will be June 4-15 in NYC of course, and submissions are now open until Dec. 4. There will also be a CREATORS FORUM within it, featuring networking and mentorship opportunities for filmmakers with industry execs.

AND: Just when you thought META couldn’t get any creepier — or stuff your IG and FB feeds full of more garbage — get ready to see yourself in AI-generated posts in your feed.

  • Yes according to Axios, META AI will start “imagining” content it thinks you may like to see — this should be fun — including some images that feature your image “so you can be the star of your own story and share your favorites with friends.”

  • This is of course without getting your specific permission first 👀, although you can of course opt-out (I’m sure very easily, if its track record is any precursor) — gotta love Silicon Valley’s perception of consent.

  • It’s kinda fun when you see a PR disaster right from the inception of a new “test” idea, isn’t it?

OH: The CNN website’s metered paywall era will begin in October.

WELL: WNBA Playoffs, it’s been real — the INDIANA FEVER ended its season on Wednesday night with 2.5M viewers, the biggest WNBA game ever on cable, and its biggest game since 2000 (this year’s All-Star game excluded, which was on ABC).

KUDOS: To MLB’s OAKLAND A’S for winning its final home game in Oakland ever. The team will be moving to Vegas 🤞 #BaseballInTheDesert — that is, after playing 3 seasons in . . . a minor league ballpark in balmy Sacramento (the future Vegas ballpark site still has the TROPICANA hotel & casino on it).

  • The A’S will actually share the Sacramento stadium with the minor league ⚾️ team, a stadium with about 14k seats . . . or about 3x smaller than the A’S current stadium.

  • And yes, this was all bungled about as badly as you can possibly imagine.

AND: FUBO is introducing a multi-view feature for the app on ROKU devices.

THEN: SMARTMATIC settled its lawsuit against NEWSMAX right as jury selection was beginning yesterday — no word on the 💰. The FOX case is still alive and well, and NEWSMAX still faces a case from DOMINION. Hmm, wonder if they’ll take a similar reporting tack in November? 🤔

HUH:Yellowstone is breaking the bundle! Or I guess there’s probably a cattle analogy I should think of here, but uh — the Nov. 10 Yellowstone season premiere will also air on CBS at 10 p.m. after its 8 p.m. premiere on PARAMOUNT NETWORK. Smart idea! Although uh . . . what if it gets a huge rating? 🤔

REST IN PEACE: Goes out to legendary actress Maggie Smith — the two-time Oscar winner and four-time Emmy winner died at the age of 89 this morning.

WAKEUP POLL RESULTS

Here are the results for the big Clooney-Pitt re-teaming in Wol . . . ah sorry, forgot to replace that copy. I mean, we have The Wild Robot results!

Lotta optimism heading into the weekend! Count me in with the 29% but I really hope the 33% are right.

NEW ANKLER PODCAST EPISODE

Given that I sat out this week’s pod — I’m as interested to listen as you are!

THANKS! To LIONSGATE for the invite to the NYC screening of White Bird last night (and for the aisle seat for this 6’4” guy 👍) — the kinda film that people say Hollywood doesn’t make anymore . . . but indeed they do!

One of those rare movies that’s great to bring your pre-teen or teenager along with you, that could open the door to a great life conversation afterward — especially in today’s political climate.

Director Marc Forster giving the intro, via my seat.

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🎥 THE SILVER SCREEN

Oh DISNEYFOX never teases about 80s remakes. I’ve asked. Via Giphy

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