☀️DISNEY layoffs loom as MARVEL 2023 Series launch timetables get erased
A24 gets Anne Hathaway & Micaela Coel musical / Luther still tops NETFLIX as animated pic flops / PEACOCK sets Eddie Redmayne for Jackal series
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 March 22, 2023.
Where the global recorded music business grew Revenues in 2022 +9% to $26.2 Billion… and I’d like to think my daily song choices at the bottom of each newsletter were a nice growth driver - so, you’re welcome Music.
OK FINE: Most of the increase was from paid Music Streaming service subscriber growth, a category whose 2022 Revenue was $12.7 Billion of the total (or 48%), and counted 589 Million paid subscribers to Music Streaming services globally in 2022.
ALSO: Here is your 2023 LOLLAPALOOZA - the first weekend of August in Chicago.
PLUS: Danny DeVito is coming to BROADWAY in October, starring in a new play called I Need That. He’ll play a reclusive hoarder who receives a government notice that he has to clean up his place or be evicted. DeVito’s daughter Lucy will co-star.
OI: Here is the BAFTA TV Award nominee list.
TODAY IN OUR FUTURE OVERLORD NEWS: ChatGPT was publicly revealing things people ask it… to other users. Yeah we shoulda seen this coming. OPEN AI shutdown the product for several hours yesterday to attempt to uh, ‘fix the bug’, ahem…
AND: It’s now coming for DJ jobs. A company called FUTURI has launched RadioGPT according to Axios, which it says can do basic DJ things like deliver local headlines, weather, and introduce songs etc using an AI voice.
This is similar to something SPOTIFY introduced earlier this year as well. I totally have less than 2 years left doing this thing don’t I 🤦♂️. No one tell ChatGPT about ARPU mmmkay?
IN TODAY’S EDITION:
DISNEY has apparently removed previously associated timelines with upcoming MARVEL series on DISNEY+, as potential DISNEY layoff timelines emerge.
Luther’s global domination continues on NETFLIX (I can hear Idris’ agent adding zeroes to his sequel contract now), as the company’s new animated pic has a disappointing start.
A24 picks up its next buzzy project, a pop musical.
Ad execs are… trying to stay optimistic (🤷♂️) about this year’s Upfronts? A look at the current Madison Avenue thinking as it’s now less than 2 months away.
Damon Lindelof departs the Star Wars pic he was co-writing.
SIRIUSXM sets WALMART+ promo deal.
Eddie Redmayne signs on to lead PEACOCK series and more.
ALSO TODAY: The Fed announces their monthly rate hike plans at 2p ET… and RAMADAN begins at sundown, so a Ramadan Mubarak goes out to those who observe.
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