☀️ Minka Kelly Xmas, Norwegian Trolls Rule NETFLIX Films
WBD auction’s likely long legs / DISNEY India JV dumping cricket / YT TV offering mini-bundles
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 Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
Where DISNEY nominated former APPLE COO Jeff Williams to its Board, as it looks to expand from 10 to 11 members at the annual meeting this spring.
That sound you hear in the background is Rushfield in the distance saying, “Aha! I told you people!” Although no according DISNEY / APPLE merger was announced with the nomination (like we need that kind of action right now).
ALSO: Ego Nwodim will host the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Feb. 15.
THEN: UNI is putting a 6-minute Odyssey trailer in IMAX 70mm before Sinners and One Battle screenings this weekend. A shorter version will play before Avatar next weekend.
AH: Now you tell me!
“Instead of doing DOGE, I would have worked at my companies, essentially, and they wouldn’t have been burning the cars.” — Elon Musk on the Katie Miller Pod, saying yeah . . . he wouldn’t do that again if given the chance. I mean, who could have known that would have blown up in his face?
OH: Miami elected its first Democratic mayor in almost 30 years this week — Eileen Higgins won by a 19-point margin.
YAH: The Free Press has added 10k paid subs since the PAR acquisition in October, about a 6% bump to 180k according to Axios.
HUH: As part of OPENAI’s ‘Code Red,’ it has hired former SLACK CEO Denise Dresser as its new Chief Revenue Officer.
AND: Slamdance will open with Alexandre Rockwell’s The Projectionist. The fest is Feb. 19-25 in L.A.
The NETFLIX Film Chart Breakdown
Eh, who needs Dune and Minecraft when you have the world’s largest Norwegian troll franchise! Plus that Godzilla vs. Kong crossover imagery is already there.
Meanwhile, George Clooney and NETFLIX’s biggest star Adam Sandler came in behind Colin Farrell and Joel Edgerton in the NETFLIX 2025 Prestige Pics debut competition (were there KALSHI odds on this?) . . . and Diddy is giving Stranger Things a run for the money in America.
Plus new comedy special intel, an achievement for Frankenstein and more in a big week of things to know about at the world’s largest / soon to be even larger streaming service — let’s dive in.