☀️WBD & PAR CEOs to Wall St: We Are Not DISNEY
WBTV suspends major showrunner deals / SONY adjusts 'Dumb Money' again / MAX doing free sports this fall
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY Sept. 7, 2023.
Where, are you ready for some football!? Ok yes, fine Janice… and TIFF too. I’ll see which dominates the chatter with the folks at the corner pub tonight.
ALSO: Marty’s coming to Jersey!! 💪 Scorsese will be getting a Filmmaker Tribute honor at the MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL on Oct. 27, and also sit down for an interview with Stephen Colbert who helps put the fest together with his wife Evie, president of the fest.
PLUS: The annual Stand Up For Heroes event in NYC benefitting the Bob Woodruff Foundation will be Nov. 6 in NYC will feature Jon Stewart, Tracy Morgan, Josh Groban, John Mellencamp and others, with proceeds going to help veterans and their families.
The foundation has raised $70 million over its 17-year existence.
AND: A shout out to IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond who turned the tables during his GOLDMAN SACHS conference interview yesterday, asking GS analyst Stephen Laszczyk (his interviewer) right there on stage why GS has rated IMAX stock as a “sell” for the past 2 years, while almost every other analyst has a “buy” rating on it 😂. Well done Rich!! (audio interview link is on this page for the inclined, it starts around the 29-minute mark).
SPEAKING OF: This should be interesting at the GS conference today:
👀 CHARTER CEO Chris Winfrey at 930a PT link to listen here.
WAKEUP BOX OFFICE POLL
The Nun II is the big new movie… the original did $53 million back in 2018. This one seems to be tracking in the low $30 millions… but could be up to around $40 million. Horror amirite? And September horror generally has a good track record, so lets go with:
IN TODAY’S EDITION:
Bakish & Zaz were of course asked about the DISNEY/CHARTER thing at the GOLDMAN conference yesterday… and both took specific steps to distance their companies from the situation DISNEY is in.
PLUS: A look at the new HULU deal timeline laid out by COMCAST CEO Brian Roberts… and the tactics he’s using to get the most money out of DISNEY.
WBD suspends their remaining big showrunner deals.
CHARTER gets class action suit over DISNEY situation.
MAX (likely) to offer Sports for free (for a while).
The TKO era begins at ENDEAVOR next week.
📺 THE SILVER TV SET 🎥
