Where… SBF if guilty. Huh. Who saw that coming? Everyone update their screenplay end codas.
ALSO: No SAG & AMPTP talks are scheduled for today, while the AMPTP formulates a response to SAG’s latest AI proposal.
OH: Happy NBA Cup day! The in-season tournament kicks off tonight on ESPN for… whoever cares about this.
PLUS: The NY Comedy Festival kicks off, through Nov. 12.
AND: A thanks to the folks at FOCUS for the invite to check out The Holdovers last night in NYC, including a Q&A with director Alexander Payne & writer David Hemingson.
Really enjoyed this one! The script rides a very fine line… just right, always character-based, and Giamatti does what he does best, with a strong cast all around.
📺 THE SILVER TV SET 🎥
A FEW THINGS…
STARZ pulled the plug on the 3-season order it gave to the Ava DuVernay romantic drama series starring Joshua Jackson & Lauren Ridloff last summer. This is due to DuVernay stepping away from the project after her WBTV deal ended. /Deadline
NEON picked up NORTH AMERICA rights to Aurora from Sean Baker (Red Rocket). Mads Mikkelson stars in this story of… I have no idea, no details avail, nor an acquisition price. FILM NATION is repping the rights globally. /THR
SPC picked up NORTH AMERICA rights to Wicked Little Letters starring Olivia Colman, which played TIFF this year. It’ll hit theaters in 2024. /Variety
HULU renewed Futurama for two more seasons, but Letterkenny will end with its current 12th season. /THR /Variety
HBO also had actual news yesterday!
GOT HOTD will return in “early summer”.
Euphoria and White Lotus season 3’s will be 2025.
IT prequel series will be 2025 as well.
Last of Us season 2 will shoot in the spring… and likely will be 2025 too.
Man, 2025 sounds great! Oh right, next year is 2024… 🤔
AH!: The Jinx – Part Two will air in 2024.
PLUS: GOT A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight will likely shoot starting in the Spring. /THR
AND: MAX is limiting ad-tier subs to 2 devices at once, instead of 3, and MAX ad-free subs will now have to upgrade to the bougie tier ($20 a month) for 4K. /Variety
ACMs will continue to air/stream on AMAZON PRIME for the next 2 years. The show wasn’t NIELSEN rated, but AMAZON put the audience at 7.7 Million for the last edition. /Deadline
#MediaNerd🤓 rounds out the week…
💻 THE MEDIA BIZ
PARAMOUNT delivers promising Q3 numbers, and… cautious optimism?
Always good to keep it on trend with the town at large (to note, they didn’t use that exact phrase… but it certainly was the tone of its Q3 earnings call – and even the cautious part was light).
BASICALLY: It’s amazing what “returning to basics” can do – like no longer wildly…
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