The Wakeup
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☀️ PAR, LGF Go Deeper on AI
APPLE nabs JLaw rom-com / WBD exec pay packages reprimanded (ish) / AMC kills summer concerts plan
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☀️ CAA, TPG Re-Team To Spend In Creator Biz
‘Hail Mary’ gets curious streaming play / SONY Wants More ‘Jump Street’ / FUBO, NBCU end standoff
Latest The Wakeup stories
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☀️BARBENHEIMER nabs 4th Biggest Box Office Wknd Ever, with big IMAX assist
DIS talking to Sports leagues re: ESPN investment / Q2 Earnings Week 1 preview / SPOTIFY ups prices
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☀️ BARBENHEIMER Lessons to Remember; Meet Showrunner AI
DIS+ tests new HULU synergy idea / LGF adjusts Film Calendar / AMC Theaters kills pricier seating plan
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☀️NETFLIX puts Q2 Strike 💰 Bonanza into… Stock Buybacks
NBC adds more Scripted to Fall sched / BRON goes Bankrupt / TIKTOK MUSIC expands
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☀️ NETFLIX kills US Basic plan; Preview of Q2 Earnings Expectations
Major Authors unite against AI / Iger addresses the TV troops / RSN 💰 math trouble for Sports teams as ARIZONA deal is axed
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☀️PEACOCK Hikes Price, as Streaming ‘saves’ Fall Broadcast TV
SAG Indie Waivers trickle out / Top ALTICE USA execs in corruption scandal / WBD Sports play in UK gets rebrand
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☀️ MI:7 opens… fine, as Jim Caviezel has Summer’s massive sleeper hit 🤯
Another MIA Specialty opening / MLB All Star game hits new low / National Amusements renegotiating debt
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☀️ CAA reportedly in majority sale talks
What Iger’s TV biz comments portend / SAG & AMPTP don’t seem close on AI / VICE pulled off SHO
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☀️ Iger calls Unions Unrealistic as SAG (likely) to Shutdown Town
Iger talks Strike & more on CNBC / LIONSGATE submits separation plan / WB & DC set new Comms leads
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☀️Ari, Bryan & the Feds, oh my! SAG deal goes down to the wire
AMBLIN cuts 20% of staff in new UNI deal / New DC Universe adds cast / Int’l a no-show on NETFLIX Films chart
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☀️Mid-Summer Studio Movie Biz Scorecard: The 🏆 Goes to…
NEON gets FERRARI for Christmas / Summer TV ratings woes / CHARTER sets new blow to RSN biz
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☀️INSIDIOUS gives SONY 2nd Summer hit, as JOY RIDE stumbles
TIKTOK MUSIC is born / Jen Garner joins DEADPOOL 3 / HBO cancels 2 more
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☀️ NETFLIX Films Animation can’t find a new hit
Nevins & Chernin team up / WWE’s big weekend in London / Zendaya to open Venice / Meet META’s THREADS
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☀️INDY Opens to FLASH Numbers in July 4th Wash Out
MAX’s DUNE series gets new leads / TRON 3 gets add’l cast / Cable Bundle melt hits ESPN talent
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☀️ H’wood Purge: PAR+ axes more SHO Series orders from the slate
NBCU dives into FAST / AMAZON+BLUM set Kevin Bacon for Series / Reservoir Dogs ending on FX ON HULU
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☀️PAR sets Mob pic for THE BEAR creator; TCM Reign Pain
WBD to put live CNN on MAX… overseas / HULU sheds more series / Jared Leto gets TRON 3 co-star
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