The Wakeup
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☀️ NEON, ROW K In Distro Talks; IMAX Explores Sale
NETFLIX gets Julianne Moore pic / ‘Housemaid’ cleans up LGF Q1 💰 / ‘Survivor’ finale pops
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☀️ What NETFLIX’s New Theatrical, Live Daily TV Moves Indicate
UNI returns to Bay, Damon for new pics / AMAZON’s new sports highmark / SPC makes Cannes buy
Latest The Wakeup stories
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☀️Sandler & Aniston still dominate – but Old DWA Family Pics surge on NETFLIX Film Chart
NETFLIX Ad VP shares buying insights / Julie Bowen set to lead PEACOCK series / SCREAM directors set UNI pic
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☀️Case Study: UFC-WWE TV 💰 vs. DtoC Streaming 💰
NFL Sunday Ticket price goes up / Kim Kardashian doing TV at FX / HFPA boosts voting body 3X
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☀️SUPER MARIO smashes records, as Hollywood falls WAY behind on Family film output
The latest Specialty films snapshot / Brad Pitt gets F1 co-star at APPLE / NETFLIX axes Top 10 series after 2 seasons
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☀️ The Coming Years in IGER: What (May) Lay Ahead for DISNEY
FOX kills The Resident / Daisy Ridley returning to STAR WARS / DIS sets Chief Brand Officer
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☀️APPLE gets Keanu & Jonah dark comedy with industry undercurrents
Late 2023 Theatrical sched shuffling / DIS Streaming gets new head / SHO cancels another series as shifts continue
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☀️Sandler rules NETFLIX again, as DeNiro sets 2nd TV project in a row
Cruel Intentions gets TV series / Kit Harrington joins HBO series / MARCH MADNESS ends with whimper for Men’s tourney
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☀️SHO scraps & shops a $90 Mil TV series; APPLE sets SONY deal for Ridley pic
Indian Cricket crushes NFL numbers on 1st match / TUBI sets VICE deal / Austin Butler sets big SONY Pics project
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☀️Breaking down the ENDEAVOR / WWE deal, as PAR’S DRAGONS tops expectations
IMAGINE leaves APPLE for AMAZON / Movie Biz still down despite strong March / NY AMPAS head is out
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☀️Longtime NETFLIX Film execs out as Stuber streamlines division
DISNEY cuts hit ABC NEWS & CHINA divisions / WBD exec payouts in event of sale / TIKTOK enlists former DISNEY exec for help
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☀️WBD top execs get 2022 pay raises; MARVEL ENT Chairman out at DISNEY
Women’s NCAA hoops ratings set records / More layoffs at ROKU / YANKEES go DtoC Streaming
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☀️NFL sets new REDBIRD partnership for Sunday Ticket commercial rights
REGAL Theaters going 100% to creditors / NETFLIX’s March-low week on Film Chart / MARVEL dates next DIS+ series
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☀️ APPLE / PARAMOUNT relationship to start in Oct with Scorsese pic
Iger sets DISNEY layoff plan / INDIA streaming on cusp of change as IPL begins / Jessica Chastain to lead APPLE drama
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☀️WICK soars as SHAZAM! plummets at the box office
Hamm doing MEAN GIRLS / SKIMM goes the in-house agency route / McMahon pays back WWE
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☀️APPLE commits $1B to Theaters; the state of Theatrical Strategy everywhere else
A24 sets Y2K youth comedy / AMAZON Int’l hints at OP budget trims / TWITTER axes free Blue Checks
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☀️HULU is over 50% of DISNEY Streaming’s 💰 – a look inside the numbers to help understand its future
APPLE TV+ keeps MLB to itself this season / STAR WARS pic gets a new writer / MGM sadly & suddenly loses a top exec
The Wakeup from Sean McNulty is a daily must-read briefing for media and entertainment executives — clear, efficient top-in-class analysis of the news shaping the business.















