The Wakeup
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☀️ UNI’s 1-Day 🎥 Buying Spree; Huge TV Overalls Shuffle
NETFLIX’s L.A. soundstage in contract / UFC White House audience comps / FOX’s newest creator deals
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☀️ NETFLIX Axes Duffer Series, HBO Gets KNICKS Project
AMAZON adds Kaluuya crime pic / PAR wants ‘Survivor’ animated pic / CNBC adds WNBA games
Latest The Wakeup stories
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HBO & WBD skipping TCA, inciting looming layoffs talk
What to do with HULU? / HBO sets (rumored) $10 Mil Jerrod Carmichael deal / Hollywood remembers James Caan
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AMAZON wins Ferrell-Witherspoon comedy pic bidding war
NETFLIX puts a ring on it with Duffer Bros / Fall Movie release date shifts / New David O Russell trailer & many more
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The movie biz’s Q3 Event movie problem
WKUP: Chris Evans + Blunt for NETFLIX pharma pic / Chernin launches $500+ Mil production outfit / ABC sets BEAUTY & THE BEAST 30 yr anniv event
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MINIONS sets record as Tracking misfires continue this Summer
WBD cost cuts continue in Europe / AT&T and VERIZON’s dual inflation price hike / ELVIS & BLACK PHONE hang strong
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Michael Bay relaunches producer career at UNIVERSAL
LA TIMES takes down producer Randall Emmett / USC & UCLA defect to BIG10 conf / PEACOCK 2X’s Upfront $$ this year
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NETFLIX checkbook opens again for Cameron Diaz’s first pic in 8 years
SNAP launches SNAP+ / FCC wants to delete TIKTOK / PEACOCK sets Q4 push / HBO’s next Winslet limited series
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AMAZON Marketing head out; Chapek guaranteed $20 Mil+ bonuses annually in new DIS deal
NETFLIX gets $200 Mil (ish) RUSSO BROS pic / CAA axing 105 ICM’ers in final deal / HULU gets Baz Luhrmann sorta new series
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SONY sets Russell Crowe to lead exorcism genre pic
Former WME partner Venit gets new assault lawsuit / NFL SUNDAY TICKET’s unprofitable math / Maddow slot decision made at MSNBC
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ELVIS delivers as LIGHTYEAR plummets, and TOP GUN tops MARVEL
F1 Racing rights $ increases 15X+ in new TV deal / NFL SUNDAY TICKET bids are in and..? / HULU cancels WOKE
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NETFLIX layoffs 2X larger than expected – what lies ahead
APPLE orders Edith Wharton series / Is ROKU working on a deal different than NETFLIX? / Spy Kids NETFLIX reboot sets leads
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ELVIS facing mixed tracking, big challenges at the Box Office this weekend
UNI sets release plan for Spielberg pic / CAA-ICM deal finally closing / Murdoch divorcing for 4th time
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META punts taking cut of Creators $$, as TIKTOK Revenue to 3X in 2022
NETFLIX adds GOOGLE to potential Ad-support partners list / Zoe Kravitz sets WB heist pic / DUNE PART 2 casts Lea Seydoux
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More NETFLIX layoffs rumored for end of week – report
BEYONCE drops new song / Streaming Service scorecard going into Q2 results / Mirren-Ford YELLOWSTONE prequel moves back 9 years
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LIGHTYEAR stumbles badly, TOP GUN continues to astound
Guy Ritchie doing DIS Hercules pic / ROKU changes deal terms with streaming channels / BALLY Sports+ Streaming app to launch Thurs
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More WBD senior level exits as TBS dumps show 3 weeks before premiere
ROKU sets big WALMART e-comm deal / Efron to lead A24 wrestling pic / McMahon steps away from WWE Chairman/CEO role for now
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