The Wakeup
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☀️ SONY’s New Box Office Bet: Gen Z Stars
Federal tax credit bill released / A24’s new horror buy / NETFLIX wants wants more Claire Danes
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☀️ Elon Enters the PAR-Verse; YOUTUBE Pushes More AI
SONY sets comedy pic / 101 STUDIOS enters creator space / WB punts ‘Gremlins’
Latest The Wakeup stories
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☀️ 6 States: Winners & Losers in Q2 Production; PSKY’s 3rd Lawsuit
McBride sets directorial debut / BLACK BEAR enlists Waddingham / Latest local sports rights snafu
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☀️ Inside WGA’s Playbook to Fight PSKY
LGF Buyer Interest Emerges / Brian Robbins’ next deal / WB delays 2 big pics / NETFLIX wants more Ritchson
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☀️ ‘Odyssey’ Faces IMAX’s Summer Bummer
State AGs move for PSKY-WBD restraining order / SONY picks up digital cat IP / PAR reviving ‘Elm Street’
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☀️ ‘Moana’ Misery: What Went Wrong
NETFLIX casting Dan Brown series / SONY, AMAZON movie date shifts / NEON sells stake
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☀️ NETFLIX’s Hard Pivot Is Here: What Now
Feig sets next pic / ARTISTS EQUITY expands / ‘Love Story’ creator gets new home
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☀️ AMAZON’s Next TV Exec Shakeup
WARNAMOUNT state opposition 🔥 up / FOCUS’ new awards season buy / Another L.A. soundstage on auction block
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☀️ NETFLIX Films in July 4 Fizzle Too
Studios’ big take of new CA film credits / Next World Cup rights details emerge / HBO gets Geena Davis show
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☀️ New Hot Mess: TV, Sports Viewership Data
Sept. dude-centric movie lineup grows / APPLE gets Julia Garner series / NETFLIX, David E. Kelley re-team. Again
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☀️ Ouch: ‘Minions,’ ‘Supergirl’ in July 4th Fizzle
World Cup’s key TV audience datapoint / Stuber, Spielberg team up for YOUTUBER pic / NETFLIX buys ‘Toxic Moms’ series
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☀️ Hollywood Stocks Q2 Winners & Losers
New ‘Landman’ cast paydays / PSKY sends EU concessions / NETFLIX’s ‘Voicemails’ pops
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☀️ NBCU-NETFLIX & the Wild Card M&A in the Mix
U.K. rattles WARNAMOUNT saber / DISH bankruptcy looms / NETFLIX adds Irish firepower to new pic
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☀️ ‘Supergirl,’ ‘Jackass’ Fall Flat As ‘Toy Story 5’ Rolls On
‘Freddy’s 3’ in the works at UNI / NETFLIX re-teams Millie, Harbour / HULU adds yet another pilot
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☀️ HULU’s Huge June Spending Bender
UNI’s next ‘Shrek’ plan / ‘HOTD’ scores big for HBO / NBC wants more Hanks ‘Americas’
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☀️ SONY, COMCAST Enter Hot Deal Summer Fun
PSKY to divest of UNI JV in EU / FOX seals more soccer rights / NBCU sets new overall deal / TUBI hits new TV share high
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☀️ Ari’s New $6B Deal Murmurs, PSKY EU Approvals Advancing
NETFLIX Animation enters holiday fray / Pro golf’s big changes / LEGENDARY sets 2 new pics
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