Netflix names Peter Rice to replace Bela Bajaria, Bleecker Street changes hands, Disney teams with Dude Perfect and a new coalition pushes for independent production. Plus ten more headlines from across the trades—all in one place.

In this briefing

• Netflix’s content leadership change
• Bleecker Street’s sale to Outerlight
• Disney and Dude Perfect’s creative partnership
• American Entertainment Alliance’s independent-production proposal

For more of today’s news, catch up with the morning edition.

Reporting cutoff: October 15, 6:16 p.m. Eastern / 3:16 p.m. Pacific.

Original reporting and announcements

• Netflix Shocker: Bela Bajaria Leaving After 10 Years Amid Layoffs, Peter Rice to Replace as Chief Content Officer
• Top Agencies Lead New Coalition To Push For U.S. Indie Production
• Outerlight Entertainment Acquires Bleecker Street
• Disney Inks Major Creator Deal With Dude Perfect (Exclusive)
• ‘Fourth Wing’ Finds Its Violet & Xaden: Esther McGregor & Emilio Sakraya To Lead Prime Video Series
• CNN Strikes Multiyear AI Content Deal With Google
• Cooper Hoffman, Kathryn Newton Series ‘Durango’ Greenlit at Hulu as Merritt Wever, Mason Gooding and Abbey Lee Join Cast
• Newlyweds Finds New Showrunner in Bruce Helford
• Tim Burton And ‘Klara And The Sun’ Author Kazuo Ishiguro Team On Secret Project – The Dish
• Ralph Fiennes to Star In, Executive Produce ‘Unbeaten’ Racehorse Drama for ‘Conclave’ Producer, StudioCanal
• ‘The Mummy 4’ With Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Officially Titled ‘The Mummy: The Book of the Dead’
• Fandango Moves Into Originals With ‘Bad Girls Club’ Reunion
• American Film Market Plans New Global Screen Economy Summit For This Year
• Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams & David Krumholtz Join Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ In Voice Roles
• Disney and Dude Perfect announce company-wide creative partnership

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