Paramount takes on Red Rising, True Detective firms up its leads, record labels seek DistroKid’s AI-music data and weekend box-office forecasts develop. Plus ten more headlines from across the trades—all in one place.

In this briefing

• Red Rising at Paramount
• True Detective Season Five
• Labels Seek DistroKid AI Data
• Updated Box-Office Estimates

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

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

Original reporting

• Francis Lawrence, Paramount Team for ‘Red Rising’ Movie Adaptation (Exclusive)
• ‘True Detective’ Season 5: Antonio Banderas Joins Nicolas Cage as Series Set to Film in 2027
• Universal Music and Sony Want to Know How Many AI-Generated Songs DistroKid Releases
• ‘Street Fighter’ Punches $4M In U.S. Previews, ‘You Can See Everything’ Near $2M – Friday AM Box Office Update
• Julie Plec Rally ordered at Prime Video with Andre Agassi producing
• ‘The Julia Set,’ Starring Chase Infiniti, Lands at Sony Pictures Classics Following TIFF Premiere
• A.F. Steadman TimeLess eyed by Amazon MGM, UA and Heyday
• Cineverse Boards Genre-Bending Holiday Film ‘Ralph’s Perfekt Christmas’
• Jinko Gotoh Succeeding Marge Dean As President Of WIA
• ‘Gaydar’ Host Anania to Launch Variety Show on Tubi (EXCLUSIVE)
• Daylight Adds Deuxmoi Podcast Deux U To Network
• Daniel Ings & Stephanie Beatriz Join Amazon MGM Horror Flick ‘Summoner’
• Rory Culkin and More Join Aldis Hodge-Wunmi Mosaku Thriller ‘One Night Out’ for Orion (Exclusive)
• Nicole Wallace Signs With UTA
• Box Office: ‘Street Fighter’ Makes $4 Million in Previews, ‘You Can See Everything’ Behind With $1.75 Million

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Steven Soderbergh helps finish The Batman sequel, New York closes the production-spending gap, BBC Studios expands free streaming and the weekend’s box-office estimates arrive. Plus ten more headlines from across the trades—all in one place.

In this briefing

• The Batman Part II Production
• New York’s Production Spending
• BBC Studios’ Streaming Plans
• Weekend Box-Office Estimates

Catch up on yesterday’s morning and afternoon editions.

Reporting cutoff: October 16, 10:31 a.m. Eastern / 7:31 a.m. Pacific.

Original reporting

• Steven Soderbergh to Help Finish ‘The Batman 2’ Filming After Matt Reeves Stepped Away for Family Matter
• New York Poised to Overtake California as Top State for Movie and TV Production
• BBC Studios’ Boss Says Streaming Is The Future But Linear Still Pays The Bills
• ‘Street Fighter’ Punches $4M In U.S. Previews, ‘You Can See Everything’ $2M – Box Office Update
• Bad Fairies adds Kylie Minogue, Jonathan Groff and Catherine Tate
• Layoffs Take Place At ‘The Repair Shop’ Producer Ricochet
• ‘On the Line: The World Burger Games’: Full Day Productions Brings Five Guys Competition to Life in Prime Video Docuseries
• Feds Sue Ticket Broker Firm Over Alleged $120M Scheme For Beyoncé, Pitbull Tickets
• The Information promotes Nick Wingfield as Martin Peers steps down
• ‘Dear William:’ Film Adaptation Of David D. Magee’s Memoir Underway
• Singapore Media Festival Launches Creator Summit as Asia TV Forum Adds AI Zone, Microdrama Focus
• Streaming Ratings: ‘Wonka’s The Golden Ticket’ Claims Top Spot
• UK YouTube Breakout ‘A Memory Owed’, With James Bolam & Rumi Sutton, Moves Into Feature Development
• Tatiana Maslany, Tony Shalhoub & John Turturro Set For ‘Rhinoceros’ Broadway Revival This Spring

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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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