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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Possible government intervention in Sky’s ITV deal, Zendaya’s new Alex Garland film, Gersh’s Victoria House and CBS’s Bake-Off special lead Thursday’s briefing. Plus ten more project and business headlines—all in one place.

In this briefing

• Sky–ITV public-interest scrutiny
• Zendaya and Alex Garland at A24
• Gersh launches Victoria House
• Drew Barrymore hosts CBS Bake-Off
• Also in the Trades: casting, rights and executive news

Catch up on yesterday’s morning and afternoon editions.

Reporting cutoff: October 15, 10:31 a.m. Eastern / 7:31 a.m. Pacific.

Original reporting

• Sky’s $2.1 Billion ITV Megadeal: U.K. Government Eyes Intervention
• Zendaya to Star in Alex Garland Sci-Fi Film at A24
• Gersh Launches Victoria House, Expanding Into Scripted Films, True Crime and International Co-Productions (EXCLUSIVE)
• CBS Bringing ‘Pillsbury Bake-Off Classic’ To Primetime With Drew Barrymore As Host
• Renny Harlin To Direct Prison Rescue Thriller ‘Evac’
• Mister Miracle casts Josh Hutcherson and Mackenzie Davis
• Christian Slater, Trine Dyrholm, Dree Hemingway Join Dogma25 Feature ‘Incidents of Intimacy’
• Cineverse to Adapt Trevor Henderson’s Horror Podcast ‘Mayfair Watchers Society’ Into Movie (EXCLUSIVE)
• ‘Friends’ Returning To Channel 4 After 15 Years
• Amy DeGregorio Promoted to EVP at Hearst Media Production Group (Exclusive)
• Kelsey Grammer EMT drama Pops in development at NBC
• Jennie to Headline Soundtrack for Netflix’s Upcoming Animated Film ‘Steps’
• Bel Powley & Rob Delaney Leading BBC Podcast Series ‘Sober Companion’ With EP Sharon Horgan
• Academy CEO Bill Kramer to Head to Tokyo for Leadership Award and Onstage Summit With Toho Boss Matsuoka Hiro

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Fox–Roku shareholder approval, Netflix’s television departures, IMDbPro’s networking tools and Universal Music’s restructuring lead the afternoon briefing. Plus ten more casting, company and project headlines—all in one place.

In this briefing

• Fox–Roku shareholder vote
• Netflix television executive departures
• IMDbPro Connections and Endorsements
• Universal Music restructuring and Jim Roppo’s move
• Also in the Trades: casting, renewals and company news

Catch up with this morning’s briefing.

Reporting cutoff: October 14, 6:16 p.m. Eastern / 3:16 p.m. Pacific.

Original reporting

• Fox’s $22 Billion Roku Deal Approved by Shareholders of Both Companies
• Netflix television executive departures
• IMDb’s Latest Pivot Takes a Cue From LinkedIn
• Universal Music Undergoes Shake Up With Def Jam, Republic Senior Execs Among Departures
• Jim Roppo Named Vice Chair at Warner Records
• Bob Daly to Step Down as AFI Board Chair
• Mark Duplass Joins Cast of Hulu’s Erotic Thriller Limited Series ‘Victoria’
• Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins & Christina Elmore Launch Tomorrow/Today, Acquire ‘Black Girl, Jump’ For TV Development
• Eric Nam, Singer and ‘The Traitors’ Star, Signs with UTA (Exclusive)
• Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV
• Andrew Haas Joins ‘The Brutalist’ Producer’s Andrew Lauren Productions As Head Of Production And Development
• YouTube to Label AI-Generated Songs Across Its Platforms: Listeners ‘Want Transparency’
• Prime Video’s NASA Limited Series ‘The Challenger’ Adds 11 To Cast
• Pumping Black adds cast and begins filming
• Anime Studio N LITE Taps Former Disney TV Animation Exec, Industry Veterans for Board of Directors (Exclusive)

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Netflix’s job cuts, Hello Sunshine’s sale, Hulu’s X-Files order and TikTok’s microdrama slate lead Wednesday’s briefing. Plus ten more business and project headlines—all in one place.

In this briefing

• Netflix layoffs
• Hello Sunshine and Mediawan
• Hulu orders The X-Files
• TikTok and Made By Us Studios
• Also in the Trades: financing, casting and distribution

Reporting cutoff: October 14, 10:32 a.m. Eastern / 7:32 a.m. Pacific.

Original reporting

• Netflix Lays Off 6% of Employees, Elimination About 1,000 Jobs in Biggest Cutbacks to Date
• Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Breaks Away From Candle Media
• Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Update Scores Hulu Series Order
• Moby, Hannah Stocking & Adam Rose Set For Microdrama Slate From TikTok & Made By Us Studios
• Launch Financing To Expand Short-Term Indie Film Lending On Back Of New $15M Senior Credit Facility
• ‘Forensic Files’ to Resume Original Production Amid the Streaming Boom for Vintage True Crime Series
• Disney prepares Character.ai bid
• Theo James, Hoyeon, Christian Slater Thriller ‘The Hole’ Lands Summer 2027 Release From Orion (Exclusive)
• Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ Sets U.S., U.K. Release With Jimmy O. Yang, MC Jin Voicing English Dub
• Milo Manheim Boards Amazon MGM & Miramax’s ‘Serendipity’ Redo From Michael Showalter
• Black Bear Acquires Love Triangle Comedy Spec From Writing Duo Cassidy Alla and Read Masino (EXCLUSIVE)
• Spectrum executive departures
• Sam Levinson Inks Overall TV Deal With Amazon MGM Studios
• BondIt, Buffalo 8 and Sandaled Kid Productions Team Up on High-Concept Horror Film Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
• Netflix Film VP Doug Belgrad Out In Layoffs

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Monday’s box office leads our briefing, followed by Susan Hill’s library deal, the Beatles film release plan, and Banijay’s U.S. ambitions. Plus ten more casting, project and distribution headlines—all in one place.

In this briefing

• Weekend box office
• Susan Hill and John Gore Studios
• Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films
• Banijay’s U.S. scripted plans
• Also in the Trades: casting, animation, theater and distribution

Reporting cutoff: October 12, 16:50 UTC.

Original reporting

• ‘The Social Reckoning’ Bombs With $5.5 Million Opening, Horror ‘Other Mommy’ Rules Weekend’ – Box Office Update
• Hammer Films Owner John Gore Studios Acquires Rights to ‘The Woman in Black’ Author Susan Hill’s Complete Works (EXCLUSIVE)
• ‘Beatles’ Producer Pippa Harris Shares Update On Sam Mendes Film Series & Explains Staggered Release Strategy — LFF
• Banijay Plots U.S. Expansion As Marco Bassetti Says ‘Peaky Blinders’ Maker Is Not “Jealous” Of Hollywood Studios
• Antonio Banderas To Star As Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés In Feature From Paul Mignot & Nicholas Kazan
• Anime Series ‘Sentinel 6’ in Development With NBA and NFL Pros Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams as EPs
• Miami Vice 85 First Look
• ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and ‘Hamnet’ Breakout Bodhi Rae Breathnach Signs With UTA (EXCLUSIVE)
• Guy Branum Signs With Gersh
• Sacha Baron Cohen to Star in Quentin Tarantino’s First Play
• ‘Artemis Fowl’ Animated Series Greenlit At Disney Channel, Disney+ With Author Eoin Colfer As EP — NYCC
• Prime Video Swoops For Princess Diana Series With Unheard Audio: Streamer Will Launch As ‘Diana: Her Secret Confessions’
• Fremantle Takes Singapore Dating Format ‘Wingman’ Global in Mediacorp Deal
• Cineflix Rights Sells Nordic Blue Crime Hit ‘Hildur’ to Canal+ in France, Australia’s SBS in Multi-Territory Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

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HBO orders Crazy Rich Asians, filings detail David Zaslav’s merger payout, and Paramount develops Cyberpunk 2077. Plus Elizabeth Banks’ Karen Read series and ten more deals and project headlines.

In this briefing

• Crazy Rich Asians: returning cast and HBO series order
• David Zaslav: merger stock proceeds
• Cyberpunk 2077: Paramount film development
• Karen Read: Prime Video series with Elizabeth Banks
• Also in the Trades: Rabbit, 6 Bed 1 Bath, Miraculous, One Night Out, Medieval Times, CookieRun, Garden City, Scott Bakula’s CBS project, TCM and Marvel’s Zodiac

Reporting cutoff: October 8, 22:17 UTC (3:17 p.m. Pacific / 6:17 p.m. Eastern).

Original reporting

• ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Gets Series Order At HBO From Adele Lim, Jon M. Chu & Kevin Kwan
• David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
• David Zaslav Cashed Out More Than $600 Million in Warner Bros. Stock in Connection With Sale to Paramount
• Paramount And Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Developing Movie Based On ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Video Game
• Elizabeth Banks-Led Karen Read Series Ordered At Prime Video
• American ‘Ludwig’ Adaptation Nabs ABC Pilot Order
• Colin Jost & Danny Chun To Launch New Comedy Series ‘6 Bed 1 Bath’
• ‘Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir’ Getting Live-Action Series Adaptation From ‘Slow Horses’ Banner See-Saw Films and Miraculous Corp (EXCLUSIVE)
• Aldis Hodge And Wunmi Mosaku To Star In Orion Pictures Thriller ‘One Night Out’ With George Tillman Jr. Directing
• Paramount Teaming With Medieval Times On Family Comedy Movie; Eric Appel Directing From Script By Blaise Hemingway
• Big Shot Pictures Lands Film Rights To ‘CookieRun’ Game Franchise; 2029 Theatrical Release Eyed
• Paul Walter Hauser Set For Crime Drama ‘Garden City’ From John Curran, Magenta Light Studios
• Scott Bakula To Headline Detective Drama In Works At CBS From Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment
• Turner Classic Movies To Sit Within Skydance Film Group
• Marvel Sets New Live-Action Spy Thriller Series ‘Zodiac’ For 2028

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