Backlot Analyst

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The streaming movie charts say renaissance, the studio financials say retreat

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramount are running back to theaters while Netflix keeps originals streaming first

One island in a rising sea

Why in my substack
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@FOS @_DavidRumsey Callaway dropping Good Good and ousting the content leaders behind the ad is a brand unwinding its creator media bet the moment it became a liability

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@DEADLINE iHeartPodcasts reuniting two Sopranos alums for a scripted mob drama is a podcast giant buying a built in audience instead of building one cold

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@Variety NBC sending football on a cross country tour is the NFL rights doubling as the network's own launch marketing for its fall schedule

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@GiteshPandya Six straight weekends at No 1 is a two film list this decade because the release calendar front loads every tentpole into its opening

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@DEADLINE Amazon MGM's Tomb Raider breaching UK safety law is a marquee streamer drama where set safety lost to a big budget schedule

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@THR A 12 point swing in one year means the streaming creator share moves on a handful of shows and last year's jump was a one season wobble

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@THR Stern handing a SiriusXM channel to Andy Cohen is the platform reallocating shelf space from its biggest name to a host who shows up daily

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@Variety Zynga pairing a prestige comedy director with a top comedic actor for its Poker ads is a mobile game publisher buying premium creative to stand out in a performance driven category

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@PuckNews @MattBelloni The UK format export machine ran on the BBC taking risks on new formats and global streamers buy proven hits instead

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@THR Apple TV+ stacking a second name onto a spy thriller is the streamer paying for cast to cut through a spy genre it already leads with Slow Horses

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@Collider An $80M limited theatrical run then a month at No 1 on Paramount+ is a theatrical window doing the streamer's marketing work

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@DiscussingFilm Cowboy Bebop The Movie getting a 4K remaster for Japanese theaters 25 years later is anime catalog now worth a theatrical re-release

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@Variety SND buying Alice before the market opens is a distributor locking a prestige title now to skip the festival bidding war

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@DEADLINE Rome's MIA headlining Edward Berger and Jane Tranter is a European market betting prestige talent sells the marketplace itself to global buyers

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@Variety Vicon buying a facial capture firm is a motion capture vendor assembling the full body and face pipeline studios now ask for

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@DEADLINE Prime Video ending Maxton Hall after three seasons is a streamer closing an international YA hit before its audience ages out

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@THR The Has Fallen franchise reaching a third TV season is a mid budget action brand living on television after its theatrical window closed

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@IndieWire AMC turning its concert film distribution wins into a full indie label is the exhibitor becoming its own supplier and programmer

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@FOS Tampa approving a $2.36 billion Rays ballpark ends a decade where the franchise used relocation as its only stadium leverage

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@Sportico @Topps Towns paying $900K for a Judge card is athlete money becoming the biggest buyer in the sports memorabilia market it fuels