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400303 02: Netflix.com Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings sits in a cart full of ready-to-be-shipped DVDs January 29, 2002 in San Jose, CA. The online DVD rental site has 500,000 subscribers who can rent, receive and return unlimited discs per month by mail. (Photo By Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Churn Baby Churn
The Netflix co-founder endorsed the vice president on July 23. The five-day period of July 25-29 saw Netflix churn increase by 2.7x.
Warner Bros.: Harry Potter TV series deal in talks for HBO Max, 12 years after the last movie starring (pictured) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint.
The Comcast-owned network in the UK says it has a 2019 agreement that gives them exclusive access to anything made for Max.
MEGALOPOLIS, Adam Driver, 2024. © Lionsgate Films / Courtesy Everett Collection
Live Cinema
Over 20 markets in North America will feature a "live participant" to accompany Francis Ford Coppola's epic.
NBCU films dominate Netflix
Netflix's minions
The top six animated Netflix movies in 2024 — and nine of the top 10 — come from one Universal studio or another.
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 25: View of the Disney+ Pavilion at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2019 in Anaheim, Calif. Disney+ launches on November 12. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney+)
Password Crackdown
We did the math.
The Player (1992)
Directed by Robert Altman
Shown: Tim Robbins
It's increasingly rare for major studios or even indie distributors to develop movies internally. According to a former studio exec, that's a problem for originality.
James Cameron
AI
The company behind Stable Diffusion also recently appointed former Weta Digital CEO Prem Akkaraju as its new head and named Sean Parker its executive chairman.
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, Keanu Reeves, 2023. © Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett Collection
AI AUTEUR THEORY
Proprietary AI models could allow Lionsgate execs to watch a rough draft of a movie before they make greenlight decisions.
Photo by: STRF/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 3/5/21 Movie Theaters in New York City reopened today at 25%, capacity after months of being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
NATO president and CEO Michael O'Leary explains to IndieWire why this investment will lead to more people going to the movies.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 08: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos speaks during the Netflix Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominee Toast at Catch LA on January 08, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)
Netflix on Thursday will release its biannual viewership report outlining the results from the first six months of 2024.
'Sound of Freedom'
The faith-based film company is owned by the Harmon brothers — and 375,000 "Angel Guild" members.
PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 19: Co-CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos attends the 'The Greatest Night In Pop' Special Screening during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 19, 2024 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
“Audiences don’t care about windows at all... They never talk about it over dinner," he said at a conference in the UK.
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