Netflix reported Q3 earnings, beating analysts' estimates for revenue, subscribers and earnings per share.
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos crowed about the company's content and distribution strategies, and defended its cost-plus deal model, saying "talent likes" the setup. He also mused about AI and had choice words for the bundling going on among other streamers.
Asked about a possible price increase, co-CEO Greg Peters said, “Our approach to pricing has been remarkably consistent over many, many years. Our core theory is, we’ve got to work really, really hard to make sure we are delivering more value to members every quarter. If we do, then we occasionally ask members to pay a bit more, so we can invest that forward and keep that whole process going.” >>>Stock Jumps |
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Producing Results - It has only been six months since Producers United launched an appeal to its content-making bosses to stop the systemic erosion facing career producers. Now the upstart group has secured commitments to reform their policies from the film sides of Warner Bros Discovery, Disney, Paramount and Universal and HBO. >>>Details Differ Between Studios
Rebooting 'God Of War' - Sony Pictures TV and Amazon MGM Studios are staging a do-over on God of War, the series for Prime Video that’s based on PlayStation‘s hugely popular ancient mythology-themed video game. >>>Creatives Departing
'Looney Tunes' Movie Gets A Date - Ketchup Entertainment's pickup of Warner Bros Animation’s The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie will be debuting in theaters on February 28, 2025. >>>Conceived For Max
ElectionLine Podcast - The newest episode of Deadline's ElectionLine podcast features the historical, the strategic and the international POV former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens and actress Danai Gurira. >>>Take A Listen
MIPCOM Hot Ones - Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2024 market and has handpicked a selection of the projects set to be big talking points at this year’s event in Cannes. >>>Martin Scorsese Doc
Royal Treatment - After helping bring the Paddington franchise and a new Willy Wonka movie to life, director Paul King has his sights set on another iconic character. Sources tell Deadline that King has come on to direct a new Prince Charming movie at Disney. >>>Not Cinderella-Centric
Dame Pippa Harris Interview - Neal Street Productions co-founder talks HBO's The Franchise and reveals that Sam Mendes' epic Beatles movies get underway next summer >>>Producer's Busiest Year |
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Denis Villeneuve tells Deadline that his “break” is over and that he will ”go back behind the camera faster than I think” to film the third installment of his “deep” immersion into Frank Herbert’s Dune universe.
“I’m in the writing zone right now,” the filmmaker said, referring to Dune: Messiah; he was careful not to call it Dune: Part Three.
That new movie, he continues “will finish the Paul Atreides arc.” >>>Baz Bamigboye's Column |
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Amazon MGM Studios is seeking an actor and actress in their 20s to play John and Jane, respectively, in Season 2 of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The roles are described as leads, requiring one-year deals. It is unclear whether formal offers have been made yet but A-list names, including that of Billie Eilish, have entered the rumor mill.
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Johnny Cannizzaro (Jersey Boys) has joined the ensemble cast of 20th Century‘s Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. The New Jersey native will portray Springsteen’s longtime confidant and E-Street band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt.
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Judy Greer has boarded the comedy In Memoriam from former Late Show With David Letterman producer Rob Burnett.
Glen Powell looks to have found his adversary in the reimagining of The Running Man at Paramount Pictures. Josh Brolin is in final negotiations to land the villain role in the pic being directed by Edgar Wright based on the novel by Stephen King.
Stranger Things star Sadie Sink will appear on Broadway this spring in John Proctor Is The Villain, a new comedy with Danya Taymor (The Outsiders) directing. |
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$146,976 - Fine proposed by the FCC against ESPN for six violations of Emergency Alert System rules |
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🤖 Blumhouse and Meta are partnering on Meta Movie Gen—a suite of AI models that show how you can use simple text inputs to produce custom videos and sounds, edit existing videos, and transform a personal image into a unique video.
🗣️ Donald Trump had the spotlight all to himself at the Al Smith Dinner on Thursday, as he made made jokes about immigrants, transgender Americans and his political rivals at the event.
🎥 Andrew Garfield said his Hacksaw Ridge director, Mel Gibson, should continue making films. “I learned a lot, actually. I learned that people can heal. I learned that people can change, that people can get help,” Garfield said of working with Gibson.
⚖️ Unless there is a shift in the legal Force or a big-bucks settlement, the Disney and Gina Carano will go head-to-head at trial next year over the former mixed martial artist’s 2021 firing from The Mandalorian, a judge has ruled. |
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 Kamala Harris' sit-down with Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday drew 7.8 million viewers. By comparison, Baier's show Special Report averaged 2.51 million viewers in the third quarter.
🔻 Bret Baier said that a clip that was supposed to run during a key moment of his interview with Kamala Harris on Wednesday night didn't, which led to the vice president calling out the network for omitting Donald Trump‘s call to use the military against Americans. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Mitzi Gaynor, the actor, singer and dancer who starred in such 1950s Hollywood musicals as South Pacific and There’s No Business Like Show Business before going on to conquer the Las Vegas stage and TV variety specials, has died. She was 93. 🕯️ Sherry Coben, a Daytime Emmy-winning writer-producer best known for creating Kate & Allie, died October 16 of cancer at her home in New Milford, NJ. She was 71. 🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024, A Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Fri - S.W.A.T. S8 premiere; Joe Scarborough on Real Time
Sat - Michael Keaton hosts SNL; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Sun - Obama headlines Harris fundraiser in L.A.
Mon - MIPCOM begins; Tim Walz on The Daily Show
Tue - NBA season tips off
Wed - AFI Fest starts |
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It's Always Sunny At Abbott Elementary - The casts of FX‘s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and ABC‘s Abbott Elementary fully united for the first time in a photo shared by It’s Always Sunny star and creator Rob McElhenney from the set of the upcoming crossover.
“School’s out y’all,” he wrote on Instagram with the photo that featured his co-stars, wife Kaitlin Olson, Danny DeVito, Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day, as well as Abbott Elementary stars Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Chris Perfetti, Tyler James Williams and creator Quinta Brunson. |
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