Under SAG-AFTRA’s strict strike guidelines, a few popular rewatch podcasts forge ahead — either pivoting the subject matter or leaning on union permission slips.
While Hasbro spent billions on eOne in the hopes of producing films like Marvel Studios, the Barbie company launched a film division but emphasized licensing for film and TV properties.
The death of the viral internet star — who's real name is Claire Eileen Qi Hope and which was confirmed by her former manager — is currently under investigation.
Facing the staggering problems afflicting all legacy studios, is Bob Iger contemplating a once-unthinkable option? The signals he sent in Sun Valley suggest that it could happen.
"The life of an artist, until you make f***-you money — which I haven’t made yet — is still check-to-check," the actor explained in a recent interview.
"The third quarter of 2023 is off to an explosive start with 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer,' 'Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One,' and 'Sound of Freedom'," says CEO Adam Aron.
$1.62 billion is less than Paramount Global was seeking for Simon & Schuster, but a $200 million cancellation payout on the last court-blocked deal, and several years of profitability from the publishing arm, makes for a bit of a wash over 4 years of attempted divestment....
As the labor impasse continues, charities say growing numbers of the industry’s most vulnerable are unable to feed themselves: "Before this started, we would do about 50 grants out of the L.A. office a week. Now we’re getting 50 applications a day.”
The actor's gift involved a group of Barbies and Kens helping the filmmaker celebrate turning 40 as the Warner Bros. title continues to cruise at the box office.
Most entertainment giants won’t have to face a shareholder Say on Pay vote until early next year, but the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA have effectively pointed to massive paychecks of top executives as a sign that the companies can make a deal.
The company, led by CEO Kristin Dolan, in its second-quarter earnings report also disclosed a $24.9 million impairment charge related to production services business 25/7 Media due to "reduced demand for new content and series cancellations from third parties."
SVP and General Manager Sara DeWitt on the free kids' programmer going big on content, what makes that possible and why storytelling beyond TV is so key to PBS Kids' strategy.
The studio's first project is an animated adaptation of Gen-Z Media’s kids podcast 'The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian,' a co-development with Cyma Zarghami's MIMO Studios.
During the latest financial quarter, the Hollywood studio reported it saved over $100 million in costs as the U.S. actors and writers strikes continue.
The toy giant shed eOne to focus on branded assets like 'Peppa Pig,' 'Transformers' and 'Dungeons & Dragons' as it looks to become a digital games giant.
Their counsel will be sought as the studio grapples with declining linear TV revenues and an unprofitable streaming business after the Disney CEO teased a possible linear channels sell-off.