"Sound of Thunder" director Alejandro Monteverde has an unusual stipulation in his 10-year deal with Angel Studios. The distributor, which mostly focuses on Christian content, has agreed to purchase the filmmaker a house valued at $4-5 million in a location of his choosing. The studio also has an unusual approach to filmmaking — it decides what to green light based on the votes of the Angel Guild, 300,000 paid subscribers. Here's more from @IndieWire.
A 15-episode weekly medical procedural starring Noah Wyle! Live-event coverage, appointment TV and mega sports deals! Bundled content and stacks of commercials! Is it 1997, or is new television starting to look remarkably like old television? Variety's Michael Schneider looks at how streamers are dusting off some of the old broadcast playbook for a new era.
Sony Pictures and Apollo Global Management have made a $26 billion offer to buy Paramount Pictures. The offer is non-binding and meant to start talks. Paramount is also in merger talks with Skydance Media. Here's more from Quartz.
It's looking like an inglorious end for the "Coyote Vs. Acme" movie, a live-action/animated hybrid that is already complete and performed well with test audiences, but may soon be deleted without release. TheWrap breaks down the last-minute efforts to save the Will Forte vehicle (the Feb. 23 earnings call for Warner Bros. Discovery is a key date) and why they're likely to be unsuccessful.