Netflix Surprises Again
Netflix’s $8 billion production allocation for 2018 to produce and acquire 700 shows and films is already reaping record new subscribers.
Production
TIFF Take Three: Trouble in the UK, Sight Unseen Films…
CBS Films did not acquire I, Tonya after all – Neon and 30WEST will distribute in the U.S. UK’s Icon Film Distribution runs out of money, again!
TIFF Take Two: Presales, New Distributors, Sales Agencies…
TIFF Take Two: Protagonist starts sales on Cumberbatch bare-knuckle adaptation. Ed Arentz launches distributor Greenwich Entertainment.
TIFF Take: Hot Films, Distribution, Streaming…
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is underway. There are plenty of films to wet the appetite of distributors and streamers alike.
Paramount’s China Lifeline is Gone [Update]
If reports from China are to be believed (clearly they cannot), a company with $19 million in revenue was going to finance $1 billion of Paramount’s slate.
Paramount Pictures: How Not to Run a Studio
In an unsurprising decision that many industry followers have expected, Paramount Pictures’ CEO Brad Grey is leaving the studio after 12 years.
Anatomy of a Successful Salesman
If there is one thing that Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh knows, it’s a comeback. Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh has given many successful pitches…
Lionsgate End of an Era
[Updated]: With Divergent: Allegiant and Now You See Me 2 both tracking around $120 million each, how is Lionsgate going to plug a $350 million hole in their slate?
News: Cross Border Television Production Pact
RTL and TF1 will equally co-fund with NBCUniversal’s global television production division. The partners will equally share revenues generated from content.