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Kimmel, Late Night & the Fury — and Future — of Hollywood Comedians

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Richard & Sean: A ‘Big Bold Beautiful’ Flop; Swifties to the Rescue

Plus: The 30-year-old re-release and religious movie in the top 10

Sep 22 • Richard Rushfield and Sean McNulty

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‘One Battle After Another’ Wins NYC; Francis Ford Coppola’s Latest Apocalypse

‘Megadoc,’ about Coppola boondoggle ‘Megalopolis,’ is a must-see. Plus: Christopher Rosen reports from the audience of PTA’s epic

Sep 22 • Katey Rich

☀️ SONY’s ‘Big’ Whiff; UNI’s ‘Him’ Misses Target

PAR makes next movie buy / Murdochs may be part of new TIKTOK / VERSANT reveals financials

Sep 21 • Sean McNulty

Inside the Kimmel Crisis; Mid-Market M&A Frenzy; AI Talent Agents

Plus: The Ankler announces a Letterboxd partnership

Sep 21 • Alison Brower

These 10 Movies Will Be Best Picture Nominees (I Think)

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Sep 19 • Katey Rich

The Rushfield Lunch: First, They Came for Kimmel, with Jonathan V. Last

The Bulwark editor paints a bleak picture after Trump’s latest encroachment on Hollywood: ‘Do not surrender in advance’

Sep 19 • Richard Rushfield and Jonathan V. Last

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Ankler Features

Gen Z Only Watches TV Through Social Clips. Hollywood is Scrambling

As millions of viewers scroll instead of stream, studios grapple with a new marketing dilemma: fight or join?

Sep 11 • Matthew Frank

PSKY, Welcome to Wall St: Analysts Warn of ‘Risk Running This Into the Ground’

They tell me their worries on Day 1 of the company’s trading on NASDAQ

Aug 7 • Claire Atkinson

Netflix Doubles D.C. Lobbying Spend; Paramount Paid Trumpworld Firm

I tell you how much every studio and union is coughing up as Hollywood floods Washington with cash — and calls in the fixers

Jul 24 • Dave Levinthal

Smurfed: Inside the Rotten Tomatoes Market Weaponizing 1-Star Reviews

How an Aussie critic enriched top bettors on Kalshi, feeding a ‘degenerate economy’ that threatens any studio's best laid plans

Jul 22 • Matthew Frank

Gen Z and Alpha Want IRL. This Is How Every Studio is Racing to Respond

I talk to Netflix, Uni, WBD, Paramount & Lionsgate execs about plans to win the $52B experience economy as streaming flattens, IP goes live & AI looms

Jul 17 • Matthew Frank

Dealmakers

Neon to North Road: Mid-Market M&A Frenzy Is About to Ignite

Dealmakers name companies ripe to be bought or buy (even as the ghost of Candle looms): ‘There is such an appetite to scale’

Sep 16 • Ashley Cullins

Neon to North Road: Mid-Market M&A Frenzy Is About to Ignite

Dealmakers name companies ripe to be bought or buy (even as the ghost of Candle looms): ‘There is such an appetite to scale’

Sep 16 • Ashley Cullins

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ & the Reverse Window Wake-Up Call

Gen Z demand for IRL and millennial nostalgia reshape the box office as Disney's ‘Hamilton’ takes the next swing

Sep 4 • Ashley Cullins

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ & the Reverse Window Wake-Up Call

Gen Z demand for IRL and millennial nostalgia reshape the box office as Disney's ‘Hamilton’ takes the next swing

Sep 4 • Ashley Cullins

WME’s Indie Chief on the New Business Models: ‘Get Every Dollar Out There’

Deborah McIntosh is scoring profit participation (for some) and talks a fresh market where every window is shattered and ‘plug-and-play’ deals are over

Sep 2 • Ashley Cullins

Reel AI

OpenAI’s $30M Animated Film is Coming. Pixar Should Be Worried

‘Critterz’ will be made in 9 months and debut at Cannes ’26. The existential stakes couldn’t be higher

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OpenAI’s $30M Animated Film is Coming. Pixar Should Be Worried

‘Critterz’ will be made in 9 months and debut at Cannes ’26. The existential stakes couldn’t be higher

7 hrs ago • Erik Barmack

Musk’s X-Integrated Insta-Deepfakes: More Insidious Than You Imagine

Grok Imagine’s hellish ecosystem where writers, actors, directors — and copyright itself — cease to matter

Sep 9 • Erik Barmack

Musk’s X-Integrated Insta-Deepfakes: More Insidious Than You Imagine

Grok Imagine’s hellish ecosystem where writers, actors, directors — and copyright itself — cease to matter

Sep 9 • Erik Barmack

Sphere’s ‘Wizard of Oz’: Hollywood’s Dazzling Future or Dark Warning?

For audiences, it’s breathtaking; for the workforce, it’s a test

Aug 28 • Erik Barmack