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Crackle Owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment to Acquire Redbox
The $375 million all-stock deal is premised on growth in the free ad-supported streaming market. Redbox CEO Galen Smith (COURTESY OF...


Box Office: ‘Morbius’ Opens to No. 1 With Decent $39 Million
Sony Pictures Releasing / © Marvel Entertainment / Courtesy Everett Collection “Morbius,” the latest comic book adventure from Sony’s...


How Universal Beat Other Studios to Land Christopher Nolan’s New World War II Epic
Christopher Nolan (Courtesy of Maria Laura Antonelli/Shutterstock) Christopher Nolan is making his next movie at Universal, severing the...


‘Hotel Transylvania 4’ Skipping Theaters as Sony Nears Over $100 Million Deal With Amazon
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation Sony Pictures Animation and Amazon are nearing deal for over $100 million for the animated feature...


Universal Moves Film Licensing Deal From HBO to Peacock, Bolstering Streaming Service
Giles Keyte/Universal/Kobal/REX Universal will move its pay-one window for films from HBO to Peacock, the studio said Tuesday. The move...


Black and Female TV Directors See Gains but Not Latinx and Asian American Women, DGA Finds
Courtesy of Michael Buckner/Variety The Directors Guild of America’s latest breakdown of TV director employment shows major gains for...


‘Twisted Metal’ Series From ‘Deadpool’ Writers in Works at Sony Pictures TV, PlayStation Productions
Courtesy of Sony A live-action series adaptation of the “Twisted Metal” PlayStation game franchise is officially moving forward, Variety...


Box Office: Denzel Washington’s ‘The Little Things’ Repeats No. 1 With $2 Million
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Denzel Washington’s crime thriller “The Little Things” led domestic box office charts again, pulling in $2.1...


Sony’s Film and TV Profits Leap to $212 Million in Third Quarter
Sony (AP) Operating profits at the ‘Pictures Division’ of Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate Sony leaped to $212 million...


Sony Delays Camila Cabello’s ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Uncharted,’ and Sony/Marvel's 'Morbius'
Sony/Marvel's "Morbius" (Courtesy of Sony Pictures) Sony has shifted release dates for numerous titles, including “Ghostbusters:...


Hollywood Prepares to Delay Another Slew of Blockbusters
Daniel Craig as James Bond, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, and Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto (Courtesy of MGM/Marvel/Universal) Here...


‘Morbius’ With Jared Leto Delays Release Date
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Sony has postponed the theatrical release of “Morbius,” the comic book thriller starring Jared Leto, as studios...


Media, Tech Stocks Fall Amid Broader U.S. Market Decline
Courtesy of AP On the first trading day of 2021, stocks of major media and tech companies slumped as investors assessed the economic...


Box Office: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Grabs $5.5 Million Domestically, Global Total Tops $118 Million
Courtesy of Clay Enos | Warner Bros. “Wonder Woman 1984” used its lasso of truth to rope in a modest $5.5 million over the New Year’s...


Box Office: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Debuts to Robust (for a Pandemic) $16.7 Million
Wonder Woman 1984 (Courtesy of Warner Bros.) Christmas is often one of the most popular times of year to gather the family and watch a...


How the Video Game Industry Quietly Powered Through a Pandemic
Call of Duty, Animal Crossing, and Fortnite (Courtesy of Activision; GRIFFIN GAMING PARTNERS; Epic Games) From breakout "COVID" hits to...


Buyer or Seller? How Each Film Studio Tackled Dealmaking Amid the Pandemic
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AT&T to Sell Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation for $1.175 Billion
Crunchyroll (Courtesy of Otter Media) AT&T inked a deal to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Sony’s Funimation group for $1.175...

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