After an intense bidding war, Netflix has emerged victorious and will begin negotiating to buy Warner Bros. I look at how they came out on top and what's next for this industry changing deal. Plus Disney delivered Zootopia 2 with an enormous global footprint, helping it to achieve the biggest worldwide launch of an animated movie ever. On top of that, in just 7 days the movie has already passed the $600M worldwide milestone with $616.7M reported through Tuesday, making it the #6 2025

General audiences clearly weren’t buying into the film either. In its first weekend, it grossed just over $28 million worldwide on a $110 million budget, marking the first major financial loss of Wright’s career.While this film is by no means awful or even bad, it is extremely forgettable, and because of this, it was punished with a sad box office.

Bad Influencer is a story about : A single mother and luxury bag counterfeiter finds herself teaming up with a self-obsessed influencer to sell her bags and scrape her way out of debt.Starting Jo-anne Reyneke, Cindy Mahlangu, Former Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi. The film for me is one of the best series I’ve seen on Netflix and deserves to be watched. Highly recommend. * “Christy,” a biopic starring Sydney Sweeney as groundbreaking boxer Christy Martin, opened to just $1.3 million at the domestic box office.* Actor Ruby Rose blames Sweeney for the movie flopping: “You’re a cretin and you ruined the film

Frankenstein is a 2025 American gothic drama film[4][5] produced, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as the Creature, and Mia Goth as Elizabeth, with Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz in the supporting roles. The story follows the life of Victor Frankenstein, an egotistical scientist whose experiment in creating new life results in dangerous consequences.

Split is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley. It is the second installment in the Unbreakable trilogy and a "stealth sequel" to Unbreakable (2000). The film follows a man with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility.

The core point of making a music video, as it has been for decades, is promotion and artistic expression, but in the digital age, its importance has only multiplied.The most fundamental change is the move from the music video as a grand "Event" to a piece of "Content."In the 2000s: A music video release was a scheduled, highly promoted event on television. It was the only way most people would see the visuals, giving it immense cultural weight and a sense of scarcity.Today: Music videos exist in a world of infinite scroll. They are a necessary part of an artist's digital footprint and a key component used to create dozens of shorter, vertical clips that are meant to go viral on short-form platforms like TikTok and Reels.

This shift has both democratized and fragmented the music video landscape, making it easier for indie artists to gain traction while simultaneously making it harder for any single video to achieve the monoculture dominance that was possible in the MTV era.

The film industry loves to say “it’s all about who you know.” But what if that’s actually the problem? In this episode, we break down how the gatekeeping culture of film financing limits who gets to tell stories and why that’s bad for both creativity and business.

The numbers don’t lie. The top 15 box office hits in recent years prove that diverse, globally resonant stories outperform the traditional “safe bets.” Yet Hollywood still funds the same familiar faces and formulas.

We’ll explore:

• Why storytelling power is being wasted on exclusivity.

• How modern film financing reinforces old hierarchies.

• What the data reveals about audiences craving authenticity and diversity.

• And how filmmakers can navigate or disrupt the system.

If you care about storytelling, representation, and the future of cinema, this episode is for you.

Early next year, your favorite video podcasts are getting a bigger stage. Spotify and Netflix are teaming up to bring sports, culture, lifestyle, and true crime video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer to Netflix to complement the streamer’s existing programming and unlock new audiences and wider distribution for the shows.

Paramount Sky Dance Is About To Become The King Of ContentWarner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance are reportedly exploring a possible merger that could reshape the balance of power in Hollywood.The union of two of the world’s largest film and television libraries would bring together iconic franchises such as Harry Potter, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible, and The Godfather, along with many other major productions.The deal would also involve the companies’ television networks, including HBO, CNN, CBS, and MTV, creating a media powerhouse with unprecedented global influence.A key aspect of the agreement would be the integration of the streaming platforms HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single global service.A merger of this scale would inevitably have significant consequences, both within the companies and across the international market.

Sinners is a 2025 American film[a] produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler.[10] Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown to start again where they are confronted by a supernatural evil.