Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey, the Oppenheimer director’s epic take on the classic Greek myth, will shoot entirely on Imax film cameras, a first for a commercial feature. - The Hollywood Reporter
Following the decision by Warner Bros. Discovery to drop the show, which had aired on HBO since 2016, Netflix will both stream the show and distribute it, with no wait time, to PBS and PBS Kids. - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
"Left unstated but hanging over (Wendy McMahon's) announcement: CBS's corporate parent, Paramount Global, and its controlling owner, Shari Redstone, are involved in settlement negotiations with lawyers for President Trump in an effort to settle his $20 billion lawsuit against CBS' signature show, 60 Minutes.” - NPR
Dropping “HBO,” a label linked to award-winning dramas for decades, removed a trusted shortcut and left viewers asking whether the service had changed its focus. - The Conversation
The chief complaint was that some podcasters actually don’t want listeners to know how many people are listening to their podcast, because it might have the opposite effect: it could turn people off to know a show only has a few dozen plays. - The Verge
This is unusual because it’s coming from so many different places. That was not the case during the first Trump administration. It was not what I feel like this is: an all-out effort to take us out. The F.C.C., DOGE, I mean it’s just a whole different environment than anything I’ve seen before. - The New York Times
“The Bristol Imax, boasting a 19 metre by 15 metre screen, was once regarded as the future of cinema in south-west England. The projector was the size of a small car and needed to be cooled with water pumped up from the harbour.” - The Guardian (UK)
“The United States is the country with which Mexico has co-produced the most films. In 2024, at least 21 films featured collaborations with artists from both countries” - but tariffs definitely threaten that number. - El País
"Beyond the festival itself, Cannes is also a marketplace for film buyers and sellers from 140 nations. Collectively it’s a mood setter for the global movie industry, including major issues affecting Hollywood, and this year it’s looking especially complicated.” - Wall Street Journal (Internet Archive)
"Emmy voters like to reward series that are very clearly About Something, like commercialism or wealth or artistic genius or what a millennial is, and spy shows are not a genre I think viewers are trained to think of as being thematically dense.” - Vulture (MSN)
And here’s why: "Most states have some sort of financial incentive for productions. So do nearly 100 countries, including Canada, the U.K., Ireland and Australia.” - NPR
With open letters and festival speeches referencing Gaza, the Trump administration, the Ukraine war, and #MeToo in France’s film industry, an event which used to make a point of avoiding politics in favor of cinema for its own sake “appears to be storming the barricades.” - The Hollywood Reporter
That might seem like an obvious rule for voters of any award: View the works you’re judging. But when I recently spoke with several Academy members about the new condition, the lack of consensus about how to judge a movie was striking. - The Atlantic
