MEDIA

Marvel is clearly nearing its end. Based on what's doing well, things could get very, very silly at the multiplex. - Variety

And why not? One projection: "The video games and esports industry will be worth more than $300 billion in 2027 globally, surpassing music, radio, podcasts and movie- and TV-streaming combined." - Seattle Times

The actors are still out, so work isn't intense just yet. "What’s holding it up? Short answer: studio stupidity over AI." - The Hollywood Reporter

Scorsese completion, for instance. "Disney can choose not to offer Kundun digitally. What it can’t change is that the movie was released on DVD. Without Netflix’s discs, there’s one less way to watch out-of-print movies like that one." - The New York Times

The showrunners of For All Mankind didn't really anticipate making it to season four. - The New York Times

"We have to remember that these were depictions of true, brutal premeditated murders of Indigenous people and so we should get upset and feel deeply uncomfortable" - The Guardian (UK)

"As far as rom-com plotlines go, some picket lines actually did include host singles meetups, so the story might center on lonely screenwriters." - NPR

The movies Elf and Love, Actually opened in early November of 2003. "Both now seem like relics of a different time — an era when movies received the kind of dedicated theatrical releases that allowed them to win over viewers." - The New York Times

Can't we have anything nice? (Though - is Snow White actually nice at all?) - The Guardian (UK)

As Kristen Lovell's The Stroll garners indie attention, she's focused on a new project: "One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the joy of uncovering new elements." - Los Angeles Times

Many streaming services are cutting costs and curbing output while casting around for the broadest possible audience. - The New Yorker

"Re-entry is always harder than takeoff. … What’s weird is the adrenaline let-down. … That fact remains, though, it’s not really over. Not as long as SAG-AFTRA and Fran, Mother of Labor Dragons, are still at the table. God, I wish I could be in that dimly lit room." - The Hollywood Reporter

Part of the material includes texts from the network’s CEO Casey Bloys imploring lower-level staffers to create fake accounts on Twitter to respond to critics talking about their shows and on websites discussing HBO. - New York Magazine

In an excerpt from his upcoming book, Network of Lies, Brian Stelter reports that Carlson's sacking wasn't a condition of the Dominion settlement. "Think, for just a moment, about the worst relationship in your past — and why it ended. Odds are, there wasn’t just one reason, it wasn’t one thing," - Vanity Fair

"Disney has agreed to take full control of Hulu in a deal (worth $8.61 billion) with Comcast, which has owned a third of the streamer ever since Disney’s acquisition of the 21st Century Fox entertainment assets." - The Hollywood Reporter