There is a stat that explains everything about the current state of network television. According to Screen Rant, 65% of new network TV series get cancelled within their first season. A brand-new show, with unknown characters and an unproven premise, is more likely to disappear than survive. A reboot, by contrast, arrives with a built-in […]
The Biopic Problem: Can Hollywood Keep Sanitising Icons?
Here is a number worth sitting with: Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua, has grossed over $939 million worldwide as of this week. It is now the highest-grossing music biopic ever made. It holds a 38% on Rotten Tomatoes. Both things are true simultaneously, and that tension is the whole story. A […]
AI in Hollywood: Who’s Winning, Who’s Losing, and What It Means for the Films You Watch
Two things happened in Hollywood this year that don’t quite fit together — and that tension is exactly the point. At SXSW in March, Steven Spielberg stood in front of an audience and said he has never used artificial intelligence in any of his films. The room erupted. Meanwhile, Netflix was weeks away from spending […]
The Paramount–WBD Merger: Hollywood’s Biggest Power Shift in Years
Some deals change a company. This one changes an industry. On April 23, Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted to approve a $110 billion acquisition by Paramount Skydance — a transaction that would bring two of the most recognisable names in entertainment history under a single corporate roof. Warner Bros. The studio behind Casablanca, The Dark […]
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man—Does the Movie Deliver the Ending Tommy Shelby Deserved?
The prophecy is fulfilled. Six seasons, years of waiting, and more fan petitions than anyone cared to count, and Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has finally landed on Netflix. Written by series creator Steven Knight and directed by Tom Harper, the film drops Tommy Shelby into 1940 Birmingham at the height of the Blitz. He’s […]