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Labor ‘Do Not Work’ Orders How unions wield public boycott notices p. 18 ↑ Film Trek Surprise Stars caught off guard by investor day reveal p. 22 Heat Index Tom Holland The Spider-Man star launches a new franchise for Sony as the actioner Uncharted bows stateside to a betterthan-expected $51 million and $88 million overseas. Anthony Wood Roku, led by the CEO, hit 60 million active accounts, but slower overall growth fueled Wall Street skepticism, keeping its stock trending downward. Sherri Shepherd As Wendy Williams’ daytime talk series officially winds down, the former View regular will headline a new syndicated show that will take over Williams’ time slots. Jack Ma The Alibaba billionaire mogul is under renewed scrutiny from China’s regulators, who have reportedly asked banks to review his financial…
With the Discovery-WarnerMedia deal on track to close in a matter of weeks, David Zaslav is getting exactly what he didn’t need: a dumpster fire at CNN. Yes, the network has been ratings-challenged and major shareholder John Malone had — chillingly — expressed dissatisfaction with the programming (not that he was the only one who thought CNN had moved too close to MSNBC). And, yes, eliminating Jeff Zucker as CNN’s chief was likely part of Zaslav’s long-term plan, eventually. But not now — and not in such a messy way. “I don’t think [CNN] is in his top three priorities,” says a longtime media exec. “This is a giant turd in the punch bowl, but in terms of grand plan and strategy, it’s not central to the stock price. The…
THE DUTTON-VERSE Yellowstone 4 seasons, renewed The title that started it all follows a dynastic Montana family led by John Dutton (Kevin Costner). 1932 1 season ordered The Dutton family will face the Great Depression and Prohibition. 1883 1 season, additional episodes ordered Yellowstone’s wagon train prequel led by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill premiered to 4.9 million viewers in December. 6666 In development The Yellowstone spinoff is set at a tough Texas cattle ranch. THE NON-DUTTON-VERSE Land Man 1 season ordered Billy Bob Thornton is a crisis manager working in the world of West Texas oil rigs. Bass Reeves In development David Oyelowo is attached as the real-life Wild West lawman who inspired the Lone Ranger. Tulsa King 1 season ordered Sylvester Stallone, in his first TV role, plays…
Squid Game The streamer ended 2021 with 221.8 million global subscribers but added only 18 million for the year, fewer than half the nearly 37 million recorded in 2020 amid COVID-19 stay-at-home orders worldwide. Revenue in 2021 rose only slightly less in percentage terms than the year before, while operating profit growth slowed after a 77 percent spike in 2020. Netflix boosted its spending on content to $17 billion, up from $11.8 billion in 2020, which had seen COVID production delays, and touted such series as Squid Game, The Witcher, Emily in Paris and Money Heist and films including Don’t Look Up and Red Notice as viewership drivers. Up next? More tentpoles. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said Jan. 20: “The idea [of] big-ticket movies that people really care about premiering and…
In April 2021, in the aftermath of THR’s investigation of megaproducer Scott Rudin’s allegedly abusive behavior with former employees, some in the theater community responded by making a request of Actors’ Equity: Put Rudin on the do-not-work list. The idea was simple: Members of the theater actors’ and stage managers’ union cannot work with employers who are on the union’s do-not-work list, or they can face such consequences as losing their membership, and some thought the move might protect workers. But later that month, Equity responded to these calls by clarifying how the union typically uses the list, saying that Rudin was at that time a producing member of the Broadway League, and Equity generally uses the list to notify members of “the status of nonunion productions.” (Rudin resigned from…
BEST PICTURE The Power of the Dog On the heels of its field-leading 12 Oscar noms, Jane Campion’s Western reentered Netflix’s 10 most watched films globally for the week of Feb. 7-13 — encouraging news given that the actors, producers and directors guilds were all doing final voting during that window. BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Coming 2 America The film’s sole Oscar nom is looking more winnable than ever after the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) Awards on Feb. 19. It won three prizes: best contemporary makeup, contemporary hairstyling and special makeup effects. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT The Queen of Basketball The New York Times Op-Doc about a trailblazing women’s basketball player, which counts Shaquille O’Neal as one of its exec producers, had a high-profile television premiere…
