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‘The Odyssey’ Launches Weekend Voyage With Thursday Previews Around $15M U.S. – Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: Universal’s Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey is sailing to previews tonight around $15M give or take. If that figure posts, it will rank as the best previews we’ve seen so far this year for a live-action tit…
‘God Of War’ To Recast Lead Kratos After Ryan Hurst Suffers Injury On Set Of Prime Video Series
EXCLUSIVE: This is a shocker: Prime Video’s God Of War will have a new actor playing Kratos as the lead role in the high profile fantasy drama series is being recast, Deadline has learned. The decision, made after a care…
PVR Inox’s Sanjeev Kumar Bijli On India’s Box Office Recovery, Cinema Expansion & Cannes Acquisitions Haul
EXCLUSIVE: India’s theatrical market is one of the few in Asia that has outstripped pre-pandemic revenues, despite the growth of streaming, the slowdown in the Hollywood pipeline and all the other factors that have hampe…
Sinclair-Owned ABC And NBC Stations Preempt Networks To Carry Trump Primetime Speech
UPDATED with more details: ABC and NBC stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting ended up airing President Donald Trump’s primetime speech on Thursday, after ABC News and NBC News said earlier in the day that they would on…
Donald Trump Says ABC And NBC Should Lose Broadcast Licenses Because They Didn’t Carry His Primetime Address On Election Claims
Donald Trump lashed out at ABC and NBC, the two networks that chose not to carry his speech live on their broadcast platforms, as he delivered a 25-minute long speech full of claims that included China obtaining voter re…
Netflix Tries to Ease Worries About Engagement, Season 2 Drop Offs, Podcasts, and Free Tiers
In Thursday's earnings call, the streamer's Co-CEOs addressed a litany of reports and rumors that have emerged over the last few weeks.
ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro Confirms Interest In Bidding For World Cup Rights In 2030
ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro confirmed the Disney division will bid on World Cup rights for the 2030 tournament. “We had the World Cup for two decades and it was a big part of ESPN’s identity and DNA,” the exec said during…
‘Age Of Attraction’ Is Netflix’s Top New Reality Launch, But ‘Star Search’ & ‘Calabasas Confidential’ Struggle
Netflix launched a number of new reality series in the first half of the year and it turns out viewers were most turned on by its age-shifting dating escapades. Age of Attraction, from Velvet Hammer Media, was the stream…
UFC’s McGregor-Holloway Rematch Muscles Up 6.5M Viewers Across U.S. & Latin America
UFC averaged 6.5 million viewers on Paramount+ across the U.S. and Latin America for the July 11 main card featuring Conor McGregor and Max Holloway. Per Paramount Skydance, the telecast peaked with 8.3M concurrent strea…
Meg Stalter Addresses ‘Oh, Mary!’ Absence A Week After Broadway Debut
Meg Stalter made her Broadway debut with Oh, Mary! last week but has been absent during recent performances. Addressing rumors on social media, Stalter opened up about the reason she has not been on stage. “I’m so sad to…
Netflix Content Spend Accelerates, As Do Savings From AI: Ted Sarandos Says Streamer Has Used It In 300 Productions
Streaming giant Netflix anticipates content spending (of about $20 billion) will be up around 10% in 2026, accelerating from 8% increases over the last five years but below the 14% the company averaged over the past deca…
‘The Boroughs’ Wraps Run As Newest Series Release In Top 40 Of Netflix’s What We Watched Report
Canceled Netflix drama The Boroughs got a consolation prize — it was the most recent ongoing scripted series release to make the Top 40 of Netflix’s semi-annual “What We Watched” viewership report released Thursday that …
ABC, NBC And CNN Won’t Carry Donald Trump’s Primetime Speech On Their Linear Networks Amid Reports He’ll Bring Up Stolen Election Claims
UPDATED with CNN plans, 3:34 PM: ABC News and NBC News said Thursday afternoon that they will carry Donald Trump’s primetime address tonight only on their respective streaming sites, ABC News Live and NBC News Now, and n…
Netflix Co-CEO Explains How Gen-AI Was Used in 300 Different Titles: ‘We Believe It Is Going to Enhance Their Abilities’
Ted Sarandos said the docuseries "The American Experiment" contains 17 minutes of AI-enhanced footage.
Ava DuVernay Returns to Documentaries (and to Netflix) with ’14th’ Amid Trump’s Challenge to Birthright Citizenship
The film, directed and produced by DuVernay, will air on Netflix later this year.
The Casting Director Behind Horror’s Biggest Hits Reveals How the Genre’s Breakout Stars Get Discovered
Casting director Nancy Nayor, whose horror credits include everything from Sam Raimi classics to hits like "Barbarian," tells IndieWire about her approach to finding actors for the genre she loves.
Sundance 2026 Movies Sold: Doc ‘Hanging by a Wire’ About Himalayan Cable Car Rescue Snagged by Abramorama
The distributor has announced a NY release date of August 28 and has released a first trailer.
Rose Byrne Reunites with ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Director Mary Bronstein for ‘Nasty’ with Jenna Ortega
Warner Bros.' Clockwork banner is producing the film, based on a Black List script by Isabella Jarosz.
‘American Pachuco’ Reveals the Life and Legacy of Chicano ‘La Bamba’ Director Luis Valdez
Director David Alvarado and playwright Luis Valdez tell IndieWire about turning Valdez's story as the godfather of Chicano theater into a documentary — and how Alvarado had to make late-breaking cuts amid accusations aga…
‘The Uprising’ Trailer: Andrew Garfield Rebels Against King Richard II in Paul Greengrass’ Latest Historical Drama
The Oscar nominee leads Greengrass' epic portrayal of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England.