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The Sundance Film Festival — the world’s preeminent indie film festival — is officially moving from Park City, Utah to Boulder, Colorado in 2027, beating out offers from Salt Lake City, Utah and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Big Picture: Sundance is looking to grow — more money, more venues, more attendance, more lodging — so a […]
Broadway plays — the classic dramatic performances, not high-production musicals — are breaking theatre-revenue records and driving such high demand that ticket prices are soaring to unheard-of heights. Why It Plays: Before the pandemic, Broadway plays had a cultural reputation as an analog art form that seemed to be losing influence (other than big blockbuster […]
United Talent Agency has started to lean on AI to do market research, optimize dealmaking, and collect the currency that now makes Hollywood go round (real-time, complete viewership metrics) partly by using its own AI-powered app. The Big Picture: UTA has been investing heavily in its data and analytics division, the Joe Kessler-run UTA IQ. […]
A survey by the Global Cinema Foundation found that while many people would love to go to the movies, they feel underserved of the films they actually want to watch more of… so they choose streaming or other forms of entertainment instead. The Big Picture: Recent data shows that while most sectors of mass entertainment have recovered, […]
Bobby Hundreds (real name Bobby Kim), the influential designer behind The Hundreds streetwear brand, has been hired as Disney’s new VP of creative for the Americas at Disney Consumer Products. In other words, Kim is getting his biggest platform yet. The Big Picture: Luxury designers have increasingly transitioned to the world of entertainment. But Kim’s hiring seems […]
HBO’s hit show The White Lotus has booked incredible engagement for Four Seasons — the luxury hotel chain where the show is filmed. Now that Four Seasons is an official partner of the show, the relationship is only deepening. The Big Picture: The crossover between entertainment and experiences has reached a fever pitch. While most IP-driven IRL events cater […]
Yesterday marked the five-year anniversary of the COVID shutdowns that consequently hobbled the entertainment industry. Looking at the state of it today, things have landed somewhere between “back to normal” and “cementing a new normal.” The Big Picture: As the world reopened during the waning days of the pandemic, entertainment companies wondered if people would go back […]
Robert Rodriguez — the renegade filmmaker behind genre classics like From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty, and Machete — is launching a new banner called Brass Knuckle Films, allowing fans to directly invest in movies in exchange for various perks. The Big Picture: Trying to boost fan involvement in movie slates has taken off in recent years, whether through platforms like Legion M or […]
FIFA announced that the 2026 World Cup — which will take place in various cities across the US, Canada, and Mexico — will be the first tournament to feature a halftime show during the final match. Why It Scores: In case you weren’t just reminded during last month’s Super Bowl, halftime shows are a big deal — big viewership drivers, […]
Timur Bekmambetov, director of movies like the Angelina Jolie-starring Wanted and the upcoming Chris Pratt-starring Mercy, recently launched a new platform called Screenlifer. The platform hopes to incubate and support “screenlife” projects — movies and shows in which all the action takes place on a computer, tablet, or smartphone screen. The Big (Little) Picture: Bekmambetov has become the patron saint of […]