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The Future. Started by Mondo vets Eric Garza, Mitch Putnam, Spencer Hickman, and Mo Shafeek, Mutant is the newest (and potentially best) name in pop-culture collectables like posters and vinyls. Thanks to younger audiences turning brands like A24 into unexpected merch powerhouses, traditional studios could look to Mutant’s expertise to capture the zeitgeist. Handcrafted pop […]
The Future. UMG (Universal Music Group), one of the world’s foremost music companies, announced that it’ll no longer license its content to TikTok starting today. If TikTok doesn’t bend to UMG’s demands, the platform could be crippled by copyright lawsuits. Stop the clockUMG and TikTok failed to craft a new agreement after their last one […]
The Future. Last year, two movies were re-edited and re-released as high-profile streaming series, blurring the line between the two formats. If more filmmakers take on similar experiments, under-the-radar indies and box office bombs could get second chances at becoming hits on the small screen… and give streamers a cheap way to license “new” titles. […]
The Future. Speciality movies like The Iron Claw, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest, and The Holdovers — films that typically skew older — are hits with the under-35 crowd. 2024 could see several breakout arthouse hits, prompting studios to diversify their slates to capture the zeitgeist. Audience discoveryMany of this season’s awards movies are […]
The Future. Jon Stewart is heading back to late night at his home of 17 years, The Daily Show. Stewart has a mandate to not just anchor the show but also to anchor its future direction. Specifically, the responsibility to crown a new host may be part of a larger trend of relying on influential […]
The Future. TKO scored a big win by signing a $5 billion, ten-year deal with Netflix for its most popular WWE fight package, Raw. The announcement has already given TKO’s stock a boost, solidified Netflix’s new “drama of sports” strategy for live-sports deals, and made Dwayne Johnson the spokesperson for it all. Don’t be surprised […]
The Future. The Academy Award nominations brought plenty of drama yesterday, with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Barbie, Maestro, and Killers of the Flower Moon scoring the majority of the nominations. As Oppenheimer and Barbie, two of the biggest blockbusters of 2023, will compete in multiple categories, expect this year’s Oscars telecast to have its biggest ratings […]
The Future. Amazon’s Prime Video unit is reportedly firming up a $100 million deal with MrBeast that would see the most famous face of YouTube create a reality competition show for the streamer. If successful, it may open up an opportunity for other top creators — Rhett & Link, Zach King, etc. — to scale […]
The Future. The Sundance Film Festival is in the hot seat as Hollywood grapples with a struggling independent film business. While the fest knows there’s pressure to platform the most commercial titles in the indie space, the organizers stress that its job is simply to support the most-promising voices… meaning the studios themselves may have […]
The Future. Peak TV is over the hill as the volume of American shows contracts to make streaming a viable long-term business. But with greenlights for international series growing overall, the TV industry may soon be more of a cross-cultural ecosystem, where language barely matters when marketing to audiences. Are you still watching?Soon, you may […]