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The Future. Bobbi Althoff, the deadpan interviewer whose The Really Good Podcast went viral over the summer, has provoked some passionate opinions from entertainment professionals, veteran journalists, and the Black community (most of her interviewers are with Black rappers). But for all the serious takes, Althoff’s comedic routine may be nothing more than that for […]
The Future. Taylor Tomlinson, fresh off two hit Netflix comedy specials and in the midst of a popular tour, is getting a late-night talk show on CBS. Although late-night has been dropping in ratings for years now (losing ground to clip-happy platforms like YouTube and TikTok), Tomlinson’s unique perspective and popular online persona may give […]
The Future. AMC Networks’ horror-focused streaming service, Shudder, has cracked the code on programming a platform for niche audiences because of how much of a human touch it has in its programming. By focusing on a more “boutique” approach (according to programming VP Sam Zimmerman), Shudder may provide a blueprint for how to craft a […]
The Future. The team at Genvid Entertainment wants to turn the popular Silent Hill game franchise into the next streaming hit. Silent Hill: Ascension makes multiplayer gaming an appointment-viewing-and-playing experience. If the somewhat complicated title is successful, it may pioneer a new form of gameplay that everyone from cloud-based gaming titans (Microsoft, Sony) to streaming […]
The Future. While Christopher Nolan isn’t the first modern filmmaker to make 70mm exhibition a major selling point of their movie, he may be responsible for sparking a newfound cultural fascination for the premium format, thanks to his outsized critical and commercial influence. While studios may try to eventize auteur-driven projects by supporting their use […]
The Future. “Funflation” is hitting American wallets, forcing people to pull back on the amount they spend on live experiences. For all but the biggest stars who can command nearly any price, that may signal some alarm. If prices don’t level out, there may be a shift to people saving for a handful of tentpole […]
The Future. Buzzy books, articles, comics, and podcasts were hot commodities all summer, with film and TV rights (especially TV) being the only dealmaking that could happen while writers and actors were (and still are on, as far as actors go) strike. Some believe all the dealmaking is a strike bubble that could pop as […]
The Future. Haunted houses — from the state-of-the-art professionals to the mom-and-pop bootstraps — are getting bigger and better. And audiences are showing up in droves. The phenomenon speaks volumes about the power of horror entertainment and the desire for people to have communal experiences. And with Universal starting Halloween Horror Nights earlier in the […]
The Future. A24 is looking to expand into action fare and more IP-driven projects because, for all the brand loyalty the studio has, many of its films have struggled financially. That pivot would be an accompaniment to its typical arthouse titles, not a replacement, giving the independent studio a wide variety of releases. If successful, […]
The Future. Anthropic’s “Collective Constitutional AI” experiment put governance in the hands of the American people, testing whether a written set of rules (like Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics”) could program advanced AI systems to be safer for society. The move provides a potential alternative to government regulation, making things open source, or putting […]