This chapter explores the uncertainties surrounding the new media service V-new, including pending regulatory approval and unidentified pricing. It also discusses the Warner Brothers Discovery and NBA partnership implications, Comcast's stream saver bundle, movie success metrics at film festivals, and a filmmaker seeking investors for future projects. The conversation touches on potential financial risks, controversial film premises, and their reception amidst the current political climate.
A frighteningly lackluster summer box office, human ScarJo dukes it out with OpenAI’s ‘definitely-not-supposed-to-sound-like-ScarJo’ ScarJo, and the movies making noise at this year’s Cannes Film Festival–not necessarily in a good way. Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down this week’s news in a special Spring Megabanter episode of The Business.