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In this week’s Friday Five, we look at Martin McDonagh’s upcoming Zurich Film Festival honor and what it says about the global film landscape. Then: Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover clears a key UK review, Sombr shares his approach to building a new kind of pop career, Bowen Yang makes his Broadwa…

This week, we kick off with Ann-Marie Fitzgerald on Beyond the Budget, breaking down what running production finance on “Ted Lasso” really looks like. Then: Bangkok's new content market logs $65 million in its debut, HBO Max rolls out AI-powered shorts and conversational search, “Harry Potter and t…

In this week's Friday Five, Sony Pictures officially confirms it's restoring LA's Cinerama Dome targeting a 2028 reopening, (IndieWire), France's National Film Board ties funding to gender parity targets (Variety), BAFTA expands its Outstanding British Film Longlist (Screen Daily), the World Cup fi…

In this week's Friday Five, movie theaters are having their best year since the pandemic as unconventional hits like "Project Hail Mary," "Michael," and "Obsession" prove original stories can be blockbusters (Variety), New York's film and TV production spend surges 57%…

In this week's Friday Five, the 2026 Emmy nominations are in, with "The Pitt" leading the most nominations at 25 and "Hacks" setting a comedy series record in its final season (Variety), Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" holds its world premiere in London, opening in t…

In this week's Friday Five, the original cast of “Landman” secures rare mid-run salary renegotiations ahead of Season 3, reflecting the show's status as Paramount+'s biggest hit (Deadline), Paramount submits concessions to the European Commission — agreeing to exit its Universal distribution joint …

In this week's Friday 5, payroll accountants Candy Carstensen and Brad Rees join Beyond the Budget to discuss the production accounting behind “Grey's Anatomy” and the shift from paper timecards to digital workflows (Cast & Crew), Sony Pictures Entertainment makes a $100 million investment in C…

In this week's Friday Five, Al Roker and Dete Meserve discuss the making of "Weather Hunters" (Media Services), "Toy Story 5" tracks for a $150 million-plus opening weekend that would set a 2026 box office record (Deadline), FX formalizes a new strategy debuting all its series s…

In this week's Friday Five, Al Roker and Dete Meserve discuss the making of "Weather Hunters" (Media Services), "Toy Story 5" tracks for a $150 million-plus opening weekend that would set a 2026 box office record (Deadline), FX formalizes a new strategy debuting all its series s…