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Ted Sarandos wants investors (and regulators!) to know: Netflix is facing more competition than ever, and the competition is only getting more fierce. It’s a message that appears honed for battle, should regulators in the U.S. or Europe try to fight the company’s $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. “The TV landscape, in fact, has…
Independent Artist Group has named Nir Caspi as head of non-scripted & new media and chief growth officer. It’s the latest move from the agency, which is determined to establish itself as the top alternative to the Big 3 agencies and occurs as it pushes into new growth areas, including into the rapidly expanding digital…
Netflix has been testing new vertical video features, which it plans to roll out later in 2026. Speaking on its earnings call Tuesday, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said the streamer had already been featuring a vertical video feed in the mobile experience for the past several months, which includes clips of Netflix shows and movies….
Ever since his breakout film, Narc (2002), Joe Carnahan has been keenly aware that the industry and audience alike have wanted him to helm more hard-hitting cop dramas. So the writer-director finally decided to purposefully deliver on that sentiment, and the result is the Ben Affleck–Matt Damon Netflix chart-topper, The Rip. The road to The…
Netflix‘s shareholder letter summing up the final quarter of 2025 included one big surprise: the streamer says it crossed 325 million global paid subscribers in the quarter. And here we didn’t even expect an update! Netflix had stopped sharing quarterly subscribers some time ago, though executives did say they’d update the public at pertinent intervals….
Chroma, the U.S.-based global distributor that works in the indie genre films sphere, has picked up the North American rights to Operation Taco Gary’s, a sci-fi comedy starring Simon Rex. The directorial debut of Mikey K, the film will be released in select theaters in collaboration with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema onFeb. 27. In addition to…
South by Southwest has unveiled keynote speakers for its 2026 Innovation Conference, led by AI scientist Dr. Rana el Kalioubytalking tojournalist Bob Safianabout keeping humanity at the center of an evolving artificial intelligence revolution. Also keynoting in Austin, Texas, is New York-based artist Tom Sachs talking about his creative process. And featured speakers booked for…
For about the first hour, Amazon Prime Video’s Steal is a pretty slick little thriller. Sophie Turner is believably terrified yet levelheaded as Zara, a London office worker whose employer, Lochmill Capital, is swarmed by a team of robbers. Said robbers, armed with giant guns, elaborate disguises and a suspiciously intimate understanding of the company’s…
It’s been more than a month since Netflix, run by co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, agreed to buyWarner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming businesses in a megadeal valued at $82.7 billion. Since then, investors have not been able to chill. After all, David Ellison and his Paramount has continued to fight for WBD by…
The screenwriter Angelo Pizzo was in an Uber from the Hard Rock Hotel to South Beach Sunday afternoon, on his way to a bar that would be swimming in Indiana University red. “It feels like we’re taking over all of Miami,” he mused as his car shot down Florida’s Turnpike past Hard Rock Stadium. Pizzo,…
