Kyle Buchanan

K-pop Demon Hunters had two sort of stunty weekends where it made money.

Certainly the Knives Out franchise, the last two of which have appeared on Netflix.

Those movies can make money in theaters if they were given really robust, long releases.

But I don't think it's in Netflix's best interest to do so.

They are perfectly willing.

to leave that short-term money on the table if it guarantees them a long-term future where streaming is dominant above all else

It's also important to note that TikTok and YouTube don't buy scripted television.

When the first word of this merger leaked, I was at a poker game with a bunch of working actors, and I just saw the despair on their faces.

They've already been squeezed so much.

These are actors who live in Los Angeles, who have to travel out of state and out of country often just to work.

And now there are going to be fewer places that are buying the TV shows and movies that they hope to work on.

To forecast what that might look like, I'd already look at how Skydance has treated Paramount since they made that merger.

You know, David Ellison has signaled a sort of willingness to accommodate Trump.

He has installed Barry Weiss to run CBS News.

It has taken on a little bit of a rightward slant.

There's also speculation that part of the reason that Ellison wants Warner Brothers Discovery at all is to remake CNN, and no matter, that would please Trump.

When it comes to the film studio, it's hard to imagine then that Ellison would be as eager to greenlight films like One Battle After Another or Sinners.

Yeah.

And not shy about those things at all.

Yeah, absolutely.