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NBC cancels ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ after S1.

📽️ Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League is taking movie nights private. League’s new venture, Metro Private Cinema, opens in NYC’s Chelsea this fall with 20 theaters seating 4-20 people each, complete with gourmet meals, dedicated attendants, and curated film selections. A four-person room runs $200 for four hours, plus $100 per person for food—and since screenings are private, audiences can talk, text, or even belt out show tunes without getting the stink eye (cinema purists everywhere just felt a disturbance in the force). It’s just one example in the industry’s broader effort to revitalize the movie-going experience in the era of streaming. While some chains are building entertainment hubs with restaurants, pickleball courts, and bowling alleys, League’s betting on his vision of ultra-intimate luxury that transforms movie nights into exclusive experiences you’d host for your closest friends.

Billion-dollar alert: Disney’s live-action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ has officially crossed the $1B mark at the global box office, becoming 2025’s first Hollywood film to hit the milestone. It’s Disney’s fourth billion-dollar film in just 13 months, joining ‘Moana 2,’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ and ‘Inside Out 2’ in the exclusive club.

🚲 Pee-wee Herman’s iconic red bicycle displayed at Alamo.
📺 “Ted Lasso” Season 4 teaser drops from Apple.
🤖 “Blade Runner 2049” used real projections for Joi’s holograp.
🎬 “Keeper” teaser drops from “Longlegs” director Osgood Perkins.
📝 Christopher Nolan scripts available for free download and study.
👗 Anne Hathaway teases “Devil Wears Prada 2” in production.
🎵 Uma Thurman hated Pulp Fiction’s twist song, Tarantino: “trust me.”

🤖 A new bill wants to put AI companies on the hook for using creators’ work. Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduced bipartisan legislation that would ban AI companies from training their models on copyrighted works or personal data without explicit consent, giving creators the power to sue for unauthorized use. This comes on the heels of a court ruling last month that gave AI companies broad legal cover to train on copyrighted material under fair use doctrine, essentially letting them buy a single book and upload its entire contents to their training database rather than negotiating expensive licensing deals with publishers. This bill would hit the brakes on that, forcing AI companies to pony up and pay for the creative work they’re currently getting for free.

Liam Neeson has made a PSA to get people to see ‘THE NAKED GUN’ to save theatrical comedies.

“For the price of one movie ticket, you can help rescue a comedy and, in the process, get to share a smile and a laugh”

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— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 22, 2025

🪓 Blumhouse laid off six staffers across film, television and casting last week, including junior-level executives and support staff. The cuts come two weeks after ‘M3GAN 2.0’ flopped at the box office, though none of the fired employees actually worked on the film.

Film Development 🗒️

“Tom Holland is supposedly close to signing on as the new James Bond”

A ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie has cast Bo Bragason as Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link in the live-action film, releasing May 2027. (more)
Diego Luna will star opposite Taylor Kitsch in hostage thriller ‘Eleven Days,’ directed by Peter Landesman. (more)
Millie Bobby Brown and Gabriel LaBelle will star in Netflix rom-com ‘Just Picture It.’ (more)
Netflix is developing a live-action series based on ‘Captain Planet and the Planeteers,’ with Tara Hernandez set to write and produce. (most)
Barbie is getting a theatrical animated film from Illumination and Mattel, her first after decades of straight-to-video releases. (more)
Neon boards Chloe Domont’s legal thriller ‘A Place in Hell,’ starring Michelle Williams, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Andrew Scott. (more)
Viola Davis and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will star in and produce a reimagining of ‘House of Games’ at Amazon MGM Studios. (more)
Cynthia Erivo and Michael Bay team up to adapt sci-fi thriller ‘Saturation Point’ for Universal, with script by Minnie Schedeen. (more)
Bill Burr is developing a Fox sitcom titled ‘Earthquake,’ based on the life of comedian Nathaniel “Earthquake” Stroman. (more)
Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy will star in Amazon MGM rom-com ‘You Deserve Each Other,’ directed by Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn. (more)
David Dastmalchian will play villain M. Bison in Legendary’s live-action ‘Street Fighter,’ directed by Kitao Sakurai. (more)
Taika Waititi is set to direct a new ‘Judge Dredd’ movie, with Drew Pearce writing the script in a hot package now hitting studios. (more)
Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell will star in the action comedy ‘Tough Guys,’ about two henchmen who go rogue, for Amazon MGM Studios. (more)
Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman will star in rom-com ‘The Love Hypothesis,’ based on Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel for Amazon MGM. (more)
Netflix has acquired Matt Lawton’s rom-com spec script, ‘I Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore.’ (more)
Jack Lowden will star in an Apple TV+ drama based on the ‘Berlin Noir’ novels, with Tom Shankland directing and Playtone producing. (more)
Amazon MGM is rebooting ‘Basic Instinct’ with original screenwriter Joe Eszterhas penning a new take for United Artists. (more)
Road House 2’loses director Guy Ritchie ahead of its September production start, with Jake Gyllenhaal still set to return. (more)
Vanessa Hudgens stars in ‘Quiet Storm,’ a ’60s-set thriller. (more)
‘Eleven Days’ casts Taylor Kitsch as a Texas prison chief in Peter Landesman’s indie hostage thriller. (more)
Greta Lee will direct and write ‘The Eyes Are the Best Part’ for Searchlight, adapting Monika Kim’s hit horror novel. (more)
‘Night at the Museum’is getting a reimagining at 20th Century Studios, with Tripper Clancy set to write an all-new story. (more)
‘Last Days’ from ‘Fast & Furious’ director Justin Lin lands at Vertical, with an October 24 theatrical release. (more)
The Odyssey’ recasts Cosmo Jarvis with Logan Marshall-Green due to scheduling conflicts ahead of Christopher Nolan’s shoot. (more)
Chris Pratt will return to voice the lasagna-loving cat in a sequel to ‘The Garfield Movie.’ (more)
Jon M. Chu will direct a live-action ‘Hot Wheels’ movie for Mattel, Warner Bros., and Bad Robot following his ‘Wicked’ success. (more)
Theo Rossi will make his feature directorial debut with action-heist film ‘Shell Game,’ which he also co-wrote and will produce. (more)
‘The Thomas Crown Affair’remake adds Kenneth Branagh and Lily Gladstone alongside star-director Michael B. Jordan. (more)
🏁 Vin Diesel wants Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner back for “Fast 11” finale: CGI resurrection or recast?
👠 Original “Devil Wears Prada” cast (Streep, Hathaway, Blunt, Tucci) officially returning for sequel.

‘Eruption’ from Michael Crichton and James Patterson is being adapted by Kaz and Ryan Firpo for Sony, following its bestseller debut. (more)
‘Fantasy Camp’ comedy pitch lands at United Artists, with Nate Bargatze set to star and produce the basketball-themed film. (more)
Andrew Garfield will star in Luca Guadagnino’s AI-themed comedy-drama ‘Artificial’ at Amazon MGM, joined by Cooper Koch and Yura Borisov. (more)
‘Alpha Gang’ adds Chris Pine, Lily-Rose Depp, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Doona Bae to its cast as the Zellner Brothers’ alien comedy wraps production. (more)
Legendary has cast Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim in its live-action ‘Street Fighter’ movie. (more)
Amazon MGM and Hasbro are developing a live-action ‘My Little Pony’ movie, the franchise’s first non-animated feature. (more)
‘Practical Magic 2’ begins filming with Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing returning, and new cast including Lee Pace and Maisie Williams. (more)
A ‘Ghost Eaters’ adaptation is in the works at Screen Gems with Maggie Levin set to write and direct, and Scott Derrickson producing. (more)
Elegance Bratton is in talks to direct an Arthur Ashe biopic with Skydance Sports joining as producer. (more)
Amazon MGM has set ‘Verity’ starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson for theatrical release on October 2, 2026. (more)
🔨 “Oldboy” sequel reportedly in development – follows original Park Chan-wook film, not 2013 remake (iconic scene above^).
💊 “23 Movies Brought to You Mostly By Cocaine“ list reveals drug-fueled ’70s/’80s Hollywood comedy productions.
🎬 Brad Pitt and Eric Bana made $50/$100 betting deal for accidental hits during no-stunt-double duel scene, for Troy.
📺 Jennifer Aniston stars in Apple TV+ series inspired by Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died” memoir.
🏃 Glen Powell’s viral morning routine with Ashton Hall promotes “The Running Man” trailer launch.
🎩 First “Cat in the Hat” animated trailer drops starring Bill Hader – theaters February 27, 2026.
🟢 Pixar’s longest-running gag continues: Mike Wazowski gets blocked in every “Monsters Inc.” poster and promotional material.
BoulderLight Pictures and Divide/Conquer are teaming on a new ‘Amityville’ movie, with ‘Deadstream’ duo Joseph and Vanessa Winter set to direct. (more)
Ariana Grande and Josh Gad will voice characters in ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’, Warner Bros.’ animated take on the Dr. Seuss classic. (more)
Eva Longoria will direct and produce ‘Anita de Monte Laughs Last’ for Searchlight Pictures, adapting Xochitl Gonzalez’s bestselling novel. (more)
Harris Dickinson’s ‘Urchin’ (winner of Cannes’ Best Performance prize) has been acquired by 1-2 Special for North American release this fall. (more)
David Mikalson lands an A24 deal to direct ‘The Goblin,’ his viral buddy comedy script likened to ‘Ted’ meets ‘E.T.’ (more)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson will star in Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf,’ with Lily-Rose Depp in talks to join the ‘Nosferatu’ reunion. (more)
TV Development 📺
Jack Henry Robbins is developing the Hulu comedy series ‘Nepo Baby,’ based on his viral character and infamous family ties. (more)
Made Up Stories is adapting ‘The Soulmate,’ Sally Hepworth’s thriller novel, into a TV series with Imogen Banks and Asher Keddie. (more)
Business🤝
Kathleen Remington is exiting CAA to launch a new literary management company after 20+ years as a top screenwriter agent. (more)
NBCUniversal wrapped its 2025-26 upfronts with record ad volume, driven by live sports like the Olympics, Super Bowl, and FIFA World Cup. (more)
Dakota Johnson & Ro Donnelly have signed a first-look TV deal with Sony Pictures Television for their banner, TeaTime Pictures. (more)
Other News 🚨
Nielsen’s monthly Gauge report showed broadcast TV fell below a 20% share of total TV viewing time for the first time ever. (more)
🎬 “Coyote vs Acme” officially releases 2026 after Ketchup Entertainment purchased shelved Warner Bros film for $50M.
Finn Little will reprise his role as Carter in the ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff centered on Beth and Rip for Paramount+. (more)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jay Duplass have joined Prime Video’s YA series ‘Sterling Point,’ created by Megan Park. (more)
⚡ First look at Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter in new HBO series as filming officially begins.
Netflix orders a live-action ‘Assassin’s Creed’ series from Roberto Patino and David Wiener, based on the hit video game franchise. (more)
Samuel L. Jackson will star in ‘NOLA King,’ a ‘Tulsa King’ spinoff greenlit at Paramount+ and set to debut after his character’s intro in S3. (more)
FX has ordered limited series ‘Cry Wolf,’ starring Olivia Colman and Brie Larson as women entangled in a high-stakes abuse allegation. (more)
‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’is renewed for S3 with a new show runner. (more)

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🔥 Stranger Things S5 Drops Official Teaser
The Netflix show’s final season trailer arrives with demons, tornados and flamethrowers.

Stranger Things 5 | Official Teaser | Netflix
Objectively, you should not be excited about the return of Stranger Things. Over the years, the Netflix smash has come to represent everything bloated about television’s streaming era – a show that began as fun piece of fluff and morphed into a mythology-heavy marathon that takes years to produce and hours to consume.
What started as a one-and-done collection of 1980s film references became something else entirely when success demanded expansion. The Duffer brothers found themselves pulling an entire mythology out of thin air, creating a bloated universe full of bottle episodes about punky young superheroes and self-indulgent installments that grind on for hours.
And because the episodes were so gargantuan, they took years to make. This is why you shouldn’t be excited about Stranger Things. Whatever happened in the last batch has long since receded from memory, and rewatching feels less like television and more like a Man v Food challenge.
The Most Trailer Ever Made
And yet the first trailer for the final episodes has dropped and damn it if I’m not suddenly really excited about it.
What happens in the trailer? It’s hard to say.
Joe Keery turns a wheel in a van.
Lights flicker ominously.
There are flamethrowers and lightning storms, four-legged monsters prowling through kitchens like Jurassic Park raptors, machine guns and fast cars, crying and flying and Vecna throwing a burning tornado at the sky
…all accompanied by Deep Purple’s thunderous “Child in Time.”
Does it make sense? Not really. Is it overloaded with mythology and superfluous characters that demand a diagram to track? Almost certainly. But could I feel my heart start to race as it unfolded? Absolutely. The Stranger Things trailer isn’t the best trailer I’ve ever seen, but it might qualify as the most trailer I’ve ever seen – and sometimes that does the trick.
The Spectacle Machine
More than anything, it reinforces the direction Stranger Things has been heading for nine years. There will be not a single atom of subtlety in these episodes. Any nuance will be forced out by a powerhouse of spectacle. Things will explode. There will be CGI by the gallon. Characters will operate exclusively in emotional red zones. For better or worse, you will end this series exhausted.
However, there is one small hint that – despite the heavy metal frenzy that whirls around it – Stranger Things knows how it will stick the landing.
The Heart Beneath the Chaos
It comes in the form of a snatch of dialogue between Hopper and Eleven. It isn’t much (“Let’s end this, kid”) but it’s a sign the key relationship of the entire series is back on track.
Despite all the excess – the monsters, the nostalgia – Stranger Things was always a show about parenthood. It’s the story of a man who finds a weird little girl with nowhere to go, who helps him rebuild himself after experiencing devastating bereavement. Any time it has leant into the found-family dynamic between Hopper and Eleven, Stranger Things has found an emotional wallop that cannot be overwhelmed by the whiz-bang chicanery surrounding it.
This is where Stranger Things began and where it must end.

💸 HBO just changed how it pays its talent. The premium network ditched its decades-old “net profits” system (notorious for making it nearly impossible for talent to earn backend money even on hits) and replaced it with a new bonus structure tied to clear metrics like viewership thresholds, Emmy wins, and show renewals. While HBO previously made up for those stingy backends by cutting massive overall deals (think eight-figure paydays for ‘The Last of Us’ creator Craig Mazin), the new system codifies exactly how much talent can earn from success. HBO isn’t alone: Disney, Amazon, Apple, and even Netflix are all moving to their own versions of performance-based compensation models. It’s yet another clear sign that Peak TV’s free-spending era is over, as debt-laden studios pivot from “pay everyone like they’re making the next ‘Game of Thrones’” to “prove it’s a hit first, then we’ll talk.”