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Casey Bloys Poised to Run HBO and Paramount+ as Cindy Holland Confirms Her Exit From Studio on Eve of Merger Closing (opens the original)
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HBO chief Casey Bloys is poised to take the reins of all of Paramount and Warner Bros. streaming operations once the two companies merge. On Tuesday, Cindy Holland announced she was stepping down from her role running Paramount+ and other direct to consumer streamers under the Paramount umbrella. The shuffle comes as Paramount Skydance is days away from closing its hard-won $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Holland confirmed her departure in a memo to staff sent Tuesday afterno
‘The Musical’ Star Will Brill on His Dark, Surprisingly Delightful 9/11 Revenge Comedy (opens the original)
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“You rarely see a movie now where the big question is, ‘How the fuck did this get made? Who let them do this?'” Tony award winner WIll Brill asks this aloud over a meal with Variety at West Hollywood’s Canter’s Deli. Brill starts with a steaming bowl of soup at 11 a.m. before joyfully moving on to French toast. The Broadway vet is rail thin, but as hungry for diner classics as he is to discuss “The Musical” — his darkly comic Sundance gem that’s now rolling out in limited theatrical release. Bri
Noah Baumbach Signs First Look Deal With Warner Bros.; Sets New Theatrical Movie With Studio Label Clockwork (EXCLUSIVE) (opens the original)
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Auteur leaving Netflix after five years, an exclusive partnership that yielded "Marriage Story" Noah Baumbach is getting back to work, setting his next film project for theaters and moving his business to Warner Bros. The Oscar-nominated writer and director has signed a three-year, first-look agreement for features at the Burbank studio, following a long exclusive pact at Netflix. The new deal takes effect in 2027 and Baumbach’s inaugural project will be released by Clockwork, WB’s upstart indie
Google’s Sean Downey on the YouTube TIFF Takeover, Oscars Ad Integration and Creators vs. Influencers (opens the original)
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The Toronto International Film Festival is still obsessed with “Obsession.” The blockbuster horror indie sold out of the festival last year, launched digital creator Curry Barker as an auteur and has placed star Inde Navarrette in the awards conversation. It’s also provided a victory lap for TIFF, who had Barker and Navarrette for a keynote conversation on the ground. The other beneficiary here is YouTube, Barker’s training ground, as the platform has now become an urgent space for legacy studio
Chris Rock Says Scott Rudin’s ‘Hard Coaching’ Made Him a Better Filmmaker: Some Creatives Don’t ‘Respond to a Hug’ (opens the original)
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Chris Rock believes that tough love from one of Hollywood’s most notorious, half-cancelled figures helped make him a better filmmaker. Following a triumphant Toronto International Film Festival premiere for his latest directorial effort “Misty Green,” Rock sat for a keynote chat on Sunday to discuss his expansive career. The comedian told the crowd his chops were elevated by Scott Rudin, a former producing kingpin who disappeared after harrowing accounts of bullying, verbal abuse and being an “a
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