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The Week Everyone Needed a Lawyer
MrBeast’s $100M courtroom day, Zaslav’s slow burn sale, AFI kicks off, and the creators behind this week’s premieres
Oct 23
Hard Times Require Rough Edges
Plus: YouTube eats TV, the Saudis spend big, Black List names its new class, and Telly Award submissions open.
Oct 16
4
FilmStack Inspiration Challenge #60
A tale of lost venues, frozen funding, canceled flights, and humans helping humans
Oct 16
10
5
Marvel for Music. B Minus for Netflix.
Plus: Kimmel opens up about his first night back; J Lo musical hits theaters; Warner Bros. deal takes shape.
Oct 9
1
The life that launched a thousand docs
Remembering Jane Goodall. Plus: a look at new pipelines for new IP.
Oct 2
3
September 2025
After Jimmy’s big night: the battle off-screen
Plus: fall TV, fall festivals, and fall deadlines - it's a full fall dance card
Sep 25
2
Robert Redford would dig it
FilmStack, that is. Plus: Kimmel on pause and all the deadlines for your fall calendar
Sep 18
2
A week of exits and bold calls
Creative Arts Emmys; big exits in streaming; a rotting Rotten Tomatoes; fall deadlines
Sep 11
4
The industry circuit gets rolling
Fall festival + TV previews - plus a summer box office postmortem and a gen alpha opportunity.
Sep 4
5
August 2025
Tax Credits, Taylor, and the Little Indie that Could
Plus: Kpop Demon Hunters just keeps growing, Venice kicks off, and films for the long weekend
Aug 28
3
Festival season is almost upon us
Plus: Paramount layoffs, festival faves hit theaters, and all the late summer deadlines
Aug 14
3
Ellison in charge
Plus: Disney says goodbye to Hulu app; TIFF expands line up; Sketch is the family film of the summer
Aug 7
2
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