Entertainment
Entertainment Industry Financials and Updates
Warner Bros. Discovery reported a significant $2.9 billion Q1 loss due to M&A charges, including a $2.8 billion termination fee from Paramount's deal with Netflix. TKO Group Holdings also released mixed first-quarter earnings results. Meanwhile, new projects like the 'Planet of the Apes' movie and 'Disavowed' thriller series are in development.
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Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: After helping relaunch Marvel’s Fantastic Four franchise with Fantastic Four: First Steps, director Matt Shakman and writer Josh Friedman are getting a shot at another high-profile IP, as sources tell Deadline Shakman is set to direct an untitled Planet of the Apes movie at 20th Cen
2026-05-06 20:00 UTC
Deadline
Apple TV has greenlighted Disavowed, an action thriller series starring and executive produced by James Marsden (Paradise). The show, created by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (Uncharted) based on an original idea by them, comes from Apple Studios and Blue Marble Pictures, the company behind the str
2026-05-06 20:00 UTC
Rolling Stone
Michael is on pace to gross upwards of $1 billion, and it's causing an enormous surge of interest in his back catalog, sending Thriller up to Number Seven on the Billboard 200
2026-05-06 20:01 UTC
Deadline
TKO Group Holdings delivered mixed first-quarter earnings results Wednesday, meeting Wall Street analysts’ revenue expectations but falling a bit short on earnings per share. Total revenue at the Ari Emanuel-led sports and live entertainment company rose 26% from the year-ago period to reach $
2026-05-06 20:06 UTC
Deadline
Warner Bros. Discovery posted a whopping $2.9 billion first quarter loss that will likely be a one-time accounting blip, it hopes, since it includes the $2.8 billion termination fee that Paramount paid Netflix to swap places on the merger board. WBD said the “amount is refundable to PSKY in certain
2026-05-06 20:10 UTC