Stockholders have expressed serious displeasure with 2022 executive compensation at Warner Bros. Discovery led by CEO David Zaslav, according to the result of a vote at the annual meeting Monday that was filed with the SEC today. The so called say-on-pay vote saw nearly half of all votes cast coming…

On the West Coast, the chief negotiator for the striking Writers Guild of America, Ellen Stutzman, is more than a week into an existential battle between the 20,000 union members she represents and the movie and television studios that are, for now, not at the bargaining table.  Related Story …

Ted Sarandos, who was set to receive the PEN America Visionary Award at the literary group’s gala next week in NYC, won’t be attending amid an ongoing strike and vigorous picketing on both coasts by the WGA. Related Story Netflix's Reed Hastings, Ted Sarandos See Jump In 2022 Pay Packages…

Will Poulter is finally addressing the memes on social media that compare him to Sid Phillips, the bully from Toy Story. The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 actor recalled in an interview that he was mistaken for the animated character that was voiced in the Disney-Pixar film by Erik von Detten.…

A sequel to the 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday is in the works at Disney with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan expected to reprise their roles. Elyse Hollander is penning the script to the sequel. Lohan and Curtis starred in the 2003 pic as mother and daughter who wake up one Friday having…

Disney chief executive Bob Iger weighed in on AI today, staying general but calling the battleground technology good for Disney’s business, but disruptive. “It's pretty clear that AI represents some pretty interesting opportunties for us, and some substantial benefits. In fact, we are already…

EXCLUSIVE: LAIKA's Chief Marketing Officer David Burke has added Chief Operating Officer to his responsibilities at the Oscar-winning studio. Burke joined LAIKA in 2019 from Universal Pictures, where he had been General Manager for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since 2006. Burke will…

UPDATED, 3:25 PM: Striking writers marching Wednesday in New York City were joined by SAG-AFTRA members Bob Odenkirk and Mandy Patinkin — and the latter’s sign harkened back to a certain beloved 1987 movie. Both Emmy winners walked the picket line side by side outside streaming giant Amazon's field…

This just in….Paramount EVP Global Corp Comm Jenny Tartikoff is leaving the Melrose Lot. She’s be in the position since November 2021. “I’ve made the hard decision to leave the company,” the former NBCUni Corp Comm vet wrote in a note to staff which you can see below. Paramount Studios Boss Brian…

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Aporia, a previously unannounced sci-fi thriller from Armian Pictures starring Judy Greer (Halloween Kills), Edi Gathegi (The Harder They Fall), Payman Maadi (A Separation) and Faithe Herman (Shazam!). The film, written and…

Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan reunited again for Oppenheimer and the duo is recalling their previous collaboration in Batman Begins. In an interview with EW, Nolan recalled seeing Murphy in the newspaper talking about 28 Days Later and was captivated by his look and having him screen test for…

Disney will be yanking content from streaming as it rethinks its costs and strategy, and is looking at a content impairment charge of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion as it does. “We are in the process of reviewing the content on our DTC services to align with the strategic changes in our approach to…