Bradley Hope

Streaming hits 44.8% TV share—now bigger than broadcast+cable. Superman struggles, M3GAN 2.0 flops, and Max cracks down on passwords.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

This week’s IP Surveillance tracks July 2025 standouts: near-future satire, plastic-surgery noir, cult podcasts, true-crime face-offs, and eerie memoirs—plus a new spotlight on narrative-rich indie games primed for screen. All fresh, all unoptioned.

Paramount × Skydance is nearly locked. Fewer buyers, faster greenlights, and franchise math rule the new studio playbook. Inside: who wins, who loses, and why pitch windows are closing fast.

Superman lands, F1 holds, and Jurassic claws for premium screens—plus a crucial AI contract vote that could reshape future deals.

Legacy IP surges to $88M, but Pixar's Elio flops. Exec shakeups, TikTok hacks, and docu-events reshape summer’s media landscape.

Jurassic hits mid-week, Spielberg draws an AI red line, and streamers race to grab holiday eyeballs. We’ve got the signals that matter as July 4th reshapes the summer slate—on screen and behind the scenes.

This week’s IP Surveillance spans diaspora family sagas, eerie psychological thrillers, PFAS coverups in Sweden, a tech philosopher’s quiet coup, and jaw-dropping true crime. All fresh, unoptioned, and primed for screen.

Pixar stumbles, streamers bet on 30-min thrillers, and Netflix, Apple, Paramount shuffle key execs. TikTok fuels new aesthetics and chart-topping audio. Plus: July’s must-know events, from M3GAN 2.0 to Paramount’s merger vote. No noise—just the signal.