Friday Briefing
Friday Briefing: January 24, 2026
This week: Sinners breaks Oscar record with 16 nominations, Wicked gets zero, and the Academy goes global.
Bradley Hope
IP Surveillance
IP Surveillance #9
Fresh IP, deals, and adaptation opportunities from this week in Hollywood.
IP Surveillance
IP Surveillance: Alchemised and the Fan-Fiction Gold Rush
Jumpstart
Jumpstart: Post-Globes Oscar Math, Sundance Preview & 28 Years Later
The Golden Globes have reshuffled the Oscar deck. Here's what the results mean for the road to the Academy Awards, plus Sundance preview and this week's releases.
IP Surveillance
IP Surveillance #8: The Margo Freshwater Tapes, Baldur's Gate III Rights & The First American Pope
This week: A bombshell true-crime podcast, surprisingly available video game rights, and haunting historical mysteries.
Friday Briefing
Friday Briefing #15: The Housemaid Effect, SAG-AFTRA Strike Threat & 2026's First Viral Trend
This week: The Housemaid becomes Lionsgate's biggest hit since Hunger Games, SAG-AFTRA won't rule out a strike, and 365 buttons becomes 2026's first viral trend.
Jumpstart
Jumpstart: Your Week Ahead in Hollywood -Jan 5, 2026
This week, the industry pivots from the holiday box office to the kickoff of awards season, with two major ceremonies set to define the early Oscar contenders. Meanwhile, HBO and other streamers are rolling out their first big plays of the new year.
IP Surveillance
IP Surveillance #7: December 2025
This month's unoptioned IP, from a ripped-from-the-headlines true crime podcast to a survival story at sea.
IP Surveillance
IP Surveillance #6
horror
Fear Pays: How Horror Is Outsmarting the Superheroes
From Weapons to Sinners, horror is delivering tentpole-sized openings on lean budgets. In 2025, the genre’s mix of big ROI, viral marketing, and cross-platform appeal has made it Hollywood’s most bankable play—and a model others are racing to copy.
skydance
How Hollywood Studios Became Tech Companies: Inside the Streaming Wars Revolution
Fantastic Four limps to $39M as Hollywood's tech transformation accelerates. Paramount's new CEO promises Silicon Valley disruption, streaming hits 46% of TV time, and AMC earnings loom. Inside: Why studios must code or die.
IP Surveillance #5
This Week’s IP Surveillance – August 2025 Early‑stage adaptation oxygen is thick this month. Our August sweep surfaces unoptioned or barely‑buzzed properties across books, audio, journalism, games and theatre—each with a clear “why now” spark and expandable world‑building: * Intimate & off‑beat fiction: a Swedish widower’