Friday Briefing: January 24, 2026
This week: Sinners breaks Oscar record with 16 nominations, Wicked gets zero, and the Academy goes global.
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The Candyman rights notice nobody has reported
A notice ending a US grant on the story behind Candyman took effect on Tuesday. Plus the Goncourt winner and Belgium’s cocaine supercop.
Friday Briefing #21: The Box Office Is Breathing Again
Hollywood finally got a week that felt less defensive. Theaters have a real hit on the board, another ambitious film still drawing crowds, and just enough momentum for executives to talk about growth again instead of only cuts. None of that cancels Sony’s layoffs, the labor question, or the fight...
IP Surveillance #22
The market this week is drawing a harder line than it used to. Buyers still want IP, but they increasingly want it to arrive either pre-legitimized by prestige, talent, or institutional weight, or pre-scaled by franchise logic and audience behavior. That is why A24 moved early on Patrick
Friday Briefing #20: The New King of the Mountain
Netflix folds. Paramount wins WBD. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms sticks the landing. Project Hail Mary first reactions are extraordinary. And Glen Powell's new movie is dead.