Apple just made the biggest fantasy IP deal since Game of Thrones. This week: Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere lands at Apple TV+, Markiplier's Iron Lung hits theaters, and the webtoon pipeline goes mainstream.
IP Surveillance
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Fresh IP, deals, and adaptation opportunities from this week in Hollywood.
This week: A bombshell true-crime podcast, surprisingly available video game rights, and haunting historical mysteries.
This month's unoptioned IP, from a ripped-from-the-headlines true crime podcast to a survival story at sea.
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.
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.
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