IP Surveillance

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

Netflix walks away. Paramount wins. The merger that changes everything — plus Tayari Jones, a Trotsky thriller, and a video game franchise finally going live-action.

Five debut thrillers with adaptation DNA, a grown-up Nancy Drew, podcasts built for the screen, and a Guardian long read about a novelist who may have stolen a woman's life.

Welcome to IP Surveillance #17, your weekly scan of the books, articles, podcasts, games, and alternative IP that Hollywood should be watching — before everyone else does. A24 just paid seven figures for a spec erotic thriller with Nicole Kidman circling. Mike Flanagan is back with Stephen King. Amy Sherman-Palladino

Welcome to IP Surveillance #16, your weekly scan of the books, articles, podcasts, games, and alternative IP that Hollywood should be watching — before everyone else does. From federal agents who can't be investigated to Russian intelligence recruiting arsonists on Telegram, the IP emerging right now is built on

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.

Fresh IP, deals, and adaptation opportunities from this week in Hollywood.