Alerts & Newsletters

By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Business
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION, from back: Rebecca Ferguson, Tom Cruise, 2015. ph: David James/©Paramount Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Shareholders must now hang their hats on the plan outlined by the three-headed Office of the CEO — or whomever finally buys National Amusements.
Lindsay Dougherty Teamsters
Strike Watch
Hollywood's drivers, chef assistants, location managers, and animal wranglers want a fair deal ahead of their contract expiring on July 31.
Distribution Playbook
Exclusive
Exclusive: Seed&Spark and Kinema have launched open-source online guide The Distribution Playbook to address the essential question: 'What the f*ck is happening in distribution and what are we supposed to do about it?"
a still from Sound of Freedom
Pay-It-Forward
In return, Alejandro Monteverde will direct and produce five to 10 theatrical films for Angel over the next decade.
Shari Redstone and Tom Cruise at the premiere of 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One' held at Rose Theater, at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall on July 10, 2023 in New York, New York. (Photo by Lexie Moreland/Variety via Getty Images)
The deal is not yet finalized, but David Ellison appears to have fended off Sony.
Bob Odenkirk as Hank in Lucky Hank (Season 1, Episode 1). Photo Credit: Sergei Bachlakov/AMC
News
Belt-tightening continues across Hollywood, and the brand historically known for "The Nanny" and "Mad About You" will fold into Sony TV.
Nick Mohammed, Jason Sudeikis, and Anthony Head in "Ted Lasso" Season 3
Frenemies
Someone needs subscribers...
Film Slates
Loan-Outs
The California EDD threatened to end its use by filmmakers, but the government agency seemed to do a 180 after Hollywood unions voiced their concerns.
The Substance
Cannes
Move over, Sony Pictures Classics, Magnolia, or Bleecker: Sideshow, Metrograph Pictures, and Mubi were the big spenders at Cannes 2024.
Stacy Spikes MoviePass MovieCrash
Interview
Founder Stacy Spikes breaks down the company's new economics ahead of HBO documentary "MoviePass, MovieCrash."
96th Oscars
The three-year contract achieved by the Academy Foundation Workers Union (AFWU) wins employees wage increases, job security, and other benefits.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 09: People carry signs addressing the issue of sexual harassment at a #MeToo rally outside of Trump International Hotel on December 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
#MeToo
Anita Hill's Hollywood Commission has spent years to launch MyConnext to the public with tools to root out abuses in Hollywood.
Top of The Line Weekly
A weekly digest that captures the best of our Top of the Line coverage.

By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Must Read
PMC Logo
IndieWire is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2024 IndieWire Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved.