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Category: Entertainment News
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How Pathé’s ‘De Gaulle’ Fought Its Way Back at the French Box Office With a Push from YouTuber
Pathé’s historical epic, “De Gaulle: Résistance,” achieved a leading box office position through strong word-of-mouth and younger audience engagement.
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Prime Video’s ‘Every Year After’ Renewed for Season 2
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: Prime Video renews ‘Every Year After’ for a second season, confirming the Barry’s Bay universe as a viable franchise; and Walter De Brouwer, co-founder of SoundPatrol, argues that generative AI…
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Four music datasets holding millions of tracks are being shared among AI developers, The
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: The Atlantic has identified four music datasets totaling over 21 million tracks circulating among AI developers; and Marc Adelman, a strategic communications consultant, recounts teaching a…
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‘The Hunting Party’ Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons, Will Be Shopped
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: NBC has canceled the sophomore crime drama ‘The Hunting Party’ after two seasons, despite strong streaming; and Amazon MGM Studios has abruptly canceled the planned ‘Stargate’ reboot series…
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Netflix Renews ‘Devil May Cry’ for Final Season
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: Netflix has renewed its ‘Devil May Cry’ animated series for a third and final season, confirming showrunner Adi; and Netflix has renewed its animated ‘Devil May Cry’ series for a third and…
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Prince Estate to Release Posthumous Album ‘Timeless’ Featuring Unreleased Songs
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: The Prince Estate is releasing ‘Timeless,’ a posthumous album of ten unreleased tracks spanning 1977 to 2016, on; and Netflix has renewed its ‘Devil May Cry’ animated series for a third and…
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Industry Deal Reports & Strategy, Biggest Media Film Deals April 2026, and more.
Industry Deal Reports & Strategy Analysis this week: April 2026 saw two significant distribution deals that redefine how legacy content is monetized; and Vitrina.
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Film, TV & Game Franchise Expansions, Schmigadoon Sets 2027 Launch, and more.
Film, TV & Game Franchise Expansions & Adaptations this week: The Broadway musical ‘Schmigadoon!
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Major Music Catalog & Rights Deals, Saregama MD calls DSPs, and more.
Major Music Catalog & Rights Deals this week: Saregama MD Vikram Mehra advocates for DSPs to assign ‘no value’ to AI-generated music in royalty pools, while; and The market for music catalog sales is expanding beyond legacy superstars to…
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Nicholas Galitzine and Ella Purnell Thriller ‘The Return of Stanley Atwell’ Reveals First Look
IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: Hera Pictures and John Gore Studios have commenced production on ‘The Return of Stanley Atwell,’ a thriller based on; and Spike Lee defends the Michael Jackson biopic ‘Michael’ against…