 In an interview with TV Line, "Stranger Things" creators Matt and Ross Duffer said that the fifth and final season of the show will take place after a time jump. Though there's no set date to start production on the show's final episodes, Matt Duffer said the duo have the scripts "pretty well mapped out." More: - Ross Duffer said the hardest part of the writing process has been getting the ending just right, noting "we really want to stick the landing."
- The Duffers conceded that the best way to shoot Seasons 4 and 5 would have been back to back, due to how quickly the show's lead actors are aging, but it just wasn't a realistic plan.
- The Duffers also told TV Line that they're not ready to think about Season 5 yet in a practical sense, as they're still fine-tuning the final two Season 4 episodes, debuting in July.
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A group of 200 prominent Hollywood writers, producers, and directors signed an open letter pledging to rethink the use of firearms in their shows and films. The proposal was backed by the non-profit Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. More: - Signatories include Shonda Rhimes, J.J. Abrams, Bill Lawrence, Jimmy Kimmel and his writing staff, Judd Apatow, Michelle and Robert King, David Shore, and Jenni Konner.
- The letter calls on creatives to consider depicting gun violence more carefully and intentionally, in the way they'd approach issues such as drunk driving, smoking, wearing seatbelts, or political topics such as marriage equality.
- Christy Callahan of Brady LA said that, in discussions with Hollywood creatives, her organization found there was a lot of concern, beyond just "better gun laws," around "modeling gun safety on screen."
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DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, JUNE 14 HALFTIME: Documentary feature from filmmaker Amanda Micheli ("Vegas Baby") examining the life and career of actor and musician Jennifer Lopez, with a particular focus on her preparations for the 2020 Super Bowl LIV halftime show. The movie opened this year's Tribeca Film Festival. [Netflix] JANE & LILY: LADIES NIGHT LIVE: Another stand-up showcase recorded at the Hollywood Palladium during the Netflix is a Joke festival, this one features "Grace and Frankie" stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as emcees and a number of women performers who have appeared on the series. The line-up features Heather McMahan, Michelle Buteau, Cristela Alonzo, Iliza Shlesinger, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Margaret Cho, June Diane Raphael, and others. [Netflix] DATELINE: THE LAST DAY: Original Peacock-exclusive true-crime series, produced by the "Dateline" team. Each episode will examine the final day in the life of a crime victim, with a focus on the first crucial hours when detectives begin working a new case. NBC News correspondents Keith Morrison, Josh Mankiewicz, Stephanie Gosk and Andrea Canning present the stories. [Peacock] REDEMPTION: Debut Irish crime drama starring Paula Malcomson as an English police detective who travels to Dublin following the apparent suicide of her estranged daughter and begins an investigation of her own into what really happened. "The Code" writer Sean Cook created the series; Siobhan McSweeney, Thaddea Graham, and Ian Lloyd Anderson co-star. All 6 episodes begin streaming on BritBox in the US today. [BritBox]
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 Yeoh and Chien Netflix ordered a first season for the darkly comic crime drama series "The Brothers Sun," from "American Horror Story" vet Brad Falchuk and newcomer Byron Wu. The series will star Michelle Yeoh and up-and-comer Justin Chien. More: - Yeoh currently stars in the breakout indie hit "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and is a regular on the Paramount+ series "Star Trek: Discovery"; Chien is best known from the Snapchat series "Two Sides: Unfaithful."
- Chien will star as Charles Sun, a ruthless gangster from Taipei who must travel to LA to protect his family when they're targeted by a mysterious assassin; Yeoh co-stars as his mother.
- "Better Call Saul" vet Sam Song Li will also appear in the series as Charles' younger brother; Highdee Kuan, Joon Lee, Alice Hewkin, Jon Xue Zhang, Jenny Yang, Madison Hu, and Rodney To have also been cast.
- The eight-part series will be produced in both Los Angeles and Taiwan.
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 Disney+'s "Obi-Wan Kenobi" A new report from MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson estimates that Disney+ could generate $1.8 billion in US ad revenue by 2025. Nathanson also speculated that Netflix revenue could reach $1.2 billion by that same point. More: - The report, released Tuesday, was titled "Mad Men to the Rescue?" and conceded that "very little is known" about either streamers' plans in terms of pricing or new membership tiers.
- Nathanson postulates that, while Netflix has greater potential for global ad growth, Disney+ has a more profitable domestic opportunity, due to a higher rate of revenue per user and a greater demand for Disney content.
- Nathanson also argues that pivoting to advertising from a purely subscription-based model "has the ability to strengthen the margin profile and growth trajectory" of both services.
- MoffettNathanson maintained its "neutral" ratings on both Disney and Netflix stock.
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 Netflix's feature adaptation of the Jane Austen novel "Persuasion" debuts on July 15. Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot, who must choose between former flame Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis) and a dashing newcomer (Henry Golding). - The cast also features Richard E. Grant, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Ben Bailey-Smith, Yolanda Kettle, Nia Towle, and Izuka Hoyle.
- "Persuasion" was the last novel completed by Austen, and was published six months after her death in 1817.
- Theater veteran Carrie Cracknell is making her feature directorial debut with the film.
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 HBO Max released a trailer for "Rap Sh!t," the new comedy series from executive producer and "Insecure" vet Issa Rae. Aida Osman and KaMillion co-star as estranged high school best friends who attempt to launch their own rap group. More: - The series is set in Miami, and takes inspiration from the lives and careers of hip-hop duo City Girls (Yung Miami and JT), who are on board the project as executive producers.
- The first two episodes of "Rap Sh!t" arrive on July 21.
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 Vanity Fair got an early look at the upcoming stop-motion animated "Pinocchio" film from director Guillermo del Toro. The director is presenting the film at this week's Annecy Animation Festival in France; it comes to Netflix in December. More: - Del Toro co-directed the film with Mark Gustafson and wrote the script with Patrick McHale, based on the original 1883 novel by Carlo Collodi (though this retelling apparently also takes inspiration from "Frankenstein").
- The voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, and Cate Blanchett.
- The Jim Henson Company also collaborated with Del Toro on the film; Lisa Henson is credited as a producer.
- Del Toro stresses that he purposefully tried to move his adaptation away from the classic Disney version, which he calls "the pinnacle of Disney animation"; his film is set in a more grounded, historical version of Italy, in between the First and Second World Wars.
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 Paramount+ posted a trailer for its upcoming "party competition" series "All Star Shore." The show will bring together veterans from a number of past reality shows, including "Jersey Shore," "Love is Blind," "RuPaul's Drag Race," "Geordie Shore," "Acapulco Shore," "Rio Shore," and "Bachelor in Paradise." More: - 14 competitors from previous reality shows will make appearances.
- The participants will stay at a beach house in the Canary Islands while taking on various party game-style challenges, including "Party Pong" and "Shots and Found."
- The first episodes arrive on June 29.
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- The first two episodes of "The Handmaid's Tale" Season 5 drop on Hulu on September 14; Entertainment Weekly has some first-look images.
- The hip-hop documentary profile "Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby" -- which debuted last week at the Tribeca Film Festival -- will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the US; "Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine" vet Karam Gill directed.
- Netflix dropped a trailer for "The Future Of," a docuseries produced in collaboration with The Verge about how everyday objects, ideas and processes will likely change in the near future; Jurnee Smollett narrates the series, which premieres on June 28.
- Amazon greenlit a docuseries about self-declared YouTube "love gurus" Jeff and Shaleia Ayan and their "Twin Flames" movement, which some have compared to a cult.
- Cuban exile Jose Basulto filed a defamation suit against Netflix and filmmaker Olivier Assayas over the film "Wasp Network," which he claims falsely depicts him as a puppet of the U.S. and a traitor to his country; the film is based on the book "The Last Soldiers of the Cold War" by Fernando Morais.
- HBO Max Latin America ordered the animated feature "Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios"), a re-imagining of the superhero saga set within the historical Aztec Empire.
- Italy's anti-trust agency rejected a partnership proposal between Telecom Italia (TIM) and sports-centered streaming service DAZN; TIM seeks to feature DAZN's video app as an exclusive to its set-top box.
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 |  | Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." |  | | Editor | Jonathan Harris is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles. | |
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