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| Hello Inside Streaming readers! The reviews on Wes Anderson's first Roald Dahl short, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar," have been terrific, so I'm looking forward to checking it out later today. Plus there are three more Anderson-directed Dahl adaptations coming to Netflix over the next few days. (One of them is based on "Poison," a two--page Dahl story you can read here.) Be sure to keep an eye out for those, and thanks for reading! Lon
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| 1 | | The Writers Guild of America (WGA) revealed details of their tentative new three-year contract with studios and streamers to members. The new deal places limitations on the use of AI by studios, includes higher foreign residuals and annual minimum pay increases, and ensures a second "step" for screenwriter agreements. More: - Under the new agreement, studios may not use AI as source material, and hire writers to adapt its output.
- Writers can still use AI if the company they are working for gives the okay, but they can't be forced into a collaboration.
- Though many had hoped for full transparency on streaming viewership, a compromise was reached instead; if projects are viewed by 20% or more of a platform's domestic subscribers in its first 90 days, the writers will secure a bonus.
- The union will also get confidential access to more specific data, but can only share that information with membership "in aggregated form."
- The studios and streamers also agreed to a minimum staff size of three writer-producers for a first season show, with a formula for additional seasons tied to the number of episodes.
- A ratification vote will be held for the contract from October 2 through the 9th.
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| 2 | | The CNN Max hub launched on the Max platform on Wednesday. For the most part, the 24/7 programming line-up matches the broadcast CNN network. More: - CNN programs making their way on to CNN Max include "Erin Burnett OutFront," "Amanpour," "Anderson Cooper 360," "The Source with Kaitlan Collins," "Early Start with Kasie Hunt," and "CNN This Morning."
- CNN Max will also feature some original shows, including "CNN Newsroom" with anchor Jim Sciutto.
- CNN Max programs are available to all Max subscribers at no additional charge.
- The hub also features a library of 900 hours of classic CNN programming, including catalog shows like "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" and "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy."
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 SURVIVOR: The CBS reality comeptition series -- in which players compete in challenges and navigate a "social game" while living on a remote island in Fiji -- is back for a 45th season, featuring all 90-minute episodes instead of the usual hour. Jeff Probst hosts. [Paramount+] THE AMAZING RACE: CBS' "Amazing Race" also returns tonight for a 35th season. 13 teams of two compete in a race around the world for a shot at $1 million. The new season will also feature extra-long 90-minute episodes. Phil Keoghan hosts. [Paramount+] ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS: Season 5 of the animated musical comedy series -- an update to the '80s series about animal bands The Chipmunks and Chipettes -- aired earlier this year on Nickelodeon and comes to Paramount+ today. Ross Bagdasarian Jr and Janice Karman, both veterans of the '80s series, created the new take and provide many of the voices. [Paramount+] ROALD DAHL SHORTS: A collection of four short films from writer/director Wes Anderson, each based on a short story by author Roald Dahl, comes to Netflix this week. First up on Wednesday: "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar," starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a professional gambler seeking a guru who can see without using his eyes. "The Swan" arrives on Thursday, followed by "The Ratcatcher" on Friday, and "Poison" on Saturday. The casts also include Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, Dev Patel, and Rupert Friend. [Netflix] ENCOUNTERS: Four-part docuseries featuring individuals recounting strange, inexplicable experiences, which may have been encounters with non-human intelligence or extra-terrestrials. Yon Motskin ("Generation Hustle") directs; Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Vice Studios co-produced. [Netflix] OVERHAUL (CARGA MÁXIMA): Action drama feature from Brazil, starring "City of God" vet Thiago Martins as a truck racer who takes a job moving cargo for a criminal cartel. Tomas Portella ("Impuros") directed. [Netflix] STREET FLOW 2 (BANLIEUSARDS 2): Crime drama from France, following up on 2019's original "Street Flow." 2 years after the first film's events, brothers Demba (Kery James), Noumouké (Bakary Diombera), and Soulaymaan (Jammeh Diangana) continue trying to avoid violent conflict, escape their impoverished Paris suburb, and build a better life for themselves. Leïla Sy returns as director. [Netflix] LOVE IN FAIRHOPE: Debut hybrid reality/scripted drama series following five real women from Fairhope, Alabama, at different stages of life as they search for new love and romance. Heather Graham narrates. [Hulu] TO CATCH A SMUGGLER: The National Geographic reality series follows along as Homeland Security officials attempt to halt the flow of contraband through America's border crossings, airports, and other points of entry. Eight fresh episodes come to Disney+ today. [Disney+] PUPSTRUCTION: Disney Junior series for young kids about a hard-working dog construction crew serving the town of Petsburg. A batch of new Season 1 episodes hit Disney+ today. [Disney+] CRIMES GONE VIRAL: True crime docuseries from Investigation Discovery featuring clips of kidnappings, break-ins, carjackings, and other dramatic crimes that were captured on video. Season 3 aired in 2022 on cable and comes to Max today. [Max] | | | |
| 4 | | A number of major streaming services joined together to form a new trade alliance, intended to lobby state and federal lawmakers for beneficial policies. The Streaming Innovation Alliance includes Netflix, Max, and Disney, along with smaller platforms like BET+, MotorTrend+, AfroLandTV, Paramount+, Peacock, Pluto TV, Televisa Univision, and Vix. More: - Former Republican Rep. Fred Upton and former acting FCC chair Mignon Clyburn will serve as senior advisors to the group.
- The alliance's first action was to release a new poll on Tuesday demonstrating that registered voters preferred "streaming innovation" and were wary of excessive government regulations.
- The group was formed in part via the efforts of Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association.
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| 5 | | The online comedy brand CollegeHumor will assume the new name Dropout, after the subsciption streaming platform it launched in 2018. The company was originally founded in 1999 as a humor website. More: - Barry Diller's IAC acquired CollegeHumor in 2006; in 2020, IAC sold a majority stake in the group (now retitled CH Media) to Chief Creative Officer Sam Reich.
- Reich now serves as Dropout's CEO.
- Dropout subscriptions cost $5.99/month or $59.99 for the year; according to Reich, the platform has a subscriber count "in the mid-hundreds of thousands."
- Among Dropout's original shows are the table-top role playing series "Dimension 20," the pop culture game show "Um, Actually..." and storytelling series "Dirty Laundry."
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| 6 | | Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone's new comedy series "The Curse" comes to Paramount+ on November 10, ahead of its November 12 debut on Showtime. Fielder co-created the series along with filmmaker Benny Safdie ("Uncut Gems"), who also co-stars. More: - Stone and Fielder co-star as a husband and wife duo suffering from an alleged curse while producing an HGTV-style house-flipping series.
- Barkhad Abdi, Corbin Bernsen, and Constance Shulman co-star.
- Fielder also directs some episodes.
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| 7 | | Apple released a trailer for the sci-fi romantic comedy feature "Fingernails." The movie begins streaming on TV+ on November 3. More: - The film is set in a retrofuturistic world in which science has developed a test to determine whether two people are truly in love.
- The title refers to the test itself, which works by pulling a fingernail off of each subject.
- Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, and Jeremy Allen White co-star as three people whose lives are upended by their test results.
- Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou ("Apples") directs.
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- Network late night shows will resume on October 2; HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" will make its return the night before, on October 1.
- Co-creator Sterlin Harjo spoke with Rolling Stone about the decision to end the FX hit "Reservation Dogs" after just three seasons; the series finale is now streaming on Hulu.
- The classic 1980s mystery-comedy series "Moonlighting" is coming to streaming for the first time; all 67 episodes will premiere on Hulu on October 10.
- Nominations for the International Emmy Awards were announced; Netflix favorite "Extraordinary Attorney Woo," from Korea, is nominated for Best Drama.
- Hulu dropped a trailer for "Living for the Dead," a reality series in which five queer ghost hunters visit famously haunted locations around the US; Kristen Stewart narrates the series, which arrives on October 18.
- During the Drop 01 event, Netflix announced a new animated series based on the "Devil May Cry" video game franchise; "My Adventures with Superman" vets Studio Mir will handle the animation.
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 | Writer | | 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." | | This newsletter was edited by Lon Harris | |
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