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| Thanks for opening today's Inside Streaming brief. Apple adding a collection of licensed Hollywood films to the TV+ platform feels like a major sea change for the bespoke streaming service. Apple TV+'s identity is largely defined by its curation. There aren't nearly as many shows or films over there to watch, but they're all lavishly-produced and relatively high-quality. Certainly, adding familiar titles like "300" and "Titanic" isn't going to completely change the platform overnight, but it does seem to indicate a shift in strategy, away from providing a few "labor of love" type projects at a time. Dropping a big collection of Hollywood films, even above-average ones like "Argo," feels like more of a Netflix or Prime Video approach; just license a ton of content and hope that subscribers can find SOMETHING to watch every time they open the app. Lon
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| 1 | | Apple added a collection of around 50 licensed movies to the TV+ platform. The titles will be available for a limited time. More: - Though Apple has previously licensed a few movie titles in the past, on a selective basis, this marks the largest collection of third-party content ever to appear on the TV+ service.
- The line-up includes "Titanic," "300," "Argo," "Black Hawk Down," "Jurassic Park," both "Kill Bill" volumes, the original 2004 "Mean Girls," and more.
- The films are featured in a new hub called "Great Movies on Apple TV+."
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| 2 | | "Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf is developing a pair of true-crime docuseries for Netflix. "Homicide: New York" debuts on March 20, while "Homicide: Los Angeles" follows later on this year. More: - The series will examine infamous murder cases from the titular cities, including interviews with the original detectives and prosecutors.
- This marks Wolf Entertainment's first series for Netflix, and the company's first-ever docuseries for a streaming platform.
- Wolf has an overall deal with Universal Studio Group which includes developing docuseries and unscripted content for Universal Television Alternative Studio; the Netflix projects pre-date this agreement.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, MARCH 4 NAPOLEON: 2023 historical drama reteaming "Gladiator" actor Joaquin Phoenix and director Ridley Scott. Phoenix stars as iconic French emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte, in a film that focuses on his rise to power and relationship with noblewoman Joséphine de Beauharnais (Vanessa Kirby). The film is nominated for three Oscars, for its Production Design, Costumes, and Visual Effects. [Apple TV+] SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP: The seasonal reality competition series from Food Network is back this week for a 10th season, which features 12 bakers squaring off in various dessert-themed challenges for a shot at a $25,000 prize. Judges include Kardea Brown, Nancy Fuller, and Duff Goldman; Jesse Palmer hosts. [Max] ROCK THE BLOCK: The HGTV reality competition series features familiar personalities from across the network splitting into teams and facing off, by attempting to add the most value to identical properties. Ty Pennington hosts. Season 5 premieres this week on both Max and cable. [Max] SEEKING SISTER WIFE: The TLC reality series follows various polygamous families as they consider adding additional wives to their households. Season 5 premieres this week on both Max and cable. [Max] WARDENS OF THE NORTH: The Animal Planet reality series follows Michigan Conservation Officers who spend their days protecting the state's wilderness and natural environment. Season 2 premiered earlier this year on cable and hits Max today. [Max] THE RESIDENT: All 6 seasons of the Fox medical drama series come to Netflix today, after wrapping up its network TV run last year. The series follows the lives of staffers at the fictional Chastain Park Memorial Hospital as they confront bureaucracy and a chronic lack of resources. Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp, Manish Dayal, Shaunette Renée Wilson, and Bruce Greenwood co-star. [Netflix] HOT WHEELS: LET'S RACE: Debut animated series for kids from Mattel, based on the popular car toys, about six young hopefuls training to become champion racers. [Netflix] | | | |
| 4 | | According to Nielsen, the premiere episode of AMC's "Walking Dead" spinoff, "The Ones Who Live," was seen by around 3 million cable viewers in its first three days. That's AMC's largest premiere night audience in six years, since the 2018 debut of "The Terror." More: - According to AMC's internal stats, the "Ones Who Live" premiere is now the most-streamed episode in the history of AMC+; the network did not release specific viewership numbers.
- As well, AMC reports that the show's premiere Sunday was the biggest day for direct-to-consumer AMC+ sign-ups ever.
- "The Ones Who Live" is the sixth "Walking Dead" spinoff; it features Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira reprising their lead roles from the main series as Rick and Michonne.
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| 5 | | Disney+ released a trailer for Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" concert film, premiering at 6 pm PT on March 14. The trailer reveals that one of the "surprise acoustic songs" featured in the film will be "Maroon," from the Swift album "Midnights." More: - According to Puck News, Disney acquired the streaming rights to the "Eras Tour" film for around $75 million.
- Five songs from the live "Eras Tour" concert were cut from the theatrical version of the film, but will be restored on Disney+; they include "Maroon," "Cardigan," and three other still-unnamed tracks.
- These songs will likely be "Death by a Thousand Cuts" "You Are in Love," and "I Can See You," as Swift performed them during the Los Angeles concerts that were recorded for the film.
- "The Eras Tour" brought in $261.7 million at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing concert film of all time.
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| 6 | | Amazon announced plans for an American remake of the British game show "The 1% Club." Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt will host the US version, which will stream on the Prime Video platform. More: - The series gauges contestants' intelligence based on answers to a string of questions, inspired by scientific surveys.
- In an unusual licensing deal, episodes will debut on Prime Video before airing on Fox during its "second window."
- This marks the first time a TV network has taken a second window on a streaming-original show; usually the process works in the opposite direction.
- Though Oswalt has appeared as a contestant on numerous game shows, this will mark his hosting debut.
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| 7 | | Netflix released a trailer for the limited series "Ripley," based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley novels. Andrew Scott portrays the title character in the show, which draws chief inspiration from the first book in the series, "The Talented Mr. Ripley." More: - The series opens in the early 1960s, when grifter Tom Ripley is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy and bring home his aimless and leisure-loving son.
- Dakota Fanning and Johnny Flynn co-star; the cast also includes John Malkovich, who previously portrayed Ripley in the 2002 film "Ripley's Game."
- The series was originally developed for Showtime before moving over to Netflix.
- "The Night Of" and "The Irishman" vet Steven Zaillian wrote and directed the series, which debuts on April 4.
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- Carlos Alcaraz bested Rafael Nadal in the first livestreamed "Netflix Cup" tennis event, in front of a star-studded crowd that included Catherine Zeta-Jones, Charlize Theron, and Danai Gurira.
- Netflix canceled the action comedy-drama series "The Brothers Sun" after a single season.
- The full run of HBO's landmark comedy series "Sex and the City" will begin streaming on Netflix in the US on April 1; all six seasons will remain available to stream on the Max platform as well.
- Disney+ confirmed that the animated spinoff series "X-Men '97" will have 10 episodes, the most of any Marvel Studios series for Disney+ in its first season.
- Amazon dropped a full trailer for Season 2 of the Jeff Daniels mystery-drama series "American Rust," which is jumping over from Showtime to Prime Video; all 10 episodes premiere on March 28.
- On X, Amazon revealed character posters for the upcoming video game-inspired dystopian sci-fi series "Fallout"; the series premieres on April 12.
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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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