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| Hello once again and thanks for opening today's Inside Streaming brief. I'm not even going to venture a guess as to how Disney shareholders will vote this week... but I'm a bit perplexed by the public appeal and approach of Nelson Peltz and his rogue column of investors. There are certainly good arguments to be made that Disney botched its acquisition of Fox assets and the launch of Disney+. I've made many of them right here in this space in previous newsletters. But so much of Peltz's case for himself and his proxy battle in the press has focused on stale culture war nonsense. Disney being too "woke" or whatever. It's silly and it makes the whole effort sound fundamentally unserious, like they're a bunch of guys watching YouTube reviews of "Moana" instead of thinking about practical ways to actually drive real-world growth and cut costs. I think, if Iger triumphs, theirs was largely a failure of PR more than anything else. Lon
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| 1 | | "Gen V" star Chance Perdomo died in a motorcycle accident over the weekend at age 27. Season 2 of the Prime Video superhero drama series was scheduled to enter production on April 8 in Toronto; it will be indefinitely postponed. More: - Though not much information has been revealed about the circumstances of Perdomo's death, Deadline suggests he was headed back to Toronto to resume filming the series.
- "Gen V" writers will likely have to reconsider Season 2 plans and overhaul the scripts, as Perdomo's Andre Anderson was a lead character in the series.
- No other individuals were injured in the accident.
- "Gen V" is a spinoff of Amazon's series "The Boys," set at a university for young people with superpowers.
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| 2 | | Xu Yao has been sentenced to death in China for the 2020 poisoning of gaming executive and "3 Body Problem" producer Lin Qi. Xu, a disgruntled lawyer who had worked for Lin's company Yoozoo Games, poisoned beverages in the their offices between September and December of 2020; Lin died after drinking a cup of tainted tea. More: - Lin and Yoozoo acquired the rights to the best-selling Chinese sci-fi novel "The Three-Body Problem" and brought it to "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
- Yoozoo had collaborated with Benioff and Weiss previously on the video game spinoff "Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming."
- Lin is listed as an executive producer on the Netflix series.
- Xu had been hired in 2017 to oversee the Yoozoo division tasked with developing "Three-Body Unvierse" projects, but was angered following an apparent demotion and pay cut for poor performance.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, APRIL 1 VANDERPUMP VILLA: Debut reality series set among the staff at Lisa Vanderpump's French estate, Château Rosabelle, who prepare luxurious, decadent experiences for guests while navigating personal rivalries and romances. [Hulu] THE SYNANON FIX: Four-part docuseries from HBO and filmmaker Rory Kennedy ("Downfall: The Case Against Boeing") examining the infamous drug rehabilitation program turned religious movement, which many have termed a cult. The series debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival. [Max] FROZEN IN DESIGN: April Fools Day special from HGTV in which host Wendi McLendon-Covey and a group of the network's familiar personalities -- representing a fictional "preservation society" -- explore homes with extremely dated, old-timey interiors. [Max] BRAY WYATT: BECOMING IMMORTAL: Documentary from WWE looking back at the life and career of the late professional wrestler, who was born Windham Rotunda. The film features interviews from members of Wyatt's family along with Hulk Hogan, John Cena, Becky Lynch, Triple H, and others. Mark William Calaway (aka The Undertaker) narrates. [Peacock] UNSOLVED WITH JAMES PATTERSON: Three-part true-crime docuseries in which the iconic mystery author explores three never-solved homicide cases, speaking with friends and family members of the victims along with the original investigators. [Fox Nation] THE MAGIC PRANK SHOW WITH JUSTIN WILLMAN: Debut unscripted series in which the magician and comedian, along with his expert team, helps everyday people mess with their friends. Willman previously starred in the Netflix street magic series "Magic for Humans." [Netflix] STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE'S SPRING SPECTACULAR: The third animated special spun off from the "Strawberry Shortcake" series "Berry in the Big City" finds Strawberry and her friends competing for Best Float at the Spring Flower Festival. [Netflix] SEX AND THE CITY: All six seasons of the classic HBO romantic comedy-drama series come to Netflix today. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Kim Cattrall co-star as 30 and 40-something best friends living, working, and dating in New York. [Netflix] WHITE COLLAR: The full six-season run of the USA Network procedural police drama series, which originally aired from 2009 to 2014, hits Netflix today. Matt Bomer stars as a con artist and expert forger who helps the FBI catch white-collar criminals; Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen, and Marsha Thomason co-star. [Netflix] JEFF DUNHAM: I'M WITH CUPID: The ventriloquist and comedian's hour-long Valentine's Day special premiered earlier this year on the Comedy Central cable network and hits Paramount+ today. [Paramount+] | | | |
| 4 | | Investors will vote on the proxy battle for Walt Disney Company board seats during a shareholder meeting on Wednesday. Activist investors Trian Partners, run by Nelson Peltz, are hoping to score seats on the Disney board, to help shift the company's direction. More: - Peltz outlined his criticisms of Disney leadership in a 133-page manifesto published on March 4; most of his concerns center around the company's streaming business.
- Specifically, Peltz argues that Disney was too late in launching a Netflix competitor, and that, once it arrived, the service was "poorly planned."
- He also takes issue with Disney's 2019 purchase of Fox assets, at a time when that company's linear TV business was facing a sharp decline.
- Peltz's proposes taking on new partners to shrink Disney's legacy TV business, rethinking the digital strategy around ESPN content, and establishing a succession plan ahead of current CEO Bob Iger's departure.
- Peltz has joined forces with former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo.
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| 5 | | Actor Ezra Miller's voice role in Amazon's "Invincible" series has been recast. The actor portrayed mad scientist D.A. Sinclair briefly during the show's first season; in Season 2, the role has been taken over by "X-Men '97" regular Eric Bauza. More: - Miller is best known as the star of the DC Comics film "Flash" and the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise.
- They've been involved in a number of scandals and arrests; ahead of "The Flash's" release, Miller agreed to seek mental health treatment for an "intense crisis."
- "Invincible" is based on comics by "Walking Dead" vet Robert Kirkman; the second half of Season 2 is currently streaming on Prime Video.
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| 6 | | AMC posted a teaser for the second season of the "Walking Dead" spinoff series "Daryl Dixon." Original "Walking Dead" regular Melissa McBride returns for Season 2 of the series, which is now subtitled "The Book of Carol." More: - The most recent "Walking Dead" spinoff series -- "The Ones Who Lived," featuring the return of Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira as Rick and Michonne -- wrapped up on Sunday night.
- "Daryl Dixon" follows Norman Reedus' "Walking Dead" character to post-apocalyptic France.
- The spinoff was originally going to center on both Reedus and McBride's characters, but plans changed unexpectedly back in late 2022.
- "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol" debuts this summer on AMC and AMC+.
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| 7 | | According to Amazon, the new remake of '80s action classic "Road House" scored more than 50 million views over its first two weekends on Prime Video. That's apparently the most viewership of any Prime Video original film in history. More: - "Road House" debuted on Prime Video on March 21, after screening at the SXSW Film Festival.
- Director Doug Liman originally planned to skip the film's premiere, in protest of Amazon's decision to debut it directly on Prime Video, but he eventually showed up in Austin anyway.
- Prime Video is also currently streaming the original 1989 MGM film "Road House," starring Patrick Swayze; Jake Gyllenhaal takes over the lead role in the remake.
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- Allison Janney joined the cast of Amazon's "A Simple Favor 2"; she currently co-stars in Apple's "Palm Royale" alongside Kristen Wiig and Laura Dern.
- Hulu canceled the mystery drama series "Death and Other Details" after a single season.
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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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