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| 1 | | Good morning/afternoon! Last night, I watched the HBO doc "BS High," about the fake high school (Bishop Sycamore) that fielded a football team and played games against very real, elite programs, including a televised match against nationally-recognized IMG Academy. It's an incredible story that serves as an exposé about questionable practices within high school sports generally, but also a fascinating character study of Roy Johnson, the conman behind the scam. He's bound to be one of the year's most memorably chilling TV characters. The film is occasionally reminiscent of stuff like "The Jinx" or "Tiger King," in which producers manage to flatter a self-aggrandizing criminal into confessing on camera. Highly recommended! It's streaming now on Max. |     | |
| 1 | | A new report from Nielsen indicates that the number of shows and films available on streaming platforms increased by 39% over the last two years. Nielsen estimates that around 2.35 million individual titles are available to stream on services throughout the US, Canada, the UK, Mexico, and Germany. More: - The report included titles from 167 individual streaming services, up from 118 two years prior.
- The average time it takes for a viewer to select a program to watch has significantly increased as well; it was around 7 minutes in 2019, and a little over 10 in 2023.
- Nielsen largely credits the explosion of free, ad-supported streaming platforms -- such as Tubi and Pluto TV -- with the increase.
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| 2 | | A new partnership between AMC Networks and Warner Bros. Discovery will bring some AMC+ shows over to the Max service. AMC and Max are referring to the deal as a "programming pop-up," which will run from September 1 through October 31. More: - AMC shows that will stream temporarily on Max include "Fear the Walking Dead," "Interview with the Vampire," "Gangs of London," "Dark Winds," "A Discovery of Witches," "Killing Eve," and "Ride with Norman Reedus."
- In all, more than 200 episodes of the 7 series will stream on the Max platform.
- The shows will stream for subscribers to every Max tier at no extra cost.
- AMC will get its own dedicated hub on the Max homepage, called "AMC+ Picks."
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, AUGUST 29 CHAMPIONS: 2023 sports comedy-drama feature from director Bobby Farrelly, one half of "Something About Mary" duo The Farrelly Brothers. Woody Harrelson stars as a former minor-league basketball coach who's court-ordered to manage a team of intellectually disabled players. Kaitlin Olson, Mat Cook, Ernie Hudson, Kevin Iannucci, Joshua Felder, and Cheech Marin co-star. [Amazon] WOMEN TALKING: 2022 drama feature from writer/director Sarah Polley, based on Miriam Toews' novel (which was itself inspired by a true story). It centers on a group of women and girls living in a remote Mennonite community who meet to determine their collective response to ongoing sexual assaults by their male relatives and neighbors. Polley won an Academy Award for her screenplay. [Amazon] BUGS BUNNY BUILDERS: HARD HAT TIME: Animated Cartoon Network series for young kids in which the Looney Tunes characters work together on a construction crew. The show returns this week with a new subtitle and additional Season 1 episodes. [Max] | | | |
| 4 | | Netflix released a teaser for "The Killer," the new film from director David Fincher. Michael Fassbender stars as an elite assassin whose life begins to unravel after he misses a hit on an important target. More: - The film is based on a series of French graphic novels by Alexis Nolent.
- Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, who previously teamed with Fincher on the '90s classic "Seven," wrote the adaptation.
- "The Killer" opens in select theaters on October 28 before coming to Netflix on November 10.
- Fincher's previous Netflix projects include the film "Mank" and the series "House of Cards" and "Mindhunter."
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| 5 | | HBO canceled the controversial drama series "The Idol" after a single five-episode season. The show came from co-creators Sam Levinson ("Euphoria") and Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, who also co-starred. More: - In a statement, HBO said it was "pleased by the strong audience response" to the series, but the network had "decided not to move forward with a second season."
- Season 1 concluded on July 2 amid confusion about whether or not it had been intended as a limited series; actor Moses Sumney suggested it was a one-off, while co-star Da'Vine Joy Randolph told Variety the creative team had planned on returning for Season 2.
- Prior to the show's debut, filmmaker Amy Seimetz exited the project; Rolling Stone then ran an exposé alleging that the show was "torture porn" with a toxic environment on-set.
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| 6 | | According to Deadline, Amazon and Netflix are in a bidding war for the rights to "Crime 101," based on a novella by author Don Winslow. Chris Hemsworth and Pedro Pascal are informally attached to star in the adaptation, for "American Animals" filmmaker Bart Layton. More: - The Deadline report indicates that, so far, Amazon appears to have the edge in the negotiations.
- The story centers on a detective who's tracking high-level jewel thieves operating along the Pacific Coast; Deadline compares it to Michael Mann's classic crime drama "Heat."
- No formal deals are in place with the actors, but both expressed strong interest in the project prior to the strike.
- The rights deals are proceeding because the production companies behind the films are located in the UK.
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| 7 | | Disney+ Hotstar will provide free cricket streams for smartphone and tablet users in India during the upcoming Asia Cup and World Cup tournaments. According to Disney+ Hotstar chief Sajith Sivanandan, the goal is to boost ad revenue by expanding the reach of the matches, while also promoting the platform to non-subscribers. More: - Disney+ Hotstar remains the most popular streaming service in India, but its subscriber base dropped considerably after losing the rights to Indian Premier League Cricket (IPL) matches last year.
- An internal source told Reuters that the company has miscalculated the Indian audience's willingness to pay for streaming subscriptions; they described free cricket streams as the "only bullet left" for the company.
- Disney acquired Hotstar as part of its acquisition of Fox assets in 2019; the platform already had secured the IPL rights.
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- Roku renewed the behind-the-scenes docuseries "NFL Draft: The Pick Is In" for a second season, which will cover the 2024 draft.
- "Shadow and Bone" vet Kit Young joined the cast of FX's "Alien" spinoff series, which will resume production in Thailand following the SAG-AFTRA strike; the series, from "Fargo" vet Noah Hawley, serves as a prequel to the "Alien" movie franchise.
- All seven seasons of the ABC fantasy-drama "Once Upon a Time" will stream on Hulu starting on September 1; the full series has already been available to stream on Disney+, and will now live on both services.
- Netflix dropped some early images from the action-comedy series "Obliterated," from the creators of "Cobra Kai"; the series -- about a team of mercenaries who must defuse a bomb and save Las Vegas after a night of wild partying -- arrives on November 30.
- Geffen Records and K-Pop label HYBE -- the company behind BTS -- will team up for "Dream Academy," a 2024 Netflix reality series chronicling the formation of a new all-girl pop group.
- Former "Bachelorette" contestant Josh Seiter died this week at age 36, just days after opening up about his mental health struggles on social media.
- Director McG spoke with Variety about his upcoming Netflix comedy "Family Switch," starring Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms, and explained why the film contains nods to Garner's classic "13 Going on 30"; the new film premieres on November 30.
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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 Eduardo Garcia | |
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