Is California's $750 Million Bet on Hollywood Working?
Matt is joined by Colleen Bell, the director of the California Film Commission, to check in on the state of film and TV production in California following the cap increase to $750M about a year ago. T...
11 Jul 34min
Inside the Internet IP Gold Rush Sweeping Hollywood
Matt is joined by producer Scott Glassgold to discuss internet IP and the short-story boom that has taken over Hollywood after major successes in ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’, whether this is a micro o...
9 Jul 37min
The Biggest Winners and Losers of 2026 So Far
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to select their winners and losers in the entertainment industry so far this year, from actors with surprise hits, studio heads with embarrassing flops, CEOs o...
7 Jul 43min
Why Attendance Tells a Better Story Than Box Office
Matt is joined by Steve Buck, chief strategy officer at EntTelligence to discuss how many people are actually going to the movies and clarify the difference between admission versus box office. Steve ...
2 Jul 35min
Will the Comcast-NBCU Split Lead to Another Huge Hollywood Deal?
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the news that NBCUniversal is splitting off from Comcast into a standalone company, the details of the deal, why this is happening now, and whether ...
29 Jun 33min
How Larry Ellison’s Trump Bromance Is Helping WarnerMount
Matt is joined by WSJ reporter Emily Glazer to discuss her fascinating new piece highlighting Larry Ellison’s private friendship with Donald Trump and the impact it had on the Paramount M&A saga. Emil...
26 Jun 35min
Amazon Won’t Release Its Sam Altman Movie. Will Anyone?
Matt is joined by Keach Hagey, a journalist at The Wall Street Journal and author of 'The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future,' to discuss Amazon abandoning Luca Guadagnino...
22 Jun 33min
The Secret Industry That Makes Movies Go Viral
Matt is joined by journalist Lane Brown from New York Magazine to discuss his latest article digging into the insidious world of online clipping and narrative campaigning. Lane explains how virality a...
19 Jun 35min
