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NEWS:
DISNEY - From WSJ: New Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro's opening salvo is to layoff at least 1000 employees.
From WorldofReel: The fallout of Pixar's cancelled animated film, "Be Fri," has come to include word that executives were concerned that the story would emphasize (shudder, gasp, choke)... "girl power!"
MOVIES - From THR: Cinema United, the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, confirmed the formation of a "Filmmaker Leadership Council" that will provide “meaningful support” for theatrical exhibition of movies. It will be led by blockbuster veteran, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Oscar winning producer, Emma Thomas. as chair and vice chair respectively. Rounding out the council will be Oscar winners Ryan Coogler and Brad Bird, and Oscar nominees Jason Reitman and Celine Song.
SCANDAL - From Variety: Jeff Shell has exited his role as president of Paramount Skydance due to a controversy. He stepped down as CEO of NBCUniversal in 2023 because of an inappropriate relationship.
MOVIES - From WorldofReel: HBO Max has begun show "Alien 3: The Assembly Cut." This is a 2 hour and 25 minute-version of director David Fincher's 1992 "Alien" sequel, "Alien 3." It is 31 minutes longer that the original release. Fincher chose not be involved with the new release.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 4/3 to 4/5/2026 weekend box office is Universal/Illumination's "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" with an estimated take of $130.94 million dollars.
STREAMING - From WorldofReel: Disgraced movie star, Jonathan Majors, was injured on the set of a film for "The Daily Wire," and the Wire's response is "we don't negotiate with terrorists."
DISNEY+ - From Variety: Disney+ has greenlit an "Animorphs" television series. It is in early development and is executive produced by Ryan Coogler through Proximity Media. Writer Bayan Wolcott is penning the scripts. The project is an adaptation of the 1996-2001 Scholastic books series by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant. The books focused on kids who fight the parasitic "Yeerks" invading Earth. The series blended action, body horror, and moral depth over its 54 volumes that sold over 35 million copies.
APPLE - From WorldofReel: David E. Kelly is adapting Tom Wolfe's 1987, "The Bonfire of the Vanities" for Apple TV+. Matt Reeves ("The Batman") is set to direct the series. The novel was previously adapted in to film by director Brian De Palma. Starring Tom Hanks and released in 1990, the movie was and still is considered a disaster.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Sisters Lilla and Nora Zuckerman are writing "Scream 8." They were recently showrunner for Peacock's streaming series, "Poker Face."
MOVIES - From Variety: Sony Pictures is developing a biopic about famed CBS anchor and journalist, the late Walter Cronkite. The film will be an adaptation of Douglas Brinkley's 2012 biography, "Cronkite."
BUSINESS - From Variety: J.J. Abrams is downsizing his production company, "Bad Robot," and is moving it from Los Angeles to New York.
MOVIES - From WorldofReel: The critically-acclaimed and hit horror film, "Weapons," will get a prequel film. Entitled "Gladys," it will focus on Weapons' villain, "Aunt Gladys," who was portrayed by Amy Madigan, who, in turn, was a "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar for her performance. Zach Cregger, creator of "Weapons," will write the screenplay with Zach Shields. There is no word as to whether or not Cregger will direct, "Gladys."
TELEVISION - From EW: HBO's teen drama, "Euphoria," returns April 12, 2026, but it won't be about teens...
