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Analysis of TV reboot economics shows legacy catalog revenue is driving streamer strategy: Buffy and Malcolm have each generated roughly $100M on Disney platforms since 2020, Scrubs about $60M (rising to $83M across platforms), and Disney shelved a Buffy revival partly because a reported $12M pilot cost undercuts ROI.
Li Jun Li has been cast as Miriam—Lev and Yara’s mother—in The Last of Us Season 3; Craig Mazin will run solo as showrunner after Neil Druckmann’s exit, production is expected to begin this summer and the HBO/Sony co-production continues building its expanded ensemble.
Headline metrics piece: Phoebe Dynevor's hurricane-shark film Thrash has become Netflix's top English-language film worldwide shortly after release, signaling strong streamer viewership despite mixed critical reception.
Lee Cronin is developing an Irish folk-horror TV series titled Spiral (set in 1980s Ireland, co-created with Glenn Montgomery) and a supernatural feature Box of Bones, marking a return to folkloric roots following The Mummy and signaling multi-format expansion for the filmmaker.
Lee Cronin’s horror reimagining The Mummy opens across 550 UK/Ireland sites this weekend — a franchise reboot produced by James Wan and starring Jack Reynor and Laia Costa, following Cronin’s box-office success with Evil Dead Rise.
Netflix’s four-part documentary Trust Me: The False Prophet spotlights Samuel Bateman’s abuses inside an FLDS offshoot and credits undercover footage by Christine Marie and Tolga Katas that led to arrests and lengthy sentences; Marie remains active in Short Creek and says the series is prompting survivors to come forward.
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