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Mubi fully bankrolling Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop and has taken distribution rights across North America, Latin America, UK/Ireland, major European territories, Australia/NZ; production shooting in LA this January with NWR Originals producing and Mubi committing to a wide theatrical release.
Netflix bought the spec script Run the Football from Canadian brothers Josh and Spencer Marentette in a competitive situation; producers attached include Dylan Clark and Brian Williams (Dylan Clark Productions) and Jaume Collet-Serra and Max Jacoby for Jadis Collective; logline described as a nuclear-weapons thriller involving Air Force One.
CGT-Spectacle has filed suit at the Nanterre court seeking to annul Canal+’s threat to boycott signatories of the anti-Bolloré letter and is considering escalation to the European Commission; the move escalates a funding-and-access crisis that could materially affect French film financing and distributor relations.
Imax appears to be in an early-stage sales process; Wall Street names potential buyers ranging from exhibitors (AMC, Cinemark) to studios/tech giants (Sony, Apple, Netflix, Disney) and PE or sovereign funds; analysts flag buyer choice as critical to preserving Imax’s neutral premium-screening value for tentpoles and international/local-language programming.
IMAX has officially gone to market with a roughly $1.85 billion market cap; suitors include studios and streamers but a studio acquisition would raise anti‑trust and exhibition-priority risks, while streamers could buy theatrical legitimacy; sale talks are early but could reshape premium-large-format access and theatrical windows.
Comedy-horror demand is rising globally; since mid-2024 average demand for comedy-horror series jumped ~50%, with titles like Apple TV+'s Widow’s Bay peaking at 30x average series demand, making horror-comedy a travelable, lower-risk bet for streamers seeking international reach.
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