Stephen Macaulay, Author at Book and Film Globe

To the Bank and Beyond!

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments A Minecraft Movie, Baby Yoda, Barbie, BLACKPINK, BTS, China box office, Disney, film industry analysis, franchise filmmaking, G.I. Joe, Grogu, Hollywood trends, K-pop, Labubu, LEGO movies, Lisa (BLACKPINK), Lucasfilm, Marvel, merchandising, Ne Zha 2, Paramount Pictures, Pixar, Pop Mart, Resident Evil, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sony Pictures, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros, The Mandalorian, toy movies, Toy Story, Transformers, Universal Pictures, video game adaptations, Zootopia 2

Do too many Hollywood films aspire to the condition of a toy story?

Tips for Winning Bar Bets About Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Netflix

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments 45-day theatrical window, Academy Awards, Apple Original Films, Argo, Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, Best Picture, box office records, Burbank, cable television revenue, Casablanca, CBS, CODA, Comedy Central, corporate debt, corporate takeover bid, David Ellison, DC Studios, entertainment finance, F1 film, film industry economics, Frankenstein, HBO, Hollywood studios, Hollywood studios history, inside out 2, Larry Ellison, Los Gatos, market capitalization, Max, media consolidation, media mergers, Melrose Avenue, My Fair Lady, Netflix, Nickelodeon, One Battle After Another, Oscar history, Paramount global, Paramount Skydance, Roma, Silicon Valley, Sinners, Skydance Media, Spider-Man: No Way Home, streaming distribution, streaming vs theatrical, streaming wars, Ted Sarandos, The Force Awakens, The Jazz Singer, The Life of Emile Zola, Theatrical window, Titanic, top grossing films, Train Dreams, video on demand, Warner Bros. Discovery, Wings

As WBD goes back on the sale aisle, here are some non-trivial facts about the companies in the drama

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James L. Dolan Has Big Balls

January 22, 2026 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments 360-degree cinema, Abu Dhabi Sphere, Alex Garland, American Film Institute, Box Office Trends, Casablanca, Darren Aronofsky, Ferris wheel, Flying monkeys, Fog effects, George Cukor, Hollywood Industry Trends, Jack Warner, James L. Dolan, King Vidor, Las Vegas Sphere, Maryland Sphere, MGM, MGM National Harbor, Movie Exhibition, Movie Going Trends, National Harbor, Postcard from Earth, Potomac River, Seat Shakers, Sphere Entertainment, Sphere Las Vegas, The Awakening, The Capitol Wheel, The Maltese Falcon, The Wizard of Oz, Truncated sphere, Vegas Sphere, Vic Fleming, Victor Fleming, Washington DC, Wizard of Oz at Sphere, Wizard of Oz Remix

After the success of the Las Vegas Sphere, here come more. Can they save Hollywood?

The Year AI Began To Shape Hollywood

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments 2023 actors strike, Academy Awards, Adrien Brody, AI, AI ethics, AI filmmaking, artificial intelligence, Bob Iger, ChatGPT, collective bargaining, copyright, David Ellison, digital performers, Disney, Emilia Perez, Fantasia, Felicity Jones, film industry, film technology, future of cinema, generative AI, Hollywood, Hollywood studios, intellectual property, Karla Sofía Gascón, labor relations, Larry Ellison, Marvel, Mickey Mouse, Netflix, OpenAI, Oracle, Oscars, Paramount, Particle6, Pixar, Respeecher, SAG-AFTRA, Sora, Star Wars, Steamboat Willie, synthetic actors, The Brutalist, Tilly Norwood, voice technology, Walt Disney Company, Xicoia, Zurich Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival Summit

From AI Oscar wins to Disney handing OpenAI its crown jewels film is racing from talent to tech

In 2025, Familiarity Breeds Content — And Lots of Money

December 3, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments blockbusters, box office 2025, Eli Whitney, film marketing, franchise filmmaking, Frederick Taylor, Hollywood debt, Hollywood trends, intellectual property, interchangeable parts, IP movies, Lilo and Stitch, Minecraft Movie, movie industry analysis, original films, Superman, Taylorism

Hollywood’s business model moves ever further away from originality

When Cars Are the Stars

November 14, 2025November 10, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 2 Comments Aston Martin DB5, Blade Runner, Bonhams, Bullitt, Cybertruck, Dominic Toretto, Elon Musk, Fast and Furious, film memorabilia, flying car, Ford Mustang, Hollywood cars, James Bond, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Lotus Esprit, movie cars, Nissan Skyline, Paris auction, Paul Walker, Roger Moore, Steve McQueen, Syd Mead, Tesla, The Movie Car Collection, The Spy Who Loved Me, Vin Diesel

We love movie cars so much that some of us pay serious money to buy real life ones

Is Los Angeles Losing Its Allure?

October 16, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Assembly Bill 132, California entertainment economy, California film incentives, Captain America: Brave New World, FilmLA, Georgia film industry, Hollywood production decline, Los Angeles shoot days, Marvel Studios, MovieMaker Magazine, New York film tax credit, Philip Sokoloski, Thunderbolts, Trilith Studios, U.K. film incentives

Hollywood is to the film industry what autos are to Detroit and politics are to Washington: and it’s all a mess.

BUSINESS FILM Streaming

Movie Theaters Celebrate Record Post-Covid Revenues, The Reality Is Different

October 9, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Avatar Fire and Ash, box office 2025, CNBC, Comscore, Deloitte media study, Disney Plus, film industry economics, Gen Z viewing habits, Paramount Plus, Paul Dergarabedian, post-Covid box office, streaming vs theaters, Zootopia 2

Bigger box office is still way behind 2019 — and the math looks grim

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Meet Tilly Norwood

September 30, 2025October 6, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments inside out 2, Ne Zha 2, Paramount Plus, Particle6, Skydance, Tilly Norwood

The age of synthetic entertainment stars is upon us

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This Is a Post About Taylor Swift. We Expect a Lot of Hits.

September 25, 2025September 27, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments adam aron, AMC Taylor Swift release, AMC Theaters, Bone Lake, Dolby Cinema, IMAX, Justin Bieber Never Say Never, Swifties, Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour concert film, The Life of a Showgirl, The Smashing Machine

AMC hopes to strike gold again as the phenomenon returns to the screen to tout a new record

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No More Hollywood

September 3, 2025September 8, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments A Minecraft Movie, Adobe Firefly, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple Macintosh, Blogger, David Ellison, Deepbrain AI, Disney, Fable, FrontPage, GeoCities, Google, Google Veo, Kling AI, KPop Demon Hunters, Larry Ellison, LaserWriter, Luma Dream Machine, MacPaint, MacWrite, MySpace, Ne Zha 2, Netflix, Oculus, OpenAI Sora, Oracle, Pixar, Ridley Scott, Runway, SAG-AFTRA, Showrunner, Sony Music, Substack, Synthesia, Universal Music, Warner Music, Wondershare, WordPress, YouTube

AI will transform films and tv — animation is showing the way

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Making Entertainment Great Again

August 20, 2025August 24, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments David Ellison, Donald Trump, Larry Ellison, Paramount, Paramount Plus, SAG-AFTRA, Skydance, Skydance Media

Could Paramount put UFC on the White House lawn and AI actors in movies?

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We Read the Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders’ Letter So You Don’t Have To

August 12, 2025August 15, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments David Zaslav, Gunnar Wiedenfels, Paramount, Skydance, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Discovery

What’s ahead for WBD? Plenty of ‘eventization,’ quantification and ‘monetization.’ Oh, and some movies.

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Netflix: Watching the Juggernaut in the First Half of 2025

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments A House of Dynamite, Adam Sandler, Adolescence, Amazon Prime Video, Back in Action, Black Mirror season 7, Cameron Diaz, Carl Sagan, Dept. Q, Disney, Evoca.tv, Frankenstein, George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Idris Elba, Jamie Foxx, Jay Kelly, Katheryn Bigelow, Luminate, McDonald's, Mia Goth, Missing You, Money Heist, Netflix, Noah Baumbach, Orange Is The New Black, Oscar Isaac, Ozark, Prime Video, Rebecca Ferguson, Sofia Carson, Spotify, Squid Game, Squid Game season two, Statista, Straw, The Life List, Tyler Perry, Zero Day

The streaming platform is racking up galactic numbers

Ads, Ads, & More Ads

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments adam aron, AMC, AMC Theaters, Cinemark Holdings

Going to the movies becomes an ever more commercial exercise

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