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A perfect headline and brilliant in-depth reporting by Brian Welk for IndieWire! - indiewire.com/news/box-offic… “Hollywood has been looking for the next frontier in terms of genre they can mine, no pun intended,” Comscore Comscore Movies US Comscore Global Box Office Senior Analyst Paul Dergarabedian

The Academy is finally adding an Oscar for stunts, beginning with the 2028 ceremony, the 100th Oscars. indiewire.com/news/breaking-…

Ahead of SINNERS, my favorite film of 2025 so far, I spoke with director Ryan Coogler (maybe one of the cooler people alive) and his Proximity Media partners about how they're making commercial films with substance...like a great grilled cheese sandwich: indiewire.com/news/business/…

Increasingly convinced that this is one of the most effective, high ROI pieces of marketing/publicity for a theatrical release of a film that I’ve seen in a very long time.

SING THE FUCKING SONG!!!

It would be a "sin" not to read this analysis by Brian Welk for IndieWire on the mid-week success of #Sinners & what it means long-term for the film - indiewire.com/news/box-offic… “A strong mid-week gross is indicative of a film that is riding high on the momentum of tremendous

DA POPE

Chicago produced a Pope before a QB who throws for 4000 yards.

“ God bless everyone in the world, except Green Bay.”

The new Pope is from Chicago and is supposedly a Cubs fan. It's official: Cubs in 5 in the World Series. #Blessed

imagine waiting 2 full years to see Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning and then just 2 weeks before it comes out you're suddenly elected pope. i'd be so mad.

My piece on runaway production also scored a nod! It's still a very timely one. Congrats to all my colleagues!

For IndieWire is journalist extraordinaire Brian Welk on the impressive limited release debut of #WesAnderson's The Phoenician Scheme & what it means in terms of B.O. trajectory when compared to his other films. ca.news.yahoo.com/wes-anderson-p… As Comscore Senior Media Analyst Paul

New from me, the author of the "phony" Clint Eastwood article speaks: the quotes are all real but were a "Best of" compilation drawn from years of HFPA panel interviews. Kurier, the Austrian newspaper, published a retraction and cut ties with the writer. indiewire.com/news/breaking-…

Wrote about Disney and NBCUniversal's lawsuit against Midjourney and why the studios are likely going to want to take this to a ruling to set some precedent around the use of AI with copyrighted material: indiewire.com/news/analysis/…

PCA MAKES CUBS HISTORY 🔥

NEWS FEATURE, Film/Broadcast Related, Online Brian Welk, IndieWire, “Tax Credits Aren’t Enough: How States Are Wooing Film Productions” IndieWire shorturl.at/0bsyP

Honored to be among this group of great writers: indiewire.com/awards/results…

Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing "The Social Network Part II," in development now at Sony: indiewire.com/news/breaking-…

Bond riding a sandworm is going to be nuts.