Entertainment and Media industry analysis and conversations from The Wakeup columnist Sean McNulty with folks inside Hollywood and the many smart folks who write about them.
Episodes
Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021
6 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
ROKU sets new user record
SPAMALOT movie gets greenlight
AMY RYAN, CATHERINE ZETA JONES sign on to TV shows
Agency exec moves
New TV to watch tonight
LISTEN TO:
MAREN MORRIS “Better than we found it” on Spotify
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Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
6 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
DEXTER revival casts villain
GRAMMYS moved
DR DRE admitted to the ICU
NYE TV ratings report
MEREDITH sell TRAVEL + LEISURE
New Trailers + TV tonight
LISTEN TO:
2PAC/DR. DRE “California Love” on Spotify
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TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO MAX “Locked Down” trailer
HBO MAX “Search Party” s4 trailer
Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021
6 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
HULU+ Live adds MTV, 13 other Viacom networks
TIFFANY HADDISH joins MGM sci fi pic
MARCH MADNESS is a go...in Indiana
Another big departure at WME
ESPN+ raising prices
VoxMedia’s THE CUT gets new EIC
LISTEN TO:
JULIA MICHAELS “Lie Like This” on Spotify
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Jan 4, 2021
Jan 4, 2021
4 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
ROKU buying QUIBI shows?
AMAZON buys podcast producer WONDERY
US + Global BOX OFFICE updates
New Harry Styles + Phoebe Waller Bridge music video
LISTEN TO:
HARRY STYLES “Treat people with Kindness” video
TRAILER HOUSE:
FOCUS FEATURES “Land” trailer
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Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
7 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
Tatum + Bullock for action-romance at PAR
HBOMax doing more SATC?
WONDER WOMAN flops in China, WB orders part 3
PARAMOUNT sells off another movie
WSJ Amazon imitation practices piece
LISTEN TO:
SAINT MOTEL “Just My Type” on Spotify
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Dec 23, 2020
Dec 23, 2020
7 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
What to watch over Christmas break
FX orders Taika Waititi series
4 Big New Trailers!
DISCOVERY buys rest of OWN
BLUMHOUSE wins NYT article rights
TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO “Tiger” documentary trailer
WB “The Little Things” Trailer
AMAZON PRIME “Coming to America 2” trailer
NETFLIX “History of Swear Words” trailer
LISTEN TO:
RUN DMC “Christmas in Hollis” on Spotify
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Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
5 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
MGM makes moves to sell
Changes at top of DISNEY Studio
Paul Feig sets cast for NETFLIX movie
B POSITIVE renewed at CBS
New ED SHEERAN music
GROUP NINE MEDIA looking to buy more companies
LISTEN TO:
ED SHEERAN “Afterglow” on Spotify
TRAILER HOUSE:
SOME GOOD NEWS Christmas edition
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Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
4 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
Russo Bros + Millie Bobbie Brown + UNIVERSAL
WONDER WOMAN China trouble
Charlie D’Amico + HULU
NY + LA Film Critics awards
Weekend Box Office
LISTEN TO:
ARIANA GRANDE “Breathin” on Spotify
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Death to 2020” trailer
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Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
44 min
I invited my friend Josh Horowitz from MTV News & Comedy Central to talk all things movie business as we end 2020, and what's ahead for the Oscars and movie theaters in general in 2021.
From the episode:
Comedy Central's STIR CRAZY series
Paramount Network's ON LOCATION
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
11 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
JLO + Netflix FBI movie
LA LAW & NIGHT COURT reboots?
SAM JACKSON + AppleTV series
New Justin Timberlake APPLE TV movie trailer
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP now 20% Chinese owned
Exec departures at Spotify and NBC Universal
The New Movies + TV to watch this weekend,
plus THE SOPRANOS reunite tonight!
LISTEN TO/WATCH:
DUA LIPA “Levitating” on Spotify
SOPRANO’S cast reunion
WSJ Roku read
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV “Palmer” trailer
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Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
6 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
HBOMax comes to ROKU
Kate Beckinsdale + PARAMOUNT+ Series
LIZZIE MAGUIRE series dead at Disney+
Paul McCartney + Rick Rubin for docuseries /
CAA + WGA agreement
Layoffs hit SOLSTICE STUDIOS
New WME partner list
LISTEN TO:
TAYLOR SWIFT “Tis the Damn Season” on Spotify
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Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2020
12 min
I hopped on the phone with director Deon Taylor to talk about his new adult thriller FATALÉ from Lionsgate, his pitch to Hilary Swank to take the unexpected role, and the process of releasing a movie in theaters during pandemic December 2020.
ALSO get a preview of his next movie, shot in the pandemic with TI and Joseph Sakora from POWER.
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Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2020
5 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
SONY casts Whitney Houston role in biopic
Megan & Harry + SPOTIFY
HULU gets Pam & Tommy sex tape series
KELLY CLARKSON renewed for 2 more years
SERVANT gets 3rd season
CHAPPELLE’S SHOW off HBOMax
SUNDANCE 2021 selections
FACEBOOK to launch new "Spaces" aka CAMEO for FB.
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV: “The World’s a Little Blurry” docu trailer
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Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
8 min
LISTEN TO:
Blake & Gwen “You make it feel like Christmas” on Spotify
TRAILER HOUSE:
SEARCHLIGHT “Nomadland” trailer
NETFLIX “Bridgerton” trailer
EPIX “Bridge and Tunnel” trailer
AMAZON “Yearly Departed” trailer
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Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020
3 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
DISNEY sets 2021 movie release dates
Michael Douglas as Ronald Regan in PARAMOUNT TV limited series
Jamie Bell + Margaret Qualley to play Fred + Ginger at Amazon
RIDICULOUSNESS spinoff hits MTV tonight
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV “Dickinson” Season 2 trailer
UNIVERSAL PICTURES “Nobody” trailer
LISTEN TO:
CHARLIE PRIDE “Is Anybody goin to San Antone” on Spotify
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Dec 11, 2020
Dec 11, 2020
9 min
LISTEN TO:
Charlie Brown Christmas “Linus and Lucy” on Spotify
ANDREA BOCELLI concert tickets
TRAILER HOUSE:
MARVEL “Wandavision” trailer
MARVEL “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” trailer
MARVEL “Loki” series teaser
NETFLIX “The Midnight Sky” final trailer
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Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020
9 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
Affleck + Clooney at AMAZON
Kev Hart + Wes Snipes at NETFLIX
HBO rebooting TRUE BLOOD?
Jessica Simpson + AMAZON reality show
Fox News launching weather channel
LISTEN TO:
ELLE KING “Another You” on Spotify
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Cobra Kai” Season 3 trailer
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Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020
7 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
New STERN SiriusXM deal
SPIDERMAN 3 casting news
PEACOCK & HBOMAX update account #s
OSCARS set producing team
TV Series renewals, cancellations, pickups
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Dec 8, 2020
Dec 8, 2020
4 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
GUCCI movie adding big cast at MGM
Tina Fey producing Carol Burnett movie at APPLE
HBO sets EUPHORIA ep 2 date in Jan
Queen Latifah + NETFLIX movie
MSNBC getting new prez
LISTEN TO:
GWEN STEFANI “Let me reintroduce myself” on Spotify
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Dec 7, 2020
Dec 7, 2020
2 min
Today’s HEADLINES:
NICE WHITE PARENTS coming to HBO
Oscar Issaac + METAL GEAR SOLID vid game pic at Sony
CROODS 2 lead box office, no other movie cracks $1mil
HBO MAX ends free preview weeks
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MILEY CYRUS “Gimme What I Want” on Spotify
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