Stuck In Development

It's a pretty dire news week on Stuck in Development! Carl & Eitan discuss the AI-ensh**ified Megalopolis trailer, Disney's TOC-based judicial cowardice & a Google antitrust ruling that hurts Apple more than anyone.

A week with two Olympics!? In this episode the boys go through the media business of the actual Olympic games, and Eitan shares his main takeaways from attending Paris 2024 (including, of course, comparing them to a theme park). They then review the Disney Theme Park Olympics, also known as D23, which includes major (and minor) announcements of upcoming projects across the Mouse live entertainment...

After tripping over themselves to discuss a number of streaming topics – including the new Disney + Max bundle – the boys look into Amazon's rumored premium Alexa subscription and chat about Carl's experience with Vera Drew's The People's Joker. Also, Eitan shows off The Gadget (??).

It happened! Finally! The 2024 Stuck In Development Topic finally got unstock. Eitan and Carl dive into the 'merger' of Skydance and Paramount, making a stop in Financials Town before ending on is-this-a-good-idea-ville. Before climbing into Paramount Mountain, the boys also partake in a fire round to catch up on everything they missed on their hiatus. We are back! Join us!

Movies! (Inside Out 2, The Bikeriders) Business! FastPass & Theme Parks! We'll be off next week for July 4th.

This was a week of highs, lows, and questions marks. First, Carl and Eitan marvel at the enormous power of Inside Out and its incredible box office run (which doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon), and what it could mean for their prediction of Disney making exactly $3.75B at the box office this year. They later try to come up with some crazy accounting that could help explain a report about...

Any SID fan knows the Alamo Drafthouse is Carl's cinema chain of choice. What they may not know is what he (and Eitan) thinks of Sony's planned acquisition of the chain. They also talk through a bizarre Inside Out 2 x Fandango deal and WWDC announcements.

This week's episode is a short one but a good one. We start this week with Eitan's take on The Young Women and the Sea and his disappointment at Disney not following the Encanto Paradox by only giving it a small, 2-week release before it heads to Disney+. They then spend some time breaking down the bankruptcy of a Texas-based franchisee of Alamo Drafthouse, and wondering what the outcome o...

Carl and Eitan dissect the latest round of doom-and-gloom around the future of theaters from the perspective of new release Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Carl's also mad about new tiling at EPCOT.

The Cannes Film Festival was last week, and Carl and Eitan HAD to ask Kevin to join them and share some wisdom about this historic festival. The Three Caballeros first go through the history of the festival, before jumping to this year's iteration highlights. Lastly, after Eitan had to run out, Kevin and Carl go through their movie aficionado WAAAAW.

It's Friday afternoon and cable is BACK! Carl and Eitan attempt to parse a pair of "bundles" announced by the major streamers. Only one bundle is, in fact, a bundle. Later in the episode, the boys chat through Carl's recent trip to Disney World.

This week, Eitan & Carl look at the NBA's options for the next decade of basketball streaming rights. No episode next week – the boys will be too busy playing LinkedIn games!

Buying Paramount's a lot trickier than you'd expect. Carl & Eitan detail the potential paths for Skydance, Apollo and/or Sony to acquire the Redstone's National Amusements holding company and/or Paramount outright. The boys also discuss Netflix's latest investor obfuscation tactic and Alex Garland's brilliant Civil War.

We start the episode with Eitan recounting an unconventional book presentation experience, and then launching into a conversation on some of the nuances in book distribution and overall business tactics in the current literary world. The boys then dive into spoiler-free analyses of their recent silver screen experiences. Hear Eitan's thoughts on 'Monkey Man', Dev Patel’s intriguing dir...

On the boys' first-ever Friday episode, Carl & Eitan loopily discuss Cinemacon announcements & early reviews of the Humane Ai Pin.

A 20-rundown of the latest big media and entertainment business news? You got it! Carl and Eitan start by exploring the news and impact of Endeavour, Ari Emmanuel's modern media conglomerate, being taken private by Silver Lake for $13B. After that, they check in on the latest of Disney's corporate drama and their proxy fight with activist investors. Finally, they close out with more though...

This week, Carl & Eitan look into rumors surrounding a potential exit for Alamo Drafthouse from its private equity overlords. They also catch up on Shogun and 3 Body Problem in a quick WAW segment.

Paramount Mountain is starting to look like a hill. In this week's episode Carl and Eitan analyze the bid to acquire Paramount's studios business by private equity giant Apollo. After that, they preview a potential DOJ suit against Apple. Join us!

Resident Oscars correspondent Kevin Sachs joins Carl & Eitan to discuss the 2024 Oscars ceremony. Beyond the ceremony itself, the boys name the most deserving snubs that should have been in the conversation. Carl also crowns the 2024 Goldfinch Award winner. Despite Oppenheimer 's strong performance at the Oscars, Eitan & Carl refuse to concede the Awards Draft to Kevin until the WGA Aw...

(Oscar recap episode coming later this week!) In this week's episode, the boys talk about Dune's sandstorm taking over the box office, including Eitan's spoiler-free review. After that, they go Apple's decision to cancel their car project and explore what might have driven them to do so. Come for the in-depth business analysis, stay for the Meme 101 class.

Eitan is worried; is AMC dead?

Spulu? Sony? Sawesome! In this episode, Carl and Eitan explore the latest in the Spulu saga (Sports + Hulu, very creative media Twitter) before exploring why no one has thought about Sony's media assets as an M&A opportunity, especially considering their we-don't-have-a-streaming-channel-and-license-to-everyone strategy. After that, Carl shares his long-awaited thoughts on the Apple Vi...

After briefly touching on it last week, Carl and Eitan dedicate most of this episode to a deep dive into Disney, Fox, and WBD's new sports venture. They explore potential repercussions, how rights licensing might work, and even brainstorm some potential (bad) names. In the movie front they catch up on American Fiction and The Taste of Things.

1 hour. 6 bold predictions. 2 corrections from the future. 1 new Stuck in Development award: Best Something Of How Things Operate in a Take.

Every year Carl and Eitan make hot takes about what they think will happen over the next 12 months. That's the fun part. A year later, its time to check the receipts. In this episode, Eitan and Carl go through their 2023 predictions and explore what they got right and what they got wrong, paying special attention to the causes of each action. Join us for this review episode to get ready for ne...