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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 1h

More coverage of Netflix's Italian anniversary celebrations, here Variety's interview with Nflix VP Eleonora Andreatta who provides a helpful overview of some of the company's biggest original productions from the country. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Netflix Italy Content VP Eleonora Andreatta on Streamer’s First Decade in the Country and Nurturing Local Talent: ‘Telling Italian Stories Is Important’ for ‘Our Offerings Worldwide’

Netflix Italy Content VP Eleonora Andreatta discusses the streamer's first decade in the country and nurturing local talents.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 1h

More conspicuous cinephilia from Netflix, this time combined with a localized charm offensive as the company pledges to help re-open a historic cinema in Rome. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Ted Sarandos Forges Partnership Between Netflix and Italy’s National Film Center to Reopen Rome’s Cinema Europa Movie Theater

Ted Sarandos arrived in Rome to forge a partnership between Netflix and Italy's national film center to reopen Rome's Cinema Europa Movie Theater.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 2d

A merger between a top producer and sales agent from the region could mean that Scandinavia now has a third major conglomerate (after SF and Nordisk). variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Yellow Film Studios and REinvent Merge to Form Reinvent Yellow (EXCLUSIVE)

Yellow Film Studios, the largest independent studio in the Nordics, has merged with leading Danish sales and financing studio REinvent.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 6d

Yet more YA content news from Amazon Prime Video: Nicole Wallace will be APV's Millie Bobby Brown (but with more language skills). deadline.com/2025/10/nico...

Nicole Wallace Signs Exclusive Talent Deal With Amazon MGM Studios & Announces ‘Postcards From Italy’ Series

Nicole Wallace has signed a talent deal with Amazon MGM Studios and will star in Prime Video's new English-language series 'Postcards From Italy'.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 6d

10 (!) Mercedes Ron adaptations are coming from Amazon Prime Video, and Prime is now running a book club on TikTok to support its YA literary adaptations. Details on these developments and others in this rundown. deadline.com/2025/10/prim...

Prime Video Spotlights Mercedes Ron’s ‘Dimelo Bajito’ & ‘Marfil’, ‘Your Fault: London’ First Look & New Italian Pic At Ibiza Retreat

Prime Video has shone a light on its ten-title pact with 'Culpables' author Mercedes Ron, who is also behind 'Dimelo Bajito' & 'Marfil.'

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 8d

Disney+ to begin commissioning 3-4 original films annually from Spain, with the films being released in cinemas. www.audiovisual451.com/disney-inici...

Disney+ inicia la producción original de largometrajes en España - Audiovisual451

Sofía Fábregas, vicepresidenta de Producción Original de Disney+ España, ha comentado los próximos planes de la plataforma a nivel local.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 9d

Words to live by. Why do you think I started this account? 😂

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 10d

The piece is more than a little convoluted, but nonetheless effectively highlights Gaumont's strategies for its Latin American and Spanish production: using its back catalogue for remakes and selling those to streamers. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Gaumont USA Sets Up Projects With Kate del Castillo, Karla Souza, Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat (EXCLUSIVE)

Gaumont USA has also just wrapped production on Diego Luna-led ‘Mexico 86,’ as it taps its huge library for international remakes.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 13d

Also, lol at the job title of Thomas Dubois, more evidence that APV, particularly in its intl operations, is an ad hocracy.

The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 13d

A reminder that my most recent publication is concerned with APV's activities in France. You can find more information here and if you'd like a copy, get in touch by DM. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Amazon Prime Video and French cinema: between ‘hyper-local’ comedies and national non- specificity | Request PDF

Request PDF | Amazon Prime Video and French cinema: between ‘hyper-local’ comedies and national non- specificity | The last decade has seen American streaming platforms become some of the biggest play...

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 13d

Some updates on Amazon's French slate, including several films, some scripted and unscripted series. Highlights include continuing the accent on comedy (yay!) but also looking for local equivalents to the My Fault trilogy (boo!) (1). variety.com/2025/tv/glob...

Amazon Prime Video France Looks to Recruit Women and Younger Audiences With New Romances and Adaptations of Virginie Despentes’ and Joël Dicker’s Books (EXCLUSIVE)

Prime Video France looks to attract more women and younger demos with new romances and prestige drama, alongside comedy content.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 13d

When/if we get another snapshot of Amazon's Prime membership numbers, I wonder how it will be affected and/or reflective of this development. deadline.com/2025/09/amaz...

Amazon Agrees To Pay $2.5 Billion In FTC Settlement Of Claims Of Unauthorized Enrollment In Prime Memberships

The FTC brought a suit against the company over unauthorized enrollment of consumers in Prime.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 19d

San Sebastián is starting so you can expect some more posting on the Spanish film industry, but Variety is already on to THE major story: Movistar+ and Netflix are now the dominant forces in film production. variety.com/2025/tv/glob...

Spain’s Small Screen Operators like Movistar Plus+ Drive Much of the Local Features Business

Led by Movistar Plus+ and Netflix, streaming service movies and shows have a muscular presnece at this year's San Sebastián.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting Spanish news on Amazon's newest co-produced original series, a spin-off of the film franchise Padre No Hay Más Que Uno, a major hit for the platform in the first pay window. The series will also air on broadcast. www.audiovisual451.com/atresmedia-y...

Atresmedia y Prime Video presentan 'Padre no hay mas que uno, la serie' - Audiovisual451

La saga española cinematográfica más taquillera de los últimos años, ‘Padre no hay más que uno’, se convierte ahora en serie de televisión.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 21d

Lots of important media news today, but let's not overlook the ongoing fallout of Jennifer Salke getting canned at Amazon. deadline.com/2025/09/vern...

Vernon Sanders Exits As Amazon MGM Studios Head Of TV

After weeks of speculation, Vernon Sanders is leaving Amazon MGM Studios where he was Head of Global TV.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 24d

Hamnet is obviously the main story here, but interesting to note that the two runners up for the TIFF People's Choice awards were Netflix original movies... deadline.com/2025/09/hamn...

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 27d

Gaumont is producing the new Idris Elba film for Apple. That means the French conglomerate has now made series and films for all three of the major tech platforms, along with series for Disney and Par+ as well. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Idris Elba to Direct and Star in Psychological Thriller ‘This Is How It Goes’ for Apple (EXCLUSIVE)

Idris Elba is set to direct a feature adaptation of Neil LaBute's 'This is How it Goes' for Apple TV+.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · Sep 3

Potentially massive development in the French film industry. It will be interesting to see how it goes with regulators, but right now Canal+ is on the cusp of full vertical integration and an even bigger library of titles. deadline.com/2025/09/cana...

Canal+ Enters Negotiations To Acquire Minority Stake In UGC With Option To Buy French Cinema Group Outright In 2028

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · Aug 28

A yawn-filled and self-important piece seeking to coin the term "algorithm film" and generally kicking Netflix. This maybe would have been interesting if it had been published in 2018. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?

When the streaming giant began making films guided by data that aimed to please a vast audience, the results were often generic, forgettable, artless affairs. But is there a happy ending?

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great news for us Netflix movie watchers. Not only does KPop Demon Hunters rule, but now we don't have to talk (as much) about the turd that is Red Notice. www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/its-off...

It's Official - 'KPop Demon Hunters' Becomes Netflix's Most Watched Movie in History

A deep dive into the numbers of KPop Demon Hunters as it takes the mantle of being Netflix's most watched movie in its history.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is the first of a series of publications I am working on about Amazon Prime Video, including an edited book project. Watch this space! (2)

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨Happy to announce my newest publication, an article in French Screen Studies on Amazon Prime Video's impact on French cinema. I have 50 free copies I can distribute, so be in touch by DM if you'd like to read it. (1)

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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · Aug 22

@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.

Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇

Deadline for applications 19/09/25

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Technology fellow 2025

The Centre for European Reform is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · Aug 21

For more on the monumental auteur film strategy and how it has been used by the tech platforms in particular, check out a chapter I published a couple of years ago. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) SVOD Original Film Commissioning: Expanding the Possibilities of Commercial Film?

PDF | Much of the key academic writing about subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms to date has focused on the ability of the technology itself... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · Aug 21

Netflix is using the "monumental auteur film" template to a tee with its campaign for Frankenstein. All the elements are there:

--Experienced and successful director's passion project.
--Outsized budget
--"No one makes them like this any more" discourse. (1)

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Guillermo del Toro Unpacks ‘Frankenstein’: The 30-Year Journey to Make It, Getting a Netflix Theatrical Release and Why He Axed the Plan for Two Movies

Guillermo del Toro tells all to Variety about the 30 year process of bringing his 'Frankenstein' to life, plus casting Oscar Isaac in the title role.

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