Sean McNulty

My Mon AM #Hollywood + #Media news roundup incl: - #SpiderMan to top #Avengers #InfinityWar US #boxoffice this wk, #BlackPanther next wk - #BelAir hits #PeacockTV on #SuperBowl Sunday - @Lucas_Shaw says what needs to be said about #podcast biz in 2022 thewakeup.substack.com/p/the-355-stum…

Warner Bros. is a must-have for Paramount, The Ankler's Sean McNulty (@theseanmac) says. cc:@SullyCNBC

Listen up, #medianerds: @theseanmac breaks down WBD's Q3 earnings, from its linear TV apocalypse to its studio successes. Plus, what's in it for the main contenders like Paramount or Netflix if they bid for Warners? theankler.com/p/wbd-q3-movie…

David Zaslav just fired the starting gun on Hollywood’s next M&A race. @theseanmac @natjarv and @elainelow assess who could buy Warner Bros. Discovery, why Netflix and Big Tech are sitting out, and how Zaslav might slice up the assets to get a deal done theankler.com/p/supermerger-…

🎬 Marketing the movies: @warnerbros Dana Nussbaum + Christian Davin & @theseanmac of @TheAnkler pull back the curtain on how storytelling, data, and creativity drive campaigns, integrate digital & OOH, and move audiences seamlessly from screen to screen. #VideoEverywhereSummit

Warner Bros is coming off a banner year at the box office. On Oct. 14 in NYC, marketing co-heads Dana Nussbaum and Christian Davin join @theseanmac at the @DPAAglobal Summit to share how they’re using AI, audience insights and OOH to drive campaigns dpaasummit.com/global/

Ted Sarandos may have called the theatrical experience “outmoded” but he’s throwing a lifeline to theater owners with the KPop Demon Hunters Sing-Along Event. @chrisjrosen and @theseanmac explain why Netflix's bet could pay off: theankler.com/p/sean-and-chr…

What was behind Fantastic Four's precipitous 66% drop in North America in its second weekend? @richardrushfield and @theseanmac saw disappearing fan boys and MIA families theankler.com/p/richard-and-…

COMCAST's Q2 earnings were like a ride at their wildly successful Epic Universe: full of ups and downs. @theseanmac breaks down the call in The Wakeup: theankler.com/p/comcast-q2-p…

.@richardrushfield is solving a very important mystery: Who's Brad Pitt's dad in F1? Could it be the ghost of film producer Don Simpson?! Watch Richard's full box office chat with @theseanmac: theankler.com/p/richard-and-…

Can Lionsgate turn John Wick into a Marvel-level franchise? Since Ballerina stumbled at the box office, @richardrushfield and @theseanmac's answer is: not likely! Full breakdown of this weekend's box office and WB&D's "conscious uncoupling": theankler.com/p/richard-and-…

How "Final" is "Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning? @theseanmac and @richardrushfield consider if Tom Cruise's next stunt will really be exiting the Mission: Impossible franchise for good theankler.com/p/richard-sean…

I very much appreciated @theseanmac coming on the pod this week to explain what it means that Comcast/NBC is spinning off (most of!) its cable assets into a separate company. Some rank speculation here, but not *too* much. thebulwark.com/p/comcast-is-s…

Join us at the 2024 Montclair Film Festival October 18-27 in Montclair, New Jersey for free film industry panels with incredible guests. Plus movies, conversations, parties, and so much more. Visit montclairfilm.org for more information and tickets.

Strap in, media nerds: @theseanmac explores the Paramount-Skydance deal, which isn't even expected to close until 2025. He looks at why the deal is happening, what the company will look like under Ellison, and how the deal will impact employees. theankler.com/p/paramount-wh…

@elainelow Subscribe for the French Open… stay for Wimbledon (that’s soon isn’t it?). Also if there are ever any complaints on the pod about a movie being too long👆. Thanks for the shout - send me jealousy inducing pics from up north!

Subscribe to The Wakeup if you like seeing me get lightly roasted every 4-6 weeks theankler.com/p/bad-boys-4-s…

I’m in Banff for the media festival and I’ll have you know @theseanmac that I spent Sunday morning in the majestic mountains as one should: cooped up in my hotel room watching the French Open final. It was not a 🥱! It was an anti 🥱!

Sharp piece today from @theseanmac on TV's advertising woes. theankler.com/p/hollywoods-s…

@Lucas_Shaw Thank you Lucas!

Excellent breakdown of what CAA's new investment bank really means @theseanmac theankler.com/p/caas-new-inv…

🎧 With streaming's pivot into advertising off to a rough start, The Information's @sizpatel joins @theseanmac, @richardrushfield and @elainelow to weigh in on the shuffle inside Netflix as it misses first-year ad goals by half. theankler.com/p/streamings-n…

This analysis by @theseanmac is just *Chef’s Kiss*. Love it. theankler.com/p/taylor-swift…