Film and TV Briefing: Friday 11 July 2025
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Disney and ITV launch strategic alliance to share content across platforms (The Hollywood Reporter)
SAG-AFTRA video game strike over after wage rises and AI protections agreed (The Hollywood Reporter)
A+E Global Media exploring sale or merger as market for cable channels heats up (The Hollywood Reporter)
Latest 90-day extension for Paramount-Skydance merger triggered (Deadline)
Jaume Collet-Serra signs multi-year overall film deal at Netflix (Variety)
New ‘Knives Out’ film to open London film festival (The Guardian)
‘Dune: Part Three’ to be shot with IMAX cameras (Variety)
‘The Salt Path’ author refutes newspaper allegations of “deceit and desperation” (Deadline)
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ grosses over $318m worldwide in first week (The Guardian)
‘Superman’ projected to make $130m in opening weekend (The Hollywood Reporter)
‘Squid Game’ series 3 achieves record-breaking 106.3m viewers over first 10 days (Variety)
Features and commentary
‘Superman’: what the critics are saying (The Hollywood Reporter)
Snapshot of high-end TV productions shooting in UK and Ireland (Screen Daily)
Industry announcements
BFI and CNC sign co-operation agreement, bringing UK and France’s screen industries closer together (BFI)
Ofcom requires various online services to submit their record of children’s risk assessment (Ofcom)
ASA clamps down on ads promoting weight-loss prescription-only medicines (ASA)
Equity publishes committee election results (Equity)
