Film and TV Briefing: Friday 27 June 2025

In the news

Apple TV+ signs first-look film deal with Chernin Entertainment (The Hollywood Reporter)

Dennis Villeneuve to direct Amazon’s James Bond film (Variety)

‘The Social Network Part II’ in development with Aaron Sorkin to write and direct (IndieWire)

Indie Films increasingly granted tax credits to film in California (The Hollywood Reporter)

UK culture minister downplays chances of government improving UK high-end TV tax credit (Deadline)

California approves proposal to allocate $750m annually to Film and TV Tax Credit Program (Deadline)

Disney and Charter strike deal to restore eight cable channels and add Hulu to Spectrum TV offering (The Hollywood Reporter)

‘F1’ set for $115m+ opening weekend (Deadline)

‘Elio’ gives Pixar its worst ever box-office opening (The Guardian)

Features and commentary

Anthropic “fair use” ruling is just the start as US Court is yet to determine liability for downloading pirated books to train models (Deadline)

Why so many original children’s films are flopping at the box office (BBC)

Industry announcements

YouTube exec discusses how the platform can be a partner for TV (The Hollywood Reporter)

Prime Video increasingly using generative AI across platform (Deadline)

Amazon announces two-platform strategy in India: Amazon Video and Amazon MX Player (Variety)

Resources

Creative Industries Sector Plan for growth unveiled (PACT)

Ofcom consulting on its guidance for Channel 4’s Commissioning Policy (PACT)

Legal updates

US Court rules that Meta’s unauthorised use of copyrighted works to train AI is “fair use”, but may be illegal in certain circumstances (Deadline)

‘South Park’ creators accuse Paramount of meddling in contract negotiations with potential suitors (The Hollywood Reporter)