Film & TV Briefing: Friday 2 October 2026
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
Paramount-Warner Bros. name Mattel's Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO (The Hollywood Reporter)
Box office debut for 'Verity' and 'Digger' continues to disappoint (Variety)
The 65 movies that have achieved the $1 billion mark at the global box office (Deadline)
David Brindley and Stuart Murphy are last two in the running for C4 content boss (Broadcast)
New round of layoffs at Disney as hundreds more jobs cut (The Hollywood Reporter)
Cindy Holland to leave Paramount before WBD merger (Deadline)
UK distributor True Brit files for administration (Screen Daily)
BBC Studios launch new scripted labels Landed Productions and CliffEdge Entertainment (Broadcast)
Rating for ‘Big Brother’ up 8% from last year, averaging 5.1 million viewers this summer (Variety)
Bill Kramer comments on YouTube move at Zurich Film Festival (The Hollywood Reporter)
Competition juries announced for BFI London Film Festival (The Standard)
Features and commentary
Meta turns to Disney, Imax and Dolby to create content for new VR glasses (The Hollywood Reporter)
The strategy behind indie and talent deals from BBC Studios scripted boss (Deadline)
Film execs at Zurich Summit consider federal film tax credit impact, timeline and price rises (Deadline)
Matt Brittin, Director General unpacks BBC cuts (Broadcast)
Industry announcements
MPs call for BBC licence fee to extend beyond TV and for the charter renewal to be scrapped (BBC)
Equity calls for AI protections in the film and TV industry (Equity)
Legal updates
Paramount-Warner Bros. settlement with state AGs approved by Judge (Variety)
Civil rights lawsuit by Alec Baldwin over ‘Rust' is dismissed (The Hollywood Reporter)
