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Cindy Holland, whose departure from Netflix after an 18-year run this year highlighted the changes rippling through the streaming giant, has joined the board of a newly formed entity called Horizon Acquisition Corp II. The November 17 appointment was disclosed Monday in an SEC filing. Holland left Netflix in September…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

Not to gush, but let’s seriously behold the success of Media Rights Capital and Lionsgate’s Knives Out.  We’ve already overwritten how the whodunit is a win for original movies in last year’s Disney franchise-laden theatrical environment. But this Rian Johnson-directed, star-studded film just won’t give up in its…

There is nothing more daunting right now in the current franchise-obsessed box office marketplace than launching an original piece of sci-fi/fantasy. This weekend, we're seeing the Peter Jackson-produced, $110M+ Mortal Engines a casualty of its own ambition to create a brand new world on screen, with a disastrous…

EXCLUSIVE: Don Johnson is close to joining Media Rights Capital’s Rian Johnson murder mystery whodunit Knives Out. We hear the deal is nearly done, and the actor’s schedule is being figured out as he’s currently shooting HBO’s Damon Lindelof series Watchmen.  The Django Unchained and Miami Vice actor joins a growing…

Deepening the investment of Hollywood agencies in content production, United Talent Agency has teamed with Valence Media and its Media Rights Capital subsidiary on a joint venture to be called Civic Center Media. The new entity, in which UTA will hold an undisclosed minority stake, will develop, produce and finance…

Universal revved up Mortal Engines, its Peter Jackson-produced aspiring franchise, at New York Comic Con, premiering the fantasy epic’s new trailer and the first 24 minutes of the film. Afterward, Jackson and longtime collaborators Philippa Boyens and Christian Rivers joined cast members for a panel discussion…

EXCLUSIVE: In what sets a high bar for the biggest deal at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival, Media Rights Capital has acquired world rights to Knives Out, a contemporary murder mystery that will star Daniel Craig as a detective assigned to solve the crime, with Rian Johnson directing. The film is now fully financed and…

Management 360 has married its TV division with that of Media Rights Capital to form a joint venture to produce content. Effusive dispatch originated on THR, which is now steered by MRC’s principals Asif Satchu and Modi…

EXCLUSIVE: In its latest series play, Apple is closing a deal for the rights to turn the beloved Terry Gilliam-directed fantasy film Time Bandits into a TV series. I’m told the series will be developed as a co-production between Anonymous Content, Paramount Television and Media Rights Capital. Gilliam will be a…

John Amato, the New York-based CEO of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group has resigned his post. The move comes during a period of realignment as the company’s new owners, Valence Media, arrange properties including the media brands as well as Media Rights Capital, Dick Clark Productions and a stake in A24…

EXCLUSIVE: Media Rights Capital is back in business with Stephen King, its partner on The Dark Tower. MRC has optioned the Stephen King #1 bestselling novel The Outsider. MRC plans a 10-episode limited series adaptation, and they have secured Richard Price to write it. Jack Bender and Marty Bowen are exec producing…