Reposted by Jeremy FusterAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Update: SoFi workers have voted 96% in favor of authorizing a strike, "meaning workers could walk off the job at any moment if their demands are not met." Negotiations continue Monday — but the first World Cup game at SoFi is one week from today 6383127
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Two years ago, "Civil War" opened to $25.5 million and set a box office record for A24. "Backrooms" is going to blow that away and take the No. 1 spot from "Mandalorian and Grogu" in the process. The future is now. My latest for @thewrap.com. #FilmSky #BoxOffice www.thewrap.com/creative-con...thewrap.com'Backrooms' Is Going to Shatter A24's Box Office Opening RecordYouTuber Kane Parson's horror film Backrooms could shatter A24's opening weekend box office record as it looks to gross over $45 million. 130
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Time to eat crow: I forecast a box office slowdown in the second half of May. I was wrong. This Memorial Day weekend matched the overall total of 2022, and it did it thanks to not one, not two, but SIX films. My latest box office analysis for @thewrap.com #FilmSky www.thewrap.com/industry-new...thewrap.comBox Office Slump Averted: 3 Takeaways From a $222 Million Memorial Day WeekendThe performance of The Mandalorian and Grogu, Obsession and several other films at the box office led to a robust Memorial Day weekend. 121
Reposted by Jeremy FusterWilliam Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you already have on your phone. 2211
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 20/05/2026"The Mandalorian and Grogu" could make less at the box office than "The Devil Wears Prada 2." Imagine telling someone that a decade ago. My writeup for @thewrap.com about how far "Star Wars" has fallen from its status as the godfather of blockbusters. #FilmSky bit.ly/4eZhv0ythewrap.comA Galaxy Diminished: 'Star Wars' Returns to the Box Office as a Mid-Tier FranchiseThe box office tracking for The Mandalorian and Grogu shows that the Star Wars franchise has fallen to a mid-tier IP. 000
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It's been a while since I did a fun interview for TheWrap, so here's one with the CEO of @dropout.tv and host of "Game Changer," @samreich.bsky.social. We talked about how the show gets bigger every year and how his father, Robert, guided his approach to being a boss. bit.ly/4nCbXLOthewrap.comDropout CEO Sam Reich on 'Game Changer' and How His Labor Secretary Dad Taught Him to Empower ArtistsDropout CEO Sam Reich talks about the streamer's winning strategy, the new season of Game Changer and what he learned from his father, Robert Reich. 020
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 07/04/2026AMPTP talks with SAG-AFTRA for two more weeks, then DGA, then back to SAG if a deal still isn't reached. Will be interesting to see if WGA's agreement to a four-year contract cycle allows the studios to push for the same with SAG and DGA through pattern bargaining www.thewrap.com/industry-new...thewrap.comSAG-AFTRA to Resume Contract Talks With AMPTP in AprilThe actors' union had previously negotiated with studios for five weeks before pausing to allow the Writers Guild to begin its talks. 000
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Couldn't possibly be because the Avatar films (the first two anyway) have more thought and care put into their narrative and the function every character and action serves to the plot than a single second of the Mario movies. No it's an AGENDA! (nvm that those critics liked the Sonic films🙄) 000
Reposted by Jeremy FusterMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 05/04/2026And Scorsese made one off the cuff remark, then wrote an op-ed to clarify, and basically never thought about MCU again. Meanwhile, the MCU bros, the Russos, even Iger himself, were absolutely frothing for YEARS about it. 🎶Marty struck a neeerve 🎶 1530449
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I can't understate how unusual it is for the WGA to reach a deal after just three weeks of talks. For the past several contract cycles, their talks with the AMPTP have been labor chess matches at best and bitter exchanges at worst. www.thewrap.com/industry-new...thewrap.comWGA, AMPTP Make Tentative Agreement Official: 'This Deal Protects Writers’ Health Plan'The Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have officially announced a tentative deal on a new bargaining agreement 010
Reposted by Jeremy FusterKen Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Siskel & Ebert on SESAME STREET... #ThumbExercises 23413
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Who I'd vote for in an #Oscars ballot: Best Picture: SINNERS Director: Coogler Actor: Jordan Actress: Buckley S. Actor: Lindo S. Actress: Lilleaas O. Screenplay: Panahi A. Screenplay: PTA Casting: Sinners Cinematography: Train Dreams Editing: OBAA Score, Sound and Song: Sinners #FilmSky 110
Reposted by Jeremy FusterDavid William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 14/03/2026NOT NOW, MYSTERIOUS LARGE STEEL CYLINDERctvnews.caMysterious large steel cylinder suddenly emerges from the ground in JapanJapanese authorities were investigating Friday how a large steel cylinder suddenly emerged from the ground during sewer construction work and rose to the height of a four-storey building in the city o... 1283574859
Reposted by Jeremy FusterBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 14/03/2026you won't BELIEVE what happened nextfuturism.comBuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AIThree years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going. 1335171
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Essential reading from @ddayen.bsky.social, who has been one of the best explainers of the Warner Bros. situation. And I'm not just saying that because he's linked to my work. 😏 000
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 13/02/2026As the Warner Bros. sale unfolds, groups from Cinema United and @wgawest.bsky.social to @arthouseconvergence.org are trying to organize Hollywood's workforce against the wave of Hollywood mergers. My latest for @thewrap.com www.thewrap.com/industry-new...thewrap.comThe Resistance Against the Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger Is Taking RootUnions, trade orgs, and grassroots coalitions are all warning regulators of the damage a Warner Bros. sale will do to entertainment workers. 000
Reposted by Jeremy FusterThe Verge @theverge.com · 12/02/2026ICE may have lost the battle for public opinion, and its operation may be hampered by local pushback, but it has succeeded in one respect: It has instilled terror in Minnesota’s immigrant communities, forcing them into the shadows. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social: buff.ly/eSAhblK 15329371123
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I got the chance to talk with Markiplier after his film "Iron Lung" landed a $17.8 million opening weekend with no distributor. We talked about how he got his audience to buy into the output from his "unhealthy addiction" to creative projects. #FilmSky @thewrap.com www.thewrap.com/creative-con...thewrap.comHow Markiplier and 'Iron Lung' Turned the Box Office Upside Down: 'I Thought It Would Come Out in 200 Theaters'YouTube superstar Mark Fischbach's directorial debut scored an $18 million opening weekend without the help of a distributor. 021
Reposted by Jeremy FusterTim Baysinger @timbays.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Variety is never living that Sinners headline down 021
Reposted by Jeremy FusterWilliam Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Heed my words: If you're doing it right, film criticism is a full-contact sport. Let the professionals take this cinematic concussion for you. It's not worth it, I swear. My review of MELANIA, the feature film version of that creepy obsessive wedding video from LOVE ACTUALLY, is at @thewrap.com.thewrap.com‘Melania’ Review: A Tedious, Criminally Shallow Propaganda Puff PieceThe ‘Rush Hour’ director returns with a shameful cinematic suck-up masquerading as a real documentary. 99823
Reposted by Jeremy FusterMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026A nurse. A researcher. A helper. 470243573923
Reposted by Jeremy FusterScott Mendelson @scottmendelson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Listen Now | @aaronsps4.bsky.social returns to discuss the complicated art vs commerce circumstances of a “nobody asked for this” trilogy of IP-for-IP’ s-sake revivals that are A) genuinely auteuristic and B) generally pretty good.scottmendelson.substack.com'28 Years Later' Pull a (Box Office) BonerListen now | Aaron Neuwirth returns to discuss the complicated circumstances of a "nobody asked for this" trilogy of IP-for-IP's-sake revivals that are A) genuinely auteuristic and B) generally pretty... 164
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 22/01/2026My Oscar nom rankings, which I suspect would get me side eyes from some: Sinners Train Dreams Hamnet One Battle After Another F1 Sentimental Value The Secret Agent Frankenstein Marty Supreme Bugonia 000
Reposted by Jeremy FusterNat Brehmer @natbrehmer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026To get out ahead of it, yes SINNERS is that good, we won’t be doing the thing where once a movie we all loved gets a bunch of nominations it becomes overrated populist crap, we simply will not be doing that this time. 818356
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 22/01/2026We can only wonder how "Testament of Ann Lee" would have done had Searchlight not completely fumbled it. 020
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I was kinda settled into pulling for Sean Penn to win a second Oscar for "OBAA"...but that was before Delroy Lindo became an option. That man was screwed out of a nod for "Da 5 Bloods." Time to right that wrong. #FilmSky 010
Reposted by Jeremy FusterWilliam Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 22/01/2026It’s so weird that MARTY SUPREME came *this close* to being the second vampire movie nominated for Best Picture this year. 0124
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I really need all the "F1" nominees to agree that if any of them win, they have to call their Oscars "Piastri" onstage. #FilmSkymedia.tenor.coma man in an orange shirt holds a hair dryer in front of a mirror with the words like a winner below himALT: a man in an orange shirt holds a hair dryer in front of a mirror with the words like a winner below him 010
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Also mindblowing that "Wicked: For Good" was COMPLETELY shut out. Even if the crowded acting races understandably squeezed out Erivo and Grande, there was not even a second nomination for last year's costume winner, Paul Tazewell. #Oscars #FilmSkymedia.tenor.coma woman in a witch costume holds a ropeALT: a woman in a witch costume holds a rope 020
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 22/01/2026"No Other Choice" is a tough snub for Best International Feature but honestly I don't know which film I would take out. This was a stacked category this year. "Kokuho" was also a worthy film that didn't make it. #Oscars #FilmSkymedia.tenor.coma man in a suit is holding a bowl over his headALT: a man in a suit is holding a bowl over his head 010
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Pretty happy with the #Oscars nominees this morning. Would have put in "It Was Just an Accident" for Best Picture over "Bugonia" but otherwise I like this list. Of course, the most joyless, insufferable online snobs are going to treat the "F1" nomination as an unforgivable stain on the Academy. 🙄 000
Reposted by Jeremy FusterMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The cognitive dissonance of constantly reading that I need to spend some time mastering generative AI while not knowing a single person in my industry who uses it to do good work 🤙 1605189479
Reposted by Jeremy FusterJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Zohran stopped halalflation, I got a Dale Earnhardt jacket from Homefield and they're working on the last one 21215
Reposted by Jeremy FusterAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Another week, another $100 million that a broke city will magically conjure up for a megaevent that's not supposed to cost taxpayers a dimelaist.comLAPD wants nearly $100M to police the Olympics. Who's going to pay for it?City Hall is already in dispute over the department's current budget. Now, LAPD wants new vehicles and equipment for 2028. 312056
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Two things happened: Avatar 3's drop was larger than expected, and Zootopia 2 became as big in China as Endgame. Perhaps some expected the former, but even knowing that Zootopia is big in China, I don't think anyone expected a $600M+ run for a US film there ever again. #FilmSky #BoxOffice 120
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 20/01/2026A holiday release should not be leading the MLK box office with $17.2M. That's not the sign of a healthy market. No post-pandemic MLK weekend has been higher than any MLK weekend between 2000 and 2020. Late January remains a dead period for theaters. #FilmSky www.thewrap.com/creative-con...thewrap.com'Avatar 3' Fends Off Struggling '28 Days Later: The Bone Temple' With $17 Million on MLK WeekendAs Sony horror sequel earns $15 million extended opening, overall totals for the weekend barely exceed $100 million 130
Reposted by Jeremy Fusterwesuckatparties @wesuckatparties.bsky.social · 18/01/2026#movies #filmsky #oscars 011
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 16/01/2026If there's anything I hope Filoni & Brennan do with Lucasfilm, it is that they lead the studio without fear. Because so much of how that studio has been run post-Last Jedi smacks of a prime directive of desperately trying to not anger the most unpleasable fanbase in pop culture.media.tenor.coma man with a beard and a white shirt says there is one way outALT: a man with a beard and a white shirt says there is one way out 000
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 15/01/2026I hate the dogshit takes that online grifters have heaped for years upon Kathleen Kennedy, nor do I think Filoni and Brennan will "save" Star Wars in the eyes of the fanboys any more than KK "saved" it from Lucas. HOWEVER... www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...thewrap.comKathleen Kennedy to Exit Lucasfilm as Dave Filoni, Lynwen Brennan Take OverThe veteran Lucasfilm leaders have worked closely with Kennedy over her 14-year tenure, paving the way for a smooth transition. 100
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 14/01/2026D Line Extension or GTA VI. Which comes first? 000
Reposted by Jeremy FusterTheWrap @thewrap.com · 13/01/2026#Exclusive: Iranian director Jafar Panahi spoke to TheWrap about the Islamic Republic’s violent suppression of nationwide protests over the past two weeks. Read the full interview: bit.ly/49jxUK3 📸 Austin Hargrave 021
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 14/01/2026My 2026 box office preview for @thewrap.com was, admittedly, semi-blackpilled. There's hopeful signs for theaters with more movies overall and plenty of promising blockbusters...but it's all happening in an ecosystem set to be devoured Galactus-style by Netflix. www.thewrap.com/industry-new...thewrap.comThe Box Office Gets Its Swagger Back in 2026, but Merger Fears Dampen the MoodWith the Netflix/Paramount/Warner drama hanging over Hollywood, the next year of movies at the box office might not say much about cinema's future. 010
Reposted by Jeremy FusterAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Actually I'm pretty sure they're teaser trailers 111104
Jeremy Fuster @jeremyfuster.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I really don't want to engage with social media anymore, but I might have to, because every time I see an article like this one where that damn Variety article on 'Sinners' is invoked as a sign that everyone had it out for that film I want to throw my writeup at them www.thewrap.com/sinners-box-...thewrap.comWith 'Sinners,' Ryan Coogler Sets New Box Office Marker for Original IP | AnalysisAfter a $46 million opening weekend, Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" looks to have a bright box office future thanks to historic acclaim from audiences for a horror movie. 010