- Super Mario Bros. ground-pounds the global box office with US$377 million in ticket sales (THR)
- Lawmakers claim WBD merger is harming workers and reducing consumer choice (Deadline)
- Tech sales slump as Apple reports 40.5% decline in Q1 computer shipments (Bloomberg)
- Poland’s Platige Image opens new mocap studio for CG-animated projects (Cartoon Brew)
- MGM relaunches as MGM+ International in Europe and adds Lionsgate content to its offering (Variety)
- Warner Bros. Discovery’s live-action Minecraft movie sets a 2025 release date (GameSpot)
- Illumination looks to score US$128 million at the weekend box office with The Super Mario Bros. Movie (THR)
- Disney CEO Bob Iger says Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar titles will stay exclusive, but others could be licensed out (Deadline)
- Netflix, Apple and HBO are among the 2023 Webby Awards nominees (Deadline)
- Illumination is looking to reboot the Shrek franchise with a fifth movie (Variety)
- Inside Amazon Studios: Showrunners express frustration with the streamer’s vision (THR)
- Snapchat launches an age filter and other security measures to improve its AI chatbot (TechCrunch)
- WBD is reportedly prepping a Harry Potter TV series for HBO Max (Bloomberg)
- TikTok has been fined US$15.8 million for breaching a kids data protection law in the UK (The Guardian)
- Disney EMEA is preparing for staff layoffs and content cuts (Deadline)
- The president of Japanese animation juggernaut Studio Ghibli resigns (Variety)
- Spotify is shutting down its standalone live audio app (TechCrunch)
- Cineworld proposes a new restructuring deal to emerge from bankruptcy (Reuters)
- Lionsgate, WBD and Paramount are among Hollywood’s top stock growers in Q1 2023 (THR)
- Dungeons & Dragons grosses US$38.5 million at the US box office in its opening weekend (Variety)
- US lawmakers are meeting with Disney and Apple CEOs to discuss doing business with China (Deadline)
- Italy’s privacy watchdog is highlighting ChatGPT’s child safety concerns (TechCrunch)
- E3 2023 has been canceled due to a lack of “sustained interest” (IGN)
- Amazon Studios taps former Marvel exec Joe Quesada to develop comic book IPs (THR)
- Funko wants to make its Mondo poster biz more accessible to fans (Variety)
- Hollywood will wind down its COVID-19 safety protocols in May (Deadline)
- How Hollywood is prepping for the rise of AI (The Wrap, paywall)
- The Middle East’s MBC Group is launching an anime venture with Tokyopop (Variety)
- …and Saudi Arabia will be home to the first-ever Play-Doh themed attractions (Licensing.biz)
- Meanwhile at Marvel, Ant-Man 3 censorship in Kuwait may have been behind Victoria Alonso’s exit (THR)
- Paramount+ chief programming officer Tanya Giles departs (Deadline)
- Disney, Netflix and others secure a US$30-million settlement in piracy suit (THR)
- Cannes chief on using TikTok to age-down the fest’s audience: “We’re happy about the results” (Variety)
- An immersive Paddington Bear experience will launch in London this year (The Guardian)
- Anime feature Suzume tops China’s box office with a US$50-million take (THR)
- WBD’s upcoming streamer looks to replicate the cable bundle (TBI Vision)
- New Utah law seeks to limit social media usage by kids and teens (NYT)
- Xavier López, host of Mexican kids series En Familia con Chabelo for 48 years, has died at age 88 (Deadline)
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