Where Have All the Action Heroes Gone? With 'John Wick' Producer Basil Iwanyk
Matt is joined by producer Basil Iwanyk (John Wick, The Town, Sicario, The Expendables) to discuss the struggling state of the action movie...
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The Town with Matthew Belloni
Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni takes you inside Hollywood, using exclusive reporting and insight to explain the backstories on everything from Marvel movies to streaming wars. Multipl...
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20 of 659 episodesWhy Can’t We Build More IMAX Theaters? With CEO Rich Gelfond
Matt is joined by IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond to discuss the massive summer at the box office, 'The Odyssey' being the highest grossing IMAX movie...
Fox Stands Up to the NFL, a Big Change to TV Ownership, and Ellison Commits to 30 Movies
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss why Fox is refusing to renegotiate their media rights deal with the NFL until their curr...
The Case for Disney Exiting the Streaming Wars
Matt is joined by Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahall to make the case for why Disney should exit the streaming business and focus only on pro...
Can the Paramount-WBD Merger Survive a Trial, Midterms, and a $650 Million Clock?
Matt is joined by Puck’s Eriq Gardner to discuss the March 2027 trial date that has been set for the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery antitr...
Why Spider-Man Broke Records, and Why Peacock Partnered With YouTube
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to catch up with the biggest news around town, including a record-breaking opening weekend for 'Spi...
The Future Blockbusters Draft, Part 2
Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw finish The Town’s first Future Blockbusters Draft by filling the remaining five slots on their teams (01:12)...
The Future Blockbusters Draft: The Directors, Actors, and IP That Will Define the Next Decade
Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw put on their studio chief hats and conduct the first Future Blockbusters Draft. In Part 1, they draft five e...
The Surprising Winners of the AI-Enabled Entertainment Economy
Matt is joined by Sean Diffley, head of media and entertainment as well as cable and telecom research at Morgan Stanley to discuss a new sys...
Is Netflix Hurting YouTube by Poaching Talent?
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to debate whether Netflix or YouTube is winning the battle to dominate Hollywood. They move through...
Paramount's Strategy to Beat California, With Its Top Lawyer
Matt is joined by Makan Delrahim, chief legal officer at Paramount, who argues his case in favor of Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros....
The Numbers That Have Netflix Investors Spooked
(00:00) Matt is joined by Guggenheim Senior Managing Director Michael Morris to discuss Netflix’s latest data dump and quarterly earnings re...
The Data Scientists Quietly Powering Hollywood’s Greenlight Machine
Matt is joined by professor Violaine Roussel, a professor of sociology at Paris 8 University, to discuss her new book 'Data Driven Hollywood...
The Case Against WarnerMount, with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta
Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw are joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to discuss California’s new lawsuit to block Paramount S...
Is California's $750 Million Bet on Hollywood Working?
Matt is joined by Colleen Bell, the director of the California Film Commission, to check in on the state of film and TV production in Califo...
Inside the Internet IP Gold Rush Sweeping Hollywood
Matt is joined by producer Scott Glassgold to discuss internet IP and the short-story boom that has taken over Hollywood after major success...
The Biggest Winners and Losers of 2026 So Far
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to select their winners and losers in the entertainment industry so far this year, from actors with...
Why Attendance Tells a Better Story Than Box Office
Matt is joined by Steve Buck, chief strategy officer at EntTelligence to discuss how many people are actually going to the movies and clarif...
Will the Comcast-NBCU Split Lead to Another Huge Hollywood Deal?
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the news that NBCUniversal is splitting off from Comcast into a standalone company, the...
How Larry Ellison’s Trump Bromance Is Helping WarnerMount
Matt is joined by WSJ reporter Emily Glazer to discuss her fascinating new piece highlighting Larry Ellison’s private friendship with Donald...