10 Stories You Should Know: 09/30/2022

Small independent productions aren't just struggling in the U.S. market.

Here are the TV and media stories you should have on your radar this morning:

I Broke The Story Of Jeffrey Dahmer In 1991. Here’s What The New Netflix Series Got Wrong (Independent)
Ms Schwartz, who went on to work in communications for the Milwaukee Police Department and Wisconsin Department of Justice, said the depiction of city police officers as racist and homophobic was incorrect.

“I’ve spent a lot of time with them, interviewing the people who were at the scene. Again this is a dramatisation, but at a time when it is not exactly easy for law enforcement to get trust and buy in from the community, it’s not a very helpful representation.”

In the Netflix series, Glenda Cleveland, who tried to alert police to Dahmer’s killing spree, is portrayed as living in a neighbouring apartment. In reality, Ms Cleveland, who died in 2011, lived in a separate building.

Sky Sports To Remain Home Of Formula 1 Until 2029 After Deal Extended In All Sky Markets (Sky Sports)
Sky Sports will remain the exclusive home of Formula 1 in the UK and Ireland until 2029 after Sky extended its partnership with the sport.

The multi-year extension also cements Sky as the official broadcaster of F1 in all Sky markets, with Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, Austria and Switzerland retaining rights until the end of 2027 with greater exclusivity.

MrBeast Wants To Make A Netflix Series With 10,000 Of His Fans (Tubefilter)
One of the proposed shows would gather 10,000 MrBeast fans in a stadium for a 10-episode elimination tournament. The other idea would also employ a “last person standing” conceit, but it would be much more violent than a typical MrBeast video. It would be an animated battle royale series set on an isolated island. Or, as Donaldson put it, “evil Saw MrBeast.”

‘Gran Torino’ Producer Double Nickel To Tell Story Of Vincent Van Gogh’s Sister-In-Law In TV Series (Deadline)
The indie has picked up the scripted and doc rights to Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous and is co-operating with the Vincent van Gogh museum to tell van Gogh-Bonger’s story.

She was married to van Gogh’s brother Theo and, after husband Theo’s agonizing death when she was just 28, was left with no income, a newborn baby and hundreds of van Gogh paintings. The art world at that time scorned van Gogh’s work, but van Gogh-Bonger challenged it with unswerving dedication and revealed her brother-in-law as the towering genius we know today.

Netflix Launches Interactive Site Of Its New Mexico Productions (ABQJournal)
This is the first U.S. site of its kind for Netflix, and gives fans the chance to visit filming locations of popular titles such as “Stranger Things 4,” “End of the Road,” “The Harder They Fall,” “Army of the Dead” and “Daybreak.”

Nick Maniatis, of Production Policy, North America at Netflix, said a similar campaign started in Canada and proved to be successful for the streaming giant.

Regal Owner Cineworld: Admissions to Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2023 and 2024 (The Hollywood Reporter)
Cineworld said that it has “revised down its short- and medium-term cinema admission forecasts,” explaining that “the review was prompted by the slower-than-expected recovery being experienced in 2022 combined with external forecasts indicating a lower volume of theatrical releases in 2023 and 2024.”

Netflix Launches ‘New Saudi Voices’ Collection To Celebrate Saudi Filmmakers (ArabNews)
Netflix is releasing a collection titled “New Saudi Voices” consisting of 11 specially curated short films to celebrate the creativity of emerging Saudi filmmakers.

The collection comprises movies across genres including horror, fantasy and animation, in an attempt to capture the full scope of Saudi filmmakers’ creativity and talent.

The 11 films are part of the New Saudi/New Cinema Shorts showcased at the Red Sea Film Festival last year and encapsulate the work of some of the most promising new voices in the Kingdom.

 ‘El Cid’ Producers Zebra Productions Shooting ‘Memento Mori’ for Prime Video (Variety)
“Tenorio” takes a deep dive into the life of iconic literary character Don Juan Tenorio to explore how he transformed into the legendary ‘Latin Lover’ of yore .

“Memento Mori,” which has been shooting in the city of Valladolid, is based on a trilogy of novels by author César Pérez Gellida who hails from the town, said iZen’s Lara Lejarza.

Netflix's Autoplay Means You Likely Missed A Cool Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Secret (Kotaku)
The brief clips of Lucy juxtaposed with shots of the moon during the anime’s closing theme song, “Let You Down,” are a reference to The Moon tarot card as it appears in Cyberpunk 2077, where it’s one of many tarot cards you can find throughout Night City as part of the Fool on the Hill sidequest.

Small Is Not Beautiful In The Hindi Cinema Universe, Is The Audience To Be Blamed? (Outlook India)
Distributors and multiplex owners have to back the big production houses to the hilt for the sake of their business since small-budget movies have no takers at the box office.