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VIP+ Analysis: The video game industry can’t help but speculate on whether “GTA 6” will cause new AAA titles to get another price hike — something more overdue than one would think.

Over his quarter-century at Netflix, Ted Sarandos transformed it from a DVD-by-mail company into a streaming Goliath. And Sarandos has transformed too: Once a brash party crasher in a town whose decision-makers had been established for decades, Sarandos now is the industry. He’s the man who gave us “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game,” convinced Adam Sandler to board the streaming train and transitioned Shondaland from linear TV legend to a bingeable juggernaut. His vision has radically reshaped the way the world watches. It’s also made this former video-store clerk the king of all content. In his Variety cover story, the Netflix co-CEO discusses Donald Trump, forgiving Karla Sofía Gascón, the ending of “Stranger Things” and much more. Read it now: https://lnkd.in/g3r72Wmx

Jason Isaacs is walking back a comment he made on the “White Lotus” press tour regarding his full-frontal scene. In an attempt to playfully dodge questions about whether he was wearing a prosthetic or going au naturel in Season 3’s fourth episode, Isaacs told journalists that there is a “double standard” for male actors doing nude scenes and that the media “would never dream” of asking “Anora’s” Mikey Madison or “The Substance” star Margaret Qualley about their genitalia. To his dismay, his remarks made a splash online. Clarifying his comments, Isaacs tells Variety, “I said the wrong words in the wrong way. I used the phrase ‘double standard,’ which I didn’t mean at all. There is a [different] double standard — women have been monstrously exploited and men haven’t.” https://lnkd.in/gNiTZC3p

“Daredevil: Born Again” drew 7.5M views in its premiere week, giving Disney+’s first hard-R series a solid debut. Luminate viewing data illustrates that the series has so far kept up with other MCU shows, despite its mature rating.

VIP+ Analysis: The fast-growing, multibillion-dollar anime streaming business will be defined by its two biggest players, Netflix and Sony’s Crunchyroll, working in tandem.

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Colin Farrell?may be double-dipping in the DC Universe. “The Penguin” star is circling the lead in “Sgt. Rock,” a comic book adaptation from Luca Guadagnino. https://lnkd.in/gB59-rqQ