Netflix. Simon Pegg. Versant. CAA.

Simon Pegg’s halted film Angels in the Asylum is in detailed talks with a rescue investor after stopping production midway and leaving £3.8M unpaid. Even with new financing, full repayment is unlikely. Cast, crew, studios, and vendors are owed fees and quite significant sums of money. But it would allow the film to get finished. Not much has been said about what truly happened, only that some promises were made and not kept. There is most likely litigation to follow. But hey, at least the movie looks like it could see the light of day. If financing materializes, creditors will vote on repayment terms, requiring a 75 percent majority to keep the company from collapsing.

Netflix’s newest true crime project is Dirty John, a docuseries revisiting the dangerous case of predatory bachelor John Meehan. The case has been looked at as a scripted TV series before, but the doc is compiled of archival footage and powerful, real testimonies.

MS NOW, the former MSNBC, is starting a direct-to-consumer streaming service in summer 2026 under its parent company Versant. The new platform goes beyond traditional news streaming, providing podcasts, shorts, and more member-driven content.

Comcast’s Versant is now launching a free ad-supported streaming offering under Fandango at Home/FAST. In the short term, the over 20M households that have access to Free TV Networks will most likely result in less theater traffic, especially for smaller, mid-tier films.

TV lit agent Jacquie Katz is leaving CAA after over fifteen years. Katz has represented pretty high-profile talent like Severance creator Dan Erickson and Loki (S1) director Kate Herron.