{"id":14114,"date":"2025-12-27T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14114"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:55:05","slug":"tinseltown-fortune-telling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/27\/tinseltown-fortune-telling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinseltown Fortune-telling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lists\/predictions-hollywood-2026\/taylor-swift-gets-a-disney-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Predicting Hollywood in 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Educated guesses, smart takes and back-of-the napkin math on what entertainment industry insiders will be talking about in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BY&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/erik-hayden-thr\/\">ERIK HAYDEN<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/pamela-mcclintock\/\">PAMELA MCCLINTOCK<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/rick-porter-thr\/\">RICK PORTER<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/alex-weprin-thr\/\">ALEX WEPRIN<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/seth-abramovitch\/\">SETH ABRAMOVITCH<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/gary-baum-thr\/\">GARY BAUM<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/winston-cho\/\">WINSTON CHO<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/caitlin-huston\/\">CAITLIN HUSTON<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/katie-kilkenny-thr\/\">KATIE KILKENNY<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/michael-oconnell\/\">MIKEY O&#8217;CONNELL<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/tony-maglio\/\">TONY MAGLIO<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/steven-zeitchik\/\">STEVEN ZEITCHIK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0d72705e-0091-4ab8-b129-904ed411b159_084fc6.jpg?w=2000&amp;h=1124&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Hollywood sign.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>THR ILLUSTRATION; IMAGES: ADOBE STOCK, MICHAEL BUCKNER<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube decimates TV. Netflix buys Warner Bros. Bob Iger ties Disney to a boundary-pushing AI startup. Donald Trump picks which media moguls rule, gets broadcast newsrooms to pay him massive legal settlements and strong-arms studios to drop inclusion and diversity efforts. Given the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction year we just lived through, forecasting 2026 may be a fool\u2019s errand. But, below,\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2018s journalists have a few educated guesses and smart takes about what the next year may have in store for the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lists\/predictions-hollywood-2026\/taylor-swift-gets-a-disney-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to listen or continue reading at THR<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Hollywood Reporter Predicting Hollywood in 2026 Educated guesses, smart takes and back-of-the napkin math on what entertainment industry insiders will be talking about in the next 12 months. BY&nbsp;ERIK HAYDEN,&nbsp;PAMELA MCCLINTOCK,&nbsp;RICK PORTER,&nbsp;ALEX WEPRIN,&nbsp;SETH ABRAMOVITCH,&nbsp;GARY BAUM,&nbsp;WINSTON CHO,&nbsp;CAITLIN HUSTON,&nbsp;KATIE KILKENNY,&nbsp;MIKEY O&#8217;CONNELL,&nbsp;TONY MAGLIO,&nbsp;STEVEN ZEITCHIK YouTube decimates TV. Netflix buys Warner Bros. 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