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It didn’t used to be this way. NATO usually provides an annual average ticket price, usually in April. That stopped — understandably — in 2020, when theaters faced Covid closures. However, there’s been no NATO update from its now 3 1/2-year-old 2019 average of $9.16. Why not? Per a NATO spokesperson, the changing market conditions related to the current release schedule include different levels of attendance by families and older audiences; that makes announcing an adjusted price difficult....

IndieWire can exclusively announce that the “Mubi Podcast,” hosted by Wall Street Journal journalist Rico Gagliano, returns today, Thursday, June 30 with its first episode of the second season, “Only in Theaters.” The podcast will focus on the surprising stories of individual cinemas that had a huge impact on film history, ranging from the Cinémathèque Française to the Westgate in Minneapolis. Guests for Season 2 include filmmakers Mary Harron (“American Psycho”), Barbet Schroeder (“Barfly,” “Reversal of Fortune”), Peter Strickland (“The Duke of Burgundy”), Nick Broomfield (“Kurt & Courtney”), and Alejandro Jodorowsky (“El Topo,” “Jodorowsky’s Dune”)....

Bonus Reason: Amanda Peet! No, the “Brockmire” and “Togetherness” star isn’t acting opposite Oh in “The Chair” — she’s the writer, showrunner, and executive producer. All three jobs are firsts for Peet, and she’s assembled quite a team for her debut(s), including Oh and Duplass, but behind-the-camera as well. TV fans and “Game of Thrones” obsessives, in particular, likely know Peet is married to David Benioff, who along with D.B. Weiss, struck a rich overall deal with Netflix in 2019; “The Chair” is the duo’s first original series to come out of that deal, as both “GoT” helmers serve as executive producers for the new show....

That narrative emerged from CinemaCon in April, which took place days after Netflix announced its disastrous Q1 2022 results and the stock took a plunge from which it has yet to recover. In between theater owners trading verses of “Ding dong the witch is dead,” National Association of Theater Owners NATO president and CEO John Fithian gave his State of the Industry address. “I represent the movie-theater owners, but Netflix? We love those guys,” he said....

Below, IndieWire has collected 16 new shows that are bound to get people talking, from long-anticipated adaptations (“Cowboy Bebop”) to the next lavish Ryan Murphy period drama (“Halston”) to hidden gems with awards potential (“Maid,” “Inventing Anna,” and “Pieces of Her”). (Plenty of returning shows will keep audiences streaming as well, so take a look at the bottom of this article for six new seasons of established favorites.) To be clear, these upcoming programs are either already scheduled or fully expected to premiere this year, so you can rest assured in what’s coming....

Netflix has announced the reality competition series “Squid Game: The Challenge,” inspired by writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk’s record-breaking script drama. “The Challenge” marks the largest reality competition ever — so the streamer claims — with 456 real players and a historically high cash prize of $4.56 million. Netflix’s Head of Global TV Bela Bajaria announced the reality series at Banff World Media Festival. With both the largest cast and lump sum cash prize in reality TV history, 456 players will enter the game in pursuit of a life-changing reward of $4....

In a report originally released by Bloomberg, the streaming service is said to be working on their own Spears documentary, set to be directed by Erin Lee Carr. According to the original article, Carr was already working on the documentary before Hulu’s New York Times-based production, and it is currently uncompleted. Netflix did not respond to IndieWire’s request for comment. The project is interesting as there still seems to be a lot of speculation around it....