Paramount’s New Team, Fantastic Four’s Nosedive, YouTubers in Theaters, and Peacock’s Future

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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LIVE SHOW in Los Angeles on August 27. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here for tickets! ⁠ Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss a wide range of topics from around town this week, including David Ellison’s new Paramount executive hierarchy, the Week 2 nosedive taken by 'The Fantastic Four' despite its good reviews, Peacock's stagnation and reliance on sports, YouTube stars Dude Perfect releasing their own documentary in movie theaters, and more (01:51). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the Netflix viewership numbers for 'Happy Gilmore 2’ and the future of the IP (26:33). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us your thoughts! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.0	It is Monday, August 4th.
1:08.4	It's officially the dog days of summer.
1:10.6	I hope you're listening to this on
1:11.6	your yacht. Craig and I are relaxing in the town's official above-ground pool today. But there's
1:16.9	actually been a decent amount of Hollywood business news lately. David Ellison, the about-to-be new
1:21.8	owner of New Paramount, he announced his leadership team this morning, signaling a very different
1:26.9	studio from Paramount
1:28.0	under the Redstone family.
1:29.9	This past weekend, Marvel's Fantastic Four, Disney's big summer superhero movie.
1:34.6	It dropped a very concerning 66% in its second weekend.
1:38.8	That's on the high end for summer movies.
1:40.8	It's now looking doubtful that it will beat Superman at the global box office
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