Cordkillers 602: Breakfast of Streamions

Netflix gets into daily live morning programming with The Breakfast Club, Apple shoots an MLS game entirely on iPhones, and AI filmmaking shows up at Cannes with a massive compute bill. Plus, Rick and Morty may be headed to theaters, Dutton Ranch breaks a Paramount+ record, and YouTube-as-TV nostalgia brings VGHS back into the conversation.

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Supply Run

Netflix will stream The Breakfast Club live every weekday starting June 1 at 6 AM Eastern, making it the platform’s first daily live program. The three-hour Netflix version will include bonus segments during the radio show’s ad breaks, including behind-the-scenes material and extended discussions.
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Search Party

A Rick and Morty movie is in early development at Warner Bros., with supervising director Jacob Hair reportedly in talks to direct.
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All eight episodes of The Burroughs are now out on Netflix, with the retirement-community series starring Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Denis O’Hare, and Jena Malone.
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The Boys prequel Vought Rising has a trailer and is set to arrive in 2027.
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The Brad Pitt-starring Cliff Booth movie will open in IMAX theaters over Thanksgiving weekend before heading to Netflix after a two-week theatrical run.
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Apple broadcast an MLS match between LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC using only 15 iPhone 17 Pro cameras, marking a first for the league’s coverage.
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Netflix laid out plans for One Hundred Years of Solitude Part Two, with episodes arriving August 5 and a standalone grand finale following August 26.
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KPop Demon Hunters is listed for a Criterion Collection physical release on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD, though the Amazon-listed date has already shifted and may move again.
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Dutton Ranch delivered 12.9 million global streaming views in its first seven days, which Paramount says makes it the biggest original series launch in Paramount+ history.
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Buried Treasure

Brian recommends Only in Monroe, after Stephen Colbert returned to the public access series in an episode financed and produced by CBS Studios and posted in collaboration with Monroe Community Media and The Late Show’s YouTube channels.
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Scanning the Horizon

Higgsfield AI is debuting Hell Grind, a 95-minute fully AI-generated movie, at the Cannes Film Festival as a showcase for its technology. The film reportedly took two weeks and $500,000 to make, with about 80 percent of that spent on compute costs, and the first 25 minutes alone required more than 16,000 initial video generations to produce 253 final shots.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu opened to $100 million domestically and $163 million globally, with its second weekend expected to show whether it can reach beyond existing series fans.
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Embracer Group is spinning off The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider brands into a new Stockholm-listed IP-focused company called Fellowship Entertainment.
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In related Tolkien news, Peter Jackson suggested the Tolkien Estate may now be more open to films based on The Silmarillion.
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Chatter

Martin writes in to point out that high-quality drama on YouTube was already happening back in 2012 with Video Game High School, RocketJump’s Kickstarter-backed esports school series. VGHS ran for three seasons on YouTube, was later edited into a movie-length version, and briefly appeared on Netflix in some regions.

Stealth Dave says YouTube has replaced channel surfing in his household. When they want a specific show, they go to the right streaming service, but when they just want background entertainment or a quick distraction, YouTube’s algorithm fills the old “flip around and see what’s on” role.

Sean The Dad shares the story of “First Day Doug,” a co-worker so consistently unhelpful that every task had to be explained like it was his first day. His wife says an AI agent at work sounds less like a helpful assistant and more like an infinite supply of First Day Dougs.

Bob in Jupiter recommends Companion on HBO/Max, which Claude suggested to him and which he enjoyed enough to pass along. He also updated his Patreon support from $1 per episode to $2.

Bill near Athens offers good-natured Grey’s Anatomy corrections: the show has already had spinoffs, including Private Practice, Station 19, and Grey’s Anatomy: B-Team. Also, the hospital is no longer Seattle Grace - it is now Grey Sloan Memorial.

Mark in Detroit notes that The Chosen is another successful example of a crowdfunded show, beginning through a crowdfunding relationship with Angel Studios before becoming part of the nonprofit Come and See Foundation.