Neon pledged to release its 2027 SCP Foundation film under CC BY-SA after contacting the wiki's admins first. A24 did neither, and so far the license has moved one studio through public pressure, with a promise that can only be checked at release.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 32%
- Operator
- Operator 41%
- Investor
- Investor 27%
Reality
- Evidence75
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
- Confidence70
Four raises worth $7.7 billion landed in one week, and the largest is not a fund with an exit clock. Thrive's roll-up vehicle sold roughly a sixth of itself at a $12 billion valuation.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 3%
- Operator
- Operator 27%
- Investor
- Investor 70%
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives60
- Confidence55
A24's V/H/S: SCP is due in theatres in 2027. The wiki's staff and authors say nobody contacted them, and that the Creative Commons license on their stories rules out DRM and exclusive distribution deals.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption25
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives60
- Confidence55
Google's studio pitch reportedly prices one character license at about $40 million
The Los Angeles Times reports Google is offering hundreds of millions for studio libraries plus a slice of YouTube ad revenue, which tells Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal what their blessing is worth.
Reality
- Evidence24
- Adoption12
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives68
- Confidence34
Google asked Disney, Universal and Warner to license characters for its AI models
No agreement has closed, the Los Angeles Times reports, because of legal complexity and how talent and unions would react, which puts the gate on production-grade generative video in the clearance department rather than the research lab.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+26
- Incentives71
- Confidence41
FromSoftware buys range with reach: The Duskbloods ships on one console, under Nintendo
The Elden Ring studio's next game is a competitive multiplayer vampire title, exclusive to Switch 2 and published by Nintendo. Miyazaki says a 30-million seller paid for the confidence.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption40
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives55
- Confidence55