LISTEN: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brings the Business for Amazon MGM; Hong Kong Filmart Reflects China’s Muscle, AI’s Advance and Microdrama Fever

Mar 23, 2026 9:40am PT LISTEN: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brings the Business for Amazon MGM; Hong Kong Filmart Reflects China’s Muscle, AI’s Advance and Microdrama Fever

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On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Box Office segment, Variety‘s Brent Lang breaks down a big opening weekend for Amazon MGM Studios and its Ryan Gosling fantasy vehicle “Project Hail Mary.” And Variety‘s Naman Ramachandran reports on the mood at Hong Kong Filmart, where AI and China dominated the conversation among top Asian producers, distributors and talent.

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