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Jun 2024
58m 46s

Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary, Jason Sar...

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Hollywood star Morgan Freeman and the chief of his production company, Lori McCreary, on their latest series and the impact of AI; Warner Bros Discovery's Jason Sarlanis on how true crime is bucking the commissioning downturn; and former Electus and Shine execs Chris Grant and Eli Shibley on their new distribution and finance venture Osmosis Global. 
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