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Fox Invests $17 M in French Connection, Circus Screens Wide

6/26/2026

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Billy Friedkin secured $17 million from Fox for a New York story called The French Connection, which Richard Zanuck said was Fox’s last production.
Ray Nutt said the series Amazing Digital Circus: Last Act, whose pilot earned 440 million views, is showing its eighth episode in 2,300 theaters.
Hollywood reported box-office numbers and financing from Oracle, Amazon and Abu Dhabi, naming Curry Barker and Kane Parsons as talent opening doors for Gen-Z creators.

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Story summary

Billy Friedkin secured $17 million from Fox for a New York story called The French Connection, which Richard Zanuck said was Fox’s last production.
Ray Nutt said the series Amazing Digital Circus: Last Act, whose pilot earned 440 million views, is showing its eighth episode in 2,300 theaters.
Hollywood reported box-office numbers and financing from Oracle, Amazon and Abu Dhabi, naming Curry Barker and Kane Parsons as talent opening doors for Gen-Z creators.