{
  "id": 6930630,
  "title": "From ‘American Hostage’ to Podcasts, Hollywood Digs Deeper Into Digital IP — But Will the Same Stories Told on Different Platforms Hurt Business?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/from-american-hostage-to-podcasts-hollywood-digs-deeper-into-digital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T13:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/hollywood-ip-competing-projects-1236859296/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Watching the MGM+ limited anthology series “American Hostage” with exec producer and star Jon Hamm at its Sept. 12 Toronto fest premiere, you might be reminded of last year’s Sept. 7 Toronto premiere, Gus Van Sant’s thriller “Dead Man’s Wire,” about the same 1977 Indianapolis hostage crisis. Or the 2022 podcast “American Hostage” with Jon […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}