“So despite grueling moments, multiple editors and competing cuts, the production of Suicide Squad barely stands out in today’s landscape.”
Source: ‘Suicide Squad’s’ Secret Drama: Rushed Production, Competing Cuts, High Anxiety | Hollywood Reporter
“So despite grueling moments, multiple editors and competing cuts, the production of Suicide Squad barely stands out in today’s landscape.”
Source: ‘Suicide Squad’s’ Secret Drama: Rushed Production, Competing Cuts, High Anxiety | Hollywood Reporter
From Slate: “The show’s model will include 30-minute episodes that will air on HBO’s cable channel, with shorter, more frequent updates on HBO Now and HBO Go. Stewart has been working with cloud graphics company Otoy to develop an animation process that will allow him to work quickly enough to comment ‘in real time’ on current events.”
Source: Jon Stewart is making an animated show about cable news.
Viacom has questioned CBS and staff of its “Late Show” over host Stephen Colbert’s use of a character developed at Comedy Central
Source: Late-Night TV: Viacom Questions Stephen Colbert’s Use of Old Character | Variety
“Baz Luhrmann goes on the record about the struggles behind the scenes of his hip-hop opus ‘The Get Down.'”
Source: ‘The Get Down’: Netflix’s Baz Luhrmann Show Faces Production Struggles | Variety
“David Geffen says Hollywood’s longtime most powerful talent agency has become ‘a pimple on [its owner’s] ass,’ but the town’s rivals and players (including Michael Ovitz) reveal the truth is far more complex in James Andrew Miller’s new book ‘Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency.'”
Source: Inside the Saga, Secrets and Sale of CAA (Exclusive Book Excerpt) – Hollywood Reporter
“But with executives increasingly exhibiting a risk-adverse mindset, there’s comfort in familiarity. That’s why the typical movie poster is like a cup of Starbucks coffee: soothingly predictable.”
Source: ‘Ghostbusters’ to ‘Deadpool’: Why Movie Posters All Look the Same – Hollywood Reporter
“here’s how Pixar gets you to cry into your popcorn.”
Source: What makes every Pixar movie tick, in one chart – Vox