David Links, 9/19/24

9:03am, September 19, 2024

This was the right move… which seemed to take way too long to happen…
Hollywood Reporter - Disney Animation Shake-Up: Jennifer Lee Exiting as Chief Content Officer, Jared Bush Takes Over

Wired - Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI

Creative Bloq - Filmmakers attack Lionsgate plan to train AI video on back catalogue (and yes, that means John Wick)

They threatened that this would happen at CinemaCon earlier this year… about money… MPA isn’t really sure what it is right now…
Variety - Amazon Joins Motion Picture Association, as Entertainment and Tech Converge

Essentially, a NATO press release… but a positive position. Now if the distributors would just add a billion more in movies every year…
Deadline - Top Cinema Chains Will Spend $2.2 Billion Over Three Years To Upgrade Theaters As Box Office Accelerates

No link because while it tries to be deeply reported, the bottom line is that Kim Masters doesn’t have the slightest idea who is really going to run the studio… w…