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… which is not her fault… but this is her rare fugazy story.
Hollywood Reporter - Who’s Really Going to Run Paramount?
“I never set out to offend. In fact, to the contrary: I try to win over my audience. I have to find a way of seducing them with fun and lollipops, so to speak, so that they can come closer and see what’s on my mind.”
Todd Solondz’s Unfulfilled Desires
Deadline Fleming - ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Director Jon Watts Sets First-Look Film Deal With Walt Disney Studios
Indiewire - ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Gets Criterion Channel Live Streaming Event on September 22
This looks like it could be an important movie… but Apple is treating it like it’s not… what does it all mean?
Ella Purnell… will she be forever the sexy, smart girl who is in over her head?