David Links The Trades, 9/17/24
Matching DRTT Episode 69, September 17, 2024
It’s only Tuesday and look at all this news!!!!
I don't know what they want from me
It's like the more money we come across
The more problems we see
I don't know what they want from me
(Ed. Note: They want you to stop raping, hitting, and trafficking them)
NYT - Sean Combs Arrested in Manhattan After Grand Jury Indictment
The movie is better than this…
Deadline - Box Office Paramount-Hasbro Toon ‘Transformers One’ Rolling To $30M+ Bow
The Emmys telecast hasn’t averaged more than 8 million viewers since 2018 and has only topped 7 million once since then, on CBS in 2021. The show averaged 11.19 million viewers in the four years from 2015-18.
Hollywood Reporter - TV Ratings: Emmys Jump by 54 Percent, Stop Streak of All-Time Lows
Fleming Flexing Like The Old Days… Lots of Stories…
Deadline - Baz Luhrmann Blows Out Candles, Firms ‘Jehanne d’Arc’ As Next Film At Warner Bros; Begins Casting Teen To Play Tragic French Heroine
Anne Thompson pitches festival movies without distribution… which is a true service to movies
Indiewire - Errol Morris’ Hard-Hitting Documentary ‘Separated’ Should Be Released Before the Election
Variety - ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Casts Timothy Simons (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety - WWE Sets ‘Saturday Night’s Main Event’ Return Date on NBC, Peacock (EXCLUSIVE)
It’s not quite as obviously commercial as Jackpot! was, this one seems like a kissing cousin. From the director of Palm Springs, Max Barbakow, it’s loaded with talent and silliness…