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U.S. Agencies Court International Distributors as Market Consolidation Puts Domestics in Disarray
As the global film industry emerges from the worst of the pandemic — and wide-ranging consolidation in the U.S. puts studio and streaming strategies in disarray — representatives for CAA, UTA and WME Independent say international distributors are more important than ever to their businesses.That claim will be put to the test at this week’s […]
Continue readingThe Euro 75: Vendôme Group (France)
They were producers on Sian Heder’s Oscar best-picture winner ‘Coda’Need to know: Co-CEOs Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi are currently flying high as the producers of Sian Heder’s Oscar best-picture winner Coda. They were the first European producers to achieve this feat since Thomas Langmann with The Artist in 2011. Paris-born Rousselet, who has had […]
Continue readingWill Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ Shifting to 2023, Apple Eyes New Date After Slap (Exclusive)
Don’t expect an “Emancipation” for Oscar winner Will Smith in 2022. Originally expected to drop on the fall festival circuit later this year, the actor’s next film from Apple, and co-produced by his production company Westbrook Studios, is planning to delay the film’s release to sometime in 2023.Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”), the movie […]
Continue readingDo ‘Everything Everywhere,’ ‘Northman’ and ‘Unbearable Weight’ Offer More Action Than Awards Voters Can Handle?
With “The Northman,” “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and the continued success of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” this month has been about action-forward movies that are entertaining and worthy, but might fail to be taken seriously as real “achievements” in Hollywood. Timing has also proven to be an essential factor, and not just […]
Continue readingSam Esmail’s ‘Metropolis’ TV Series Will Bring New Spin to Fritz Lang’s Classic
Hot off a Best Picture win for “Coda” and a blockbuster TV drama in “Severance,” Apple TV+ is plotting its most ambitious project yet: an epic eight-part television adaption of “Metropolis” from “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail.Fritz Lang’s original “Metropolis” is one of the most influential films in cinematic history. The silent film, which tells […]
Continue readingActivists Demand UCLA Amend Hollywood Diversity Report to Document Disabled, Lgbtqia+ Representation
UCLA’s latest Hollywood Diversity Report found some improvement in 2022 in regards to hiring women and people of color, but activist group Fwd-Doc is demanding that UCLA address other overlooked groups such as Lgbtqia+ individuals and the “invisible minority” — disabled people — in the industry.Jim LeBrecht, co-founder of Fwd-Doc and co-director of the Oscar-nominated […]
Continue readingOscars 2023: Our First Blind Predictions, From ‘Fabelmans’ to ‘Flower Moon’
The way to officially close the door on a crazy awards season (and even-crazier 94th Oscar ceremony), is to crack open the window and take a look ahead at what the studios and production companies could have in store for global cinema in 2022.As Variety transitions to Emmy season, with the first official predictions rolling […]
Continue readingApple Re-Releasing ‘Coda’ in Theaters With Open Captions Following Oscars Win
Fresh off its Oscars triumph, Apple will re-release “Coda” in movie theaters on Friday. The film, which tells the story of the only hearing member of a deaf family’s relationship with her parents and brother, will screen in over 600 U.S. locations with open captions. That will make the film accessible to the deaf and […]
Continue readingTroy Kotsur’s Historic Oscar Win for ‘Coda’ Is Only the Beginning: ‘It’s Saved My Life, My Career’
Troy Kotsur is operating on one hour of sleep, but he’s still smiling ear to ear. It’s Monday, the morning after he became the second deaf performer in Academy history to win an acting award at the Oscars. His turn as the lusty fisherman Frank Rossi in “Coda” became a favorite of this awards season, […]
Continue reading‘Coda’ Has Changed Oscar Movies’ Release Strategies Forever
In analyzing how “Coda” achieved its Best Picture win, we must face a discomfiting reality: Beyond Oscar qualification, theatrical play had very little to do with its success.Most years, winning Best Picture includes a careful effort by its distributor to make it hit. Recent winners such as “Parasite” and “Green Book” played theaters during the […]
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