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HOLLYWOOD’S COMPETITION HAS NO STUDIO-SIZED OVERHEAD
Disney and Netflix are cutting. Paramount/Warner Bros are next. Creators are showing them why.
On September 29, Disney laid off a few hundred more employees, mostly in human resources and technology, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It...
YOUR INDIE FILM PAYS BACK IN YEARS. THIS ONE PAYS BACK IN MONTHS.
Same cast. Same crew. Same $300,000. A cliffhanger every 90 seconds, and platforms that can pay in months.
Picture an ultra-low-budget feature.
BONUS POST: PETER RICE, PLEASE MAKE ME CARE ABOUT NETFLIX MOVIES
Peter,
Congratulations!!!
You are going to get a hundred of these this week from people you know and don’t know. I have read a few already. The advice has converged fast. Embrace theatrical. Fix consumer products. Stop being surprised by...
PRODUCERS NEED SOMETHING TO OWN.
Congress should bring back Fin-Syn for the streaming age, for series and films. Britain showed what happens when producers own their shows: the sector grew 150%.
On October 14, a new coalition called the American Entertainment Alliance ask...
DISNEY OWNS THE NAME. THE THEATERS PAID FOR THE UPGRADE.
Disney lost IMAX for Avengers: Doomsday. Its answer moves the cost to exhibitors, keeps the brand, and is now being offered to the rest of Hollywood.
In 2019, Avengers: Endgame earned $212 million on IMAX screens, per TheWrap.
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