TV Updates ‘Writer’s Mutiny’ but CBS Showrunner Still Has A Job Another week, another headline – but this time, something’s missing. Spot the differences: In June, I wrote this piece about writer Craig Gore, who had been a writer on S.W.A.T and Chicago P.D. and was fired (and dropped from his agency) from an upcoming Law & By Duana • Aug 21, 2020 04:12 pm
Douchebags Justice League is under investigation Last month, actor Ray Fisher, who portrayed Cyborg in Justice League, alleged that Joss Whedon’s treatment of cast and crew during reshoots of Justice League was “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable”. Now WarnerMedia has opened an investigation into the Whedon-led part of the production: https://twitter.com/ By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 12:22 pm
Award Season Campaigning Issa Rae, Emmys, and Hollywood Domination Issa Rae may be the busiest woman in Hollywood, but she continues to take on projects that will open the doors for others. Her latest (gorgeous) magazine cover story has The Hollywood Reporter proclaiming she’s embracing her role as a trailblazer but Insecure, which she created and in which By Cody • Aug 20, 2020 01:09 pm
Drama The film industry’s Hamilton Here is a series of strange events for you: Ron Meyer, one of the longest-serving chiefs in the film industry, was summarily fired from NBCUniversal this week after revealing to his bosses that he had an extramarital affair and was now being extorted over this information. Meyer co-founded By Sarah • Aug 19, 2020 10:51 am
Drama The film industry’s Hamilton Here is a series of strange events for you: Ron Meyer, one of the longest-serving chiefs in the film industry, was summarily fired from NBCUniversal this week after revealing to his bosses that he had an extramarital affair and was now being extorted over this information. Meyer co-founded By Sarah • Aug 19, 2020 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 2020, the year women ruled film 2020 was set up to be a major year for women in film, with everything from high-profile blockbusters to award bait indies directed by women set to dominate the conversation all year. The original 2020 slate for blockbusters began in February, with Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey. Other By Sarah • Aug 06, 2020 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mulan shocker In an absolutely shocking move, Disney has announced it will make Mulan, one of the oft-delayed movies affected by COVID-19, available on September 4 via its streaming platform, Disney+. I literally did not think this was possible—no one did! Mulan cost a rumored $300 million to make By Sarah • Aug 05, 2020 09:24 am
Weddings Ryan Reynolds: The Movie Star Marketing Executive Ryan Reynolds has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2020 and this is a profile of his work as a marketing executive who happens to be a movie star as opposed to a movie star who’s really good at marketing. As we have By Lainey • Aug 04, 2020 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet is dateless Yesterday, the inevitable happened and after a month of hop-scotching release dates, Tenet was pulled from Warner Brothers’ release calendar entirely. They’re still committed to a 2020 release date, with studio chief Toby Emmerich issuing a statement that they will “share a new 2020 release date imminently”, but By Sarah • Jul 21, 2020 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlize Theron: Power Producer Two weeks after its debut, Netflix is hailing The Old Guard as one of its biggest successes ever. All Netflix viewer data comes with a grain of salt, though, because there is no independent verification of Netflix’s viewership, and their own “watch” metric is measured in mere minutes, so By Sarah • Jul 20, 2020 03:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet determined Tenet, now set to come out at the end of July instead of in the middle of July, covers Entertainment Weekly for what should be a typical promotional cover shoot but ends up being about the expectations on Tenet to save the summer movie season. Of course, the typical promotional By Sarah • Jun 19, 2020 11:02 am
Award Season Campaigning The Oscars blinked, too Following Warner Brothers’ decision to move Tenet back a couple weeks, the Academy has also decided to move, pushing the 2021 Oscar telecast back by two months, from February 28, 2021 to April 25, 2021. Eligibility for consideration has also been extended, with the exhibition window running until February 28, By Sarah • Jun 16, 2020 09:11 am
Business of Hollywood Ava’s influence The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences held their elections this week, and Ava DuVernay has been elected to the Directors’ Branch, joining Steven Spielberg and Susanne Bier as one of the three “governors” representing directors in AMPAS. This year’s elections make the board of governors the most By Sarah • Jun 11, 2020 03:12 pm
Equality Issues Dick Wolf Fires Writer. This Is News It shouldn’t be news. ‘Man [or woman] behaves abominably, loses job as a result’ is a narrative we know very well – one that’s been playing out in fast-forward over the last few days, a cold comfort relative to the atrocities we’re seeing every single time we By Duana • Jun 05, 2020 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill will return as Superman…kinda Here we go. Following the announcement that the “Snyder Cut” of Justice League would be released on HBOMax, there is more Zack Snyder-adjacent DC movie news. No, Ben Affleck is not returning as Batman—let the poor man take endless walks with his girlfriend and eat carbs—but Henry By Sarah • May 28, 2020 12:29 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, What is the future of movie theatres? Bilge Ebiri attempted to answer the question at Vulture yesterday as restrictions begin to lift across North America and authorities are making plans to reopen the economy. Some people think that after all these weeks of being at home and watching By Lainey • May 27, 2020 08:48 am
