| | What's news: Steven Spielberg has shared his thoughts on streaming only releases for films. Kari Skogland will direct the Wind River sequel. TV ratings for the 2022 midterms were down 32 percent from 2018. Elon Musk spoke to Twitter's advertisers, again. BET boss Scott Mills is now in charge of VH1. — Abid Rahman |
'Handmaid's' Boss Shares His Takeaway From S5 Finale ►"The show exists because June survived." THR's Jackie Strause spoke to The Handmaid’s Tale creator and showrunner Bruce Miller about the season five finale. Miller reflects on another eerily timely season (he credits the Hulu marketing team for the finale dropping as votes were being counted in the 2022 elections), unpacks the open-ended final scene between June and Serena, and teases what June will be fighting for when the show returns. Warning spoilers. The interview. —Suit filed. A woman has sued Warren Beatty, accusing the actor of coercing her into sex in 1973 when she was a minor — but she filed it against “Defendant Doe” and never refers to him by name. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday from Kristina Hirsch was brought under a 2019 California law that opened up a three-year window for people to file claims of child sexual abuse that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations. The story. —"They were paid off, and the films were suddenly relegated." Steven Spielberg might be open to making a film for a streaming service in the future, but it sounds like he would want it to be on his terms. In a new interview, Spielberg felt his fellow filmmakers were thrown “under the bus” by Warner Bros.’ surprise announcement in late 2020 that all of its releases for the following year would be available day-and-date on HBO Max. The story. —"Our investors expect us to have a return on that investment." Disney CEO Bob Chapek is pivoting toward profitability, even as he continues to prepare the company for an uncertain digital future. With shares in Disney falling on Wednesday after it missed Wall Street estimates, Chapek took the stage at the Paley Center for Media in New York, where he addressed the company’s most significant near-term maneuvering: Making Disney+, and streaming generally, into a profitable business. The story. |
Snoop Dogg Biopic in the Works ►Drop it like it's hot. Universal has enlisted Black Panther: Wakanda Forever co-writer Joe Robert Cole and director Allen Hughes to tackle a biopic of Snoop Dogg. The iconic rapper and entertainment mogul is heavily involved with the project, which will incorporate music from his past catalog. Snoop is also producing the feature along with Sara Ramaker and Hughes. The project will mark the inaugural film from Snoop’s Death Row Pictures, which he runs with Ramaker. The story. —Sequel confirmed. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier director Kari Skogland is attached to helm Wind River: The Next Chapter, a sequel to Taylor Sheridan's 2017 crime drama set on a Native American reservation in Wyoming that starred Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. Martin Sensmeier will star and reprise his role as Chip Hanson. Patrick Massett and John Zinman penned the sequel screenplay, with additional cast to be announced ahead of production set to start in January 2023. The story. —"It was a challenging road for me." Jennifer Aniston has opened up on her effort to start a family and turning to IVF, experiences she describes as “really hard shit” in a new interview. Speaking to Allure, Aniston also talked about her current place in Hollywood, launching a hair care line, and attempts to get pregnant in her late 30s and 40s. The story. —Viewership falls. A midterm election that ran counter to a lot of the media narrative leading up to it proved to be a smaller TV draw Tuesday. Per Nielsen, about 22.2m people watched election coverage in primetime on ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and NBC. That’s down by 32 percent from 2018, when those six outlets averaged a combined 32.5m viewers in primetime. The ratings. |
Mass Twitter Layoffs Spur Legal Headaches ►"The teams Musk chose to eliminate appears to say a lot about his priorities for the company." As Elon Musk cleaves off staff and remakes the social platform on the fly at a rapid pace, THR's Ashley Cullins writes that he’s creating a paper trail of issues that could follow him beyond his first tumultuous month of ownership. The analysis. —"I understand if people want to give it a minute." In a freewheeling virtual town hall with the advertising community on Wednesday, Musk sought to assuage concerns from advertisers about the future of Twitter. Musk touched on topics like his ultimate goal for Twitter (“to serve the greater interest of civilization”) and the touchy subject of brand safety (“I don’t think having hate speech next to an ad is great”). The story. —"Sole owner of all design rights." Following Adidas’ split from Kanye “Ye” West last month after the rapper's repeated antisemitic comments, the German sportswear company has said it plans to rebrand Yeezy products in order to continue selling them. The company said rebranded Yeezy products could hit the shops as early as 2023. The story. —"This is a horror film by Paul Haggis, and only you can end it." Jury deliberations are due to start Thursday in a rape civil case against filmmaker Paul Haggis, tasking a six-person panel with sifting through dueling narratives about what happened between him and publicist Haleigh Breest on a night in 2013. The story. |
Studios Backing Away From Blanket COVID Vaccine Mandates ►Moving on from uniform policies. Hollywood’s largest studios are backing away from blanket vaccine mandates on some productions. Disney confirmed Nov. 7 that it had informed 12 TV projects that it will no longer require the cast and crew to be vaccinated. THR's Winston Cho writes that projects were told vaccines were no longer required for those in “Zone A” — typically the project’s main actors as well as key crewmembers who work closely with them in the highest-risk areas of the set. The story. —"Life imitates art." The Handmaid’s Tale star McKenna Grace has revealed that she underwent spinal surgery in October, the same night an episode of the Hulu series aired that saw her character, Esther Keyes, wake up in a hospital bed. While Grace did not explain what caused her to have the surgery, she shared that a month later, she’s recovered and will “elaborate more about all of this” because "who I am and want to be was truly changed." The story. —"We became infected by our own success." Ahead of the debut of The Santa Clauses on Disney+, THR's nicest man Chris Gardner spoke to star Tim Allen about the holiday franchise. A candid Allen spoke about 2006’s The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, which he feels "overshot the runway." The interview. —Shake-up. BET president and CEO Scott Mills is adding to his portfolio at Paramount Global. In the latest piece of reorganization at the conglomerate, VH1 will move under Mills’ BET Media Group. The cable outlet was previously part of the Chris McCarthy-led Paramount Media Networks, along with Paramount Network, MTV, Comedy Central, CMT and others. The story. |
TV Review: 'The Calling' ►"The answer to no one's prayers." THR TV critic Angie Han reviews Peacock's The Calling. This David E. Kelley drama centers around an NYPD detective whose devout Jewish faith helps guide his investigations into grisly crimes. The review. —"Over-bored." THR's chief film critic David Rooney reviews Janeen Damian's Falling for Christmas. Lindsay Lohan and Chord Overstreet star in an amnesia rom-com about a spoiled hotel heiress humanized by a bump on the head, the first fruit of Lohan’s two-picture Netflix deal. The review. In other news... —Pinocchio star Gregory Mann chases fatherly love in trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s animated musical —Latin star Bad Bunny tops Apple Music Awards after huge 2022 —Camerimage: Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski to receive special honor —Banshees of Inisherin actress Kerry Condon to be honored at Oscar Wilde Awards —House of Flowers creator Manolo Caro signs with UTA What else we're reading... —James Poniewozik writes that Atlanta and The Good Fight took the approach that the most realistic portrait of America today is a surrealist one [NYT] —Olivia Solon, Lucas Shaw, and Giles Turner report that record labels are asking TikTok to share more of its $12b revenue [Bloomberg] —Chris Molanphy looks at how Taylor Swift achieved the unthinkable and snatched The Beatles' chart record [Slate] —Justin Charity writes that Atlanta was Donald Glover’s masterwork [Ringer] —Sean Coughlan and Daniel Rosney explore the ways The Crown could change perceptions of the monarchy [BBC] Today... ...in 2004, Warner Bros. unveiled Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express in theaters, where it would go on to gross $311m worldwide and earn three Oscar nominations at the 77th Academy Awards. The original review. Today's birthdays: Taron Egerton (33), Ellen Pompeo (53), Tracy Morgan (54), Zoey Deutch (28), Walton Goggins (51), Neil Gaiman (62), Kiernan Shipka (23), Mackenzie Foy (22), Hugh Bonneville (59), Heather Matarazzo (40), Vanessa Angel (56), Michael Jai White (55), Roland Emmerich (67), Josh Peck (36), Lou Ferrigno Jr. (38), Mackenzie Phillips (63), Halina Reijn (47), Matt Craven (66), Sinbad (66), Grant Cramer (61), Eve (44), Jennifer Cody (53), Tommy Davidson (59) |
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