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August 14, 2022
A Manifesto to Save Movie Comedies
The raunchy, Apatowian films that dominated the mid-2000s box office and spawned a generation of comedy stars have gone the way of iPods and skinny jeans. Critics blame everything from Covid to cancel culture, but the real culprit is more insidious: an economic landscape that rarely rewards risk-taking. One producer has some ideas to fix it.
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August 12, 2022
The Return of Bob Greenblatt?
The legendary television executive just wrote a memoir about the hits he made and the networks he ran, but two years after his messy WarnerMedia ouster, the book might be a prelude to his own next moves.
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August 7, 2022
Zaslav’s Next Move: Here Come the Layoffs
The rolling reductions will begin with smaller groups between Monday and Labor Day, followed by a ramp-up in bloodletting in September and October.
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August 4, 2022
‘Batgirl’ Died For Our Sins
David Zaslav’s controversial and cold-hearted decision to kill off the movie for a tax credit isn’t simply the fault of the filmmakers or Jason Kilar or the herky jerky voyage of Warner Bros. It’s on Hollywood, as a whole, for worrying about being left behind by Netflix.
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July 31, 2022
Stallone’s War on Rocky: This Time It’s Personal
The 76-year old star is fighting his producers and MGM for a financial stake in his signature property, but it’s not just a play for more money.
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July 21, 2022
R.I.P., Netflix Narrative
Reed Hastings still wants investors to think of the streaming pioneer as separate from “legacy” media, but with its muted subscriber projections and an advertising pivot, it’s now a mature, slow-growth company.
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July 21, 2022
Desus and Mero Broke Up Over Their Manager
Here’s what really ended the Showtime comedy duo’s successful partnership.
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July 17, 2022
Zaz Rewards HBO Chief with 5-Year Pact
Sure, Zaslav and Gunnar have been fleecing WBD looking for redundancies, but re-signing Casey Bloys was a goal of the new C.E.O.’s first 100 days.
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July 14, 2022
‘There’s a Lot Required and They’re Late’: Disney and Netflix in the Metaverse
A candid conversation with Matthew Ball, the technologist, futurist, and author of the forthcoming book, The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything.
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July 10, 2022
Harvey’s Biographer Tells All
In advance of his new book, Ken Auletta discusses Weinstein’s origins and depravity, whether he got a fair trial, who enabled what behavior, and how the convicted mogul/rapist changed Hollywood forever.