Marvel’s Trial By Media
Matthew Belloni, Puck News
Ignore the self-righteous press: Victoria Alonso’s public crusade for a payout from Disney is nothing more than a money fight. And perhaps, in the grand tradition of Michael Eisner, a brand-building opportunity for whatever comes next.
Lionsgate’s Future & the ‘John Wick’ Effect
Matthew Belloni, Puck News
A candid conversation with studio motion picture chair Joe Drake about the fate of the Wick franchise, the challenge of making mid-budget movies, and whether the studio could sell in 2023.
U.S. Advertising Growth Forecast Cut Slightly for 2023
Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter
Amid a weaker market, positive signs include retail media networks, ad-supported video streaming and more car ads, per Magna’s closely-watched note.
Inside Jonathan Majors’ Scrubbed Army Ad Campaign
Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter
The new recruitment initiative — iced after Majors’ Mar. 25 arrest for an alleged assault — had aimed to enlist Gen Z, for whom “patriotism doesn’t really play.”
AI and the Rise of the Machines: Is Hollywood About to Be Overrun by Robots?
Benjamin Svetkey, The Wrap
ChatGPT and the artificial intelligence revolution may — or may not — change everything everywhere all at once about the film and TV industry.
Do We Really Need, or Even Want, a Remake of ‘Vertigo’? What’s Next, ‘Citizen Kane 2025’?
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Robert Downey Jr., who is in talks to produce and possibly star in a remake of “Vertigo” at Paramount (home of the original film), is a great actor. But once he became a box-office superstar, 15 years ago, with “Iron Man,” he got sucked into the escapist vortex of Marvel and “Sherlock Holmes” and duds like “Dolittle.”
‘Ant-Man 3’ Crashed at the Box Office After a Trilogy-Best Opening. What Went Wrong?
Rebecca Rubin, Variety
The bigger they are, the harder they fall? That’s the presiding feeling about the box office performance of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ and the inexorable rise of the aging action star
Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times
John Wick may appear to be indestructible, a ruthless assassin who takes a licking and keeps on killing. But for Keanu Reeves, playing him is no picnic.
Miramax built a film development team to revive its blockbuster-rich heyday. But a string of exits has hobbled those ambitions and left some Hollywood creatives frustrated.
Reed Alexander, Insider Premium
In May 2020, Miramax — the Los Angeles-based production company known through the 1990s and 2000s for iconic independent movies like “Emma,” “Chicago,” and “No Country for Old Men” — rolled out a new, high-powered film development team.
