The Wrap asked nine industry insiders about the state of the Hollywood and what must be done to improve it. How do we make sense of the changing landscape? And what trends are emerging as a new year dawns? From “Paranormal Activity” producer Jason Blum to Black List founder Franklin Leonard to Film Nation CEO Read MoreRead More
It seems like there are so many movies that have a great exciting hook in the beginning, but end up floundering in the third act. Why is that? Tom Hooper, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg offer some insight. The filmgoer was noticeably upset. He didn’t like a moment in ”Lincoln.” More specifically, he didn’t like the final Read MoreRead More
Sony’s Michael Barker, Lionsgate’s Rob Friedman, Fox’s Jim Gianopulos, DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg, Universal’s Donna Langley and Paramount’s Rob Moore gather for a candid discussion of what life is really like when you’re a movie mogul. Full Transcript below: As busy as it is for talent during awards season, they’ve got nothing on the top executives Read MoreRead More
Adam Davidson takes a look at the strange industry that is the Hollywood Studio and how their business model works.Read More
Bradley Jackson is the writer behind “The Man Who Could Not Cry” a wonderful film that has piqued the interest of some people Hollywoodside. But the Austin based writer isn’t ready to uproot just yet…
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You ever look at a movie and wonder how that could have possibly been greenlit? Many times its done to solidify a relationship be it between a studio and a director or actor. LA Times’ Patrick Goldstein takes a closer look at why these “relationship” movies often end up being “just friends”.Read More
Filmmaker IQ’s John Hess cuts through the crap and talks about your one sole job as a filmmaker: Make something people want to see. So cut the phoniness, cut the Hollywood wannabe mentality, and make your film already.Read More
Just two weeks after the death of his partner Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel of Classical Hollywood’s most famous double act Laurel and Hardy discusses his life and career in this 74 minute interview from 1957.
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Laurel & Hardy family home movie c. 1956 at the Reseda, CA home of Stan Laurel’s daughter, Lois. Featuring: Stan Laurel and his wife Ida Kitaeva Raphael Laurel, Oliver Hardy and his wife Virginia Lucille Jones, Andy Wade (who shot the film), Stan’s daughter Lois, her husband Rand Brooks and their children Randy and Laurie.”Read More
Harold Llyod ranks among stars like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most influential comedians of the Silent Era. He used real locations in LA as his backlot. Annette Lloyd (fan and scholar) traces his steps and checks up on some of those locations to see how things have changed in the better part of a century.Read More
As DVD sales drop by as much as 25% in some studios, Hollywood is scrambling to find solid consistent cash generators. …As the lineup of newly elevated studio executives scramble for solutions, expect an even greater emphasis on so-called “branded entertainment”: sequels and movies based on toys, old television shows and other familiar themes. Movies Read MoreRead More
