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Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is reportedly planning on retiring from the George Lucas-founded production company at the end of the year. The Big Picture: Lording over all things Star Wars (and Indiana Jones, but that franchise seems to have run its course) is one of the most enviable and anxiety-inducing jobs in Hollywood… almost as much as running James Bond. With Kennedy stepping down, […]
The 50th anniversary of Survivor is planning on experimenting with a new format: letting fans vote on the main elements of the game. The Big Picture: While Survivor remains a hallmark of broadcast TV, the last five years have consistently seen the show dip below 10 million viewers and continue to decline — a stark difference from its peak of almost […]
EON Productions, the production company that’s guided every aspect of the James Bond franchise for decades, is handing creative control over to Amazon MGM Studios… for a price. The Big Picture: Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the heads of EON and the children of original Bond producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, have ruled Bond with an iron […]
Brady Corbet, the Oscar-nominated director of The Brutalist, said on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast that he made “zero dollars” directing the movie… kicking off a debate on the long, complicated way filmmakers get paid for their work. The Big Picture: The glitz and glamour of an awards press tour makes it seem like filmmakers are not just the toast of […]
A new streaming service called Olyn has launched to give indie filmmakers the ability to sell their movies directly to audiences by tapping critics, content creators, and fans as a paid-marketing engine via affiliate links. The Big Picture: Indie film is in a tough spot, with titles from top markets like Sundance and Toronto looking for distribution sometimes a […]
While Hollywood creatives are mostly anti-AI, international filmmakers are signaling that they’re more open to using the tech as a tool that can expand a movie’s reach — as long as it’s used ethically. The Big Picture: While some are going all in with generating content in movies, most international filmmakers are using the tech to power the dubbing process of […]
The NFL and YouTube are expanding their collaboration on the celebrity-driven flag football game that precedes the Super Bowl, with this year’s game featuring talent — not necessarily the football kind — like IShowSpeed, Kai Cenat, Quavo, and Teyana Taylor. Why It Hits: Like its ongoing relationship with Roc Nation, the NFL wants to make sure it wins […]
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation has spent the past five years reviving the Super Bowl halftime show into a showcase for music superstars, lifting the ratings and approval of the NFL overall. The Big Picture: With Kendrick Lamar’s performance this Sunday — the first rapper to ever solo-headline the show — it may score the perfect mix of hip hop, […]
Viewership of the 67th Annual Grammy Awards may have dipped on CBS, but its social-content ratings skyrocketed to a record high for a televised event. The High Note: As more people cut the cord, it’s inevitable that broadcast viewership declines for everything from late-night TV to starry awards shows (only the Super Bowl has been spared). But that […]
The Kansas City Chiefs are forming a production studio that will make both scripted and unscripted content — seemingly a first for a major sports franchise. Why It Hits: Movies and TV shows are no longer just the purview of Hollywood studios and independent production companies, as brands, fashion houses, and now sports franchises jump into the space to tell stories that […]