BEHIND DISNEY's IGER-CHAPEK SWAP: HOW COMPANY BRASS FOUND OUT & WHAT's NEXT |
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In Concert - Many top Disney execs found out about the regime change at the same time and in the same place: the hospitality tent just before Elton John's farewell show at Dodger Stadium Sunday night. The gig streamed live on Disney+, and Bob Chapek's top lieutenant, Kareem Daniel, left the venue before the show started as people around him began reacting. >>>What's Next For Disney
From The Desk Of Bob Iger - The newly reinstalled CEO sent a note to Disney staffers Monday announcing Kareem Daniel's departure and a coming reorg. "Storytelling is what fuels this company, and it belongs at the center of how we organize our businesses," wrote Iger. >>>Read The Memo
"Let Me Shout This From The Mountain Top" - AMC Theaters CEO Adam Aron was quick with an endorsement of the move, of Iger himself and, by extension, of the positive impact both would have on the exhibition business. One could almost hear the popcorn popping. >>> Others Snipe |
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The Greatest American Hero (Exclusive) - Thorpe, a film about the formative years of the eponymous Native American Olympic track and field gold medalist, is speeding up with Tracey Deer directing a script whose latest draft is by William N. Collage (Emancipation ). With the support and participation of the Thorpe family, the drama will focus on Thorpe’s time at Carlisle Industrial Indian School, which isolated Native children from their families and tribal communities. Collage’s script tells the story of Thorpe’s resilience as he ascends to college football dominance and ultimately achieves Olympic glory at the Stockholm games in 1912, only to see his triumphs erased from official records less than a year later.>>> "Greatest Athlete"
Mouse Eats Turkey- In a tradition as common as sweet potatoes on the Thanksgiving table, Disney is set to rule the five-day holiday stretch again this weekend with the third frame of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever eyeing $40M from Wednesday-Sunday, and Disney Animation’s Strange World poised for $30M+.>>> Puss in Boots In Sneaks
The Play's the Thing (Exclusive) - Sam Mendes has cast Johnny Flynn, Tuppence Middleton and Mark Gatiss to portray legendary stars Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and John Gielgud in The Motive and the Cue, a mouth-watering new play by Jack Thorne that explores how acting giants Burton and Gielgud staged Hamlet on Broadway in 1964. >>> Casting Search
‘Fall Guy's’ New Gal (Exclusive) - Teresa Palmer is set to join Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in Universal’s The Fall Guy from director David Leitch. Inspired by the 1980s action comedy series of the same name, the film is currently under way in Australia with a March 1, 2024 release date set. >>> A New Stuntwoman
Moore Interest For Crypto King (Exclusive) - The wild story of crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and the $32B meltdown of FTX is drawing considerable interest. Michael Lewis is writing a book that has Amazon, Netflix and others circling, while Scott Burns and Jonathan Glickman’s Panoramic are looking at a potential project with Andrew Ross Sorkin. Now, Oscar-winner Graham Moore has thrown his hat in the ring. >>> Series or Feature?
On Cloud Nine (Exclusive) - NCIS: Los Angeles co-star Eric Christian Olsen’s Cloud Nine Productions has sold two comedies and two dramas at CBS. They include Family Insurance, a single-camera Latinx family workplace comedy co-written, executive produced and starring Al Madrigal. >>> Untitled Legal Drama |
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QUOTABLE: "Welcome back to Disney, @RobertIger!" - Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner on Twitter |
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With his second book, Cinema Speculation, Quentin Tarantino takes a tour of his cinematic education, beginning at the tender young age of 7. In a conversation with Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr., he offers a primer on the collection of film criticism that provides insight into how Tarantino became the filmmaker he is today. >>> Analysis Meets Life Story |
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🔥 Top Gun: Maverick, the top-grossing movie of 2022, will make its streaming debut on Paramount+ on Thursday, Dec. 22 in the U.S. as well as in Canada, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy. That date had previously been announced for the UK and Latin America. It will arrive in South Korea and France in 2023.
🤩 Samuel Goldwyn Films has upped Miles Fineburg to VP, Acquisitions and Sales. A six-year vet of the company, he has worked on deals for Oscar winner Another Round and Oscar nominee The Man Who Sold His Skin, and recent deals on the Swedish Oscar entry Cairo Conspiracy and the Kyra Sedgwick-directed drama Space Oddity.
🧛♂️ After parting ways with Bassam Tariq, Marvel Studios has found not only his replacement but a new writer. Yann Demange will take on directing duties with Michael Starrbury to pen a new script. Mahershala Ali is starring in titular role.
💰 Paramount Global has scrapped its long-gestating $2.2B sale of Simon & Schuster to Bertelsmann’s Penguin Random House, but it still wants out of the publishing business.
🚨 Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of USA Network’s hit reality series Chrisley Knows Best, have been sentenced to a combined total of 19 years in prison for a mix of fraud and tax crimes. Perhaps worse for the pair, their swath of unscripted shows are, unsurprisingly, no longer. |
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On the Radar
Tue - Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
Wed - Andor season finale
Thur - Jerry Seinfeld on The Tonight Show
Fri - The Fablemans opens; WC: U.S.A. vs. Iran |
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Comic Relief - Ten days after he was badly burned while working in his garage, a photo of a healthy-looking Jay Leno and several nurses was released. The 72-year-old Leno suffered second-degree and near-third-degree burns while working on one of his vintage cars. The former Tonight Show host underwent two surgeries and hyperbaric oxygen therapy while in the hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery. (Grossman Burn Center) |
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