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This week’s edition looks at the role of independent producers. While often characterized as being pitted against writers by the companies, they actually are natural allies. The adage is “it starts on the page,” but producers often are the catalysts for getting projects hatched. Most only get paid when films and series commence to production. Unlike writers, independent producers have no collective bargaining entity fighting for minimums and backends for them.
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Barry Reardon Dies: Former Warner Bros Theatrical Distribution Exec Behind Hits Like ‘Batman’ & ‘The Fugitive’ Was 92
D. Barry Reardon, former longtime Warner Bros. President of Sales and Distribution, has died at 92. The exec known as “The Dean of Distribution” among industry peers and filmmakers, passed May 27 in Vero Beach, FL.
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Michael Lamont Dies: Broadway Actor Who Became A Studio & Theater Photographer Was 76
Michael Lamont, who went from acting in Bye Bye Birdie and Oliver! on Broadway to a career as photographer for studios, theaters and actors, has died. He was 76. According to Patty Onagan, publicist for Lamont’s wife Kay Cole, he died May 21 in North Hollywood of Alzheimer’s complications.
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‘The View’ Co-Hosts Clash With Tim Scott; Whoopi Goldberg Asks Production For Help During Heated Debate
The tension was high this morning on The View as Republican presidential candidate and South Carolina senator Tim Scott stopped by. Things between the conservative politician and the co-hosts got heated that Whoopi Goldberg had to ask production for help amid a chaotic debate.
One of the tense…
Gersh Signs Tribeca-Bound ‘Boca Chica’ Filmmaker Gabriella A. Moses
EXCLUSIVE: Gersh said Monday that it has signed Gabriella A. Moses, the up-and-coming filmmaker whose debut feature Boca Chica is set to world premiere in International Narrative Competition at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.
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Kwame Kwei-Armah To Direct Boston Crime Thriller ‘Mission Hill’ For Compelling Pictures In Reteam Following ‘The Collaboration’
EXCLUSIVE: While still in post with Compelling Pictures on the Warhol-Basquiat film The Collaboration, based on the play he directed in both its debut London run and its Broadway transfer, Kwame Kwei-Armah has closed a deal to direct Mission Hill, a Boston-set crime thriller that will mark a reteam with…
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‘The Idol’: How Did HBO’s Controversial Drama Perform At Launch?
Will Sam Levinson have another HBO success on his hands with The Idol?
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‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Costume Designer Kate Hawley On Drawing Inspiration From Tolkien’s Creation Myths – Production Value
“We are dealing with time in a different way,” says The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power costume designer Kate Hawley. “You have to understand where the characters are coming from, where they begin and how their paths eventuate.”
Based on J. R. R. Tolkien's novels, The Lord of the Rings: The Ring…
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View All What We're WatchingABC News Taps New Bureau Leaders, Unveils 2024 Reporter/Producer Embeds
ABC News unveiled its lineup of embed reporters and producers covering the 2024 presidential campaign, while the news division also announced leadership promotions in three bureaus.
Bonnie Mclean has been named director, Los Angeles bureau chief; Dimitrije Stejic will be director, London bureau and…
‘All My Children’ Alum Walt Willey Heads To ‘General Hospital’
More of the Pine Valley influence is coming to Port Charles. Walt Willey, who played attorney Jackson Montgomery on All My Children, is set to reprise the character in an upcoming stint on General Hospital, Deadline has confirmed. He is expected to join the series in July.
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Mary McCartney On How ‘If These Walls Could Sing’ Brings The Storied History Of Abbey Road Vividly To Life (With A Little Help From Her Friends) – Behind The Lens
For Mary McCartney, directing the enthralling documentary If These Walls Could Sing on the history of London’s Abbey Road studio wasn’t just as a tip of the hat to her father Paul McCartney’s celebrated career, but also to her own life virturally growing up…
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View All AwardsLine: Emmy Preview‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ Reboot In The Works At ABC With The Home Edit Stars
ABC is working to bring back Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to the network after the format’s brief dalliance with HGTV.
The network is developing a reboot of the series, which ran on ABC between 2004 and 2012, with Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, who created global lifestyle brand The Home…
Film Independent Sets 26 For 2023 Global Media Makers LA Residency
EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has set 26 filmmakers from 15 nations to participate in the 2023 edition of their Global Media Makers LA Residency, which is being held in person this month.
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