Deadline highlights the good news in Wall St. analyst David Bank’s 104-page report on why studios are a good bet, including: action films doing better globally than comedies, home video stabilizing, and highlighting individual box office success over flops.
(DH) SSN’s roundup of the latest news, reviews and sales from Day 9 of the Toronto International Film Festival.
(SSN) SSN’s interview with Leigh Whannell about the
Insidious: Chapter 2, the secret to writing horror, his desire to direct, and the fact that “you have to be a wimp to write horror.”
(SSN) SSN’s preview focusing on shows that, on the basis of their pilots, don’t exactly inspire confidence for long-term viewing. Here are the shows we have doubts about and why.
(SSN) The
Los Angeles Times report stresses MGM’s assertion that there is no "known effort" to take over the company but it has authorized the stock repurchase; also included are the details of MGM’s stock since its 2010 bankruptcy emergence, a strong 2013 second quarter and how studios, i.e. Sony and Daniel Loeb, fend off activist investors.
(LAT) Thompson On Hollywood reports on Julianne Moore’s addition to the blockbusting franchise’s sequels, rolling out Nov. 2015 and 2016, as rebellion leader President Alma Coin.
The Hunger Games:Catching Fire premieres this fall.
(TOH) Vulture’s feature on his new film
The Family and what it calls Robert De Niro’s onscreen pattern of self-parody as an organized crime toughie beginning with 1999’s
Analyze This. (
VUL) Total Film has the new trailer-featurette that includes scenes from the film and insight from stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, and director Kimberly Peirce.
(TF) Variety’s list and breakdown of the best schools and their claims to fame for a career in the arts, from USC and UCLA to the Czech Republic.
(VAR) Script’s feature asks ‘How many of your scripts will be made this year?’ with ‘active decision’ alternatives on how to decide how many of your scripts will go into production.
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