Weekly Journal #46
Industry News
HBO Max Lands Amazon Fire TV Carriage Deal, Ending Six-Month Drought (Deadline)
DOJ Investigating Merger of Hollywood Trades (Information)
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Going In Theaters & HBO Max On Christmas Day (Deadline)
Rapid COVID Testing Could Make Alberta Hollywood's Next Production Hub (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
David Fincher’s Impossible Eye (New York Times)
AFM Wraps with Theatrical Buyers Remaining Cautious as VOD Distributors Stock Up (Indiewire)
'Happiest Season': Film Review (Hollywood Reporter)
Kiera Allen of ‘Run’ on Upending Disability Stereotypes (New York Times)
Is this Profitable? (Virtual Elena)
Television
Susan Rovner Unveils Programming Leadership Team For NBCU TV & Streaming Division (Deadline)
“Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV (New Yorker)
The Queen's Gambit' Shows the Protective Power of Beautiful Clothes (Vice)
Digital
Netflix's Experiments with Tik Tok-like Feed (Tech Crunch)
98 Million TikTok Followers Can’t Be Wrong (Atlantic)
In Other News
Owl I want for Christmas: tiny bird found in Rockefeller Center tree (Guardian)
‘Like Being Grilled Alive’: The Fear of Living With a Hackable Heart (One Zero)
Are Maskless Nightmares the New Stress Dreams? (The Cut)
The End of the Pandemic Is Now in Sight (Atlantic)