Weekly Journal #29
Industry News
US Canada Border to Remain Closed at Least till August 21 (Deadline)
How to Shoot a Sex Scene in a Pandemic: Cue the Mannequins (New York Times)
WGA Reveals Details Of UTA Deal, Says It “Ends The Practice Of Packaging” At Agency (Deadline)
Animated Film, TV Creators Aim for Change Beyond Casting (Hollywood Reporter)
Independent Content Producers Coalition Calls on Government for Aid Amid COVID (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Burn The Record Books: The Post-Crisis Movies Will Need New Ways To Count (Deadline)
Movie theaters face ‘existential’ threat from COVID-19: ‘Without new movies, it’s over’ (LA Times)
Every New Movie Coming To Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu And HBO This Week (Forbes)
Releasing ‘Tenet’: Of Many Bad Options, This One Is the Best (Indiewire)
With 2020 Hits, Netflix Is Rewriting the Summer Blockbuster Script (Bloomberg)
My streaming gem: why you should watch I Am Jonas (Guardian)
Television
Why is Netflix Canceling So Many Shows? (Newsweek)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on Making the Watchmen Soundtrack (Hollywood Reporter)
Blerg, Most NBC Stations Are Refusing to Air the 30 Rock Reunion (Vulture)
The Sims Is Bringing Its Inclusive Spirit to TV (New York Times)
Digital
30 Companies Defining the Future of Media & Pop Culture (Trends)
Theater’s Next Act? A Show That’s All in Your Head (New York Times)
The Joy of Sleeping With Harry Styles (on the Calm App) (Vulture)
Good Reads
The Only Way to Change a Voter's Mind (Vice)
A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention (ProPublica)
Supporting Children’s Development During the Pandemic (NewYorker)
From neoliberalism to necrocapitalism in 20 years (Al Jazeera)
Washington Redskins Formally Drop Nickname, Logo In Historic Bow To Pressure (Deadline)