Weekly Journal #51
Industry News
Team Deakins: John Wells - Director, Producer, Showrunner (Listen Here)
The Wide Shot: Five big questions for Hollywood in 2021 (LA Times)
Netflix Partners with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi for Three Projects Based on His Books (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Production Designer Michael Carlin On The Incredible Ambition Of ‘Radioactive’ & Meeting Former Guantanamo Detainee Mohamedou Ould Salahi On ‘The Mauritanian’ (Deadline)
Is Letterboxd Becoming a Blockbuster? (New York Times)
Television
Viewers’ Streaming Favorites? Old Network TV Shows (New York Times)
Stupid Times Call for Stupid Jokes (Vulture)
‘Women Of The Movement’: Tina Mabry, Julie Dash & Kasi Lemmons Join Gina Prince-Bythewood As Directors On ABC Limited Series (Deadline)
Sex Pistols Limited Series From Danny Boyle a Go at FX (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Dexter’ Revival: Julia Jones, Alano Miller, Johnny Sequoyah, Join Showtime Limited Series (Deadline)
Digital
Michael Eisner backs "Classpass for SVOD" (Tech Crunch)
Peacock's Pricing Tiers Rewritten to Be Based Entirely on 'The Office' (Collider)
Social Media Put Us All in Our Own Truman Shows, Threatening Our Democracy (Hollywood Reporter)
In Other News
Denial Is the Heartbeat of America (Atlantic)
The Most Anticipated Books of 2021 (Good Reads)
Is Barbie Gay? Not Officially, But The Answer's Pretty Obvious (Buzzfeed)
Joe the pigeon's life spared after fake leg tag shows he's not from US (Guardian)