Weekly Journal #54
Industry News
John Wells Productions Ups Ned Haspel To Chief Operating Officer (Deadline)
Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Sets 6 Projects at Netflix (Hollywood Reporter)
The Marilyn Manson Reckoning (New Yorker)
The 10 Best Titles Leaving Netflix This Month (New York Times)
Golden Globes: Streamers Steamroll in Film and TV With 68 Nominations (Hollywood Reporter)
Film
The 25 Best Documentaries on Netflix, According to Critics (Newsweek)
Beginner’s Luck? Why the smart money should bet on first-time directors (Filmonomics)
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ on HBO Max Blew Away Everything Else Christmas Week, Nielsen Says (Variety)
Deon Taylor To Direct ‘Freedom Ride’; John Lewis-Led Group Risked Lives To Desegregate South (Deadline)
Lulu Wang Chinese New Year Short (Watch Here)
Television
How the Pandemic Is Coming to Prime Time. (Or Not.) (New York Times)
'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Lands Spring Premiere on NBC (Hollywood Reporter)
Susan Rovner Completes NBCU Entertainment Content Restructure (Deadline)
Ryan Coogler Signs Disney TV Deal with 'Wakanda' Series in the Works (Hollywood Reporter)
‘National Parks’: ABC Hands Pilot Order To Kevin Costner Drama (Deadline)
In Other News
Black History Month this year is more than a trip down memory lane (CNN)
Adrienne Kennedy influenced generations of playwrights. An online festival shows why (LA Times)
The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship (Atlantic)
A Group of Orca Outcasts Is Now Dominating an Entire Sea (Atlantic)
Scientists have taught spinach to send email and it could warn us about climate change (Euro News)
The Black History Month theme for 2021 is... (Alive)
Pet-loving sleuths hailed after tracking down stolen van with 12 dogs inside (Guardian)