Weekly Journal #111
Industry News
Hollywood’s Most Political Filmmaker Should Stick to Sports (Politico)
AT&T Sets More Details For WarnerMedia Spinoff Ahead Of Discovery Merger (Deadline)
2021 Theme Report (MPA)
Writers Guild West, Labor Coalition Push FTC to Challenge Amazon’s MGM Buy (Hollywood Reporter)
Discontent With Disney Over Bill Adds to Trouble for CEO Bob Chapek (Wall Street Journal)
Netflix Tries to Monetize Password Sharing, But Will It Work? (Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix Could Reap $1.6 Billion per Year by Charging Password-Sharing Users Extra Fees (Variety)
Film
We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies. (New York Times)
The Batman Comes Face to Face With His Biggest Enemy In New Deleted Scene (IGN)
Predicting This Year’s Oscar Winners Using Just Math (Hollywood Reporter)
He Was a Playground Bully in 1965. His Film About It Is Up for an Oscar. (New York Times)
Television
Broadcast Pilot Season Continues to Shrink as Development Spreads Throughout the Year (Variety)
Donald Glover Is Impressed by His Writer Malia Obama’s Work Ethic (Vanity Fair)
I Can’t Shut Up About The Kelly Clarkson Show (The Cut)
Digital
Most Impressive NFT Content I Have Seen Yet (Twitter)
Tech Start-Up Aims to Get Artists Royalties for Resale (New York Times)
In Other News
What Do Metallica, Doja Cat, and the CEO of Goldman Sachs All Have in Common? (Intelligencer)
A Manifesto Against Sex Positivity (New York Times)
Greater Los Angeles Mensa's Answers to Everything (Mensa)