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Hollywood Ending... But the Reboot is Coming (opens the original)
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It almost feels like a day of mourning has descended on Los Angeles. After almost a year of twists, turns, villains and their lawyers, Paramount is one judge’s signature away from victory in its conquest of Warner Bros. And the golden child will finally have the $111 billion studio plaything his daddy promised him. Eat your heart out, Veruca Salt.The Call Sheet is a reader-supported publication
Who Is Actually Protecting Authors and Composers in the Age of AI? (opens the original)
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Ask most people in the US entertainment business who protects creators’ rights, and the answer is usually something like the WGA. Or the DGA. Or SAG-AFTRA. Every strike or negotiation or contract fight seems to involve a three-letter union.But what if you ask the same question about a songwriter in Paris, a screenwriter in Vietnam, or a composer in São Paulo? Those are American labor unions, and their contracts end at the US border, and so does their ability to shut anything down.For the rest of
The Lumière Summit (opens the original)
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The Contraction Conundrum (opens the original)
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Back in 2023, saying out loud that the film and TV industry was in deep trouble was something that would normally not cross anyone’s mind. The unspoken rule of the industry can be best summed up in a notable movie reference “The first rule of Fight Club, is that you don’t talk about Fight Club.” Sticking your neck out against the grain of status quo and claiming “everything is not fine in Tinseltown” could amount to career suicide. Read more
Ireland Ran Out of Stages So Now It’s Selling the Back Half (opens the original)
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My Irish mother used to have a saying from the old country: “May you be in heaven a half-hour before the Devil knows you’re dead.”As for the three days I spent in Ireland, I saw a heavenly sight: an alive and robust film and TV industry, as compared to the “hellscape” of empty soundstages that litter Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.THE POT O’ GOLD… Read more
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