Here in Hollywood, we always ask ourselves the same question each year: "Does life imitate art or does art imitate life?" In what may be the single most bizarre business move in the history of the studio system in California, the following announcement was made over the past 24 hours: "Warner Bros. Discovery's blockbuster announcement … Continue reading Paramount’s CEO David Ellison Is Out Of His Mind
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Hollywood’s Big Shift
If you have felt something strange in the air, it has to do with the profound changes in real time as a result of AI and as someone who has been in and around the entertainment business since I was only 5 years of age, I can openly expose that a.i. may be the biggest … Continue reading Hollywood’s Big Shift
Hollywood 1925 ~ 2025 (RIP)
The entertainment business is going through a huge shift and as I dialogue with many actors, writers, directors and producers that I have known since 1998 where I had offices on the Warner Brothers Lot, I’m going to have a lot to say about what is coming down. At the end of the day? It … Continue reading Hollywood 1925 ~ 2025 (RIP)
Hollywood’s Post Covid Era
The one thing that blows my mind living in Hollywood's Post Covid era is how everyone was duped. There were all these rules during the lockdowns including "wearing a mask," "social distancing," and "being forced into taking an experimental vaccine." Do you remember this from 5 years ago? Here is an initial list of celebrities … Continue reading Hollywood’s Post Covid Era
You Actually Make 3 Movies
It is often said in Hollywood that you actually make three movies. The first movie is what is written on the page, the script. The second movie that you make is what you film. The third movie you make is what you edit. Billy Wilder, one of my favorite directors liked to "edit in the … Continue reading You Actually Make 3 Movies
Hollywood from 1924 to 2024
The only thing that remains the same is change. For those of us who knew the old Hollywood, "the studio system," that ended a long time ago, when you look to how content is being produced now in 2024, there is a huge amount of predictive programming that you have to deal with. That predictive … Continue reading Hollywood from 1924 to 2024
Hollywood’s Great Reset & How You Will Win
There has never been a better time to be a filmmaker because we all know that Hollywood isn't in Hollywood anymore. For those of you who have followed this blog for awhile now, you know my personal passion for directors who are also screen writers. Throughout my own life I've always viewed the screenplay as … Continue reading Hollywood’s Great Reset & How You Will Win
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