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TV Surf Report: Re-Boots & Pre-Sold Titles To Capture Fall & Midseason — Hope Ya Like Old Chestnuts
Santa Monica, CA — Following the successful series re-boots of Hawaii Five-O (CBS), Arrested Development (Netflix), Girl Meets World (ABC/Disney Channel), and The Comeback (HBO), the networks and digital platforms are taking their chances on some … Continue reading
TV Surf Report: Heroic & Fantastical Television On The Horizon
Santa Monica, CA — As Avengers: Age of Ultron pummels the domestic and international box office (“Hulk: Smash!”), Hollywood television executives are pondering which pilots to order to series. Don’t think for a moment that they won’t be … Continue reading
Film Surf Report: Holy Franchise Overload! Thirty-Six Super (Hero) Movies (And Counting) To Hit Theatres In Next Five Years
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Santa Monica, CA — Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. and DC Comics, Sony, Paramount and Fox wish you to clear your calendars for their upcoming slate of films. Please take no vacations, and if you really…
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Theatre Surf Report: Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville
Louisville, KY — Ten Minute Plays, Thomas Merton’s 100th Birthday, Bluegrass Music, Family Dysfunction, and Secrets of a Small Town highlighted this year’s Humana Festival of New American Plays. Actors Theatre knows how to throw out the … Continue reading
Film Surf Report: Holy Franchise Overload! Sixty-Four Super-ish Movies (And Counting) To Hit Theatres In Next Five Years
Santa Monica, CA — (Updated 04 April 2016) Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. and DC Comics, Sony, Paramount, Universal and Fox wish you to clear your calendars for their upcoming slate of films. Please take no vacations, and if you really … Continue reading
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Tagged blockbusters, dc comics, Disney, franchises, marvel, pixar
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TV Surf Report: Television Far Friendlier To Women Than Film
Santa Monica, CA — Between Film and Television, one medium is, by far, more friendly to women than the other: Television. As Studios like Disney employ men to write and to direct even the most female-centric stories like Cinderella and Beauty … Continue reading
Film Surf Report: It’s Still A Man’s World Even When It Comes To Girls – Tale As Old As Time
Update: This piece was published two weeks ago. Today, March 31st, Disney announced a live-action version of Mulan, and guess what! It’s being written by two women: Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek. Fantastic! Meanwhile, a sequel to 2010’s Alice in … Continue reading
TV Surf Report: Mini-Series Make A Welcome Return
Santa Monica, CA — Welcome Back, Mini-Series. You have been missed. Same goes for you, Limited Series. Television needs to mix it up, and Longform Programming brings back viewers whose attention is, um, elsewhere. Across the Content Delivery System (CDS) … Continue reading
TV Pilot Season 2015: Networks Re-Boot Old Series As Audiences Give This Season’s New Series The Boot
Santa Monica, CA — I both love and hate the idea of re-booting an old series. It’s a worthy strategy, though, and one the studios and networks pursue annually with a high failure rate. There are lots … Continue reading
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Tagged hollywood, Re-boots, Television, Trends, TV Pilots
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TV Pilot Season 2015: Networks Hedge Bets With Pre-Sold Titles Hoping Audiences Remember Them Fondly And Tune In
Santa Monica, CA — Network and Studio executives in Hollywood regularly peruse their own corporate-owned libraries for Titles to old movies and series that can be re-jiggered for a new audience. I have sat at desk scouring through a thick … Continue reading
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