Developing long term alliances and being able to work cross-functionally with
divisions of the movie studio probably connects all the way back to growing up in a large family.
Not exact matches
DreamWorks Animation, the
studio behind beloved family
movies like «Shrek» and «Kung - Fu Panda» that is headed by CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, will become part
of NBCUniversal, a
division of Comcast, specifically the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development.
Every year around this time it seems fitting to give thanks to horror -
movie fans, whose willingness to support their genre
of choice by actually laying cash on the line is substantially responsible for keeping a lot
of studio library
divisions and independent video companies in operation.
With the ouster from Focus Features
of longtime indie
studio chief James Schamus, Hollywood loses yet another arthouse - oriented
studio, to be replaced — most likely — by a specialized
division that will focus on genre
movies more to the liking
of Peter Schlessel, who is taking over.
Fortunately, the answer is: No, «The Disaster Artist» is a real
movie, backed by a legitimate
studio (Warner Bros. and its newly relaunched New Line
division), featuring a handful
of bona fide Oscar nominees, boasting a genuine capacity to delight, whether or not the audiences in question have seen «The Room.»
Like it or not, Oscar voters draw their contenders from the ranks
of studio films (either major
studios, indie
divisions of the
studios or known - quantity indie
studios), and
studios wait until the fall to release the
movies they're going to push for Oscars.
Fast forward to Little Miss Sunshine, which played last year to a festival audience that now numbers 50,000, including «industry» denizens from
studio - indie
divisions, giant stand - alone indies such as Lionsgate, and a scattering
of valiant unaffiliated independent companies, plus assorted lawyers, agents, producers, pr people, journalists and gossip - peddlers, fashionistas and bottom - feeders — every one
of them attuned to the synergy among
movies, TV, and the Web (it's all entertainment) and how that synergy serves the bottom line.