Tom Hanks is diving into the world of motion pictures in his new novel.
In The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (Knopf), the Academy Award winner writes about the process of bringing a motion picture from the page to the screen through a group of characters. The story first takes place in 1947 when a soldier returning from war meets his 5-year-old nephew and then disappears for 23 years. Fast forward to 1970 and the nephew, a comic book artist, reconnects with his uncle, even drawing a comic version of him as a World War II hero.
“Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie. Cue the cast: We meet the film’s extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera,...
In The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (Knopf), the Academy Award winner writes about the process of bringing a motion picture from the page to the screen through a group of characters. The story first takes place in 1947 when a soldier returning from war meets his 5-year-old nephew and then disappears for 23 years. Fast forward to 1970 and the nephew, a comic book artist, reconnects with his uncle, even drawing a comic version of him as a World War II hero.
“Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie. Cue the cast: We meet the film’s extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
YouTube‘s CFO is moving on.
Martin Kon, who joined YouTube in 2019 and has been its chief financial officer since 2021, will leave Google Feb. 1 to become president and chief operating officer of artificial intelligence startup Cohere.
At YouTube, Kon worked on “all strategy, finance, business operations and commercial data analytics functions for YouTube globally,” according to his LinkedIn profile. He reported directly to Google’s corporate CFO and to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, and managed teams in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Singapore.
Prior to joining YouTube, Kon was senior partner and tech, media, and telecoms managing director at Boston Consulting Group. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at management consulting group Oliver Wyman, where he headed its New York office and served as a partner and co-head of global communications, media, and technology practice.
In his new role at Cohere, he will be “focused on understanding enterprise customer needs,...
Martin Kon, who joined YouTube in 2019 and has been its chief financial officer since 2021, will leave Google Feb. 1 to become president and chief operating officer of artificial intelligence startup Cohere.
At YouTube, Kon worked on “all strategy, finance, business operations and commercial data analytics functions for YouTube globally,” according to his LinkedIn profile. He reported directly to Google’s corporate CFO and to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, and managed teams in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Singapore.
Prior to joining YouTube, Kon was senior partner and tech, media, and telecoms managing director at Boston Consulting Group. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at management consulting group Oliver Wyman, where he headed its New York office and served as a partner and co-head of global communications, media, and technology practice.
In his new role at Cohere, he will be “focused on understanding enterprise customer needs,...
- 12/20/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Combining elements of the Nutcracker and the Magic Flute into something this bland and forgettable takes some doing, in addition to an inert female lead
Rolling back the years, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute returns us to the era before the advent of feisty young heroines in kids’ animations – back when the destiny of a female character, as often as not, was to wait around for a prince to show up, duff up the bad guys and make her his princess. That thankless role goes here to pretty, bland ballet dancer Marie (voiced by Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld), a young woman who, in the face of danger, shrieks and hides her face in her hands.
The film opens on Christmas Eve. Marie’s father has died leaving the family in debt. Odious pawnbroker Mr Ratter (Pete Zarustica) makes Marie a repulsive offer: marry him and he’ll let her family keep their house.
Rolling back the years, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute returns us to the era before the advent of feisty young heroines in kids’ animations – back when the destiny of a female character, as often as not, was to wait around for a prince to show up, duff up the bad guys and make her his princess. That thankless role goes here to pretty, bland ballet dancer Marie (voiced by Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld), a young woman who, in the face of danger, shrieks and hides her face in her hands.
The film opens on Christmas Eve. Marie’s father has died leaving the family in debt. Odious pawnbroker Mr Ratter (Pete Zarustica) makes Marie a repulsive offer: marry him and he’ll let her family keep their house.
- 12/13/2022
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
The Middle East film and TV industries need more film incentives, a bigger talent pool and a reliable TV ratings system in order to be able to compete on an international level, according to a white paper released at Diff this week.
Commissioned by the Dubai Film and Television Commissions (Dftc), the paper identified several production hubs in the region – including Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and the UAE – but found that Arabic-language content production is still far below its fullest potential.
Between 2005 and 2010, the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, contributed only 0.72% of the films produced in the world (215 out of 29,965). The report also found that Mena film and TV production as a percentage of Gdp is half that of the Portuguese-speaking world and a quarter of Turkish-speaking countries.
The report made three key recommendations to strengthen production in the Mena region: developing more formalised film incentives; improving TV audience measurement and improving access to talent by easing...
Commissioned by the Dubai Film and Television Commissions (Dftc), the paper identified several production hubs in the region – including Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and the UAE – but found that Arabic-language content production is still far below its fullest potential.
Between 2005 and 2010, the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, contributed only 0.72% of the films produced in the world (215 out of 29,965). The report also found that Mena film and TV production as a percentage of Gdp is half that of the Portuguese-speaking world and a quarter of Turkish-speaking countries.
The report made three key recommendations to strengthen production in the Mena region: developing more formalised film incentives; improving TV audience measurement and improving access to talent by easing...
- 12/11/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The Middle East film and TV industries need more film incentives, a bigger talent pool and a reliable TV ratings system in order to be able to compete on an international level, according to a white paper released at Diff this week.
Commissioned by the Dubai Film and Television Commissions (Dftc), the paper identified several production hubs in the region – including Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and the UAE – but found that Arabic-language content production is still far below its fullest potential.
Between 2005 and 2010, the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, contributed only 0.72% of the films produced in the world (215 out of 29,965). The report also found that Mena film and TV production as a percentage of Gdp is half that of the Portuguese-speaking world and a quarter of Turkish-speaking countries.
The report made three key recommendations to strengthen production in the Mena region: developing more formalised film incentives; improving TV audience measurement and improving access to talent by easing...
Commissioned by the Dubai Film and Television Commissions (Dftc), the paper identified several production hubs in the region – including Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and the UAE – but found that Arabic-language content production is still far below its fullest potential.
Between 2005 and 2010, the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, contributed only 0.72% of the films produced in the world (215 out of 29,965). The report also found that Mena film and TV production as a percentage of Gdp is half that of the Portuguese-speaking world and a quarter of Turkish-speaking countries.
The report made three key recommendations to strengthen production in the Mena region: developing more formalised film incentives; improving TV audience measurement and improving access to talent by easing...
- 12/11/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
I don’t know about you guys, but I could use a laugh. One would think comics would be a great place to look for laughs, since, you know, they’re called “comics.”
And yet…
But I don’t want to bitch and moan about stuff that’s not funny. I’d rather celebrate what is. Different people find different things amusing, but I suspect that at least one thing on this list will do it for you.
Here, for your entertainment pleasure and in no particular order, are some really funny books, done in the graphic novel format.
Kyle Baker is one of my favorite humans. There isn’t a book he’s done that doesn’t thrill me. The Cowboy Wally Show made me laugh so hard I couldn’t breathe. And if you want to know how he does it, you could do worse than track down...
And yet…
But I don’t want to bitch and moan about stuff that’s not funny. I’d rather celebrate what is. Different people find different things amusing, but I suspect that at least one thing on this list will do it for you.
Here, for your entertainment pleasure and in no particular order, are some really funny books, done in the graphic novel format.
Kyle Baker is one of my favorite humans. There isn’t a book he’s done that doesn’t thrill me. The Cowboy Wally Show made me laugh so hard I couldn’t breathe. And if you want to know how he does it, you could do worse than track down...
- 12/9/2011
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
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