A Parade of Stars at Disney’s Upfront
Disney CEO Bob Chapek during the company’s 2022 upfront presentation to advertisers “If they can get you to come all the way down here, they can get you to do just about anything,” joked Jimmy Kimmel to attendees at ABC parent company Disney’s upfront being held at New York City’s Pier 36. It’s a 12 minute walk from the nearest subway line as I can personally attest. But that wasn’t the only funny line in the late-night host’s...
A Cinderella Story for Screenwriter Chris Weitz
Chris Weitz lived with Cinderella for three years. No, not in the attic of her family home where her evil stepmother banished her, but with multiple drafts of scripts that eventually became the screenplay of Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of the classic fairytale that is currently blowing up at the box office. Weitz, best known for co-writing American Pie, About a Boy, directing Twilight: New Moon and currently working on the upcoming...
Two Titans of TV and Film Go Deep
In the rapidly shifting and ultra-competitive media and entertainment landscape, you might be surprised to hear that the man who runs the Walt Disney Company doesn’t pay much attention to what the competition is doing. That rather startling admission was revealed by Chairman and CEO Robert Iger, as he was interviewed by prolific Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer at the Hollywood Radio and Television...
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