Bond On: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

Bond On: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

Connery’s Bond is dead… long live Connery’s Bond! He’s back! Eon hit home run after home run with Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice. The role of Bond then went to George Lazenby when Connery walked...
Burton Talks BATMAN Appropriation

Burton Talks BATMAN Appropriation

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2 is shut down by the strikes. Production has halted in London. So he’s headed for the South Of France and is editing what he has already shot, ready to return and finish up the moment a deal is made. While he was doing this, to...
Davies Talks Past DOCTOR WHO

Davies Talks Past DOCTOR WHO

As happens in Doctor Who, the last Doctor died and regenerated into a new version. Actress Jodie Whittaker had her regeneration scene on a clifftop and, to the total surprise and delight of those watching, she regenerated into David Tennant. So the fourteenth Doctor...
VFX Company Asks Staff To Take Pay Cut

VFX Company Asks Staff To Take Pay Cut

As we wrote yesterday, we have a building suspicion that streaming in its current form, as a business model, has fundamentally broken Hollywood. The endless production of content at high, movie-like prices is no longer driving subscriber growth, and without licensing...
Have The Strikes Exposed Hollywood’s Secret?

Have The Strikes Exposed Hollywood’s Secret?

The Writers Guild – the WGA – has now been on strike for 126 days at the time of writing. The actors Guild now for 53 days. That is longer than many industry observers expected them to last. There is also no sign of the strikes stopping. Hollywood is...