On a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Harrison Ford roasted Conan O’Brien after learning that he had “Han Solo” scribbled down in his interview notes.
24.06.2023 - 17:19 / deadline.com
A week of studio presentations and discussions, as well as chatter in the halls, at the CineEurope exhibition conference in Barcelona provided some interesting takeaways about the state of cinema and its future. The mood was generally optimistic, but concerns, and room for improvement, remain.
Main talking points included the need for movie theater operators to continue upgrading and providing the best experience possible for patrons as a means to encouraging them out of the house, as well as the strength of PLF screens. A diverse and broad offering is key while there’s still concern about dating with some lulls in the schedule this year. Further, collaboration between exhibition and the studios, who refer to each other as partners but have sometimes been at loggerheads, is growing. Speculation was also rife throughout the week about the timing of Cineworld’s emergence from Chapter 11 and the composition of the exhibition giant’s management team.
Folks don’t seem to be clutching their pearls just yet about the ongoing WGA strike or a potential actors strike affecting production. One international exec told Deadline, “If the strike is over by the end of August, there will be no effect. If it runs into September, then you get worried. Most movies can still make their dates if they can get into production by the end of the summer.”
Upcoming product does look robust with Universal touting a 40-strong film slate over the next 12 months including Oppenheimer, Migration and Wicked while Disney tubthumped 17 pictures during its presentation, bringing out Kenneth Branagh for A Haunting in Venice and showing off footage from Wish replete with a live performance of one of its songs. Lionsgate talked up November’s The Hunger
On a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Harrison Ford roasted Conan O’Brien after learning that he had “Han Solo” scribbled down in his interview notes.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Harrison Ford roasted Conan O’Brien on a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast after the “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” icon discovered O’Brien had “Han Solo” written down in his notes for the interview. The two men were playfully arguing about Ford’s ancestry, which led O’Brien to consult some info he had jotted down prior to the interview. “I refer you to this piece of paper right here,” O’Brien said. “That says, ‘Born and raised in Chicago to an Irish German father—'” Ford leaned over to take a look at O’Brien’s notes and then interrupted the host when he realized they included a reminder that Ford played Han Solo in the “Star Wars” franchise. Along with Indiana Jones, Han Solo is Ford’s most iconic character.
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