Adam Sandler's latest Netflix project has been hailed by fans as the platform's 'best animation ever made'.
09.11.2023 - 14:57 / variety.com
William Earl Netflix film chief Scott Stuber once ran Universal Studios – today he sometimes feels like the operator of “the AMC 6000” given the volume of movies that Netflix produces and acquires. From Greta Gerwig’s plans for Narnia adaptations to wooing Denzel Washington and Steven Spielberg, Stuber shared Netflix’s vision of film’s future in a wide-ranging Q&A with Variety executive editor Brent Lang that was held Nov. 8 as part of Variety’s Business Managers Elite Breakfast presented by City National Bank.
Stuber, an experienced producer and former top Universal executive who joined Netflix in 2017, offered his candid thoughts on the streamer’s changing film strategy and the competitive environment during the sit-down at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. The conversation took place about seven hours before SAG-AFTRA ended its nearly four-month strike against Netflix and other major Hollywood employers. What has been the impact of the strikes on Netflix and your business? They’ve been difficult, obviously.
Creativity needs momentum, and we’ve had, with the pandemic, that was a difficult time, and now the strikes have slowed it down. It’s challenging just in terms of, do you have enough film and television on a basic business level? But on a spiritual and artistic level, it’s been really challenging. My friends who are writers and actors and directors — we’re all frustrated and hopeful and obviously sometimes these things need to happen in a changing business model where the artists want what they believe is fair.
Adam Sandler's latest Netflix project has been hailed by fans as the platform's 'best animation ever made'.
Greta Gerwig is reflecting on the phenomenon that was Barbie!
Barbie writer-director Greta Gerwig and star-producer Margot Robbie showcased their comedy chops in a one-two bit tonight, thanking the Gotham Awards for a Global Icon & Creator tribute. Watch their speech above.
Rachel Zegler is spilling the details about her first day on the set of West Side Story with director Steven Spielberg!
Prince William and Kate Middleton would "refuse to attend" Christmas at Sandringham with King Charles if Prince Harry received an invite according to a royal expert.
Gabriel Iglesias, aka Fluffy, is one of the new stars in the second season of the Disney+ holiday series The Santa Clauses!
Jordan Moreau A TV series based on Universal’s “Cape Fear” is in the works with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Nick Antosca. The show, which is in development from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Amblin, would mark Scorsese and Spielberg’s first ever TV project together. They executive produce with Antosca, who is also the showrunner and created true crime and horror dramas like “Channel Zero,” “The Act” and “Brand New Cherry Flavor.” Other executive producers include Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey from Amblin Television and Alex Hedlund from Eat the Cat.
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story 36 years before Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster phenomenon.A 43-minute short film made at Bard College in New York State, Superstar depicts scenes from the life of the 1970s pop star using the children’s toys instead of real-life actors.Charting the rise and fall of Carpenter, who died from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa in 1983, Haynes’ controversial film uses the stick-thin dolls to emphasise Carpenter’s frailty and was banned after a copyright claim from the Carpenter estate. It contains uncleared Carpenters tracks throughout and also makes claims about the sexuality of Karen’s brother Richard.Superstar has become a cult curio since then and Haynes, though he hasn’t seen Barbie, told NME in an exclusive interview that he’s pretty sure Gerwig is familiar with it.“I love Greta Gerwig.
Meghan Markle has reportedly been 'secretly messaging King Charles' with updates on her little ones, Archie and Lilibet, despite the ongoing 'feud' between the Sussexes and the Royal Family.This new revelation comes from Royal biographer Omid Scobie, who writes in his new book Endgame that he was "surprised" to discover that Meghan had maintained contact with her father-in-law. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have had a strained relationship with the Royals since their shocking exit over three years ago Tensions between Harry and his royal relatives has escalated in the last couple of years, when he made a number of startling revelations about them in his and Meghan's Netflix docuseries, and his memoir Spare.
Meghan Markle has reportedly been texting King Charles updates of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet amid her and Prince Harry's 'feud' with the royals.
When Bradley Cooper’s sophomore directorial outfit Maestro, an ambitious and extravagant Leonard Bernstein biopic, debuted at Venice, none of the film’s stars or crew made it on to the red carpet. SAG was 51 days deep into its strike against the studios.
Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua have another project in the works over at Netflix!
Ethan Shanfeld Denzel Washington is teaming up once again with his “Training Day” and “Equalizer” director Antoine Fuqua to play the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in an untitled Netflix movie, Variety has confirmed. The film will be written by John Logan, the three-time Academy Award winner who scribed Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” and Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator.” According to the official logline, the movie is “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.” Hannibal famously invaded Italy while riding a Northern African war elephant.
Greta Gerwig is opening up about Hollywood.
Valerie Wu Intern Apple TV+ has released the official trailer its for nine-episode war drama “Masters of the Air.” Set during World War II, the limited series centers on members of the Air Force fighting against Nazi Germany. “Masters of the Air” stars Oscar nominees Austin Butler (“Elvis”) and Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) as fighter pilots Major Gale Cleven and Lt. Curtis Biddick, respectively.
Helen Mirren‘s American Cinematheque tribute has a new date.
A Scots school playground has been flooded with 'sewage' from a recurring problem which was first reported in August and has reportedly seen staff and pupils "getting sick". Westerton Primary School in Bearsden has had issues with flooding before but in August the murky water began to flow into the playground where the children spend their breaks.
It’s the question on the lips of countless moviegoers: who will be the next James Bond? Since Daniel Craig took his final bow as 007 in 2021’s “No Time To Die,” there’s been tons of speculation on who will don the spy’s tuxedo and wield his Walther PPK. And despite some clamor for a female Bond, it’s (mostly) British actors who have had rumors swirling about their names.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Barbie” screenwriters Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach recently joined Tony Kushner (“Angels in America,” “Lincoln”) for a discussion about the record-breaking Warner Bros. blockbuster and revealed one of the first notes Mattel gave them on the script: Please don’t have the Mattel exec stand-in characters be shot. In the third act of “Barbie,” an all-out beach battle takes place between the warring Ken characters.
Barbie star Kingsley Ben-Adir should play the next James Bond, according to director Greta Gerwig.Appearing on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast to discuss her record-breaking film about the iconic Mattel doll, Gerwig detailed how Ben-Adir was “so funny” in the role of Basketball Ken, while also praising his classical acting skills.Gerwig described the scene near the end of the film where Ryan Gosling’s Ken gifts his faux-fur jacket to Ben-Adir’s Ken, who then turns around to his fellow Kens and delivers an inspiring speech as their apparent new leader.“He can do anything, and is a very proper, trained British actor,” Gerwig said. “He can do the [Laurence] Olivier voice, so we had versions where he turned around and it was British.