Producer of YOUR LUCKY DAY (Netflix 3/8!). Writer and co-star of FAITH BA$ED w/Jason Alexander (Amazon). Other stuff (FOR ALL MANKIND, NCIS:LA, FEAR INC, etc).
It’s official. We are going to camera on the new feature in 6 weeks :) So excited to be working with the incredible
@LukeBarnett
and the rest of our amazing cast which is getting better by the day. Lots more to come soon.
The fact that a random couple ran into Keanu Reeves in a hotel lobby, invited him to their wedding, and he put on a suit and joined is proof he really is The One.
I didn’t write a single word or produce even a short until I was 29. Wrote very first feature script at 32. Time is a flat circle. No need for aspiring Twitter life coaches, just enjoy life.
I hope young actors in the future use Daniel Radcliffe as the shining example of what to do when you get that franchise money. Guy 100% does stuff he wants, constantly makes interesting weird choices, always seems to have fun. You make a billion dollars, go find cool stuff.
I just witnessed an older cashier at Target tell a guy who had his mask around his chin to pull it up, and when he didn’t, she said “mother fucker, I’m not dying on FaceTime”, and I’ve never wanted to hug anyone so bad in my life.
Absolutely insane to think there was a five year period where The Office, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, and Community all aired on the same night on the same channel.
Just read that if the ten highest paid studio CEO’s each gave up literally 2% of their salaries both unions’ financial asks would be met without negotiation. 2% to get everyone back to work. 2%.
Reminder that if FX had released THE BEAR weekly instead of all at once, we wouldn’t even be at the best episodes yet, would have no idea what cameos were coming, and would still be talking about it.
Shame to have arguably the best show of 2023 get a week of attention.
Bad news, guys. I've been testing it out for a few weeks and it turns out all those wacky podcast hosts who claim starting your day with a 5 or 6 am workout and reading before everyone else's day begins really does put you in a way better mood. This is a huge bummer.
It’s almost as if Drew Barrymore listening to criticism and doing the right thing is having positive results. It’s almost as if we should create a society that encourages people to listen and change. It’s almost as if we should be a society that forgives.
I’m no millionaire studio exec, but if I saw a $15M horror movie with so so reviews make $30M opening weekend and a $300M tentpole with so so reviews make $60M opening weekend, I’d strongly reconsider my “everything must be $300M and based on nostalgia” business model.
People responding to Drew Barrymore making the right decision with “she didn’t do it until she got blowback” are what’s wrong with our country. You make a wrong call, you listen and you correct. That’s not the thing to punish.
M. Night Shyamalan is back.
Watch the official trailer for TRAP starring Josh Hartnett.
"A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event."
Oh, you did 6 super hero movies? Great, you’re set for life. You don’t need to do the 14th Fast and Furious (unless you want to). You’re the green light now, go find your dream scripts. Call Steve Buscemi. Whatever.
Trying to explain to my wife that Francis Ford Coppola sold his winery to make his $120M epic Megalopolis so we should sell our house so I can make a generic horror movie that seven people will watch on Tubi.
The studios’ final offer, for 9000 writers over the course of three years, was nearly the same as one studio CEO’s yearly salary. Yet they’re willing to put the entire industry out of work. If you wrote a villain like that peoooe would tell you it’s over the top.
@elonmusk
The Matrix and Fight Club, two great movies that the right has completely misunderstood and corrupted what the creators of both intended the meaning to be.
I know everyone is taking, for good reason, about Jamie Lee Curtis’ performance on The Bear, but can we acknowledge for a second just how fucking good Jon Bernthal is. Jesus. Let it rip.
@KrangTNelson
This is the oddest account because the whole thing is just “he sucks and I hate him but stop jumping down my throat I showed him and he’s fine this this”.
Netflix has used AI-generated images in a new true crime doc ‘WHAT JENNIFER DID’ to present Jennifer Pan as happy & confident before she was convicted of murder.
Use of AI tools is not disclosed in the credits.
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Truly one of the greatest moments in television history. I cannot comprehend what it's like to write off a show like this because you didn't like 2-3 episodes at the end.
Modern filmmaking is making something original in hopes of a studio hiring you to make something unoriginal so that you can afford to make something original. Repeat.
SKINAMARINK was shot for $15K in the filmmakers’ childhood home. It’s being released in 600 theaters. Don’t spend ten years talking about making your movie. Go make it happen.
@KrangTNelson
He legit fully normalized being a shit head criminal President. It’s impressive really. There’s nothing he could do that would be remotely shocking. A picture of him shitting on Obama’s lawn wouldn’t stay in the headlines for more than a week.
Before you go all “screw these elite actors”. 87% of current union members don’t even make $26K a year. And of that 13%, many are background actors, which is just more consistent.
He’s obviously the best dude. Here’s the trailer for a movie I wrote called FAITH BASED satirizing the movies not good dudes like Kirk Cameron and Kevin Sorbo make to take advantage of Christians. Co-starring Keanu’s John Wick co-star, Lance Reddick.
A reality show where CEO’s have to drive a 2001 Honda Civic with no air conditioning from the valley to Santa Monica, wait an hour next to 12 CEO’s who look just like them just to try and nail one line in a Crest commercial before driving back to the valley to wait tables.
@Forbes
Did she work a random day job in the mall to save up a few grand to start her makeup line, which led to it becoming profitable and an investor coming on board? It’s not self made if you’re born with it.
What if Sarah Snook actually got pregnant AFTER reading Shiv’s final season storyline just to remind Jeremy Strong who the real method actor on the show was?
Streamers not releasing numbers is 100% out of fear of Wall Street. As long as shareholders only hear about numbers when they have a Squid Game they can’t get mad at them for paying a movie star $15M to star in a show watched by 2% of the subscriber base.
It’s going to be interesting. This isn’t just SAG/WGA or UPS. This is all workers. In 1980 CEO’s made, on average, 30x the pay of their lowest worker. David Zaslav makes OVER 1000x as much as the lowest paid MAX employee. This is a workers deserve more, CEO’s deserve less fight.
I don't think the AMPTP realizes the sheer amount of actors in this town who don't work during the day. There literally will not be room for us. Every studio gate is going to look like Wal-Mart on black Friday but with more spray tans.
This Labor Day remember that the entire film and television industry has essentially been shut down since February and the studios have made one counter proposal. They won’t come to the table, won’t negotiate, they’re just hoping to starve us out. The good news? They won’t win.
YOUR LUCKY DAY was rejected by Sundance, SXSW, Toronto, Tribeca, and Cannes.
CAA, WME, UTA and more all passed on representing the movie because it was “too small”.
It’s now in the Top 10 of all movies streaming on Netflix for the second week in a row.
No one knows anything.
Remember when everything just… worked? Blockbuster worked (DVD’s allowed indie filmmakers to thrive). Network TV works. We’re already going back to a cable model where we all have 17 channels. Traditional studios should break apart from the streamers killing the industry.
LA preschool is awesome because you pay the price of two houses in Ohio for them to go from like 10am-2pm and then they are out sick every other week because some kid named McGyver who can’t eat gluten or dairy came to school covered in snot.
In all seriousness, this really is about more than just taking away writer jobs. These over the top "auteurs" are ruining TV. You see people on Twitter every day missing 22 episode seasons. Nobody wants to wait three years for your 10 episodes. It's not THAT good, Sam.
So apparently the 3rd season of a certain HBO show with just 1 writer/Showrunner has been delayed because said writer has not finished the scripts. You know what would help with that? A FREAKIN FULL WRITERS ROOM!
“Fuck you! Do the right thing!”
“Ok. I’ll do the right thing.”
“Oh here we go, trying to walk it back now, don’t even think about it, lady!”
-social media
The Idol is back today. It's maybe the worst HBO pilot I've ever seen. It's like if Entourage took itself completely serious and was also written by a 17 year old boy going through a weird phase and also starred a rapper who'd never acted.
This. The $200M+ budget movies are what is killing every corner of the theatrical film industry. Get back to the solid mid-budget films that have kept the industry alive for decades. THEN the occasional huge budget spectacle will feel exciting and we'll rally to go see it.
Raiders of The Lost Ark was produced on a budget of $60 million when adjusted for inflation.
Studios need to understand that they'll be able to produce more creative & better films, with more fucking grit, if they didn't make every blockbuster a $200 million film.
Reminds of the time one of my best friends was a lead in a SAW movie and had to work his bar job opening weekend. People coming in right after seeing the movie completely confused. It’s a feast or famine industry.
When ‘THE BEAR’ won the WGA Award for Best Comedy, writer Alex O’Keefe went to the ceremony with a negative bank account and a bow tie that he’d bought on credit due to unsatisfactory pay conditions writers currently receive.
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There’s a post-strike depression coming I don’t think is being talked about. For many actors and writers who weren’t seeing the opportunities they’d hoped, walking shoulder to shoulder with working writers and actors has been the most they’ve felt like part of the industry.
@ThisIsKyleR
@elonmusk
Why is this promoted in my feed? A person I not only don’t follow, but think is the worst of America. There is zero reason for this to be “advertised” in my feed. Because it tagged the once cool rocket guy who is now the right wing social media guy? Hard pass.
@elhorrorwriter
To be fair, I wouldn’t say he’s popping up occasionally in the background. He’s just choosing to work on awesome stuff rather than anything that will pay him $10M. But yeah, dream life.
@pastorlocke
@GretaThunberg
Hey Pastor Locke, I know there’s a lot of lefties ragging on you right now but I just wanted to join them. You’re a terrible human being who is making the world worse and shouldn’t be leading people. Have a terrible week!
@Liz_Cheney
@AOC
I legit love watching
@AOC
own all these idiots every time they come at her with something they got from a weird meme their crazy uncle posted on Facebook.
If I was on the board at Warner Bros, the minute Zaslav was like "let's stop calling it HBO, we'll just pair it with a home renovation channel and call it MAX" I would have voted to kick the dude out.
Since this clearly has resonated with a few of you, here’s trailer for the latest project I wrote and produced with close friends. As indie as indie gets, and free on Amazon Prime. And if any writers need help, check out
Jordan Peele reminds me a lot of Spielberg. He has the rare ability to make a movie that demands respect but is also highly commercial. I always seem him on lists with Aster and Eggers (who I love) but Peele is the one filmmaker currently making arthouse summer blockbusters.
The odds of someone writing a pilot, that gets made, into one of your favorite shows, having a role you fit, that a casting director brings you in for, that you book… every job is a miracle.
Anyway, I have a role in the latest episode of FOR ALL MANKIND, out today on AppleTV+.
@Forbes
You guys probably didn't realize Ivanka Trump worked at Cinnabon for six weeks before starting her fashion line and becoming advisor to the President.
#SelfMade