Category: media

Yam, who was in the city of Zhongshan, was attacked during an appearance by a man who rushed him and slashed the actor’s stomach and hand. Yam had surgery for what his management team says are “minor wounds.” – South China Morning Post

Blockbusters as recent as Suicide Squad and Pets 2 had 18 months to two-year marketing campaigns, but now? People don’t want to wait that long, and they actually get annoyed. Now, four to five months is all we can take. – The New York Times

Writers and agencies are locked in a battle over who should reap the benefits from packaging fees – “the longstanding industry practice of talent agencies taking fees for putting together a lineup of their clients — actors, writers and directors — for a show, rather than receiving the customary 10% commission on each client’s fee.” And for the show The Good Doctor, talent agency William Morris Endeavor “threatened to blow up the deal” unless a packaging fee was included. – Los Angeles Times

USians, unlike Europeans and many others around the world, historically do not like dubbed movies. But Netflix wants to change that with newly dubbed movies and high-quality actors. Will it work? – The New York Times

Some samples: “2. So clearly this is a town for cats, created by cats—hence the Milk Bar. But what kind of milk are they drinking? 3. Cow milk? Do cows exist in this world? How would cats, which weigh eight to 10 pounds on average, be able to domesticate cows, which weigh—[Googles]—roughly 1,600 pounds? Or … uh … are they drinking cat milk?” – The Ringer

The deal, which includes harassment protection and a ban on private, in-room auditions, also “recognizes performance capture as covered work and includes coverage of dubbing, which applies to all of Netflix’s foreign-language live-action and animated motion pictures dubbed into English.” – Variety

Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark, Faust, Father and Son, Mother and Son) set up the Primer Intonatsii (Example of Intonation) foundation in 2013 to aid young Russian filmmakers. But the organization has had trouble getting and maintaining funding and suffered what Sokurov called “unfriendliness and aggressiveness,” including an embezzlement investigation, from Russia’s Ministry of Culture. (Yes, Sokurov is a critic of Vladimir Putin.) – The Hollywood Reporter

“It’s not just, or maybe even primarily, the size of the company that is giving people the shakes. It’s the fact that a single film corporation now seems to own everything worth having — at least, in stark capitalistic blockbuster terms. … Viewed according to the logic of 21st-century fantasy culture, Disney doesn’t just suddenly own all the properties. It owns all the mythologies.” Yet, argues Owen Gleiberman, “in the concern over the new company’s monolithic import, a couple of key issues have been lost.” – Variety