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A.C.L.U., Citing Bias Against Women, Wants Inquiry Into Hollywood’s Hiring Practices

Excerpt from a New York Times article by Cara Buckley that mentions SPSTWD. Our voices are being heard: 

“On Tuesday the American Civil Liberties Union will ask state and federal agencies to investigate the hiring practices of Hollywood’s major studios, networks and talent agencies, and possibly bring charges against them, for what the organization described as rampant and intentional gender discrimination in recruiting and hiring female directors.”

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

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Jurassic World

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Teaser 2

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Behind The Scenes of SNL’s “The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders”

Part of the fun of writing this HOW WE DID IT for the SNL short film “The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders” will be finding out how we actually did it, because quite honestly, it’s all kind of a blur…

FULL STORY: http://www.alex-buono.com/how-we-did-it-snl-the-midnight-coterie-of-sinister-intruders/

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The Indie Film World Cannot Avoid Supply vs. Demand Economics

The indie film industry is cannibalizing itself. Manohla Dargis is right – there are too many films in the ecosystem. And this oversupply didn’t just happen. John Sloss warned back in 2007 that the industry’s problem was not a shortage of films, but a shortage of eyeballs (Mark Gill issued a related warning in 2008). But the industry’s response to this warning has been to make more films. This is creating an economically valueless cycle where unprecedented “cheap” money is flowing into the industry and films are being made at their highest rate ever. Meanwhile the percentage of indie films (let’s say films made for less than $5 million outside of the studio system) that are financially successful has not increased, and the amount of money people make from these films has actually decreased.

Full Story: http://www.salon.com/2014/02/22/americas_next_wal_mart_the_indie_film_industry/

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Sharknado 3 Crew Goes On Strike

Deadline:

It looks like the Syfy sequel has had a bite taken out of its schedule, to say the least. This morning, approximately 30-40 members of the Sharknado 3 production crew voted to walk off the job in search of an IATSE contact. The crew are seeking a health and pension agreement. Sharknado 3 is set to air this summer on the NBCUniversal owned channel.

Full Story: http://deadline.com/2015/03/sharknado-3-strike-iatse-crew-health-pension-agreement-1201385181/

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Nielsen's Take On Marketing Changes In Motion Pictures

When it comes to generating buzz for new movies, trailers and TV commercials remain king. According to Nielsen’s 2014 Moviegoing Report, movie previews and TV spots are the top two ways Americans get their movie info, regardless of age or the ever-expanding list of devices and platforms competing for people’s attention.

FULL STORY: http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2015/big-screen-dollars-little-screen-marketing.html

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How Products Still Manage To Find Their Way On Screen

Netflix doesn’t carry advertising, but that hasn’t kept Madison Avenue from carving out new roosts in one of the video-streaming service’s flagship offerings. Three popular brews crafted by Anheuser-Busch InBev have found their way into the third season of Netflix’s “House of Cards,” according to Advertising Age, which also suggested Friday that Samsung products will do the same. The companies aren’t necessarily paying for the privilege. Anheuser’s Shock Top, Budweiser and Stella Artois show up in “Cards” because the brewer made the beverages available for the series’ prop masters and set designers, an Anheuser executive told the publication.

Full Story: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/how-advertisers-burrowed-their-way-into-netflix-1201443399/

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House Of Cars New Artwork!

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Terminator Crashes the Super Bowl

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Paul Feig's Ghostbusters Is Looking Female

Melissa McCarthy, who was already in talks for one of the leads, has signed on for the Paul Feig-directed reboot, and Sony is now negotiating with Kristen Wiig as well as Saturday Night Live players Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

For the full story: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/new-all-female-ghostbusters-cast-767610

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We Knew It Was Coming: Amazon to produce Feature Films

Amazon announces it will produce up to 12 features per year through its Amazon Original Movies shingle, with Amazon Prime subscribers getting an initial viewing window as soon as a month after the movie premieres.

Full Article Here: http://news.moviefone.com/2015/01/19/amazon-theatrical-features/

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Get Real Filmmaking Tips From Michael Mann

Michael Mann‘s films are sexy, cool, gritty, slick, angry and sometimes neon. He’s a filmmaker who is often eager to teach us the true meaning of heartache, and plenty of 80s and 90s kids owe professional directing careers to his stylistic pathfinding. Not to mention everyone who loved Drive.

He’s also a frustrating director because his output is relatively infrequent (11 movies in 34 years), yet he’s greatly consistent in the kinds of stories that he reaches for. Men, usually desperate, always driven, reaching for something far beyond themselves. Exploring that ground has yielded some truly excellent cinematic experiences and killer moments over the past three decades.

So here’s a bit of free film school (for filmmakers and fans alike) from a man who likes playing with shadows.

Full Article: http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/6-filmmaking-tips-michael-mann.php

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Congratulations Makeup and Hairstyling nominees:

Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard (Foxcatcher)

Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White (Guardians of the Galaxy) 

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The Audition - Trailer for Studio City, Macau

In a strange turn of events, the developer of a massive Casino, Retail, Housing, and who-knows-what-else development in Macau has hired 4 major Hollywood stars and paid them real money (up to $10M each) to participate in a promotional video for the casino. 

Here is a tease of what the promotional video has in store.