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The Fast Five: The Digital Pitch Era Has Arrived

March 23, 2020

It’s an interesting time as everybody in the industry begins working from home and meetings shift to the virtual world. Television festivals scramble to adapt as well and have started launching digital marketplaces to still give exhibitors a chance t...

How The Coronavirus Is Impacting Productions, Guilds, and All of Hollywood

March 23, 2020

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak spreads across the world, its impact is being felt in the global economy, by individuals and in business from the travel industry to Hollywood. Productions are being postponed, events are being canceled, and emp...

Coronavirus: 7 Ways To Cope During a Crisis As a Writer

March 20, 2020

Fear and panic (not to be confused with the shape-shifting imps, Pain and Panic, from Disney’s Hercules, which also seem apt considering the circumstances) are spreading as fast as COVID-19 these days. In response to the global pandemic, we’ve either...

The Fast Five: Censored Articles Find a Home In Videogames As The Industry Hits The $100 Million Mark

March 17, 2020

I hope everybody’s safe and healthy. Wash your hands. Cough into your sleeve. Make sure you have fourteen days’ worth of supplies, but don’t buy six months’ worth—it means twelve people won’t be able to get their two weeks’ worth and will have to go ...

The Weekend Movie Takeaway: Audiences Find Faith in ‘I Still Believe’

March 16, 2020

Turns out, a lot can change in a week.

Women Screenwriters Over 40 Find Their Champion In Meryl Streep and The Writers Lab

March 12, 2020

Are you a 40+ female with a script you’re dying to develop? Then The Writers Lab is for you. Presented by co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon, along with founder Kyle Stokes, The Lab evolved from a discussion about what’s it’s like to be a w...

The Weekend Movie Takeaway: Originality Reigns With Pixar’s Modern Fantasy ‘Onward’ Adventuring Into Top Spot

March 9, 2020

Last week saw the business of big screen narrative start to get impacted by the coronavirus outbreak with the news that the new James Bond film No Time To Die’s release had been delayed from April until November to avoid poor box office prospects in ...

The Fast Five: The Coronavirus Beats Bond and Netflix Is Still King For First Time Streamers

March 9, 2020

As more industry events, including South by Southwest (SXSW) and the MIPTV Global Content Market, close down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a major motion picture has decided to play it safe and push back its release date. In lighter news, HBO is ...

The State Of Television Part 4: When Will The Bubble Burst?

March 5, 2020

When John Landgraf stood onstage at the 2020 TCA Press Tour in January, he had an updated number of scripted shows on American television. That number was 532, a new record. And while Landgraf no longer divides up the number by cable, broadcast and s...