Oscar Noms Aftermath
A few big takeaways, from Scott Feinberg's analysis:
1. It’s Netflix’s world and we’re all just living in it.
2. The precursor awards no longer mean much.
3. Subtitles are scaring fewer people with every passing year.
4. The Power of the Dog is not the only film that can win best picture.
5. The Academy/ABC badly need to figure out something other than the nominees to make the general public care about the Oscars. New Feinberg Forecast.
Meanwhile, in Berlin...
Being shopped: A Kafka biopic. Oscar-nominated Polish director Agnieszka Holland will helm Kafka, a biopic on legendary writer. The project will be presented at the Berlinale Co-production Market. More.
A new alliance. Komplizen Film, the production company behind Oscar-nominated Spencer and A Fantastic Woman, has joined The Creatives, the new alliance of boutique film companies set up earlier this year and backed by Fremantle. Story.
Sold: McCarthy, the upcoming biopic about infamous U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy from director Václav Marhoul and starring Michael Shannon, has sold multiple international deals ahead of the virtual European Film Market.
Review: Blacklight
Director: Mark Williams I N/A RT Score I Feb. 11 Release
"It mainly serves as a time-filler until the next, better Liam Neeson action movie comes along." — THR's Frank Scheck
Trailer watch: Pixar's Lightyear, A24's Alex Garland-directed horror pic Men.
What else we're reading...
— "Microsoft and Sony are buying up the video game world. The FTC could stop them." "Already, the industry appears to be moving in a direction that’s forcing even smaller fish to balloon in size." [Washington Post]
— "Zuckerberg is making Reels a top priority for Instagram and Facebook, but influencers want to see changes in the product." [Insider]
— "When you marry NFTs and Emojis, you get a Yat." "Combinations of the basic symbols of the internet are now for sale, following the run on digital art and sports highlights." [Wall Street Journal]
— "Leslie Jones can save NBC from its lousy Olympics doverage." "It’s not enough to grudgingly let her tweet about the games, when so many people aren’t watching them. The network should hire her again." [Bloomberg]
— "HitPiece misrepresented musicians long before launching to lure fans and raise money." "Artists' names were exploited to secure funding and promote the music-themed NFT platform even prior to its beta launch." [Billboard]
Yes, I Did Say That
"I strongly believe I can help effectuate positive changes throughout the league ... I will be making a bid for the Denver Broncos." — Byron Allen, whose investor group is likely to bid $3B-$4B.
“I talk shit for a living — that’s why this is so baffling to me. If you’re taking vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?" — Joe Rogan, on a club stage Tuesday.
Today in 1997: On Feb. 9, 1997, an episode of The Simpsons premiered that would mock industry executives’ meddling, all the while making history as it ushered the show past The Flintstones for the most episodes of a primetime animated series, at 167. "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show."
Today's birthdays: Tom Hiddleston, 41, Fede Alvarez, 44, Jason Winston George, 50, Mia Farrow, 77, Carole King, 80.
R.I.P., Douglas Trumbull, visual effects maestro on 2001: A Space Odyssey, dies at 79. Full obit.
