'A Culture of Dystopia and Nihilism'
The world has no shortage of villains, and according to Jonathan Taplin, author of The End of Reality, Hollywood is currently up against four: Silicon Valley billionaires Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg,...
13 Okt 20231h
Hollywood Greenlights Get Harder
Post-strike, writers have returned to a vastly changed industry. “A big theme I’m hearing from a lot of studio people is that the bar for a greenlight has just gotten much, much higher in the last few...
6 Okt 202328min
An Agency's Golden Handcuff Quandary
For years, CAA agents were promised a pot of gold. Now as the behemoth sells, the 10 percent crew cries foul over its own 10 percent. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with oth...
29 Sep 202332min
Five Days in September
What went on during those last five crucial days of negotiations between the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers? Showrunner and WGA negotiating committee member Adam Conover (...
27 Sep 202339min
A Town Holds its Breath
Looking for signals and signs that the end is near for the WGA strike. Plus, Peter Kiefer talks about one of the other casualties of the shutdown — Democratic political fundraising — as President Joe ...
22 Sep 202322min
Lies, Whispers, Rumors: a Strike Struck
Since the last round of talks between the WGA and AMPTP on Aug. 22, the deafening silence that fell over Hollywood kicked the rumor mill into overdrive. “This is a function of this stage of the strike...
15 Sep 202323min
Inside the Era of Bob Iger 2.0
CNBC's Alex Sherman goes behind the scenes of Disney's succession plan disaster and the 'disintegration' of his inner circle. To subscribe to The Ankler and The Wakeup newsletters, please go to theank...
15 Sep 202332min
Nightmare Scenario of January 2024
Why a next-year end to the strike looks possible, what the Charter-Disney debacle has to do with it, and Richard Rushfield's TIFF report. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with ...
8 Sep 202336min
