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Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture Sponsored content JAN 26 ICYMI The Wakeup A-list movie packages rule January dealmaking 🎧 The Rapid-Fire News Out of Netflix An exec exit and a surprise WWE deal portend change — and leave Hollywood heads spinning (transcript here) Penske's 'Killers' Eraser, Sundance Postcard Part 2 Today's Jamboree: THR's Lily Gladstone revise, the gun talk Hollywood won't have, and Slamdance keeps the spirit alive 🎧 Fragile Egos Don't Take Fountain Rob Long on the Hollywood art of protecting someone's feelings while insulting them (transcript here) ‘Pain Sponge’: The New Hell of Being PR Chief ‘Last thanked, first blamed’: It’s shoot the messenger as flaks try to manage mercurial CEOs during entertainment’s most difficult era The Fever Dream of Barbenheimer Fans loved them both. In the end, voters favored one Shake-up at the Netflix Film Corral Peeling the glass onion of Scott Stuber's sudden departure — and the Netflix movie project to date What the TV Market is Telling Us Sources say the pitching slump should pick up, hitting a peak in February into March Postcard from Sundance... Starting with H'wood Agents at Burbank Airport No festival stars without Hollywood ‘Hunger Games’ at the gate The Optionist, a newsletter about IP A 'White Lotus' Thriller in Big Sur Two Period Thrillers Mix Procedurals with History SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2024 Ankler Media 11990 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90049

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ICYMI The Wakeup Peacock $$ bleed: an enigma wrapped in an earnings report Penske's 'Killers' Eraser, Sundance Postcard Part 2 Today's Jamboree: THR's Lily Gladstone revise, the gun talk Hollywood won't have, and Slamdance keeps the spirit alive 🎧 Fragile Egos Don't Take Fountain Rob Long on the Hollywood art of protecting someone's feelings while insulting them (transcript here) ‘Pain Sponge’: The New Hell of Being PR Chief ‘Last thanked, first blamed’: It’s shoot the messenger as flaks try to manage mercurial CEOs during entertainment’s most difficult era The Fever Dream of Barbenheimer Fans loved them both. In the end, voters favored one Shake-up at the Netflix Film Corral Peeling the glass onion of Scott Stuber's sudden departure — and the Netflix movie project to date What the TV Market is Telling Us Sources say the pitching slump should pick up, hitting a peak in February into March Postcard from Sundance... Starting with H'wood Agents at Burbank Airport No festival stars without Hollywood ‘Hunger Games’ at the gate 🎧 Ari Golds of a New Hollywood Agents and managers fight to join this generation's big power brokers (transcript here) The Optionist, a newsletter about IP A 'White Lotus' Thriller in Big Sur Two Period Thrillers Mix Procedurals with History © 2024 Ankler Media 11990 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90049

Fragile Egos Don't Take Fountain

🎧 Fragile Egos Don't Take Fountain Rob Long on the Hollywood art of protecting someone's feelings while insulting them ROB LONG JAN 24 ∙ Fragile Egos Don't Take Fountain Martini Shot 12:29 Bette Davis famously answered “take Fountain” — an L.A. street with fewer lights — when asked her advice for actors starting out. Thing is, the questioner didn’t actually want practical advice. In fact, most of us say we want the truth when we actually prefer our feelings to be protected. Which is why executives wind up delivering notes with fluffy preamble, and why Rob Long was once taken aback when asked — ouch — if his canceled show meant he was “washed up.” A guest post by Rob Long writer, producer, lazybones Follow us: X | Facebook | Instagram | Threads Upgrade to paid Got a tip or story pitch? Email tips@theankler.com. To advertise to our 63,000 subscribers, email info@theankler.com. ICYMI The Wakeup Netflix boomtimes return in Q4 💰! What lies ahead for 2024 ‘Pain Sponge’: The New Hell of Being PR Chief ‘Last thanked, first blamed’: It’s shoot the messenger as flaks try to manage mercurial CEOs during entertainment’s most difficult era The Fever Dream of Barbenheimer Fans loved them both. In the end, voters favored one Shake-up at the Netflix Film Corral Peeling the glass onion of Scott Stuber's sudden departure — and the Netflix movie project to date What the TV Market is Telling Us Sources say the pitching slump should pick up, hitting a peak in February into March Postcard from Sundance... Starting with H'wood Agents at Burbank Airport No festival stars without Hollywood ‘Hunger Games’ at the gate 🎧 Ari Golds of a New Hollywood Agents and managers fight to join this generation's big power brokers (transcript here) Agents' New Big Deal: Quitting The death of package fees, consolidation and layoffs have sharks swimming away in record numbers into management Why Do Deals Take So Long To Sign? Biz affairs, lawyers, reps: My solutions for a terrible process The Optionist, a newsletter about IP A 'White Lotus' Thriller in Big Sur Two Period Thrillers Mix Procedurals with History © 2024 Ankler Media 11990 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90049

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is “A Landmark Motion Picture Achievement”

Now Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Actress, Lily Gladstone & Best Picture ICYMI The Wakeup Netflix boomtimes return in Q4 💰! What lies ahead for 2024 ‘Pain Sponge’: The New Hell of Being PR Chief ‘Last thanked, first blamed’: It’s shoot the messenger as flaks try to manage mercurial CEOs during entertainment’s most difficult era The Fever Dream of Barbenheimer Fans loved them both. In the end, voters favored one Shake-up at the Netflix Film Corral Peeling the glass onion of Scott Stuber's sudden departure — and the Netflix movie project to date What the TV Market is Telling Us Sources say the pitching slump should pick up, hitting a peak in February into March Postcard from Sundance... Starting with H'wood Agents at Burbank Airport No festival stars without Hollywood ‘Hunger Games’ at the gate 🎧 Ari Golds of a New Hollywood Agents and managers fight to join this generation's big power brokers (transcript here) Agents' New Big Deal: Quitting The death of package fees, consolidation and layoffs have sharks swimming away in record numbers into management Why Do Deals Take So Long To Sign? Biz affairs, lawyers, reps: My solutions for a terrible process The Optionist, a newsletter about IP A 'White Lotus' Thriller in Big Sur Two Period Thrillers Mix Procedurals with History © 2024 Ankler Media 11990 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Unsubscribe

The 2024 Box Office Collapse Begins

☀️ The 2024 Box Office Collapse Begins Who made NFL ad buys in Hollywood / Initial SUNDANCE buys / Soderbergh shopping next pic SEAN MCNULTY JAN 22 ∙ PREVIEW READ IN APP Evenin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY January 21, 2023. Well 2024 Box Office - it’s been a good run. We gave it our best. Anyone in for this Friday’s big release, Miller’s Girl? And if you’re googling that title right now, that about says it all (and I think there’s a SONY CRUNCHYROLL pic too 🤔). Let’s just say its studio distributor (LIONSGATE) decided to spend its 15-second NFL ad buy this weekend on its Wahlberg dog adventure pic Arthur the Great, which comes out in… two months. ELSEWHERE THIS WEEKEND: I wouldn’t be too optimistic for a rebound in “M&E” (media & entertainment) ad spending in Q1. Here are the Hollywood ad spends we got across the 4 big NFL games this weekend, each likely getting circa 35 Million viewers. DISNEY had no movie ads in its last ABC/ESPN NFL game this season on Saturday. Then again, it has no movies. DISNEY also bought one DISNEY BUNDLE spot in the NBC game. PARAMOUNT bought two ads for its Bob Marley pic One Love (and had one on CBS). NETFLIX had one 3 Body Problem ad. UNI/APPLE did one 15-second Argyle ad, and one 30-second spot. APPLE TV+ did one 15-second Killers of the Flower Moon ad. AMAZON did one Mr. & Mrs. Smith ad, and one 15-second Underdoggs ad. Again, that’s the list across four NFL games. WELL: APPLE actually did plenty of NFL ad buys this weekend… they were just all for iPhones and the VisionPro. Funny how the APPLE VisionPro ad uses clips from movies to sell it… and nothing from APPLE TV+ itself. IN-HOUSE LOVE: NBC did heavy series promo during games (even a PEACOCK Ted spot this time! - then again, NBC got up and going with returning series post-strikes faster than any other broadcast network #ThanksDickWolf! Shout out to NBC for the beautiful and frequent drone shots from around icy Detroit during the game - well done. CBS had a PAR+ MI:7 and Halo promos, PAR+ Mountain of Entertainment promos, and a solid amount of CBS series promo for all of their returning big series. ABC & FX did get some decent in-house promo but nowhere near the extent of NBC & CBS, plus DIS streaming got a DISNEY BUNDLE spot. No DIS+ or HULU streaming projects got specific promo… not that there are any on the Q1 horizon outside of Life and Beth. FOX mostly promoted their current unscripted lineup (the Gordon Ramsey show, Masked Singer and Rob Lowe game show got most of it). IT’S GOTTA BE LOVE: When you go to Buffalo in late January… THEN: Here are the two big NFL Conference Championship games next Sunday: 3 p.m. KANSAS CITY at BALTIMORE on CBS KC has been in this AFC Championship game for 6 years straight. And yes - Taylor in Vegas for the Super Bowl is still alive, CBS. 630 p.m. DETROIT at SAN FRANCISCO on FOX PLUS: A congrats to the OHIO STATE women’s basketball team, who knocked off #2 U OF IOWA and Caitlin Clark in OT before the NFL game on NBC today, in front of over 18,000 fans - a record crowd. ALSO: SNL coming with another banger this week - Dakota Johnson & Justin Timberlake. The Social Network joke in the monologue better be good! UH: In PARAMOUNT 2024 layoff watch… Deadline puts them coming in Feb, and numbering in the “hundreds” across all divisions, possibly in mid Feb (maybe even right after the Super Bowl on CBS), but obviously more to come here. WAKEUP POLL: Well the people have spoken - look for Kiefer and The Man on ABC this September. Honorable mention goes to reader Julius who sent in Rushfield Hour as a suggestion for Peter & Richard’s odd couple cop show, although that would technically be the movie version (and no, I’m not counting the show that CBS attempted). © 2024 Ankler Media 11990 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90049

🎧 Ari Golds of a New Hollywood Agents and managers fight to join this generation's big power brokers JAN 19

Ed note: Due to a technical glitch, listeners who downloaded today’s new episode heard a repeat of last week’s. It has now been corrected. We apologize for the confusion. Inside the gleaming towers of marble and modern art containing Hollywood’s storied agencies lays the beehive of Hollywood: 10 percenters rolling calls and doing deals (that close slowly), and fresh faces filing the mailroom. But agencies aren’t immune to industry upheaval. Consolidation is just one reason more agents are leaving for management (resulting in a new class of manager superstars) as the team dives into our weeklong series about the representation business. Also: Elaine Low returns from TV conference NATPE, and Richard Rushfield and Peter Kiefer check in from Sundance. Leave a comment Follow us: X | Facebook | Instagram | Threads Upgrade to paid Got a tip or story pitch? Email tips@theankler.com. To advertise to our 63,000 subscribers, email info@theankler.com. ICYMI The Wakeup The Netflix Films 2023 list — what dominated, what missed Agents' New Big Deal: Quitting The death of package fees, consolidation and layoffs have sharks swimming away in record numbers into management Why Do Deals Take So Long To Sign? Biz affairs, lawyers, reps: My solutions for a terrible process 🎧 Cover Charge and a Minimum Rob Long on how to make money in TV again (transcript here) Tales from the Agency Mailroom. Still a Thing The Entourage generation is all grown up as execs tell me nothing beats Hollywood’s decades-old hazing ritual for breaking-in: 'It's about humility' Big Managers of the Moment 2024 The reps dominating deals today talk the long game of clients becoming (and staying) superstars, whether Selena Gomez, Taylor Sheridan or Deion Sanders 'Series Business' TV Newsletter to Launch Elaine Low will be joined by new Ankler London correspondent Manori Ravindran reporting on the business 'Color Purple' and Oscar's Musical Curse Despite an Oprah-Spielberg pedigree and critical plaudits, the new screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is meeting resistance on the circuit The Optionist, a newsletter about IP Two Period Thrillers Mix Procedurals with History The Inspiring Post-‘Hoosiers’ Sports Drama © 2024 Ankler Media 11990 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Unsubscribe