Hollywood Breaks

This week we question the leadership in the Hollywood space. What can studio execs do better in order to allow stories to be told... and an evolution to take place?

We're kicking off 2022 with predictions of what this industry is gonna bring forward and what's gonna break. Spoiler alert: Keith has not seen Spiderman. Find out why, in the first episode of the year.

This is the last episode of 2021 and we're wrapping up with an interesting collection of topics ranging from Spielberg's West Side Story box office bomb, Ryan Reynolds' approach to film marketing, as well as a heated conversation about The Oscars.

This week we're joined by Marketing and Distribution Advisor Damon Wolf, also former CMO and Head Of Global Distribution at Lionsgate. Damon expresses his wonderful ideas about art and commerce, fear and honesty - inherent parts of Hollywood. There are a lot of things which don't allow innovation and change to happen and the bottom line is: we need some really good leaders. Damon's viewpoints encouraged us to put things into a new perspective. And of course, we do talk upcoming movies, with West Side Story being everyone's favorite anticipation.

The truth is...Hollywood is breaking down. There's no way it can keep up with the amount of content that's needed and the innovations that are taking place. In this episode we discuss the need and desire for new ways to approach Hollywood and studios.

We're thrilled to welcome back Tomas Jegeus, who shares his insights about the future of filmmaking, the current platform war and content commoditization, as well as some strong opinions on Peacock.

This week we discuss the not so marvel-ous trends happening at Disney. Disney+ aren't getting the numbers they're used to, investors are asking some questions and quite honestly, people aren't going to the theatres the way Disney wants us to. Is Marketing not doing the job they're supposed to be doing? These and many other great questions - in Episode 64 of Hollywood Breaks.

This week we're interviewing the Editor-in-Chief of the most feared newsletter in Hollywood, Richard Rushfield from The Ankler. We discuss what happens in the distribution game, but also what the implications are in terms of how we're making money in this industry.

This week we're discussing how lackluster marketing left Dune in the desert.We're also looking into opportunities for different platforms , something like NFTs maybe? We also explore a tweet from Derek Thompson and discuss the impacts of what has evolved since 1990s.

This week we're joined by Film Distribution Expert Kyle Davies! Kyle shares what's happening in the exhibition space and the transition that theatres are going through right now. We explore whether studios are holding back or not, what's their long term play (if there is one) and why aren't studios playing so nice when it comes to exhibitors.