Report for Wednesday, June 7th

Today, something different. Seven Show Biz Business Nuggets and a funny sign.

When the Directors Guild agreed to a new contract, some thought the Writers Guild would follow. Not only did that not happen, look for the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artist to walk in days. Hollywood is about to shut down and it could be a lengthy shut down. By the way, the strike would be called by the Union President Fran Drescher. Yep, The Nanny would be the calling the strike. Get ready to binge old TV shows.

A study by studios shows movie reviewers almost never move the needle as far as the public buying movie tickets. While there are franchises and certain bankable stars that make people go see a movie, The truth is that a movie getting a really good review or a really bad review doesn’t mean any more tickets being sold. Like I’ve always said, just because I like a movie doesn’t mean you or even my wife will like it. 

Three hours after breaking up with Matty Healy, the obviously very upset, Taylor Swift put out a press release naming the new tracks on her next album along with a sample. This Taylor Swift is a calculated, hard core, PR, money making machine.

Next week NBC will start a huge year long push for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Television sponsorships are almost gone, at least according to NBC. Get ready to get bombarded!  

Last week Sony pictures struck gold with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with $120 million weekend. Before that Universal Studio made $1.3 billion with Super Mario Bros. Movie, before that Disney had blockbusters Frozen 2 and Lion King. But, Pixar hasn’t had a hit since Toy Story 3 and last year’s Lightyear barely broke even.

Rosco paint company supplied the paint to Warner Brothers for the shooting of Barbie. Everything had to be painted pink and so much pink was needed, it caused a worldwide six month shortage of pink paint! True story. 

Hilarious sign as you enter Portland, Oregon, “We plan to cut all homeless people in half by 2025!” Well that doesn’t sound very kind.