tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33671346991783446992024-01-24T14:51:06.994-08:00Scr(i)nkScreenwriting tips, opportunities, and feedback.Michael J. Farrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17442599024451900632noreply@blogger.comBlogger3940125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367134699178344699.post-57558467767209509592013-11-18T14:23:00.001-08:002013-11-18T14:23:31.616-08:00AMPAS Governors Awards<center>
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In Part Two of our Paramount analysis, <i>SSN</i> looks at the studio’s present: six major releases so far in 2013 and not a flop among them, plus four major releases to go in the final two-plus months of the year. None of the films have a prohibitive budget—and all have reasonably good box office and awards-season prospects. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=065024a950&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(PAR)</a><br />
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In Part Three of our Paramount analysis series we come to the nitty-gritty: taking a peek behind the mountain gates to look at the business side of how Paramount makes its movies and its executive structure - from greenlighting movies and sending ideas up the ladder to co-productions and marketing. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=2546ec4aca&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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The final part of our week-long analysis of Paramount Pictures takes a look into the crystal ball. <i>SSN</i> reports on Paramount’s upcoming 2014 film slate and why its active franchise properties can still go head to head with just about any studio for the sheer number it owns. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=fff6a64452&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a></div>
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<i>Vanity Fair</i>’s cover story on Nicole Kidman is here in its entirety. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=c6d1d9da4a&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(VF)</a><br />
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Weekend box-office numbers have <i>Thor: The Dark World </i>at No.1 with $38.4M, bringing its global gross to $480M, out-earning the original <i>Thor</i> in just three weeks. Universal’s <i>Best Man Holiday</i> out-performed projections with $30.5M for second place, followed by <i>Last Vegas, Free Birds</i>, and <i>Bad Grandpa</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=0df8646474&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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Producer-author Britt Michaelian’s piece for<em> HuffPo</em> takes a look at the ways that indie filmmakers are using social media to vie for big studios returns. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=030521d989&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(HUFF)</a><br />
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<em>Vulture</em> has the video clip of Angelina Jolie’s emotional speech this weekend as she honored her late mother’s influence and wisdom while accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=2b1d7256c5&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(VUL)</a><br />
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Syd Field, author of eight books, including the industry classic <i>Screenplay: The Foundations of Film Writing, </i>died yesterday, his family confirmed. Judd Apatow and Tina Fey were among the writers who remembered him in the family-issued obituary. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=6da337fad6&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(BF)</a><br />
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<i>Deadline</i>’s collection of fresh remembrances by Hollywood notables as the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the late president’s assassination approaches. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=3f170a8c1b&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br />
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<i>Script</i> on great movie openings, what to keep in mind as you write your own, and why “if your opening is weak, what happens on page 8, 9 and 10 won’t help you.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=cdcbbcc0c4&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(SCRIPT)</a></div>
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<i>The New York Post</i> on the ‘surprise’ box-office success of films with minorities or women – <i>The Heat, We’re The Millers, Gravity, The Best Man Holiday, 12 Years A Slave</i> – that surpass being mere niche hits. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=dae6c6e15a&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(NYP) </a><br />
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<i>Film.com</i> takes on the current marketing vogue of films grabbing for mass appeals via character posters for films - featuring just one character/actor in the one-sheet – and how they can either be standouts or just plain confusing, telling you nothing about the film being marketed. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=b8fb79f91a&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(FILM)</a><br />
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<i>Vulture</i> has the latest casting and development news for Fox’s upcoming <i>Broadchurch </i>remake, to be called <i>Gracepoint</i>. Original star David Tennant is back and the showrunners are <i>In Treatment</i> veterans Dan Futterman and Anya Epstein. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=6c950c79d4&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(VUL)</a><br />
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<i>HuffPo</i> on Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, and biographer Julia Davis’ independent testing of hair, blood, and tissue samples after being frustrated by reported lack of further testing by the LAPD and the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office. Davis is saying those returned test results show 10 heavy metals “in abnormally high quantities…commonly found in rat poison, pesticides, insecticides.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=79f4bbe50f&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(HUFF)</a><br />
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<i>Variety</i> has the story on the planned sequel to the original holiday classic, called <i>It’s A Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story,</i> focusing on George Bailey’s grandson. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=ba22427be7&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br />
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<em>The Film Stage</em> reports on Terry Gilliam’s plans to make his passion project after years of preparation, including the documentary <em>Lost In La Mancha</em> that chronicled his attempt to make the film as it collapsed six days into shooting. The documentary, <em>Lost In La Mancha</em>, is included in its entirety in the report. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=745fb9ca09&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(TFS)</a><br />
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<i>The Guardian</i>’s feature-length interview with Hamm about season 2 of <i>A Young Doctor’s Notebook</i>, his <i>Mad Men</i> journey and connection with character Don Draper, as well as his career: “I just wanted to work on things I liked and to avoid douchebags. Thankfully that's how it worked out." <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=318cb16c5b&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(GUAR)</a><br />
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<i>Cinema Blend</i> has the five-minute <i>Sesame Str</i>eet parody, from camera angles to wigs, of the blockbuster with Cookie Monster starring as Cookiness Overeat. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=01a99e2e72&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(CB)</a><br />
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As part of its <i>Men of the Year</i> lineup, James Gandolfini’s best friend reminisces about their friendship and bringing him home after his death in Italy. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=7f750cd466&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(GQ)</a><br />
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Ellen Jackson, children’s book author of fiction and non-fiction titles, offers ways to outline your YA or middle-grade book: from the working title and surprises for your character, to the last loose ends. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=f6888168ed&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(EJ)</a></div>
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Robert De Niro’s feature interview with <i>The Guardian</i> as he talks career, his new film <i>The Family</i>, thoughts on a <i>Taxi Driver</i> sequel – and his opinion on the theories about the classic original’s ending. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=34e7bcccb1&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(GUAR)</a><br />
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Slated, the online marketplace for film financing and deal-making, has entered a new data partnership with Baseline's Studio System - the industry's only verified professional film and TV database. The announcement includes the details of the partnership as the companies joining forces will result “in a one-stop, premier film investment shop.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=cc5057d227&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(SLATED)</a><br />
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The link is here to the first three episodes of Amazon Studios’ new comedy series about four senators sharing a house in Washington, D.C. John Goodman stars and Garry Trudeau is the writer and one of the executive producers. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=2ce9a53bc4&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(AS)</a><br />
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The original clip of the <em>Raiders</em> finale where villain Belloq’s head exploded, sans the superimposed flames added in post to earn the film’s final PG rating. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=4eb47d94dc&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(HUFF)</a><br />
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<i>Script</i>’s checklist for what mistakes to sidestep, especially in pre-production, as you make your web series including: you can’t fix everything in post, personally interviewing your crew hires first, and knowing it’s your right to watch takes in real time because “it is your ass on the line if the project is a bust.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=018a34c892&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(SCRIPT)</a><br />
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<i>Variety </i>on the revamp of the storied, oft-infamous, Sunset Strip club - Johnny Depp sold his share in 2004 - as it looks to a new generation. The Viper Room aims to be a hub for underground and nascent music acts, along with other avenues like comedy and burlesque. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=2971db3909&e=05f040aff9" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br />
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=7bc4c4d4e2&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24896" style="clear: right; color: #36a3d6; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Paramount Water Tower" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24896" height="188" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paramount-Water-Tower-e1384457832737.jpg" style="border: 0px none; outline: 0px none;" width="320" /></a><br /> The final part of our weeklong analysis of Paramount Pictures takes a look into the crystal ball.<br />
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For a company that releases relatively few films each year, there’s a high ratio of interesting fare on Paramount’s docket. While its list of active franchise properties has shrunk in recent years, Paramount can still go head to head with just about any studio for the sheer number it owns, several of which will be on display throughout 2014, making up a sizeable chunk of the year’s slate. It’s a relatively risk-free and effective strategy for the company to produce edgier and original fare, offset by known quantities that will bring people into the theaters.</div>
As of now, there are 10 films with firm release dates, leaving spaces for a few more as Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has stated the company plans to release roughly 15 films each year. Two days following New Year’s Day, the studio unveils <i>The Marked Ones</i>, the latest in the exceedingly lucrative <i>Paranormal Activity</i> series. Interestingly, there is another entry scheduled for October 24, currently titled <i>Paranormal 5</i>. That seems odd as <i>The Marked Ones</i> is actually the fifth in the series, opening up the possibility that <i>Marked Ones</i> is, in fact, a spinoff. So the sixth film, lined up for October, may indeed be a proper <i>Paranormal</i> sequel.<br />
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=038fc121ba&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24902" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="Paramount 2014 v2" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-24902" height="365" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paramount-2014-v2-e1384459435275.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 365px; outline: 0; width: 380px;" width="380" /></a>Either way, not one but two more of these bad boys will hit theaters in 2014, which should keep horror fans well sated. The <i>Paranormal</i> series does show signs of slowing a bit, but it’s making enough money—more than enough—for the studio to keep trotting out new installments for the time being. Considering how cheap they are to make (the most expensive of the bunch topped out at around $5 million) and the relative profit margins involved, it’s probably a safe bet that we’ll be seeing numbers six, seven and eight in short order.<br />
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In between those two low-budget bookends are a number of intriguing titles, starting with <i>Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit</i> on January 17, the reboot of the franchise starring Chris Pine, which was bumped from Christmas Day to make room for <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i>. The studio will put <i>Labor Day </i>into wide release at the end of that month, though it will have already been out in limited release since Christmas. After that comes the mysterious <i>Almanac</i>, due in theaters the last day of February. Made in the very popular “found footage” style, the film originated from a script purchased on spec in 2012 (one of 11 spec sales the studio made that year, but more about that below) and apparently involves time travel crossed with horror. But other than that, little is known about <i>Almanac</i> and Paramount isn’t telling. Considering, however, that its budget is estimated to be in the $10 million range, the film is far from a huge risk.</div>
Things kick into gear four weeks later when Darren Aronofsky’s biblical epic <i>Noah</i>, floods theaters. The $125 million production (co-financed with Regency) stars Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connelly and Emma Watson and is the kind of movie that puts pundits into a bit of a conundrum. On the one hand, it seems incredibly risky to spend that much money on a religious epic, but on the other, people do enjoy their Bible parables. Fox has already put an Exodus remake into production, so confidence must be high on the subject matter. Other studios are certainly giving the movie its space; it’s the only major release currently scheduled for that weekend (though Marvel’s Captain America sequel, <i>The Winter Soldier</i>, opens the week after).<br />
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=44a37e7f12&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24903" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" alt="noah poster" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-24903" height="337" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/noah-poster-227x337.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 337px; outline: 0; width: 227px;" width="227" /></a>Big spending on <i>Noah</i> will tide Paramount over through a quiet April and May, but things pick up again—and hard—in June when one of the year’s biggest films, <i>Transformers: Age of Extinction</i>, arrives. That movie alone should position the studio as one of the summer’s major players for a couple reasons. For starters, it’s always easier to sell franchises than it is to sell original ideas. Additionally, Michael Bay’s <i>Transformers</i> movies are about as bulletproof as big movies get (outside of superhero properties). Indeed, Paramount agreed to let Bay make his passion project, <i>Pain and Gain</i>, as long as he agreed to come back and direct a fourth <i>Transformers</i> movie, even after the director had sworn he wouldn’t make any more after finishing the third one in 2011. A fourth <i>Transformers</i> movie with a whole new cast means there will inevitably be a fifth and sixth, regardless of whether or not Bay is behind the camera. The studio needs him to launch a whole new trilogy (at least), and as of June 27, 2014, said trilogy will be officially off the ground. Score one for Paramount.<br />
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The summer heats up four weeks later with the Dwayne Johnson-starring, Brett Ratner-directed <i>Hercules</i>, a project reportedly in the $75 to $80 million range, it also happens to be scheduled for the one weekend next summer that, at this moment, has two big budget, action-adventure movies vying for your attention. <i>Hercules </i>will go head-to-head with the Wachowskis’ <i>Jupiter Ascending</i>. That contest could make that weekend the most interesting of the summer, not only because of the size of the respective movies but also because it has the potential to put into play a couple of themes that emerged from this past summer. You have an original idea (<i>Jupiter Ascending</i>), something that might be turning into an endangered species during the summer movie season, up against a hero (Hercules) of mythology/folklore who’s been out of the public awareness for some time and on whom the studio is making a sizeable bet. If your memory is short, this is essentially <i>Pacific Rim</i> versus <i>The Lone Ranger</i>, albeit with slightly smaller budgets.</div>
Another interesting aspect of that particular weekend is the contrast between filmmakers themselves. Ratner has a reputation as a hitmaker, but when you take away the three <i>Rush Hour</i> films and the third <i>X-Men</i> movie, the numbers are middling, at best. The Wachowskis are known for making visually stunning sci-fi films that don’t always feature the most coherent storytelling. Mix in the general question of Johnson’s star power and overall draw (as well as that of Channing Tatum, who is top-lining <i>Jupiter</i>), and you’ve got the makings of a fascinating weekend.<br />
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=c04d49c1f8&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24904" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="teenage mutant ninja turtles" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-24904" height="315" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-317x337.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 315px; outline: 0; width: 297px;" width="297" /></a>A couple weeks later, on August 8, the reboot of the studio’s <i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</i> franchise hits theaters. The studio isn’t pulling any punches with this one: It’s spent $125 million on the film and it’s being produced by the studio’s close personal friend, Michael Bay. That alone means there will be no shortage of spectacle and plenty of glamour shots of Megan Fox.<br />
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That brings us back to the <i>Paranormal Activity</i> bookend at the end of October, as there is nothing else on the docket (as of now) until then. After that film, we wait two more weeks until the release of the latest Christopher Nolan saga, <i>Interstellar</i>, a sci-fi bonanza that Paramount is sharing with Warner Bros., taking domestic distribution while Warner handles international. While the budget is under wraps, it’s safe to say the number is substantial, considering there are few other directors whose films are as sure to capture blockbuster dollars as Nolan’s. His last non-Batman movie, <i>Inception</i>, which cost $160 million, made more than $850 million worldwide. With his track record and the talent attached (Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine and Casey Affleck), and with an early November release date, the studio is undoubtedly anticipating interstellar box office returns. Anything short of that would be a disappointment.</div>
So that’s 10 movies firmly on the schedule. There are several others that may or may not be filmed and finished in time to make the 2014 schedule. Among them is the remake of <i>The Gambler</i> starring Mark Wahlberg and Rupert Wyatt directing from an apparently amazing script by Oscar winner William Monahan. It starts shooting soon after the start of the new year. Another project moving forward is <i>Men, Women and Children</i>, the latest from Jason Reitman, which should also end up on the slate. <i>The Intern</i>, from Nancy Meyers and possibly starring Reese Witherspoon (who is negotiating for the lead role) is another possibility as is <i>Without Remorse</i>, based on the Tom Clancy novel and starring Kevin Costner. Also getting ready to roll are a <i>Baywatch</i> film and <i>Scouts Vs. Aliens</i>.<br />
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While it’s certainly possible that Paramount won’t add more to its 2014 slate, two things make that unlikely. For one, Dauman has thrown the number 15 out there for all to see. For another, it would mean that, for the first time ever, Paramount won’t have a single film scheduled for December (three are set for this year).<br />
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Beyond that, four films are tentatively scheduled for 2015: a second <i>Spongebob Squarepants</i> movie (in 3D), an animated flick called <i>Monster Trucks,</i> the reboot of the <i>Terminator</i> franchise (also shared with Warner) and, as of yesterday, <i>Mission: Impossible 5</i>, set for Christmas Day. That leaves plenty of room for other films, culled from the dozens of hopefuls currently in active development.<br />
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What’s interesting about Paramount’s arsenal of franchise properties is that, what it lacks in numbers and superheroes (there’s isn’t a single superhero property at Paramount), it makes up for in popularity. Setting aside the series already mentioned above as well as <i>Tintin</i> (co-owned by Sony) and the Indiana Jones series (which may or may not ever have another installment), the list is still a formidable one.<br />
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=97b8571f8d&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-11160" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" alt="star-trek-2-into-darkness-poster" class="alignright size-full wp-image-11160" height="219" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/star-trek-2-into-darkness-poster1-e1368749226212.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 219px; outline: 0; width: 343px;" width="343" /></a>In its arsenal are <i>G.I. Joe</i> and <i>Jackass</i> as well as the <i>Star Trek </i>series (which is about as close to a superhero franchise as you can get without actually having one) and a partnership with Tom Cruise and his production company (ditto). Add in sequels now in development for <i>World War Z</i> and <i>Hansel and Gretel</i>, the potential for <i>Hercules</i> to turn into a franchise, the suddenly back-in-vogue <i>Anchorman</i> and ownership of Jack Ryan and the Tom Clancy canon, and it’s enough to make most other studios green with envy. All are proven moneymakers, centrally important to a studio now committed to controlling costs and in an era when established properties are so valuable. Knowing ahead of time that a certain percentage of your slate is going to be occupied by proven projects will result in fewer sleepless nights for any studio executive.<br />
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Obviously, the studio isn’t relying solely on its established properties while planning its future, but it’s not a bad place to start. With 41 purchases of specs and pitches since the start of 2011, Paramount is staying active in developing new material and potentially finding the next lucrative franchise. Already, one of those purchases is in the can and schedule for a 2014 release: <i>Almanac</i>, which could fall into the category of the low-budget thriller franchise, alongside <i>Paranormal Activity</i>. While only one other purchase has actually shot over this time (<i>Draft Day</i>, which Paramount put into turnaround and now will be released by Summit), 11 are in active development.<br />
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Put all that together, throw in literary properties (like <i>One Last Thing Before I Go</i>), a few potential remakes (<i>The Ring</i>, <i>Friday the 13th</i> and <i>Beverly Hills Cop</i>, among others), and it all adds up to one sure thing: Paramount might not be the top studio in town this year or any time soon. But it’s put a smart plan in place to keep it one of the most profitable.<br />
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NEXT: Our next studio? As Jim Morrison once sang, “She’s a 20<sup>th</sup> Century Fox, oh, yeah.” It might be a while, with the end of the year and all the Oscar stuff we’re doing, but we’ll get there.<br />
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<i>Entrepreneur</i> on crowdfunding without Kickstarter and how two business founders built their own crowdfunding site, Selfstarter, and raised $2.3M in a one month campaign. The site is available for free download and customization. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=a35a6dd3a4&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(ENTREP)</a><br />
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<i>Total Film</i> ranks some of the best by authors who wrote screenplays, including: Alex Garland’s <i>28 Days Later</i>, James Agee’s <i>Night of the Hunter</i>, Dorothy Parker’s <i>A Star Is Born</i>, Gore Vidal’s <i>Ben Hur</i>, Ray Bradbury’s <i>Moby Dick</i>, and Larry McMurtry’s <i>Brokeback Mountain</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=72648dbea9&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TF)</a><br />
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<i>THR</i>’s roundtable Q&A with six directors: Steve McQueen, Paul Greengrass, David O. Russell, Ben Stiller, Alfonso Cuaron and Lee Daniels. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=303cea6b03&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(THR)</a><br />
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<i>TV Line</i> has the trailer for TNT’s December event series <i>Mob</i><i> City</i>, about the power struggle between police and mobsters in post-WW II Los Angeles. Frank Darabont adapted the source material and directs as well as exec producing. The series stars Ed Burns, Milo Ventimiglia, Neal McDonough, Jeremy Luke, and more. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=8545529174&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TVL)</a><br />
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Oliver, who scored with viewers and execs when he subbed for Jon Stewart this summer on <i>The Daily Show</i>, will be hosting a Sunday night topical comedy series for HBO starting in 2014. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=f11a969eb6&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VUL)</a><br />
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<i>Forbes</i> on the loss of nearly 1/3 of a million viewers for <i>Totally Biased</i> after it shifted from FX to FXX – and why that alone speaks to the network needing to find its signature show soon. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=6e692cfdf4&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(FORBES)</a><br />
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<i>Time</i> magazine’s story about two Belgian professors who recently screened the 10 most borrowed books at the Antwerp library for toxins and bacteria; all ten titles tested positive for cocaine and the <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> copy tested positive for…well…<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=e10c3b9f40&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TIME)</a></div>
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Nielsen has updated their digital measurement system and networks are paying very close attention, not only to live viewing the night a show first airs, but to Live +3 and Live +7 measurements. <i>SSN</i> takes a look at the broadcast network shows benefiting from DVR and online viewing at this point in the fall TV season, from <i>The Blacklist</i> <i>to How I Met Your Mother</i> and <i>Sleepy Hollow</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=90c69f62c3&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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Tonight, TBS rolls out <i>Ground Floor</i>, the new sitcom from Bill Lawrence (<i>Cougartown, Scrubs, Spin City</i>) and Greg Malins (<i>Friends</i>). Lawrence and Malins wrote the pilot to the workplace rom-com and brought in Jeff Astrof to run the show after it was picked up to series. <i>SSN</i> spoke with Lawrence and Astrof about the many shows they’ve worked on over the years, what it’s like working with TBS, and why they think <i>Ground Floor</i> has hit potential.<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=1fe9b91903&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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The final part of our week-long analysis of Paramount Pictures takes a look into the crystal ball. <i>SSN</i> reports on Paramount’s upcoming 2014 film slate and why its active franchise properties can still go head to head with just about any studio for the sheer number it owns. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=22b529924a&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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<i>HitFix</i> on the reception of Relativity Media’s <i>Out of the Furnace</i> after its AFI Fest screening this past Saturday, along with reactions to the film and Christian Bale’s acting turn. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=65c7905811&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(HF)</a><br />
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<i>Filmmaker</i>’s report on John Yost and Alexander Berberich ‘s ‘boutique independent film studio and online distribution company’ as they talk about how their pay model is similar to crowdfunding, what the financial split is, where they mine their material from, and why it’s ultimately about connecting with audiences. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=ef87ecca19&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(FM)</a><br />
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<i>New York Magazine</i> has two treasure troves of unseen films from the ‘50s through the aughts, including <i>Night Moves, The Purple Rose of Cairo</i>, and <i>Waltz With Bashir</i>. The commercially unavailable picks range from <i>Looking For Mr. Goodbar</i> and <i>The Day The Clown Cried</i> to <i>Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years.</i> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=5305b56ce4&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(NYM)</a><br />
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<i>MovieMaker</i> has the Top Five Comedy & Short Film Fests in the world, voted on by reader experience and opinions. The comedy and short film picks featured today includes their run dates and locations. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=547a5e1ccf&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(MM)</a><br />
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<i>Cinema Blend</i> has the clip – don’t worry, it was a stuntwoman– of his appearance at the BAFTA Brittania Awards to accept the Charlie Chaplin Award For Excellence in Comedy honor, but not before tripping into the wheelchair of a former Chaplin child co-star. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=672fc4dadf&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(CB)</a><br />
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<i>Total Film</i> on the rumors of Adam Driver being eyed for the Nightwing role in the <i>Man of Steel</i> sequel, as well as a link to Kevin Smith’s recent video interview with Zack Snyder and Amy Adams, including a tease as to whether Lex Luthor returns to the story. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=36648e38ef&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TF)</a><br />
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Robert Evans is the subject of the monthly questionnaire by <i>Vanity Fair.</i> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=54f3f5c468&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VF)</a><br />
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Amazon has partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to provide Sunday deliveries of customer packages at no additional cost, with hiring increases happening right away. 7-day-a-week service is expected to roll out in 2014 to the Washington, DC area, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Phoenix and other metro hubs, with the exception of Hawaii & Alaska. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=108329bf50&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(WAPO)</a><br />
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<i>Deadline</i> with the kind of trailer AFM is notorious for when it comes to schlock, except this one may take the cake, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt is re-imagined as also taking on Nazis and werewolves. Barry Bostwick stars. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=f206dc4cca&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br />
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<i>L.A. Screenwriter</i> has teacher-author-story analyst Billy Mernit’s top three ‘un-rules’ for screenwriters to keep in mind, as well as this truism: “an audience wants to be entertained and moved, and their demands trump yours.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=24e7535eea&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(LAS)</a></div>
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While its executive hierarchy has hardly changed over the past few years, the fortunes of Paramount Studios at the box office have been a roller coaster. As with each of the previous studio analyses, we begin Part One of our Paramount analysis with an examination of the four years leading up to this one. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=b490a9083e&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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Richard Burton was nominated six times for Best Actor at the Oscars, once for Best Supporting Actor, and never took home an award. In honor of what would’ve been Burton’s 88<sup>th</sup> birthday on November 10, here are some of his best, non-Shakespearean quotes. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=1b90b651df&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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While its executive hierarchy has hardly changed over the past few years, the fortunes of Paramount Studios at the box office have been a roller coaster. As with each of the previous studio analyses, we begin with an examination of the four years leading up to this one. We’ll be discussing Paramount’s recent ups and downs before moving on to discussing the studio’s current state of affairs and speculating about the studio’s days ahead.<br />
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One of the things that made Paramount so successful over the last few years was its distribution arrangement with Marvel Entertainment. Through that partnership, Paramount earned a big chunk of market share, thanks to the exploits of Iron Man, Thor and Captain America. A similar relationship with DreamWorks Animation helped as well. It should be noted that both deals were purely fee-for-service distribution and marketing arrangements. On the other hand, the company’s deal with DreamWorks—which was responsible for the first three <i>Transformers</i> movies—let Paramount post hefty grosses without actually putting up big year-end profits or releasing a large slate of movies.<br />
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On the contrary, the studio has consistently been in the middle of the pack in terms of the number of releases. It hasn’t been afraid to overspend on a project if needed, but it’s also noted for not putting all its eggs into any single franchise basket. Whereas there were once several franchises in the studio fold, Paramount has found its franchise properties dwindling. To fully understand what happened, we need to examine the last four years and how the studio’s movies fared.<br />
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Films Released and Market Share<br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It’s been the best of times, it’s been the worst of times. A steady rise in market share and box office grosses culminated in the studio’s greatest year: 2011. But the euphoria fizzled out as grosses dropped by more than 50 percent the following year. In 2009 and 2010, Paramount was the second highest grossing studio in town, with 13.9 percent of the market share and $1.48 billion at the box office the first year and 16.2 percent and $1.71 billion the following. Each year, the studio had 13 releases, made up of a solid mix of budget-busting blockbusters and leaner, artier fare, with plenty of pulp and fluff in the middle.</span></h5>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=993c590d48&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24546" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="Paramount 2009 2012 Comparison" class="alignleft" height="273" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paramount-2009-2012-Comparison-e1384198790498-512x416.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 273px; outline: 0; width: 337px;" width="337" /></a>The first year, the monster performer was the second <i>Transformers</i> movie, <i>Revenge of the Fallen</i>, while the second <i>Iron Man</i> film took care of business in 2010. Both movies cost $200 million, both made more than $300 million domestically (<i>Fallen</i> roared past $400 million) and $600 million worldwide (with <i>Fallen</i> beating the $800 million mark). Now, <i>Iron Man </i>2 was a Marvel movie but the <i>Transformers </i>film belonged to Paramount, and a big hit like that helps a studio go a long way toward profitability, especially after you mix in a winner like the J.J. Abrams-directed <i>Star Trek</i> reboot. If we’ve learned anything over the last couple of months, it’s that franchises are a good thing and crucial to a company’s bottom line.<br />
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Of course, when a bunch of franchises all hit the same year, that means a lot of green coming your way, and that’s what happened in 2011. An extra couple of releases (15 total) helped a bit, but a third <i>Transformers</i> movie, a fourth <i>Mission: Impossible</i>, a <i>Kung Fu Panda </i>sequel, two more Marvel movies (<i>Thor </i>and <i>Captain America: The First Avenger</i>), and the <i>Shrek</i> spinoff <i>Puss in Boots</i> carried the day. But here’s the wrinkle: Four of those five movies were from Marvel and DreamWorks Animation, which meant a chunk of the numbers were merely superficial. And, in another twist, a bunch of big movies coming together in one year is both good and bad. Good because it means a bumper crop of profits that year, but bad because it sets up the following year for a fall.<br />
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And that’s exactly what happened. Part of the problem, of course, is that Marvel defected to Disney and DreamWorks Animation went over to Fox. That not only removed two enormous contributors to Paramount’s market share and overall grosses, it also left a few holes in the studio’s release schedule. To add insult to injury, a couple of attempts at creating brand new franchises fell flat.<br />
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What’s especially interesting about 2012 is that it wasn’t defined by a single, all-consuming flop but rather by a series of disappointments that added up to a lousy year. When you’re only releasing 12 movies in a given year, and one of your biggest hits is the 15<sup>th</sup> anniversary re-issue of <i>Titanic</i> retrofitted for 3D, popping the champagne is not in the cards at year’s end.<br />
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What Went Right</h5>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=c5cb0f2bcd&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24544" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" alt="Paramount 2009 2010 v2" class="alignright" height="381" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paramount-2009-2010-v2-e1384197999544.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 381px; outline: 0; width: 355px;" width="355" /></a>In its first three years? A lot. Aside from the <i>Transformers</i> series, which has been a license to print money since it first appeared in 2007, the studio had any number of reliable properties. Interestingly, aside from the two <i>Transformers</i> movies released in this time frame, no other franchise made more than a single appearance. Setting aside the DreamWorks entries (one <i>Kung Fu Panda</i>, one <i>Madagascar</i> and one <i>Shrek </i>film, as well as a spinoff, plus the first installment of <i>How to Train Your Dragon</i>), there was one <i>Mission: Impossible</i> and one <i>Jackass</i> (in 3D!) as well as the first installments in others, including <i>Star Trek</i>, <i>G.I. Joe</i> and <i>Tintin</i> (shared with Sony).<br />
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The one exception to this, of course, was <i>Paranormal Activity</i>, the most profitable franchise in movie history. Consider this: The first one cost just $15,000, cleared $100<i> million</i> domestically and almost $200 million worldwide. Each succeeding year gave us another installment in the franchise. The second cost $3 million, did $84 million domestic and $177 million worldwide. Numbers three and four each cost $5 million and combined to make more than $150 million domestically and almost $350 million worldwide. So, four movies, whose combined cost add up to a shade over $13 million, grossed more than $700 million worldwide. Not a bad ROI. Generally speaking, victories like that don’t come around very often—but when they do, they pay for a lot of other stuff.<br />
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What else pays off? Reinvigorating older properties. Take, for instance, Tom Cruise’s pet project. While the studio saw the end of the first <i>Transformers</i> trilogy, Brad Bird joined Cruise to breathe new life into the <i>M:I</i> franchise, yielding the best worldwide gross in the series.<br />
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What the mega-hits often overshadow is the important of successful medium- and lower budget projects to a studio’s overall performance. In fact, Paramount’s recent successes owe much to how well its mid- and low-budget projects fared. The grosses of <i>Shutter Island</i>, <i>True Grit</i>, <i>No Strings Attached</i>, <i>Jackass 3D</i>, <i>Super 8</i>, <i>Up in the Air</i>, <i>The Fighter</i>, <i>Flight</i> and <i>I Love You, Man</i>, to name a few; the concert films, <i>Justin Bieber: Never Say Never</i> and <i>Kate Perry: Part of Me</i>; and of horror projects (aside from the <i>Paranormal Activity </i>flicks) like <i>The Devil Inside</i> all far surpassed their cost and helped make Paramount one of the most successful places in town. As we have said repeatedly during the course of this exercise, a bunch of big hits covers any number of losses.<br />
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=dcc0675cfe&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24545" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="Paramount 2011 2012" class="alignleft" height="380" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paramount-2011-2012-e1384198352613.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 380px; outline: 0; width: 354px;" width="354" /></a>Two perfect examples came from 2010 and 2011. In 2010, the studio put out 13 films, 10 of which were in the top 50 grossing films of the year. The next year, of the 15 films released, 12 made it. That is an astonishing percentage in any given year, much less two, back to back. For a comparison, only four of the 12 films released last year made it.<br />
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Mixed in with the monster hits and the smaller ones were tricky calls like <i>Rango</i>, the studio’s attempt to jumpstart its own animation department. While the $135 million production didn’t quite recoup its cost domestically (racking up $123 million), it did close to $250 million worldwide and snagged the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. <i>The Last Airbender</i> was considered a failure at the domestic box office, but the $150 million film brought in more than $300 million worldwide. Two other animated projects, <i>Megamind</i> and <i>Rise of the Guardians</i>, both cost in excess of $130 million to make and, while both cleared $100 million in domestic grosses, it was their worldwide success—both made more than $300 million—that earned them places at the winners’ table. But none of these films have a sequel in development, and what’s more, the latter two were both DWA entries, not Paramount, so it’s not as though the studio has any choice in the matter.<br />
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Looking at the two-year period of 2010 and 2011, not much went wrong. There were, however, a few slips in 2009, and the studio took on more water during the above-mentioned awful year: 2012.<br />
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A couple of films that had lofty 2009 awards season aspirations—<i>The Lovely Bones</i> and <i>The Soloist</i>—were met with great indifference by moviegoers despite the impressive talent involved. Eddie Murphy’s unfortunate downward career spiral showed no sign of abating as <i>Imagine That</i>, which cost $55 million, returned less than half that once all the grosses were counted. Three years later, it happened again, as <i>A Thousand Words</i> tanked, costing $40 million and recouping half that much.<br />
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There were a couple of noble failures like Martin Scorsese’s <i>Hugo</i>, an alarmingly expensive movie that did not capture the audience the studio hoped it would, and Jason Reitman’s <i>Young Adult</i>, which only cost $12 million but couldn’t find an audience. Still, considering both were released in 2011, in the midst of that year’s enormous successes, the damage was minimal.<br />
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The year after, though, was a whole other beast. Aside from <i>A Thousand Words</i>, the Seth Rogen-Barbra Streisand comedy <i>The Guilt Trip</i> was another clunker. And while there were no other major fires to put out, the disappointments of a couple of much-hyped films made the year seem that much worse. One of them was Tom Cruise’s attempt to jumpstart a new franchise for himself, <i>Jack Reacher</i>, adapted from the popular series of bestsellers. The film made its money back and did some nice foreign business in the face of a powerful lobby of fans who thought that the short-of-stature Cruise was not fit to play the towering Reacher depicted in the books. In the end, the numbers weren’t enough to get a sequel greenlit. Another flop was Sacha Baron Cohen’s <i>The Dictator</i>, which didn’t come close to putting up the numbers of the first <i>Borat</i> and then <i>Brüno</i>, possibly because audiences had grown tired of his act and possibly because it wasn’t something people wanted to see.<br />
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<i>Fast Company</i> presents Chris Hardwick’s 7 real ways to manage your time, ranging from unsqueaking the wheel, conserving your momentum as you switch gears, measuring lost time from online and smart phone stimuli, and thinking of the future: “the projects you have today might not still be going in a few years, the things you pitch today pick up where those things leave off.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=1ec428d235&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(FC)</a><br />
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A basic plot outline model for romantic comedy that details the structure of the three acts in the story, from first date to sunset sails. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=83c01872c5&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(EJ)</a><br />
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The key issues that send author submissions to the round file and how to beat the odds with smart solutions, including: failure to follow submission guidelines, genre confusion, a wretched query letter, and proposal insights for the nonfiction writer as 70% of nonfiction titles are ghostwritten. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=571614c391&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(HUFF)</a></div>
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<i>THR</i>’s account of the studio’s feat, helped by <i>Thor: The Dark World</i>’s $348.5M worldwide haul in just 12 days<i>. Iron Man 3, Monsters University</i>, and <i>Oz The Great and Powerful </i>were also huge boosts. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=715a8c39a3&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(THR)</a><br />
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<i>Deadline </i>reports that Cassian Elwes, Windy Hill Pictures’ Buddy Patrick, and Robert Ogden Barnum of e2b Capital have formed Lifeboat Capital, a bridge financing service that will loan 15-20 independent films between $1-$5M. Elwes: "We are open for business immediately.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=743590626d&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br />
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<i>Forbes</i> on the five most common self-identified strengths of top entrepreneurs, via the upcoming report <i>The Vital Entrepreneur: High Impact At It’s Best,</i> and actions to take to make them your own. Strengths include identifying and developing talent, decisiveness, listening to advice, and seeing around the immediate corner.<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=d0f3badb88&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(FORBES)</a><br />
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<i>THR Esquire</i>’s comprehensive report on the case trajectory and letters of leniency sent by Zuriff’s colleagues and peers to the NY judge handling his case after he entered a guilty plea in an unlawful high-stakes gambling case that could see him serve up to a year in prison. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=f93e1a61a4&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(THRE)</a><br />
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<i>Variety</i> details audience reaction and commentary from the film’s stars after its AMC Lincoln Square screening. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=817c8526a1&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br />
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<i>Vulture</i> combs interviews, reviews, and essays of Garth Risk Hallberg, author of the $2M first novel <i>City on Fire</i>, first optioned by Scott Rudin. Included is a link to a 2011 draft excerpt from the novel and accompanying Q&A. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=500aedde91&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VUL)</a><br />
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<i>Slash Film</i>’s Germain Lussier’s on-the-set account of the last day filming the <i>Anchorman </i>sequel at San Diego’s SeaWorld, where 3000 extras and some onscreen mouthy kids – including Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s – are none too pleased to find a drunk Ron Burgundy hosting the 3:10 dolphin show. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=2a5520102a&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SLASH)</a><br />
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The trailer for Neil LaBute’s latest, starring Stanley Tucci and Alice Eve, about a man whose arrival on a woman’s doorstep after leaving his wife is complicated by two facts: she hasn’t seen him in years and is also friends with his newly married son. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=b077868946&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(YAH)</a><br />
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<i>Badass Digest</i> on Ryan Murphy’s Twitter confirmation that Stevie Nicks will guest on this season of the <i>American Horror Story</i> franchise. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=5a188f1fdf&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(BD)</a><br />
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<i>The Los Angeles Times</i> writes that the PEN American Center’s Chilling Effects report, sent to 520 writers, shows that 16% of them have avoided writing or publicly addressing controversial subject matter due to NSA concerns; the rates rise when it comes to phone, e-mail, and social media communications. A link to the full report is included. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=973d066357&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(LAT)</a></div>
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In Part Two of our Paramount analysis, <i>SSN</i> looks at the studio’s present: six major releases so far in 2013 and not a flop among them, plus four major releases to go in the final two-plus months of the year. None of the films have a prohibitive budget—and all have reasonably good box office and awards-season prospects. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=e48d781466&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(PAR)</a><br />
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The combo of wine tasting and movie watching is a winning one, and the Napa Valley Film Festival, now in its third year, boasts “125 films. 300 filmmakers. 50 chefs. 150 wines.” <i>SSN</i> spoke with festival board member J. Todd Harris about how the festival is growing, what he’s excited about this year, and the importance of studio support and corporate sponsors for any emerging film fest. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=f6b1a44dcb&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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We wish we could say there was a breakout comedy this season, but that’s just not the case. Instead, there are some that attract decent-sized audiences, and others that falter week-to-week. Here’s a quick rundown of the new comedies and our quick assessment of how they’re doing, from <i>The Golbergs</i> and <i>The Millers</i> to <i>Brooklyn Nine-Nine</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=d4c12b9dd5&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br />
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If you look at the current market-share standings of the Big Six so far in 2013, you’ll notice that Paramount comes in sixth, dead last. So, one might jump to the conclusion that Paramount is having one heck of a lousy year. But it’s a little more complicated than that.</div>
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The last time we were here, discussing Warner Bros., we pointed out that the biggest studio in town consistently releases the most movies. That means it’s posterior tends to be covered when it doesn’t soar as high as expected. With Paramount, one of the smaller of the bunch, there isn’t so much cover. And even when things are going smoothly, the smaller number of releases tend to put it behind the eight ball.</div>
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This doesn’t mean the studio skimps on its budgets or its marketing campaigns. It just means there aren’t as many films on which to avoid skimping. After releasing 13 pictures in both 2009 and 2010, the studio had a high water mark of 15 in 2011 before a slight decline last year. In what was one of the weakest years Paramount’s had in a while, only 12 pictures saw the inside of theaters in 2012. This year, only 10 are scheduled (actually, 11 if you include the 3D reissue of <i>Top Gun</i>, which, for our purposes, we do not). Its fifth release this year, <i>World War Z</i>, came in the middle of June and its sixth, <i>Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa</i>, came out on October 25 and won its opening weekend. That’s almost four months between releases. Not exactly a prolific slate, but not unprofitable either.</div>
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It’s also worth pointing out that in its previous years, there were any number of Marvel Entertainment, DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation films on the docket. But since those distribution agreements have all expired (as discussed yesterday, Marvel and DreamWorks are now both at Disney, DWA is at Fox), Paramount is now putting out roughly the same number of its own movies it always did. Without Marvel, DreamWorks and DWA, Paramount lacks the market share cover from those other operations.</div>
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So our opening market-share snapshot was deceiving. Six major releases so far in 2013 and not a flop among them. Four major releases (a fifth has been bumped into January, but more about that later) to go in the final two-plus months of the year. None of them have a prohibitive budget—and all have reasonably good box office and awards-season prospects. It might not be the most profitable year in recent memory, but it could be a prestigious one.</div>
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You have to hand it to a studio that faced two potential disasters and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat both times. In the last couple of years, there have been plenty of examples of movies that prompted bad press during production or before the movie was released, and fell correspondingly flat at the box office. Think <i>John Carter</i> and <i>The Lone Ranger</i>, both drew flak for their exorbitant price tags months before the films ever saw the light of a multiplex projector. Sometimes, moving a release date invites bad press and, thereby, lousy box office returns. For Exhibit A, see <i>Jack The Giant Slayer</i>. And, now and again, both the price tag and release-date switch-ups cause a perfect storm of outrage as was the case with <i>The Wolfman</i>.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=7e33c0992d&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24653" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="Paramount 2012 v2" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-24653" height="422" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paramount-2012-v2-e1384285164632.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 422px; outline: 0; width: 370px;" width="370" /></a>Paramount, on the other hand, pulled off a miracle not once but twice this year. The early word on <i>Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters</i> was so bad, the movie was moved from summer of 2012 to the end of January, 2013, not the most auspicious time for a non-horror film (unless, of course, it stars Liam Neeson or if there are extenuating circumstances completely separate from the film itself—see below). So, the studio relegated its reshot, overhauled and recut $50 million <i>Hansel and Gretel</i> into the dead of winter where it could die a quiet death.</div>
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But someone forgot to tell moviegoers. <i>Hansel and Gretel </i>netted more than $19 million (and the top spot) at the box office its opening weekend on its way to a solid $56 million domestic—and a mind-blowing additional $170 million overseas. A movie that scored a truly awful 15 percent on Rotten Tomatoes did so well there is actually a sequel in development. It also proved, again, how important foreign box office has become to a studio’s bottom line.</div>
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Another project whose troubles had tongues wagging was Brad Pitt’s baby, <i>World War Z</i>, which he produced and starred in. In 2012, news came that the producers were unhappy with the ending and, as they pondered weeks of reshoots, they enlisted Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard to pen a whole new third act. Paramount was asked to spend even more to prevent a monumental horror show. The budget touched upwards of $200 million, the interwebs went bananas speculating about how Pitt and his team were surely screwing up a great book. Rumors swirled over how Pitt and director Marc Forster weren’t even speaking to each other. Disaster is not strong enough a word to describe the meltdown that seemed to be unfolding.</div>
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Then the June 21 release happened and … surprise! <i>World War Z</i> got good reviews and people flocked to it to the tune of $66 million in its opening weekend—a number two finish (behind <i>Monsters University</i>)—with $202 million domestic and an additional $337 million overseas. A combined $539 million take worldwide is a success by any definition. And, to bring home that fact, Pitt and company are negotiating a sequel—which is, you got it, already in development.</div>
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One could argue that Paramount simply got extraordinarily lucky not once but twice, salavaging what could’ve been a horrific year. But that doesn’t give the studio nearly enough credit. More accurate is that the studio saw two different projects—one of which was medium-sized and the other fairly enormous—riding out stormy seas that could easily have capsized both of them (the latter especially). But rather than cut and run, the studio trusted producer Pitt and agreed to gamble even more money to save <i>World War Z</i>, even if inflated budget fed the already-negative buzz swarming around the project. If good luck is the product of smart decisions, good preparation and the taking of calculated risks, then sure, Paramount Pictures got exceedingly lucky. But it was luck born of shrewd decision-making.</div>
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In between those two victories came another trio of pictures, each a success in its own right. The first was a project that was originally scheduled for the previous summer but found its way to March, the <i>G.I. Joe</i> sequel, <i>Retaliation</i>. Unlike <i>Hansel and Gretel</i>, the reasoning for <i>G.I. Joe’s</i> move to March wasn’t lack of confidence in the product but because its special effects needed more time to complete. Furthermore, it’s been proven that slotting a big-budget action or fantasy picture in the March frame is often a recipe for success (see: <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>, <i>The Hunger Games</i> and <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i>). So it made sense for Paramount to follow that precendent with <i>Retaliation</i>, which opened March 28.</div>
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The film didn’t exactly set the box office ablaze, but nor did it usher in a cold snap: The $130 million flick ended up with a not-terrible $122 million domestically and another $253 million elsewhere. A worldwide total of $375 million is more than successful enough to get a third movie in the series into active development. So what if it didn’t quite recoup its budget at the domestic box office? It’s the overall that counts.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=3a2e5c5fe0&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24639" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" alt="Paramount 2013" class="alignright size-full wp-image-24639" height="315" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paramount-2013-e1384284376577.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 315px; outline: 0; width: 379px;" width="379" /></a>In fact, of the five movies released thus far, the smallest of the bunch carries a fair bit of irony. Michael Bay’s passion project, <i>Pain and Gain</i>, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson, was made for just $26 million—a pittance in Bay’s world—and brought in around $50 million domestically and another $36 million globally. When it comes to Michael Bay films, those numbers aren’t on the scale one is accustomed to, but that’s part of the point. Bay had been trying to get the project made for years, and he got the studio to sign off on it if he agreed to—wait for it—make a fourth <i>Transformers</i> movie. And Wahlberg took less money to play <i>Pain and Gain’s</i> hardluck bodybuilder if it meant he’d be cast as the lead in that fourth installment, scheduled to hit theaters next June (more about that on Thursday).</div>
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<i>Pain and Gain’s</i> modest numbers aside, any time a movie grosses at least three times its budget, you don’t label it a failure. It was, admittedly, a tougher sell than other Bay films and difficult to pigeonhole: Was it a comedy? A drama? A heist film? All the above? Those factors are what contributed to its lukewarm performance. Additionally, the fact that it came out the last week of April, right before a certain Robert Downey Jr. superhero bonanza, did nothing to help its chances.</div>
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That leaves a little movie called <i>Star Trek Into Darkness</i>, which hit theaters May 17 against no other major new releases. It topped the box office its opening weekend with $70 million, finishing out with more than $228 million domestically (less than the first film) and more than $460 million worldwide (more than the first film). The J.J. Abrams-directed opus did more than enough business to guarantee a third installment in the series (and probably more) but was still viewed as something of a disappointment. Perhaps that’s because of the roughly $190 million price tag or because the domestic take didn’t equal that of Abrams’ first <i>Trek</i> film or because it set no records or it didn’t have nearly the hype of many other projects released between the first weekend of May and the end of August. But no matter how you slice it, its numbers ensured that the health of the rebooted franchise remained strong and represented another of several quality series in the studio’s arsenal.</div>
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Speaking of series, the latest in the <i>Jackass</i> series, i.e., <i>Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa</i>, has done exactly the kind of business Paramount has expected and keeps the company’s streak of winners alive.</div>
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Reviewing the studio’s release schedule for the year, it might seem odd that Paramount released no new films between June 21 and October 25. It might also seem odd that there were only five original features released in the first six months of the year and another five released in the final nine-and-a-half weeks. But it’s true.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=e19e2c0339&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-23672" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="wolf of wall street 1" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-23672" height="224" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wolf-of-wall-street-1-337x224.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 224px; outline: 0; width: 337px;" width="337" /></a>Admittedly, most of the studio’s money has already been spent. Only the Martin Scorsese-directed, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey-starring <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i> approaches the $100 million budget range, but <i>Wolf</i> got outside financing from Red Granite Pictures, mitigating the studio’s risk even further. Now that editing troubles pushed its release to Christmas Day (thus bumping <i>Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit</i>—another attempt to reboot a franchise—to January, in the process), <i>Wolf</i> is no longer in competition with another of Paramount’s scheduled flicks, Alexander Payne’s $13 million <i>Descendants </i>follow-up <i>Nebraska</i>. Another awards season hopeful, <i>Nebraska</i> sees a limited release this weekend, prior to platforming toward the end of the year and into January.</div>
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The big guns come out again in December. First, <i>Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues</i>, the long-awaited sequel to the 2004 cult smash, hits screens on December 20, before Scorsese’s <i>Wolf</i>, which Paramount hopes will be a lovely holiday present for the studio. The expectations for the first film are fairly high, considering the talent involved and the wave of public anticipation, while the latter film is a wild card, as many in the industry are wondering whether <i>Wolf </i>will be another Scorsese triumph or a mess that needed more time in the editing suite.</div>
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There is actually a second Paramount film coming out on Christmas Day: Jason Reitman’s <i>Labor Day</i>. But that’s also a limited release timed for awards season and won’t see a wider release until January.</div>
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What does all this mean? For starters, it means that the studio currently in sixth place will probably end the year there despite having promising films yet to be released on its docket. But in Paramount’s case, sixth place is not the failure it might immediately seem. The bigger picture tells a much different tale, one that is far more upbeat.</div>
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Jeff Skoll’s guest piece from the December 2013 issue of <i>Forbes </i>details his career switch from president of eBay to founder of Participant Media in 2004, whose films include <i>Lincoln</i><i>, Contagion, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</i>, and <i>The Kite Runner</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=8012b4973e&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(FORBES)</a><br />
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<i>Buzz Feed</i> reports that sources say Prepon will be in four episodes of Netflix’s most popular series’ season 2 and may be in negotiations for season 3; the article also details the back story of Prepon’s involvement in the show. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=6a2126249d&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(BF)</a><br />
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The Angelina Jolie-starrer, based on the character Maleficent, who first appeared in Disney's animated <em>Sleeping Beauty</em>, opens May 30, 2014. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=d0212f3bb3&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(HUFF)</a><br />
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<i>Time</i>’s interview with Oliver Stone on his MLK biopic and what he thinks of “these troglodytes who keep coming up with the single-bullet theory” about the death of JFK. <i>JFK</i> has been released in a limited edition 205-minute director’s cut and Stone’s untold history of the U.S. Showtime series is now on Blu ray along with an 800-page companion book. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=dd3886491c&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TIME)</a><br />
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<i>Deadline</i> reports on the six-episode event series <i>Dig</i>, from <i>Homeland</i>’s Gideon Raff and <i>Heroes </i>creator Tim Kring, about an FBI agent in Jerusalem investigating an archaeologist’s murder who then discovers a 2000-year conspiracy with potentially historic ramifications. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=7d561814ce&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br />
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<em>The Daily Beast</em> looks at the origins of Luke Cage, coming to Netflix in a 13-episode series from his 1972 debut in print, as well as a history of the Black superhero projects that have been made, were/are in development, and others that DC and Marvel could still spin off. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=5aefa73f22&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TDB)</a><br />
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<i>The Telegraph</i> picks 30 of the genre’s best, along with each series' season runs and notable details, from Tom Selleck’s Thomas Magnum, Jason Schwartzman’s Jonathan Ames in <i>Bored To Death</i>, and James Garner’s Jim Rockford to Jack Lord’s Steve McGarret in <i>Hawaii Five-O</i> and Angie Dickinson’s Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson in <i>Police Woman</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=17e489bd9f&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TEL)</a><br />
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<i>Screen Craft</i> on the 5 probable reasons that your protagonist isn’t being received by a reader the way you intended, including: ignoring social trends in favor of stereotypes, gratuitous humor that isn’t ‘crystal clear’ in clarity and pattern, or ‘your character is just plain bad<b>…</b> it may take a lot longer than 120 pages to redeem them.” <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=26188baf0b&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(SC)</a><br />
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The Writer’s Diet Test – as in ‘waste’ line - allows you to enter 100 to 1000 words of your writing and run a test to find “sentence-level grammatical features that most frequently weigh down academic prose.” There are basic and advanced options and is “<i>not</i> an assessment” or writing-quality tool. The link here takes you right to the test – have fun! <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=0d62fb4aa0&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(WD)</a></div>
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<i>Variety </i>has the thoughts of directors on the work of their peers 2013 films, including: Ryan Fleck on Derek Cianfrance (<i>The Place Beyond The Pines</i>), John Turturro on The Coen Bros. (<i>Inside Llewyn Davis</i>), Julian Schnabel on Lee Daniels, and more. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=dc082952c7&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br />
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<i>HitFix </i>breaks down the Oscar race’s annual fine line for voters, often played to via ad campaigns, that juxtaposes a film that makes you feel vs. one that makes you think (i.e. <i>The King’s Speech</i> vs. <i>The Social Network</i>) and the difficulty in choosing between a film that’s kindly noble or a film that’s harder-edged than typical awards prospects. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=356e708e44&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(HF)</a><br />
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<i>Variety</i> on Sony’s two release date moves, partly inspired by successful 2013 summer trends, as <i>Sex Tape</i> will open August 2014, a month where broader adult comedies like <i>We Are The Millers</i> have shown mettle. Sony’s adaptation of the nonfiction paranormal thriller <i>Beware The Night</i> will open July 2014, the same month that launched horror hit <i>The Conjuring</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=dd8d9891f9&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br />
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<i>Latino Review</i> has the original and shifted dates for <i>Assassin’s Creed</i>, <i>The Monuments Men,</i> <i>The Fantastic Four</i>, and more. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=c4768e1f49&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(LR)</a><br />
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<i>Vulture</i>’s vent about the trend in blockbusters, especially superhero flicks, that kills off a major character only to revive them minutes later, as opposed to traditionally waiting until the next film – or leaving them dead for good. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=8027777d35&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VUL)</a><br />
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The first full trailer for the March 21, 2014 release is here. <em>Divergent</em> stars Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Maggie Q, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ashley Judd, Zoe Kravitz, and Theo James. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=02efd8ffbd&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br />
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The anonymous Hollywood exec Twitter account and social media hit @MysteryExec posts their first column for <i>TribecaFilm.com</i> and explains why they started the account and what they want to bring back to the Industry. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=56ebb10512&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TRIB)</a><br />
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<em>The</em> <i>Los Angeles Times</i> on Thompson’s recent <i>Sunday Times</i> (Britain) interview where she revealed she’s forgiven Helena Bonham Carter for her affair with Thompson’s then-husband, Kenneth Branagh, which contributed to their 1995 split. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=88916ae571&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(LAT)</a><br />
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<i>The Live Feed</i> details MTV’s reality TV groundbreaker <i>The Real World</i>’s upcoming 29<sup>th</sup> season, also known as <em>Real World: Ex-Plosion,</em> as it returns to San Francisco for the first time in 19 years and puts the roommates’ exes in the house with them. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=ba0e975530&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(LF)</a><br />
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<i>Galleycat</i> on <i>Bowker</i>’s self-publishing report that shows a 59% spike from 2011-2012 : that’s over 391,000 books, 40% of them eBooks. Amazon’s CreateSpace was the leader in print titles while Smashwords led in eBooks. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=c8009e9618&e=05f040aff9" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(GALLEY)</a><br />
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Here we come to the nitty-gritty, taking a peak behind the mountain gates to look at the business side of how Paramount makes its movies. Unlike Warner Bros., which has weathered a tumultuous year, things at Paramount have been largely sure-and-steady.</div>
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It starts at the top with Chairman and CEO Brad Grey. The former talent manager and TV producer took over for longtime studio head Sherry Lansing in 2005 amidst a fair amount of controversy attached to his hiring. Grey, after all, had produced a few movies but had no real executive experience. Needless to say, the decision was met with much skepticism.</div>
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When Grey took over, Paramount wasn’t a sixth place studio—it was seventh, behind New Line (which now counts as part of Warner Bros.). Grey had his work cut out for him, but he managed it in fairly short order.</div>
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So, in 2004, Paramount was seventh in market share and box office grosses. In 2005, when Grey started, it was up to sixth. In 2006, Grey’s first full year, it was fifth. By 2007, it was the number one studio in town, partly because of the distribution deals Grey set up with DreamWorks and Marvel Entertainment. The following year was also the first in which Marvel’s films started making money, the year of Robert Downey Jr.’s first foray into the world of superheroes. <i>Iron Man</i> was a huge win for Paramount, and Grey looked like a genius.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=83b08aa0a5&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24772" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="brad grey paramount" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-24772" height="337" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/brad-grey-paramount-269x337.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 337px; outline: 0; width: 269px;" width="269" /></a>The good fortune continued as Paramount was second only to Warner Bros. in 2008 and 2010 (slipping briefly to third in 2009) before it took the crown in 2011 as the number one studio in Hollywood. But the honeymoon was over when the DreamWorks deal ended and Marvel followed. Both companies defected to Disney (with DreamWorks Animation heading to Fox), leading to an unavoidable drop in grosses and market share. Thankfully, it didn’t hurt the bottom line too much, and the change may have made everyone’s job at Paramount a tad easier.</div>
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Regarding Paramount’s sixth place standing, there are two extenuating factors. The first is that market share becomes much less important if a studio is releasing fewer films and those films show marked and distinct profits. Fewer films means smaller market share by definition. But if those fewer movies are performing up to—and even beyond—expectations, market share becomes an afterthought.</div>
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The second thing is that, regardless of market share, Paramount’s bottom line is impressive enough that we’re going to see Brad Grey at the top of the mountain for quite some time. He’s already been at it for eight years, and last year he signed an extension through at least 2017.</div>
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That qualifies as a major vote of confidence from parent company Viacom in Grey, his team and the job they’re doing—even with the downturn of 2012. Yes, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has vowed that the company would increase profits by controlling costs on the entertainment front (vis-à-vis both Paramount Pictures and Paramount TV), and that announcement was followed in October by the layoff of 110 staffers. Still, that doesn’t mean the people running the show are suddenly looking over their shoulders. But it does mean that the days of the studio spending $200 million on a single project are behind them, and that co-financing deals will become increasingly important (more about that below).</div>
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Interestingly, as successful as Grey quickly became, it took him a while to find a Paramount Film Group topper with whom he could work well. First came Gail Berman followed by Alli Shearmur, Brad Weston and, finally, Jon Lesher. None of them lasted very long, raising speculation that Grey’s tenure itself would soon flame out. Then, in 2009, two things happened: First came the expiration of the unhappy DreamWorks partnership. Next, Grey hired Adam Goodman to run the film division. While the first event was an ending, the second proved to be the beginning of an exceedingly successful relationship.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=c4c0029907&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24773" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" alt="adam goodman paramount" class="alignright size-full wp-image-24773" height="175" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/adam-goodman-paramount.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 175px; outline: 0; width: 175px;" width="175" /></a>Goodman came to Paramount from DreamWorks, where he was president of production, before taking the same job at Paramount in 2008, a year before his promotion. Something of a renaissance man who absorbs as much as he can on every aspect of the film business, Goodman’s responsibilities encompass overseeing all the shingles under the Paramount Motion Picture Group umbrella (Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Vantage, Insurge Pictures, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Pictures). That means not only the bigger studio pictures (like, say, <i>Star Trek Into Darkness</i>) but also the smaller, more independent-minded projects (Alexander Payne’s upcoming <i>Nebraska</i>) and kids’ fare (the Nickelodeon flick <i>Fun Size</i>) fall under his purview.</div>
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Running the film group is only part of Grey’s responsibilities. He also runs business operations for Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Famous Productions, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studio Group and Worldwide Television Distribution. But it’s how he fares at the helm of the film group—the most visible and high profile part of the operation—that will determine, fairly or not, how he is judged by the press and the industry.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=02493060c7&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24774" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="Skydance logo twitter" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-24774" height="206" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Skydance-logo-twitter-337x337.png" style="border: 0; height: 206px; outline: 0; width: 206px;" width="206" /></a>Grey’s deal with Skydance Productions to finance or co-finance four to six movies per year takes some of the pressure off him and the studio. Prior to that, Paramount was the only studio in town without a regular finance partner (though it did have a longstanding partnership with MGM). For years, Paramount and parent company Viacom were either on the hook for each movie on its slate or entered into one-off deals with individual financiers. While that still remains largely the case—next month’s <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i> was financed by Red Granite Productions, a relative newcomer to the game—the new deal with Skydance takes some heat off Paramount and, by extension, Viacom.</div>
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Previously, Skydance, run by David Ellison (brother of Annapurna topper Megan Ellison), had come aboard for a movie here and there. But 2013 saw several collaborations between Paramount and Skydance, including <i>World War Z</i> and next January’s <i>Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit</i>. There are plenty co-financing projects in the hopper, including the next installments in the <i>Mission: Impossible</i>, <i>G.I. Joe</i> and <i>Terminator</i> franchises (all due in theaters in 2015), among a host of others. Partnerships are how modern studios thrive, and Paramount is no exception.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=7b2a57462f&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-24775" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" alt="bad robot logo" class="size-medium wp-image-24775 alignright" height="166" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bad-robot-logo-e1384375853839-337x188.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 166px; outline: 0; width: 299px;" width="299" /></a>Goodman has also gone out of his way to streamline things at the studio so that it can continue to produce as many films as it does each year. He slashed expenses around the lot—everything from writer step deals to discretionary fund deals to things as small as flowers in a particular producer’s office. He got rid of most of the producing deals the studio had on the lot, whittling them down from around 40 to a select few, like J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, Brad Pitt’s Plan B, Mary Parent’s Disruption Entertainment, Sacha Baron Cohen and Todd Schulman’s Four By Two Films, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Martin Scorsese’s Sikelia and both Ian Bryce’s and Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s eponymous shingles.</div>
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Similarly, Goodman has also streamlined the various operations under the Paramount umbrella so that there are no separate staffs. Now, executives can work on both an MTV film and an Insurge picture. Projects are still released under the auspices of a specific banner, but they are separated by genre and cost rather than by which group of executives generated and developed them. The new system has everyone working on the same team, with plenty of cross-pollination and interaction. Unlike other companies, where there is a firm wall between the various divisions, Paramount has united them all under the same roof, with the same personnel.</div>
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<a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=1460cde90f&e=05f040aff9" rel="attachment wp-att-23552" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;"><img align="left" alt="bad grandpa still" class="size-medium wp-image-23552 alignleft" height="224" src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bad-grandpa-still-337x224.jpg" style="border: 0; height: 224px; outline: 0; width: 337px;" width="337" /></a>While the synergy is a definite positive, there is a downside too. With no official divisions, certain banners can see less attention and by extension release fewer films. MTV and Nickelodeon, for instance, are down to about one film per year. The former gave us <i>Bad Grandpa</i> a few weeks ago but has only a pair of projects in active development as well as a <i>Hansel and Gretel</i> sequel moving forward. The latter hasn’t given us anything since 2012’s <i>Fun Size</i> and has nothing on its slate till the <i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</i> reboot next August and <i>Spongebob Squarepants 2</i> in 2015. Nickelodeon does have a trio of other movies in active development. Still, that’s not exactly a cornucopia of projects.</div>
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As with other majors, when it comes to actually greenlighting a film for the banners that are more active, there is a committee in place. Led by Goodman and reporting to Grey, it also includes input from Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore, Chief Marketing Officer Josh Greenstein, President of Domestic Marketing and Distribution Megan Colligan, President of International Marketing Nic Crawley, President of Production Marc A. Evans, President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution Don Harris, International Theatrical topper Anthony Marcoly, Physical Production boss Lee E. Rosenthal and President of Consumer Products and Global Marketing Partnerships LeeAnne Stables. Once everyone has given their input, Goodman makes a decision and runs it up the flagpole to Grey, the final decision maker.<br />
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Sending material up the ladder is an impressive roster of executives who’ve contributed to the successful run of projects over the last calendar year. President of Production Evans oversees Geoff Stier (who has ties to Four By Two) and recent hire (from 20<sup>th</sup> Century Fox) Peter Kang, who was immediately handed the keys to one of the studio’s biggest franchises—the third entry in the <i>G.I. Joe</i> series.<br />
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Senior Vice President Elizabeth Raposo works on nearly every Bad Robot film that comes down the pike, fellow SVP Ashley Brucks oversees the <i>Paranormal Activity</i> franchise while Vice President of Production Amanda Countner Brown is the point person on a wide variety of films and was the liaison for the <i>Anchorman</i> sequel. Allison Smalls was recently named Vice President of Paramount Insurge while VP Eben Davidson oversees acquisitions and the incredibly lucrative <i>Jackass</i> franchise. Jill Gilbert and Annie Laks are two more Vice Presidents, both on the animation side.</div>
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Speaking of animation, Executive Vice President Bob Bacon is the head of production for the fledgling operation that won an Oscar out of the gate with <i>Rango</i>. The division that began because of its faltering deal with DreamWorks Animation has otherwise been slow-going. The next entry on the slate is not due until summer, 2015. Still, it’s not often when any operation is batting 1.000, so the company can take solace in that.</div>
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Of the six major studios in town, only Sony has had its leadership in place longer than Goodman has been at the top of the film division at Paramount. As long as he, Grey and the rest of the team continue to rebuild from the losses of DreamWorks and Marvel and keep putting profitable projects into theaters, there’s every reason to expect that Paramount will continue its steady, solid performance.</div>
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<section id="postingbody" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I posted this a month ago but definitely want to re-post with more detail of what I'm looking for. I am a former Private Investigator with an extensive file and media copy on a high profile case that I was involved in 10 years ago. I know the topic and case would make a great documentary and motion picture/film. Looking to collaborate and partner with a screenwriter to bring it to life. I've already spent $60k of my own money on the investigative side of this case. I am not looking to pay a fee to a screenwriter (there are a lot of writers out there inundating me for $$$ up front.) I'm only interested in forming a partnership (that means 50/50) with a writer and taking this specific case and possibly some other cases I've worked on that made national news, and getting them developed. Obtaining financing for a possible documentary on this specific case is also a goal/focus.<br /><br />You need to have experience writing in the thriller, crime, law enforcement, and political corruption genre's. Definitely looking for someone that has connections in the publishing and film industry. Because of the political and social issues, and some of the unsavory content of this case and others, you must be open minded, politically in the "Center", and not easily grossed out.<br /><br />We will have to form and sign some kind of partnership agreement through attorneys.<br /><br />I am in the Washington DC area. Copying my files and getting them to you will be paramount to the success of the collaboration/partnership.<br /><br />Serious inquiries only.<br /><br />Reply with an introduction email and we can exchange contact information.</section><section id="postingbody" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></section><section id="postingbody" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ALL RESPONSES TO: <a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/wrg/4149661710.html">http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/wrg/4149661710.html</a></section></section>Michael J. Farrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14690304245209642177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367134699178344699.post-9821804513514894602013-05-22T14:57:00.001-07:002013-11-09T13:58:55.171-08:00Netflix's Ted Sarandos On What's Next, Special Memorial Weekend Box Office Stats, RocketHub Spotlight, Cannes Roundup<center>
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A studio-by-studio look at their biggest box office gambles for summer. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=333bd30662&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(THR)</a><br />
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With a deft hand for launching franchises and its Summit acquisition, Lionsgate stock per share has more than tripled; $250M Cannes haul is for nine films. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=2fb51dd0c5&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br />
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The <em>NYT’</em>s interview with Snyder on what’s different this time as director of the latest attempt to revive the 75 year old pop-culture bastion. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=7358fae320&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(NYT)</a><br />
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<i>Only God Forgives</i>, now screening at Cannes, takes a mass critical drubbing. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=fa58c146b4&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(HUFF)</a><br />
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HBO and FX landed the most nominations with HBO garnering 21 nods to FX’s 19 for the June 10 ceremony; full list of nominees included. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=3383430e2d&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br />
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Berg and Harberts, whose credits include <i>GCB</i>, <i>Pushing Daisies</i> and <i>Off The Map</i>, have signed a new two-year overall deal and will be executive producers of <i>Revenge</i>’s third season. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=366f36e931&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br />
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Toback, long a film business soothsayer, discusses his pairing with Alec Baldwin for their <i>Seduced And Abandoned</i> documentary. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=353e4cb611&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(TOH)</a><br />
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Delpy on the making of the critically acclaimed <em>Before</em> movie series, all co-written by Delpy, Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=a35d550639&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(WSJ)</a><br />
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Harris, currently recurring on USA’s <i>Suits</i> as well as landing co-star role in David Spade’s ABC pilot contender <i>Bad Management</i>, has signed with ICM; she was previously with UTA. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=f07a4bcc78&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36a3d6; text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br />
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Farrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14690304245209642177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367134699178344699.post-73149989656582500842013-05-21T14:51:00.001-07:002013-05-21T14:51:29.239-07:00Sony Stock Hits 2-Year High, Kickstarter Spotlight, Cannes Roundup, TV Pilots Report, The Webby Awards<center> <div class="main_content" style="background-color: #fff;padding-bottom: 20px;width: 728px;margin: 20px auto 0;"> <div class="header" style="width: 100%;background: #fff;text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 15px 0;"> <div class="header_logo" style="text-align: center;"> <center> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=a9dd7cf3ff&e=63fff67f4a" target="_blank" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/logo-ssnews.jpg" alt="Studio System News" border="0" style="margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;border: 0;outline: 0;display: block;max-width: 100%;height: auto;"></a> </center> </div> </div> <div class="mainBody" style="position: relative;background: #fff;text-align: left;"> <center> <div class="header_ad" style="text-align: center;"></div> </center> <div class="posts"><div style="clear: both; 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list of this year’s winners are included. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=723b9073c4&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(SSN)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=a8b5b5a9f1&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">Microsoft Announces ‘Halo’ TV Series</a></h4> Microsoft revealed the news – and the participation of Steven Spielberg – at today’s Xbox One event. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=5de03b03d4&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(MASH)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=80e80fd5f2&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">Cannes: ‘Behind The Candelabra’ Q&A With Matt Damon & Steven Soderbergh</a></h4> Stateside, the anticipated HBO film airs May 26, while it shops international theatrical distribution overseas; Damon and Steven Soderbergh go behind-the- scenes on the making of the film. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=fb60383053&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(VUL)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=d114121d70&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">Monday TV Ratings: ‘The Voice’ Most-Watched As ‘Goodwin Games’ Underwhelms & ‘Oh Sit’ Empties Seats</a></h4> <em>Dancing With The Stars</em> hit a 9-week peak as ABC won the night in total viewers as NBC topped the 18-49 demo ; Univision beat the CW in 18-49 and beat Fox and CW in total viewers. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=021fffd6f7&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=82b554467f&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Travis McGee’ Set For Dennis Lehane Adaptation</a></h4> Ubiquitous fiction crime novelist and screenwriter Dennis Lehane will adapt the DiCaprio vehicle based on <i>The Deep Blue Good-by</i> John D. 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Farrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14690304245209642177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367134699178344699.post-33015549714671392252013-05-21T07:42:00.001-07:002013-05-21T07:42:57.505-07:00Cannes Crime Jag Continues, Trailer Buzz: 'Wolverine,' Ang Lee Exits 'Tyrant' Pilot<center> <div class="main_content" style="background-color: #fff;padding-bottom: 20px;width: 728px;margin: 20px auto 0;"> <div class="header" style="width: 100%;background: #fff;text-align: center;margin: 0;padding: 15px 0;"> <div class="header_logo" style="text-align: center;"> <center> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=3261785dc4&e=63fff67f4a" target="_blank" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://www.studiosystemnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/logo-ssnews.jpg" alt="Studio System News" border="0" style="margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;border: 0;outline: 0;display: block;max-width: 100%;height: auto;"></a> </center> </div> </div> <div class="mainBody" style="position: relative;background: #fff;text-align: left;"> <center> <div class="header_ad" style="text-align: center;"></div> </center> <div class="posts"><div style="clear: both; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid gray;"> <h4 style="line-height: 1.7em;font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;"> <br> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=cd21da39ec&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #404040; text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none;">Cannes Crime Jag Continues, Trailer Buzz: 'Wolverine,' Ang Lee Exits 'Tyrant' Pilot </a></h4> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=ee4064f59f&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">Cannes Crime Jag Continues</a></h4> Burglaries, physical assaults and attempted robberies continue in the latest wave of criminal events to come to light since the weekend. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=ef574d989f&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(THR)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=39cc71cca8&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">Trailer Buzz: ‘Wolverine’</a></h4> 20<sup>th</sup> Century Fox has released the trailer for the Hugh Jackman action film opening July 26, 2013. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=d93cc8d37a&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(LR)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=7c5ae55137&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">FX Pilot, ‘Tyrant,’ Loses Ang Lee</a></h4> The Oscar-winning director confirmed his withdrawal from directing the <em>Tyrant</em> pilot, citing a non-stop schedule with <i>Life of Pi</i>. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=8dd7dbb540&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(DH)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=70cc360756&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">Cannes: Sean Penn’s ‘The Gunman’ Turn Could Be Action Franchise</a></h4> International sales are off to a promising start for Studiocanal’s adaptation of <i>The Prone Gunman </i>novel; <i>Taken</i>’s Pierre Morel will direct. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=c84f30bb0a&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(THR)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=4c52a9e9d6&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">‘Smallville’ Profit Participation Lawsuit Settled</a></h4> The 2010 lawsuit filed by <i>Smallville</i> writer-creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough has been settled in principle as June trial date neared. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=d7622bd455&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(THRE)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=a58f49629e&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">The Doors Founder Ray Manzarek: 1939- 2013</a></h4> Manzarek died yesterday at Germany’s RoMed Clinic after battling cancer; Manzarek’s iconic music career spanned over 48 years. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=6573839339&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(VAR)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=1a5b83bd46&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">When Kickstarter Doesn’t Work: ‘Darci’s Walk Of Shame’</a></h4> Melissa Joan Hart, successful television staple for over 20 years, reacts to her failed Kickstarter campaign that shut down early after reaching only $51k of $2M goal for rom-com passion project. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=8423bfa653&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(LAT)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=0b09e831ec&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">The Real-Life ‘Bling Ring’ Crew: What Happened Since</a></h4> <i>The Daily Beast</i>’s update on the real-life fates and sentencing of the 2008 burglary ring that’s the basis of Sofia Coppola’s latest film. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=741ba0a38d&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(TDB)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=81730febf5&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">VOD Looks To Catch Up With DVR Viewing</a></h4> Cable video on demand is starting to make small but notable gains as Nielsen now measures VOD viewership and cable providers make it less cumbersome to use as a viewer option to catch up with shows – and ads. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=6420812da2&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(NYT/YAH)</a><br> <br> <h4 style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: 400;font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;margin-bottom: 0;margin: 0 0 4px;line-height: 115% !important;"> <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=19c3e92919&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">UTA’s Private Theater Raises The In-House Bar</a></h4> UTA’s state-of-the-art screening room with 3D capabilities has hosted 275 screenings in 9 months. <a href="http://baselineresearch.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3713f73f985b2c7f64cf503c0&id=20a232976c&e=63fff67f4a" style="color: #36A3D6;text-decoration: none;">(LAT)</a></div> </div> <div class="clear" style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="footer" style="color: 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