The repercussions of every studio continuing to turn it’s gaze towards the streaming future can be felt all throughout Hollywood. Disney seems to be leading the charge as it’s doubling down on Disney+, with CEO Bob Chapek announcing that they will be doing an annual “Disney+ Day” to celebrate the service (really just a big add day). Meanwhile, you have acclaimed filmmaker, and traditionalist, Christopher Nolan, leaving his longtime studio, Warner Brothers, in the wake of the HBO Max debacle, to take his next film to Universal. Of course this comes with a steep list of demands that insures it’s theatrical window. Over on the TV front, The Emmy awards were handed out, with ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘The Crown’ taking home most of the hardware. Julian and Jeremy discuss this and so much more on the week’s Tower of Babble Podcast.
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Show Notes
Movies
Disney CEO, Bob Chapek revealed that November 12th will be considered “Disney+ Day” and it will be used to “have new content released against one of our four key franchises”. - IGN
Dennis Villeneuve’s thoughts on Marvel movies in an interview with El Mundo.
Patty Jenkins also recently said that movies that are coming to streaming “look like fake movies” and that it’s “not working as a model for establishing legendary greatness”.
Meanwhile, Netflix eye’s up more theatrical releases “in a bid to have ‘bigger cultural impact’.
Dennis again, this time on ‘Dune’ coming to HBO Max: “frankly, to watch Dune on a TV is like driving a speedboat in a bathtub”.
Christopher Nolan has chosen Universal to help him make his next film which will be about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb.” Only Universal was able to meet Nolan’s steep demands.
BTW, this comes following news that Universal is looking to “retreat from big theatrical productions, to focus on titles - remakes, branded content, cheaper fare - that will service it’s streaming service, Paramount+.
TV
Emmy Awards
Neil Druckmann, the writer and creative director behind ‘The Last of Us’ will seemingly direct at least one episode of the HBO adaptation. This was revealed through the show’s production list in the “Directors Guild of Canada” website. - IGN
Amazon Studios is developing ‘She-Ra’ as a live-action series based on the characters from Mattel’s Masters of the Universe franchise - Variety
Anthony Mackie will star in a ‘Twisted Metal’ live-action series.
Comics/Misc
Norm Macdonald has passed away due to cancer.
What We’ve Been Watching
US Marshals (1998) and The Negotiator (1998)
Free Guy
Marvel’s What if…?
