More from Carolyn Giardina
‘John Wick 5’? Director Chad Stahelski Says “We’re Open To It”
John Wick: Chapter 4 director Chad Stahelski admits he’s open to a fifth film in his assassin franchise starring Keanu Reeves for Lionsgate, following Chapter 4’s big debut. In its second weekend, the movie has already topped $245 million globally. “It’s very flattering for them to come back and, you know, say ‘We want more’ and […]
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Members Applaud Academy’s New Production and Technology Branch: “The Arts and Sciences Not Only Inspire Each Other But Require Each Other”
Members-at-Large of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are applauding Friday’s news that they will become part of a new Production and Technology Branch. Comprising approximately 400 individuals previously classified as Members-at-Large, the new branch represents members working in various technical and production positions including chief technology officers, senior department heads in technology […]
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CEO Bob Rosenthal Resigns From Formosa Group
Bob Rosenthal has resigned as CEO of leading audio postproduction company Formosa Group, The Hollywood Reporter has learned from multiple sources. The news Friday came as a surprise, as the well-known industry vet had been with Formosa Group (which now operates under parent Streamland Media) since he founded the company in 2013. The reason for […]
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Hollywood to End COVID-19 Safety Agreement That Enabled Pandemic-Era Return to Work
The COVID-19 guidelines that for the past three years kept casts and crews safe during production amid the pandemic will expire May 12. The current iteration of the pact, negotiated by industry unions and top studios and streaming companies represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), will remain in place through […]
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Hollywood’s COVID-19 Safety Protocols Agreement May Be on Its Way Out
When Hollywood’s return-to-work agreement expires on April 1, will this be the end of COVID-19 guidelines that have been in place for the past three years? Sources in the industry believe so and have speculated for weeks that, at the very least, major changes might be coming next month, when the current version of the […]
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Sohonet Expanding Its Remote Collaboration Capabilities With Acquisition of 5th Kind
The privately held Sohonet has acquired cloud-based video collaboration tech developer 5th Kind. With the acquisition, Sohonet plans to integrate 5th Kind’s asset management and dailies review tools with Sohonet’s Emmy-winning ClearView remote collaboration system and network. More details of this work is expected to be announced next month during the NAB Show in Las […]
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Marvel Working to Find ‘Quantumania’ Leaker
Marvel is closing in on the source of a leak of a script from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania before the movie was released, and it intends to take legal action, a Disney company source tells The Hollywood Reporter. A federal judge in California on Monday issued subpoenas to Reddit and Google directing them to […]
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‘Everything Everywhere’ Team Brought Dozens of Crew Members as Oscar Guests, Recalls Editor Paul Rogers
For Paul Rogers, whose work on Everything Everywhere All at Once won him the Oscar in film editing on Sunday, the night was particularly special because he spent it with dozens of people who helped make the A24 hit. “Everyone who was nominated [from Everything Everywhere] used their additional tickets to bring crew members. So […]
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Sound Team Acknowledges Category Credits Issue As They Win Oscar: “It Would Be Great If It Was a Little More Flexible”
The thrilling work of the Top Gun: Maverick sound team, which placed audiences into Naval aircrafts amid high-flying action, won the Oscar for best sound on Sunday, delivering Academy Awards to the team of Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor. Despite the happy moment for the team, others who […]
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Oscars’ Mea Culpa to Crafts Community Is (Mostly) Well Received
Members of the crafts community gave generally favorable marks to this year’s Oscars presentation, following the outrage surrounding the 2022 Academy Awards in which eight categories were sidelined. “I’d call it a win for the Academy,” one Oscar recipient from a prior year tells The Hollywood Reporter. A year ago, eight categories — editing, makeup […]
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Oscars Telecast Highlights Crafts a Year After Sidelining 8 Categories
From the opening montage of the 2023 Oscars, the Academy signaled an effort to place attention on the crafts, following last year’s widely criticized decision to present eight categories prior to the live telecast and instead including clumsily-edited excerpts from those presentations in the live broadcast. As part of this change, a film camera was […]
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Delivers Fifth VFX Oscar to Weta’s Joe Letteri
Surprising no one, Avatar: The Way of Water collected the Oscar in visual effects for its jaw-dropping work that helped to propel the movie to more than $2.2 billion at the box office, making it the third highest grossing movie of all time. In doing so, Weta FX’s production senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri collected […]
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