More from Bryn Sandberg
Apple Orders First French Language Original Series ‘Liaison’
Apple has greenlit its first-ever French language original series, Liaison. The high-stakes thriller will star Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, Westworld) and Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, Casino Royale). The show will feature a mixture of English and French dialogue. Liaison is a contemporary thriller that will explore how the mistakes of our […]
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‘WandaVision’ Creator Jac Shaeffer on Finding Her Footing in Marvel Universe and Depicting Elizabeth Olsen as “Powerful, Flawed Woman”
When Jac Schaeffer, the creator and head writer of Disney+’s WandaVision, set out to craft the Marvel limited series, she knew exactly what story she didn’t want to tell. She felt strongly that the world had seen enough female characters, particularly in the genre space, buckle under too much power, only to have a man […]
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Fort Worth Positions Itself as Up-and-Coming Filming Destination
A little over six years ago, Texas-based producer Red Sanders was on a trip promoting his hometown of Fort Worth abroad when the town’s former Mayor Betsy Price posed a question to him: How might the city grow its creative class? Sanders knew exactly how. “I was like, ‘Well, you know, we don’t have a […]
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“We’ve Been Waiting Five, Six Years to Get to Here”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With Josh O’Connor and the Creators Behind ‘The Crown’
Few historical dramas have enthralled viewers the way The Crown has the last five years. The Netflix drama, created by Oscar- and Emmy-nominated scribe Peter Morgan, kept up that intrigue with one of its buzziest seasons yet last fall, which marked the much-anticipated debut of Princess Diana. For the creative team behind the show, this […]
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Tyler Perry Expanding Atlanta Production Studio
Tyler Perry is expanding his Atlanta production studio. The Georgia-based mogul is purchasing an additional 37.5 acres of land on the existing Fort McPherson property on which his studio was built. He plans to turn the additional space into an entertainment district open to the public, complete with a theater district, retail stores and restaurants […]
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‘Bridgerton’ Star Phoebe Dynevor and Director Julie Anne Robinson on How They Brought a Modern Flair to Netflix Series
As Shonda Rhimes’ dynamite Netflix debut, Bridgerton captured audiences around the world and shattered the streamer’s viewership records as its most watched original series. While filming the show, director Julie Anne Robinson tried to warn star Phoebe Dynevor about the attention that was to come. “I was like, ‘Phoebe, you have no idea,’ ” says […]
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‘The Undoing’: Nicole Kidman and Director Susanne Bier on Taking Liberties With the Novel and How Series Is “Critically Relevant”
Director Susanne Bier vividly remembers her first meeting with Nicole Kidman to discuss collaborating on The Undoing, the pair’s nail-biter of an HBO limited series. The director walked into the Sunset Marquis to find the star seated beneath a giant black-and-white portrait of herself. “It was almost mythical,” says Bier, who needed little convincing to […]
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‘We Started Marching With This Story and Doors Opened’: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With Ethan Hawke on Adapting ‘The Good Lord Bird’
When Ethan Hawke first read James McBride’s bestselling book The Good Lord Bird about the radical abolitionist John Brown, he was so taken with it that he wanted to give everyone he knew a copy for Christmas. But then his real-life partner and producer Ryan Hawke had a better idea: Why not adapt it? “My […]
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Rising Inflation Hits Hollywood as Production Costs “Have Shot Through the Roof”
With inflation hitting the U.S. economy at large, Hollywood is feeling the impact of it on its film and television production. The rising demand and sluggish supply of building materials is hampering the entertainment industry’s ability to build movie and TV sets within budget. “In the last three months, the cost of materials have shot […]
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How Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program Pivoted Amid Pandemic
Starting in 2020, the participants in THR and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles' WIE Mentorship Program pivoted to Zoom connections, including mock interviews: 'I learned to speak up for myself'
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All-Female Mentoring Group Femtors Aims to Help Rising Hollywood Execs Achieve “Career Longevity”
Femtors, founded by WME partner Cori Wellins, pairs top Hollywood women with mid-level-position executives to create 'career longevity': 'We're really looking at filling out the upper parts of the pyramid' By Bryn Sandberg
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Hallmark Programming Exec Michelle Vicary Steps Down
Crown Media’s lead programming and production executive, Michelle Vicary, is stepping down. She will leave her post as executive vp programming at the beginning of June after 22 years with the company. Crown Media Family Networks’ CEO Wonya Lucas has tapped Randy Pope, senior vp programming and development, and Darren Melameth, senior vp programming and […]
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