Full Producers Roundtable: Tom Ackerley, Natalie Portman, Ed Guiney, George C. Wolfe & More

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Christine Vachon ('Past Lives'), Ed Guiney ('Poor Things'), George C. Wolfe ('Rustin'), Natalie Portman ('May December'), Scott Sanders ('The Color Purple') and Tom Ackerley ('Barbie') join THR in Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter. The producers talk about the best piece of advice they've received, reading a script for the first time and the movie that made them want to be a filmmaker in this updated roundtable format hosted by Yvonne Orji. Shot on the Sony Burano.
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@illuvattar 4 ай бұрын

How about a new roundtable with studio executives? That one was really great back in 2020. Felt like different mob bosses going to a sitdown.

@Nancy-sf2pl 3 ай бұрын

I don’t think this year would be the best year to do it because of the writers strike and the actors strike and the way the studio executives responded to it

@AlwaysOn2Sumthing 3 ай бұрын

@@Nancy-sf2plexactly. i feel like studio execs will likely be much less open and accessible going forward

@AA-qb7ni 4 ай бұрын

Now that I know Tom is Margot's husband, I can't stop thinking about that story she told on Ellen 😂😂😂

@Elena-cq4hk 4 ай бұрын

Yeah that story is hilarious 😂😂

@ilovehunterschafer153 4 ай бұрын

@@lox7923 i think they're talking about when margot said she met ellen and her wife portia at the hotel she was staying at with her husband on their honeymoon

@mattwalker786 4 ай бұрын

@@lox7923 They were at a really small resort in Bora Bora and Margot told Tom to put on different shorts for their workout because his were really tight and she could see the whole outline of his bulge, but he said it wasn't a big deal cause no one would be at the gym... they get to the gym and there is one person running on a treadmill... Ellen.

@Nancy-sf2pl 4 ай бұрын

@@mattwalker786you forgot to mention Barack Obama 😂

@hellobookss 3 ай бұрын

I was thinking about that story the whole time I was watching this lol

@camilagaviria 4 ай бұрын

Tom and Margot produced two of the biggest movies of the year, Barbie and Saltburn.

@jacobgellert4298 4 ай бұрын

Loved Mia Galuppo as a host. She genuinely cared about fostering a safe and interesting conversation, which is important to note because I think hosts sometimes try to catch people off guard with overly personal questions

@susiewhy 3 ай бұрын

she's so great!!

@thecircleclub_ 4 ай бұрын

Producers and writers really are the foundation of storytelling and you can really see that in this years’ top films. You can see amongst these movies that storytelling was the forefront of these projects before anything else and that’s ultimately why they’re such a success.

@yinyangpodcast2432 3 ай бұрын

What are you talking about, apart from some hits this was one of the worse years for Hollywood, maybe ever.

@thecircleclub_ 3 ай бұрын

@@yinyangpodcast2432 expand your pallet there was a lotttt of great movies especially ones that weren't blockbuster.

@jeanniewarren4643 4 ай бұрын

I hadn't realized until a few years ago how long some of the movies we see had been in production, decades for some of them. These people have conviction and vision.

@poke1855 4 ай бұрын

I like how Margot Robbie could have been here as well since she's also a producer on barbie. Natalie Portman could have also been in the actress table because she was also in the film MayDecember.

@Simonesayshi 4 ай бұрын

Emma Stone too, she was a producer on Poor Things as well.

@rauchproduction8706 4 ай бұрын

Being written as producer and actually doing the job of a producer is a different thing. High level actors usually are written as producers to simply get bigger piece of the pie but without actually taking much responsibilities of what producer usually has. Therefore having here the real producers is the only way to do it.

@nkechi4635 4 ай бұрын

@@rauchproduction8706 Yeah but in this case it was Margo's production company and it was her pitching to Mattel, so I'd say she probably did a fair amount t of actual producer work

@blackguyofthesouth2161 4 ай бұрын

Yea, but this isnt one of those cases @@rauchproduction8706

@kaichen04 4 ай бұрын

Margot was the producer of Barbie and several films, including films she didn't even star in, like Promising Young Woman and Saltburn. Tom Ackerley is her husband and only produces films for her production company. He's the one ridding her coattails, not the opposite.@@rauchproduction8706

@emmanuelokoye1575 4 ай бұрын

Not the Ozempic Doctors! I'm cackling, that was hilarious.

@coreyromberg 3 ай бұрын

I loved George C. Wolfe’s comparison of theater vs film and leaning forward vs leaning back

@SamBryans128 3 ай бұрын

Christine Vachon is such a legend!

@rockroll5002 3 ай бұрын

just started the video and the moderator seems so warm and invested. love it.

@RyanWrightfilms 4 ай бұрын

Is there going to be a Cinematographer roundtable?

@saraamw 4 ай бұрын

i love this roundtable, i think it' was the best.

@laurahgp 4 ай бұрын

I really wish a producer from Killers of the Flower Moon had been included in the roundtable 😭 it’s a masterpiece

@jaxb.8351 4 ай бұрын

My only complaint is that this round table was not long enough! 😢

@charxgrace2995 Ай бұрын

Feels like the producers are all pretty thoughtful introverts who ramble endlessly about their passion, film, when they get the chance.

@AST-erisked 4 ай бұрын

Ok, some people fail to understand that schedules and agents exist, so not every person of every movie is available. This happens every year. Also its weird that if you dont consider a movie a "Big contender" for awards, its "taking a space"... do you care for movies or just awards?

@FramesPerSecond 4 ай бұрын

I definitely lean forward when a film is working lmao

@Largo3point0 4 ай бұрын

I’m loving how much the moderator is “into” the stories with her reactions. Ha ha.

@deepaksrinivasmondal 3 ай бұрын

Yeah! She's so expressive!

@jasoneisener 4 ай бұрын

Would love to see you do this with indy film producers.

@nellielaroy 4 ай бұрын

Tom!

@hadeel2530 3 ай бұрын

Of course Margot would marry someone with BDE energy…

@honeymoon1115 4 ай бұрын

Natalie I love you

@pietiebeyers5237 3 ай бұрын

As an actor I'm genuinely interested, do people still watch movies?

@WatchTheClipsFilm-Tv 4 ай бұрын

Can anyone please explain the how producers work. As in do they put money into the project and that’s what makes them a producer? Or are they selected by the production company to handle the day to day things leading to the film/tv show being made? Executive producer and producer are the 2 jobs in the industry I really get confused about

@rosalindasculturalcabana8581 4 ай бұрын

It's an unusual situation. The role of producers is extremely flexible and can include many different defintions.

@benjamindover4337 3 ай бұрын

It's all about money. And since they are taking that financial risk, they can pretty much get involved in any way they want. Some want to genuinely help by getting on the phone and making business arrangements. Others just want to buy their way into a powerful position to boss people around. Tom, for instance, became a producer when he married Margot and suddenly had a bunch of money to throw around. While Natalie has worked in the business for decades and knows it inside out.

@ZamiaAmyuni 3 ай бұрын

⁠⁠⁠@@benjamindover4337I dont think it’s fair for you to diminish Tom’s work. He started his career as an assistant director before meeting margot… thats actually how they met, so yeah, they started a bussiness together among other friends and they work great together because is something they’re both passionate. I dont see anything wrong with this 🤷‍♀️ At this point it really looks like some people just don’t like him because he got married to their celebrity crush. How childish.

@benjamindover4337 3 ай бұрын

@ZamiaAmyuni I don't disagree with your statements. I think he got lucky. But then, in all likelyhood, so too did everyone on this panel. Naturaly people will feel enviousous of his success. Anyway, I'd rather have Tom as my producer rather than most others, since he did spend a lot of time on set and likely respects the expertise of those he's working with.

@Inayahinam 3 ай бұрын

Was not expecting Margot Robbie's husband to have *that* voice...thought he'd sound more Ladd-ish less public school

@user-lu4ob5qp4t 3 ай бұрын

Lean on back in theartres

@haro2830 Ай бұрын

Natalie didn’t speak until the final 10 minutes?

@MsTriangle 3 ай бұрын

What is Tom's accent?

@MrSchwan2121 3 ай бұрын

British I think

@donrumata1006 3 ай бұрын

sufficient accent... :)

@russeluc 2 ай бұрын

Australian

@itstheboyaj 4 ай бұрын

Love Yvonne’s intros to these roundtables. She’s really charming and lowkey gorgeous

@davidlovesfilm 4 ай бұрын

Debatable. I don't understand why they need her acting like some pathetic pretend host doing these annoying intros when a moderator is hosting to do that instead. They really don't need anyone else to open or intro the show.

@itstheboyaj 4 ай бұрын

@@davidlovesfilm well she’s clearly promoting the hotel that sponsors these roundtables. It’s not that deep

@carmichaelk.5214 4 ай бұрын

what's a dye-rector?

@martinkiss3333 4 ай бұрын

No oppenheimer no killers of the flower moon? 😅

@aprilfrost490 3 ай бұрын

I'm a huge fan of these round tables and I've watched pretty much every single one. Just want to give a little feedback though- the addition of the new host lady at the beginning and very end is annoying and confusing. In another context, she seems like a fun host. But for the roundtables, not so much.

@deepaksrinivasmondal 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. It is just tonally jarring. Doesn't make any sense.

@Kiccmovekory 4 ай бұрын

😮

@HlifeRomania91 4 ай бұрын

Where is Lacey?

@vickyvanadium 3 ай бұрын

It fun to see bunch of hyprocrities specially Tom Ackerly talk about caring about anything but Money.

@MagnitudeReviews 4 ай бұрын

Imagine having a producer roundtable for 2023 in film and not have Margot Robbie be a part of the conversation. I understand she was in the actress one, but she has a lot more that she could say as a producer and her body of work as a producer at that table.

@rosalindasculturalcabana8581 4 ай бұрын

All her producing credits are with him or someone else as I understand it. She's an intelligent woman who understands the dynamics of film, unlike too many people outside the industry who think they know!

@Nancy-sf2pl 4 ай бұрын

She is not the only persons who produced it. The other producers deserve to be seen and heard for their hard work too. Everything she has produced, she has produced with Tom.

@jinnimoo 3 ай бұрын

Given that she recently said she wants to step back from acting and focus on producing films for a while, we'll no doubt see more from Margot the producer. Her company already has a first look deal with warner and multiple nominations, heck they even won the recent producer of the year award.

@manuelortmann 4 ай бұрын

While at Harvard University, Portman became the assistant to Alan M. Dershowitz and significantly contributed to his book 'The Case for Israel.' Never Support NATALIE AGAIN!

@zotter1235 4 ай бұрын

Literally!!

@mattwalker786 4 ай бұрын

Wow really groundbreaking analysis - Israeli woman doesn't support the destruction of her country... someone call the press!

@Mirrori 4 ай бұрын

Why isn't Emma Thomas here?

@davidlovesfilm 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, also why isn't Kristie Macosko Krieger here for Maestro or Mark Johnson for The Holdovers or any producers of any of the heavy Best Picture contenders?

@lille-mary1517 4 ай бұрын

I have a friend that books for similar productions. And it is not unusual for him that a person you would like to have attend. Simply can not because they are off doing work that make it impossible to attend at that date and time. Or some actually say no beacuse they are not comfortable in settings like these. They simply don’t want to do it. Perhaps that can be the case here.

@movieace1295 4 ай бұрын

It blows my mind that he is married to Margot! He's just a normal looking dude! :P

@Nancy-sf2pl 4 ай бұрын

What did you expect him to look like?

@movieace1295 4 ай бұрын

@@Nancy-sf2pl IDK at Margots level?

@lulyabeyene7316 4 ай бұрын

Looks isn’t everything…

@minocious8344 4 ай бұрын

I find him very hot, you're talking as if he looked like Ariana's boyfriend

@rosalindasculturalcabana8581 4 ай бұрын

Clearly you underestimate women.

@seerpou 4 ай бұрын

why isnt margot robbie here? shes the producer too

@lille-mary1517 4 ай бұрын

Perhaps she wanted to let her husband and producing partner have a stage for discussing the work on his own. Or she was busy and asked if he could fill the ”Barbie” seat instead of her.

@nellielaroy 4 ай бұрын

Margot participated in actress roundtable. Tom in producers

@Nancy-sf2pl 4 ай бұрын

Movies have multiple producers. They can’t all be here. She was already on the actress roundtable so it only makes sense to have someone else on the team here. They deserve to be seen for their work too.

@maden341 3 ай бұрын

Margot Robbie doesn't need to be there because Tom Ackerley is also a producer for Barbie. Tom, Robbie and another producer setup a production company Tom has a lot of experience behind the scenes of the film industry

@Tatopotatoo 3 ай бұрын

It's interesting how Taylor Swift/ Beyonce and their movies werent brought up

@donrumata1006 3 ай бұрын

"i got on to a Harry Potter set [...] and that's when i went that's what i'm going to do and i was 12-13" What a pretentious man!

@davidlovesfilm 4 ай бұрын

No Emma Thomas (Oppenheimer) and no producers of any heavy Best Picture contenders like Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, and The Holdovers. Instead they have of the producers of Rustin and The Color Purple which are like boring airplane movies that aren't getting nominated.

@kierancurtis5123 4 ай бұрын

I have been extremely disappointed with the choices made this year by the hollywood reporter. Films like the color purple, Rustin, origin, Ferrari are not at all major contenders. We should have seen the likes of Nolan, Lanthimos, Scorsese, Payne etc for director.

@kierancurtis5123 4 ай бұрын

I have also been disappointed in the questions that are being asked. Barely ever alluding To casting and filmmaking styles etc.

@davidlovesfilm 4 ай бұрын

@@kierancurtis5123 Same, this publication really took a sad step backwards with their choices they've made in recent years, the only well picked roundtable this year was the Actress roundtable.

@davidlovesfilm 4 ай бұрын

@@kierancurtis5123 The moderator Rebecca Ford hasn't asked really asked much interesting questions. Stephen Galloway was a better moderator that asked more curious and intuitive questions.

@Nancy-sf2pl 4 ай бұрын

Very very weird and completely unnecessary for you to try to tear down Rustin and the color purple. And we all know why you specifically chose to throw a dig at those movies….Get a life.

@planetwarrior9980 2 ай бұрын

If you want a complete understanding as to why Hollywood films suck, look no further than this video showcasing this motley soulless Producer panel that would make David Lean puke blood in his grave.

@buckminsterfullerene2149 3 ай бұрын

This reeks of liberals.

@michaelquinn7710 12 күн бұрын

Portman is trash!!!

@MsTriangle 3 ай бұрын

Barbie is the most overrated crap this year.

@izzoaum 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@lilmilontiktok 4 ай бұрын

So this dude gets to be at all these cool places just because he’s married to margot?

@bluefrenchorn 4 ай бұрын

they own a company together

@AA-qb7ni 4 ай бұрын

He was a producer before he met Margot. They met on a film. You don't need to sound bitter lol

@rosalindasculturalcabana8581 4 ай бұрын

No he started as crew and went through the production hierarchy so he probably knows more about the process of line production and more than she does.

@DannyJoltz 4 ай бұрын

First AD's and Producers probably have the toughest jobs in a production. There's no just "being at cool places" out of nowhere on a movieset

@rosalindasculturalcabana8581 4 ай бұрын

No, because he's made his way up through the ranks of production and the role is hugely variable.