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N here's your 🏆 for best comment 😂

Hahahahha you win

so sweetly said

@aljanat5 shut the fuck up virgin

... And each with a value of billions

@@Ascoundrel haha not everyone is a CEO. Its easy for you to type it on your phone in your dark room

Perfect

@@Ascoundrel Why are they running studios while you're commenting on KZfaq?

@@Ascoundrel what did they do wrong i want to know

Righttt. You already know they all busy asf with their companies

Totally, probably took a few months to get this on the books

Was pretty easy to schedule actually, they met between the Owl woreship and dinner at the annual Illuminati camp

Probably booked them since 10 years ago

@@duderRechthat LMFAOOOO

And instead it was for free.

ssssshhhhhhhhhh

Disney: "If Mulan doesn't play in China, we're in big trouble!" Corona: "Nice movie release you got planned there. Would be a shame if anything happened to it..."

Not really, they sometimes spoke really generically

A24 for sure. They have some of the best films.

Agreed.

Yes that would be a fantastic counterpoint to this, but this information seems harder to find. Indie studios seem to have more interviews about their process and what they look for in a project. The indies seem a bit more open, whereas everything with netflix and disney and marvel its all secrets and scary.

Just realized I've never seen/heard an interview with any A24 executive. I'd love to hear how they pick projects to support.

@thehollywoodreporter make this happen

Exactly, you know the studios have no respect for Netflix and Amazon. The Irishmen is a good example, all the studios passed because they weren't going to spend 200 million and see no return. To Netflix, they won't make money from the movie but they need content and shows creators that are players in the movie industry.

why are you the world's best archer right now

Eh wrong... Female Crime Lords don't exist....

@@kingvil3212 uhhmmmm no.... they do exist.... just as not as much as men .... Griselda Blanco(Columbian Drug lord), Enedina Arellano Felix(Mexican drug lord), Sandra Avila Beltran(Mexican drug lord) are some examples.....

With Tobi emmerich being joker

What does that tell you. . .

@@musafirioliver that even the most incompetent people can run for/become President :(

This comment aged like fine wine

I think it tells you that running for the President is a popularity contest. Popularity above all else.

Higher stakes

Min 52 😂❤

His job isn't dependant on their comfort.

This is very educational. Much better than people speculating. Here it is, from the industry's mouth.

To bad no one of color.

most of their content is rehashed reboots these people only care about the dollar and THEIR SHAREHOLDERS .

Raquel Colon Donna Langley is Egyptian, if you think that’s being colored...but even so that doesn’t matter, their brains do not their skin

lol?

Commander Keen THANK YOU

Commander Keen the brain power is in keeping their job. You would be eaten alive.

Commander Keen According to a number of studies, average IQ is going down and has been going down for a number of years. So the mediocre is now genius. This and our tech overlords who do none of the programming for their products are “the leaders of the future.” We’re definitely fucked.

@Commander Keen our next great movie producer overlord over here! Someone please have this genius replace Alan Horne or Bob Iger. It'll be so easy for them.

Yess! I was thinking the same thing!! Everything is completely different now

I was thinking the very same thing. When Alan talked about the consumer sitting in the movie theatre next to someone on their phone and someone with the flu, and that affecting their decision making, I was like, did this guy know what was about to happen?

@@user-ef5id9km3p hmm.. interesting take.. 🤔

yeah this is exactly what i was thinking.

Especially now after the strikes

Min?

Min. 52 🎉

Good point.

Lol

Especially when talking to someone on a couch.

Noone is interrupting either. Everyone is listening and only speaks on turns.

That must be why the Hobbit Mr Bean is not doing this interview... 😎

Toby Emmerich is the biggest bitch at this table. Cant wait for WB to boot this douche.

They are disconnected with Reality,

Till I Collapse lmaooo most of these big studios are going to be eaten up by Disney and Warner bros.

These people influence us and they know it.

Christina Cope They also are the reason there aren’t many diverse films.

ThisIsTheRoad haha! Mulan didn’t age well 5 months after this was released.

Well, now they have a problem 🤣

Ironically it played in theaters in China and went straight to home release in America

I laughed at that too! hahaha

i read it in Michael Palin's italian mob voice

AT & T?

WB went from those Dark Night and Harry Potter classics to this awful Batfleck and Fantastic Beasts mess.

Makes more sense today... no Alan Horn...and see what a mess Disney has become...!!

Yeah, the conversation of only white people at the table.

@@hanssolos3699 the way we like it

@@hanssolos3699 what

Cool info thanks for your time

women aren't remarkable

@ Powerful women are

@raserianfald yeah, I am in proccess of sharpening and studying my blade right now, how could you tell? Expect upload within a month.

If theres anyone you want to be friends with ITS THESE GUYS... fuck actors and directors. These are the guys

Exactly

I will have to agree. Most people do not understand that these people are in a whole different stratosphere. They hire the actors and filmmakers. They run the industry. They are in the business of making money. They are explaining some not all of the business decisions and the surface operation issues they deal with. They are not friends with actors, filmmakers and personnel. Every person should understand the business of Hollywood.

Since WB is now part of AT&T, I think it will go the other way.

Dinesh Rashid They can buy their own arses

Dinesh Rashid They can buy themselves

At&t net worth = around 200 billion dollars Disney net worth = around 120 billion dollars Amazon net worth = around 160 billion dollars Comcast (Universal) net worth = around 160 billion dollars Viacom (Paramount) net worth = around 12 billion dollars Sony net worth = around 70 billion dollars Netflix net worth = around 170 billion dollars So Disney really isn't top dog in terms of the whole corporation, but it has the largest market share in the movie industry.

AT&T and Comcast are bigger than Disney))

Irv?

Assuming he’s still alive 😉

Doubtful wb and Netflix is not going anywhere at anytime soon. Now hbo max is getting some heat so yea

Why do you people want the mouse to monopolize everything?

Well ofc the executives won't blame themselevs. What isnt mentioned is when a movie doesnt perform the way they want or expect it, and therefore starts to make changes mid productions, pre-productions or reshoots. The intention is ofc never to destroy the movie, however the intention is always to earn the most of money. Very often these "studio interferance" situations is based on the pressure to make sure the investors earn back the money they put into the production. The truth is that up until the last edit, nobody knows how well a movie will perform. There are too many factors at play. Right audience? Right time to release? Right stars? Competition towards other movies? Etc etc

MarkFilipAnthony well people have a general idea of how well it will do. Especially if it’s based on an existing IP

@@jamaicanskeleton No they dont, what they have a generall idea about is how well it will do with themselves and among their friends Also america and europe isnt the only marked out there

MarkFilipAnthony while many factors go into determining a movie’s success, and there are upsets, generally, a range can be determined domestically. It gets harder worldwide, but it isn’t a crapshoot. Films in the MCU or sequels such as frozen 2 or toy story 4 are very likely to do well in all sectors due to their wide appeal and big screen appeal.

​@@jamaicanskeleton You're talking about movies that allready has a recognized brand, that's totally different. The first Frozen movie was expected to be a flop, just as Titanic was. The First few movies in the Mcu, like Iron man was major risk, nobody new if it was going to do well. Before Toy Story 1 was released nobody expected it to have a major marked, as at the time 2D animation was the norm The first Pirates movie was expected to be a flop, and the production was even considered to be canclled several times It wasn't until after the two first Harry Potter movies they understood the world wide appeal the movies had, before that they gambled from movie to movie etc etc etc You can't compare a brand with a regular production. Most brand movies that fail are the ones who was expected to do higher than what they did, but compred to other regular productions they're not really failures

Yeah, though I think THR deliberately did't get Galloway to do this one 'cause at least a couple of the execs would've finished him off there and then.

Without looking... what color are Aang's shoes? 🩰 (No cheating!) 👀

@@varunbhakay6804 LMAO

Nice one

only problem is that by the sound of it most of them were running or very close to the top of each others company's at some point

With these character archetypes you mentioned, this could be its a movie/show in its own right. Perhaps distributed by A24 to discourage favoritism and directed by the Safdie Bros starring Tom Hanks as Disney Joaquin Phoenix as WB Meryl Streep as Universal Henry Cavill as Netflix Adam Sandler as Sony John Goodman as Paramount and featuring "Any Unknown but Rising Actress" as Amazon Prime E X E C U T I V E *coming soon to a theater or streaming platform near you*

Everyone is sleeping on Amazon. They may be the youngest but they are a beast!

@@matt09ward You move around a lot in that industry. Film's not an easy business to run, so it usually takes a film person to run a film company, so they have a small pool to choose from.

Wouldn't u as an executive it about money always about money

Yup.

Yeah same. It's good to know that they know lol

The key point is to make quality films that are profitable and that's the balancing act.

@@danidua100 I would argue that quality is subjective and profitable isn't. Realistically as an executive the only objective is to make profitable films. If they happen to be high quality as well that's a nice bonus. So there isn't really a conversation to be had about balancing "quality" and "profitability: One could make the case that any film that is profitable is high quality. Logically speaking for a film to be profitable it means a lot of people thought it was high quality, Maybe not by "experts" but that's just someone's opinion. Even things like Oscars and Emmy's which are supposedly reflective of quality. I would argue that most executives only care about winning those awards to the extent that it helps with branding and marketting which increases revenue going back to profitablity.

"that other guy who looks like he works at Gringotts part-time" 🤣🤣🤣

lol. take notes oprah

Ahaha completely agree with you! This one felt like a really smooth discussion that flowed from point to point. The ones with Gringotts fella are awful, I’m not sure he understands what a round table discussion is

This is so accurate it hurts.

I always thought of him as that gringotts, harry potter character, never thought someone would agree

LOL 😂😂

Exactly 😂💯

Can someone explain please?

@@cosmicsprint Look up the Snyder Cut

@@DeadFreakingPool I see, thanks. But in the end, it seems the Snyder Cut is still being produced by Warner Bros after Toby Emmerich approved it.

And when they do, they give us rehearsed speeches. I got nothing from it but squandered privileges.

It's not they don't get to it's that they don't WANT to.

@@Ascoundrel get lost

“To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script, and the script.” - Alfred Hitchcock - Bong Joon Ho

@@Ascoundrel with out them you wouldn't get movies lol

Audacious Scoundrel Wow. Prove your claims or they just stand out as crazy...

Most interesting content you´ll find about the cinema industry on KZfaq.

@@golddlennon7359 @Darth Karmit that's not a great argument and does nothing to defend them and we _would_ get movies without them, they'd just be made under other bosses (mostly from smaller studios)

Lol Facts. they probably got confiscated before the start of the taping, or their assistants were holding them off camera .

Excuse me, these are professional Executive Leadership. These are not average ordinary people in vice presidential or middle management jobs. You don't just call the CEO of a company with a problem every second of the day. They are filming, and they know the rules because they make the rules.

It's building the brand. Netflix two years ago was a mixed bag in terms of brand. Now it's the home of movies from Cuaron, Scorsese, the Coen's, Fincher, Baumbach, etc. That's one side of their brand, they are also where you find The Witcher and Stranger Things, and there are so many more sides. Everything they add forms a brand which makes it more attractive. Something more specific could be how many subscribers they gain or how few the lose around the time of release of one of their movies/series

@@diegovera1213 Of course but they're spending more than they're making off of new subscribers.

It's because they not earning money now, I think it's like another startup company, they just introduce the brand, and after that, they will start making money form advertise or something else.

@ That's my point. I don't think they themselves know. Amazon can at least use it to boost its influence on the same idea as Apple. They just want people to stay on their platforms, make it a one-place for everything. Netflix doesn't have that.

I guess that's why Disney swooped on him.. clever move on their half

Correction Lord of the Rings was New Line cinema and it’s enigmatic founder Robert Shaye who believed in Jackson’s vision thru and thru much like Alan Ladd Jr did back in the day for a young director George Lucas and his small little farm movie set on a desert planet ....

Warner's problems are housemade really. Most of their new DCEU movies are horrible, and when you give creators freedom you'll see awesome stuff - Joker, The Suicide Squad (2021) and probably Batman. HBOmax has incredible content as well.

Exactly, very interesting

i can imagine they are very very fond of netflix & him. because of netflix changing the industry, it opened a brand new market of streaming services. & disney, paramount, etc followed suite after netflix. netflix made them more money than they probably have ever made before the steaming age

U can tell they don't like Netflix

@@andim.8788 hopefully Netflix doesn't sink to their level

major other then probably amazon as they kinda run things in the same way

Sony doesn’t seem to like Netflix

My mind was blown watching this lol I wish they expanded these round tables to more than film. Have like scientists from like NASA, or inventors, or founders.

@@Diana-wk9qv check out the annual Nobel Prize winners discussions, imo piques a similar curiosity

Schenck Films OFC

Or the Netflix guy

@@albertoespinoza4832 Nah, I get the feeling the people at the table don't hate Scott (the Netflix guy) as much as the interviewer does. They've done two of these things with execs now where that guy has tried for several minutes to pry Netflix subscriber numbers out of him, only for people at the table to come to his defense by bringing up how Netflix saved The Irishman: that movie's not my idea of a good time, but for people that consider Scorsese's work historically significant, floating the investment capital to make that movie happen was a huge deal Plus, Amazon is exponentially larger than Netflix, less of that is debt assets, and they have less viewers to placate, so they can literally make countless indie-budget prestige shows and movies for viewership and industry clout, and they barely have to spend a single red cent on it compared to the resources they have available. So I'll bet Amazon is the one they REALLY hate right now; you know how Scorsese was a big get for Netflix? Amazon has had Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy director), and never batted an eye about whipping out the checkbook. And who's watched these movies from these talented directors that Amazon makes? Honestly, not many people: Late Night was a pretty sizable disappointment for them in terms of ROI, and they didn't even care I think the studio execs know that: they don't hate Netflix because Netflix has to eat up a metric fuckton in debt and poach next-level talent just to be able to keep up their massive subscriber count - Netflix is an unknown quantity where they might be the future of media content, or they might end up the next Blockbuster, and people like Alan Horn know that, and I doubt they envy it. Whereas Amazon can just spit out a highly talked-about TV miniseries like Mrs. Maisel or Fleabag or distribute a film like Honey Boy or Chi-Raq or The Report or Manchester By the Sea and not have it be a big deal. They literally spent a quarter of a billion dollars securing extensive rights to make a LotR TV show, and Prime Video isn't even one of the company's biggest moneymakers. Meanwhile, look at a licensed film like Sonic: that WHOLE production didn't even cost $100 mil before marketing, and that's still a huge chunk of change to them. Jen's the one sitting at that table next to Alan Horn because Amazon's the only company with the kind of money to take on Disney, but they've got their hand in so many other profitable cookie jars that movies are just an afterthought to them. When Alan tried to joke about Netflix putting out too many movies and Jen's name got thrown out, I don't think that was a coincidence.

friends can someone enlighten me about to kill a mocking bird part at 23:18, I looked up the idiom but it didn't make sense to me.

@@dereklouster4283 Tom Rothman used to be an English teacher, and I think he was just letting a little bit of that literature snob out a bit and taking a bit of lighthearted offense at comic books being compared to classic American literature

Sure things jan... With all pg shit sure things with wb having biggest franchises and making billion of dollars not gonna happen us back of at&t

This comment got a chuckle from me. I don't believe Disney can assimilate everything, but it is easy to imagine Mickey Mouse with Borg implants.

1. Sony isn't just movies they sell all the electronic products you see their name on, including playstation and all the game studios under their ownership. 2. WB is backed by AT&T therefore already bought and owned by a powerful entity 3. Netflix is billions in debt, therefore not desirable since anyone who buys them just inherits that debt. Besides they have nothing to offer disney since they already have a streaming service and Netflix content is very opposite of Disneys 4. Amazon is Amazon 5. Paramount is practically owned by Sony

Apple is gonna buy Disney.

@@michaelg4490, how is paramount practically owned by Sony when they merged with CBS just weeks ago?

Numbers/ bare bones guy versus a creative guy. IMHO.

They be talking about Snyder? Quick.. change the subject Emmerich - 53:10 lol. Surprised that guy still has a job at WB for doing what he did.

I was wondering if this is the idiot that ruined justice league. Should have made over 1.5 billion and they found a way to throw it down the drain. Probably won't get a superman 2 movie too.

@Franz Styles hey everyone found the Disney plant! How much they paying shills these days?

@Franz Styles Shut the fuck up!

Good point. I film about (in part) doing what is needed to gain and maintain control over others for financial gain. Hopefully he never killed anyone (just careers with the studio).

I like it when I can learn something about how to make movies. Actors have a narrower slice of how it gets done, so naturally, unless you really are fascinated by acting, there is less to glean from such an interview. I was going also say that some actors never stop acting, but it was fairly clear that these decision makers had to watch their words as well.

@@Ascoundrel They are the gatekeepers. Knowing what they think is is very useful for a would-be filmmaker.

@@lonjohnson5161 yes, because you get a sense of what a pitch should include to be succesfull and to actually get the movie made from this people

Audacious Scoundrel the name calling is precious.

Well... these people, at least MOST of these people, are smarter than actors (which isn't hard, granted). That being said, you can be smart and boring. But for someone who's interested in the various issues, that video could only be interesting.

Tim Bagwell what’s that?

@@studiorose11 It is this awesome show on HBO about this family that owns a huge business and they are all basically trying to out play each other to become the CEO. So it creates this interesting dynamic where they want to destroy each other, but also love each other at the same time cuz they are siblings

@@Fassnight Sounds very interesting tbh. Saw alot about it, and the awards/praises it got.

FINALLY!!! Someone who likes Succession😂

heretustay I guess actors are still more the ‘employees’ whereas these people had to fight nail and tooth to get to where they are now

Jason Huang eh, I wouldn’t say that’s what made the actors roundtable suffer this year: it was more because they were all star struck from Robert Dinero, there were too many varying and divergent personalities that either didn’t mesh well or weren’t led well (the interviewer’s fault, of whom I have never really liked), no one had much to add, the conversation would die out consistently, and it was just generally underwhelming. The female actors round table, the directors, those were both just as stellar as this one, and both just as insightful for their given fields. The actors just didn’t hit the mark this time. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@Ascoundrel it's pretty gross watching people gush over these leeches. Great to see I'm not the only one feeling this way

Audacious Scoundrel what were they lying about then? I know the China part showed some of their truer colors a bit, but what else do you think was off?

I’m not going to defend their insane personal wealth and the cumulative corporate wealth they handle and represent, and I would love to see cinema (all art really) massively publicly supported, and even nationalized. Go for it, that would be amazing. But I’m not going deny that this was a look into this current system that I haven’t seen before. It felt candid enough, but I could be completely wrong, and I’m willing to be shown that.

Parasites to those that write and create the stories we love. Every show under these imps would be better if they stayed out of it and just wrote the checks.

You missed out the word.... WHITE

thehoneyeffect yes exactly.

how are they able holding back to mention snyder cut

That man is a legend 💯

At which minutes are they talking about Snyder?

@@jakestrex5139 52:06

Thanks

And yet all they seem to do is shitty live-action remakes of classic animated movies, they already ruined star wars, thank god marvel is a handled by kevin feige or else they would've ruined it too. Disney is cancer

Benjamin Gentile 😂😂😂

I'm sure they all do

A good dude & Epstein island. WTF??? Get a clue Epstein island is for pedophiles. Pedophiles are not good dudes

@@integrity101 r/woosh

@@integrity101 You're dumb

lmaoo😂😂

Walt Disney: Let's talk about you in recent times WB, how's DC and your stocks been working out for ya ? WB: Umm...well how Star Wars and Marvel been treating ya now ? Looks to not be the cash cow like I thought

Oh yes

No dude, fuck that shit. I was so glad I could finally watch something without having to be reminded of sexual crimes all the fucking time. I don't even watch the news because I can't stand the negativity, keep that subject to the news, let people just have good conversations at least ONCE without bringing the same fucking subject.

@@thepedrorriva I understand your point but if we want to stop talking about it 24/7, people need to be held accountable for their actions. These executives have a huge responsibility because they are extremely powerful. If they wanted to, they could considerably increase diversity and gender equality and reduce discrimination based on race/gender. Social pressure is very annoying but it is also a very effective tool and we need to stop asking these questions to people who have limited power in the industry and start asking them to those who make decisions and define our culture.

Ped Mr imagine coming from a place of that much privilege. it’s always easier to close your eyes and ears to actual issues because they make you uncomfortable, but that makes no headway in resolving the issue that poses a problem in the lives of thousands of people.

@@suramyasingh2465 And for you it's always easier to blame someone's non-existent privilege rather than actually engage with someone else's point of view, because you're so insecure and immature that you can't say anything without attacking the other person.

Yep.

and who the fuck are you. Do you know them personally? Shut the fuck up for a second

@@thepedrorriva Most people are too sure they're right about everything to actually think about anything.

Might have answered your own question.

Absolutely. If the script is the most important thing then writers should be paid as much or at least closer to movie stars

Yh Writers are treated like disposable tools for filmmaking. It shouldn't be that way considering the fact that they make directors and studio execs look good. Very unfair world we live in.

Economics. Companies will pay the least amount possible they can. They dont pay movie stars millions because they want to. There is only 1 Brad Pitt. He alone can bring millions to see the film, so he knows his worth and can ask for more. If a writer asks for more money, the company can just get another no name writer. Its basic supply and demand unfortunately.

@@sylviaoluchy1266 Do you think let's say, the writer of Gravity should earn as much as Sandra bullock? When her performance not the story was the foundation of the whole movie? I love writing, but no, scripts are less complicated than books and are worthless if not handled by good film makers, writers are in the same level as cinematographers but bellow directors and actors

ye

the lighthouse is A24 i guess

Same. I thought they were a part of this conversation. But, perhaps if there is such a thing as this year's roundtable... I'd like for them to attend and tell us about their takes on the success of their recent films. Been thinking about how Knives Out started out with $30 million (please, correct me if I'm wrong) and ended up grossing with $300 million worldwide; I think a lot may be attributed to its stellar ensemble cast, and yet a mid-budget film wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I first heard of Knives Out.

That is the danger of such powerful people. They’ve learned to become very charismatic and like able