They arrived three years ago with royal star power amid a streaming boom, but have notched more cancellations and rejections than produced shows.
(Photo: Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, during their interview with Oprah Winfrey. HARPO PRODUCTIONS/REUTERS)
Props from ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Poltergeist’ and ‘Harry Potter’ will be up for auction this month; the dress worn by Carrie Fisher turned up in a London attic
The Warner Bros. Discovery chief, together with Air Mail’s Graydon Carter, conjure Old Hollywood at a Cannes more contentious than usual. –Erich Schwartzel
Erich Schwartzel is the author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Battle for Global Supremacy.
At 90, CAA’s Fred Specktor spends his days orchestrating the careers of A-list actors and looking for new talent: ‘You still need movie stars’
Taylor Sheridan writes most of the company’s hits, giving him clout to dominate the big-budget productions through his network of commercial projects, pushing costs to among the highest in Hollywood.
Zenia Mucha, Jim Messina and David Plouffe were brought on to advise the video app’s CEO on handling U.S. criticism over its China ties.
‘The Rise of Skywalker’ looms as a big hit and everyone loves Baby Yoda. But there’s also a disgruntled contingent of fans, a string of fired directors and a decline in ticket sales. ‘We’re gonna hit pause.’
A debate at Disney asks: How do you update the princess franchise without alienating fans of the classic characters.
Fans say treating the parks as a final resting place is the ultimate tribute, assuming they can sneak the remains past security
Popular feature includes trash talk about deer carcasses, garbage cans
At 90, CAA’s Fred Specktor spends his days orchestrating the careers of A-list actors and looking for new talent: ‘You still need movie stars’
The blockbuster is about taking out a uranium plant in some unnamed country. Really, it's about taking on the Communist Party.
In 2014, the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction" made more money in China than any Hollywood film previously had — but only now are the implications coming into focus. (Credit: Visual China Group via Getty Images)
Over this next century, China wants to use the movies to rebrand itself, and it has learned how to do so from the best.
When MGM started work on a reboot of ‘Red Dawn,’ China was the obvious aggressor. By the time the movie was shot, that decision represented political suicide.
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