‘The Dragon Prince’: Netflix Sets New Animated Series From ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Writer
Netflix took to Twitter today to announce ‘The Dragon Prince’, its new animated series from Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond.
David And Jessica Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon Production Company Pacts With MWM Studios
David and Jessica Oyelowo and their production company Yoruba Saxon have sealed an exclusive, first-look deal with MWM Studios to develop both film and TV projects…
Review: ‘Genius,’ a Portrait of the Man Behind the Equation
Not only did Einstein revolutionize the world of physics, but he also lived during calamitous times, including two world wars, and had an eventful personal life.
MWM Announces Exclusive Partnership With Hebru Brantley To Develop Content For Newly Formed Division, MWM Universe
MWMU has tapped one of the most successful stars of the Chicago art world, Hebru Brantley, helping to develop an entire world around his iconic ‘Flyboy’ character…
‘Landline’ & Indie Distribution’s Changing Tides
When it comes to mounting quintessential auterish independent films on the big screen today, chances are that OddLot Entertainment is there. The company co-founded by Gigi Pritzker has produced and co-financed such titles as this year’s awards season contender Hell or High Water, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive and this year’s Sundance entry Landline from Obvious Child filmmaker Gillian Robespierre.
32 Leadership Lessons From Peloton, Beautycounter, Omnicom, And More
Founders, business leaders, and artists who participated in the 2017 Fast Company Innovation Festival share the advice that’s guided their careers.
Gigi Pritzker & Clint Kisker Rename Company MWM, Pulling All Brands Under One Umbrella In New Company Strategy
Madison Wells Media has rebranded and brought all divisions under a new company name MWM, based in Century City. Part of the rebrand includes renamed divisions including MWM Studios (formerly OddLot Entertainment), MWM Immersive (formerly Reality One) and MWM Live (formerly Relevant Theatricals) as part of a new strategy to streamline operations to orient their 22 employees as one group. The management strategy is one that tech companies have also implemented in order to maximize flexibility when working across multiple platforms. The model is considered the most efficient for both employees and content providers.
Co-founder Of One Of The Most Innovative Hollywood Firms Shares Her Vision
MWM was recently named one of Fast Company’s Top Ten Most Innovative Companies in Hollywood for 2017 and currently consists of three individually branded operating divisions: OddLot Entertainment, Relevant Theatricals, and Reality One…
‘Genius’ Producer Gigi Pritzker on New Company and Tougher Road for Women in Hollywood
The indie financier opens up about being “knocked down” by creative misfires (‘Enders’ Game’), her bounceback with projects including Sundance hit ‘Landline’ and Oscar-nominated ‘Hell or High Water,’ and why it’s harder than ever to make a film today.
Tech Meets Storytelling: How Two Hollywood Players Are Marrying Movies, Theater, & VR
Favreau started developing Gnomes & Goblins with Jones and Jake Rowell, who directed theBlue. In the game, the player enters a magical forest, alight with fireflies and glowing candles, where tiny gnomes cautiously emerge from behind trees to interact–as they grow more comfortable with the player, they become more emboldened and start picking up and tossing fallen peaches (which the player can also pick up). Madison Wells became involved in the project through its partnership with Wevr, which came about after Kisker saw theBlue. “My first thought was, who did this? I need to find the people who did this because if they can do this with this circumstance then what else can they do?”
Sony Pictures Inks Virtual Reality Deal With Reality One
“Sony Pictures will expand our efforts to develop new audiences and new revenue from our studio’s content, leverage longstanding relationships with some of the best creative minds in the business and explore exciting opportunities for high-quality, interactive storytelling in this new medium,” Jake Zim, senior VP, virtual reality at Sony Pictures, said Tuesday in a statement about the deal.
Paramount’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ brilliantly offers escape paired with poignancy
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins sing, “We ain’t gonna study war no more. We ain’t gonna study war no more. We ain’t gonna study war no more…” The Negro spiritual dating to the Civil War, often called “Down By the Riverside,” rings through Aurora’s magnificent historical edifice, seemingly imploring the immensely flawed world leadership who threaten any hope for peace.
Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter Songs to Anchor New NYC Musical
Red Roses, Green Gold is set in 1920s Maryland and “tells the fantastical and comedic story of Jackson Jones and his family of swindlers as they gamble their way to love and riches.” Garcia’s collaborations with lyricist Robert Hunter will comprise the bulk of the show’s music, though it will also features contributions from the late guitarist’s Grateful Dead cohorts Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, as well as Hunter’s longtime collaborator, Greg Anton.
Producer Gigi Pritzker on ‘Genius,’ her first foray into TV
Gigi Pritzker didn’t plunge headlong into the movie business — her original life plan was to run an NGO in Nepal. An accidental journey to film school set her on a path to producing lots of films, including the Oscar-nominated Hell or High Water. But she’d never done television until Genius, on the life of Albert Einstein, demanded to be made as a series. The first season of the National Geographic anthology series is now up for 10 Emmys.
Storytelling and Technology
Jon Favreau is currently working in the world of Virtual Reality. His latest project is Gnomes & Goblins, an interactive Virtual Reality experience set in the world of an enchanted forest.