LET'S TALK ABOUT IT - JUNE 2023

What's on your Movie Loving mind in June?

I can smell smoke from the Canadian wildfires in my apartment in New Haven Connecticut. New York looking smoggy from some pics I've seen.

>2 featherbear: That can be annoying and dangerous to all, especially those folks with heath issues. I grew up in Florida and every year we had "muck" fires. that burned al summer long. They're underground so there's nothing you can do to stop them. Awful things. Hold your breath:)

Today is National Donald Duck Day
6/9/2023
https://nationalday365.com/national-donald-duck-day/

https://donaldduck.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Donald_Duck_cartoons

Somewhat to my surprise, Somebody Somewhere isn't on the lengthy list of canceled shows on Vulture: If You’re Reading This, Your Favorite Show Is Canceled (as of June 9). There's still time, of course. MAX assigned a 10:30PM time for the show's weekly updates on the US east coast, which didn't strike me as very supportive. In its favor, the show doesn't look like it's expensive to produce. If MAX decides to cancel, hopefully it won't delete it from the MAX back episodes as they did with Westworld.

>5 featherbear: It has been renewed for a third season. Lovely show. The 10:30 update time on MAX is when the show airs on HBO.

>6 KeithChaffee: Thumbs up!

"Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson have organized an emergency call to David Zaslav that will take place today to advocate for saving one of the greatest brands in cinephilia."

Christian Blauvelt. Indiewire, 06/21/2023: Dear David Zaslav: Gutting TCM Will Not Help You Win Filmmakers Back to Warner Bros..

As part of the ongoing staff layoffs associated with the Warner-Discovery merger, the following took place yesterday at TCM, according to IndieWire: "The network laid off much of its leadership yesterday, including executive VP and general manager Pola Changnon; senior VP of programming and content strategy, Charles Tabesh; VP of brand creative and marketing Dexter Fedor; VP of enterprises and strategic partnerships Genevieve McGillicuddy, who also served as the director of the annual TCM Film Festival; and VP of studio production Anne Wilson."

Jem Aswad. Variety, 06/22/2023: Warner Bros. Discovery Negotiating $500 Million Deal to Sell Film and TV Music Publishing Assets.

"Warner Bros. Discovery is negotiating to sell around half of the storied Warner studio’s film and TV music-publishing assets for approximately $500 million, three sources confirm to Variety. The news was first reported by Hits. ...

"If reports are accurate, the deal would be a welcome one for the company and its investors at a tumultuous time that includes a writers strike that has crippled Hollywood and 100 layoffs across its Discovery and Turner brands (with more expected in the coming months), not to mention Zaslav’s recent firing of his personally selected CNN CEO Chris Licht after just one year, and the network’s controversial town hall with former president Donald Trump.

The windfall from such a sale — coming at the top of a still-booming market for music catalogs — would help the company to pay down a $49.5 billion debt."

Peter Kafka. Vox, 06/21/2023: HBO shows are coming to Netflix. Here’s why that matters.