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David Ellison of Paramount Skydance and Ted Sarandos of Netflix are mounting rival bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Steve Granitz/FilmMagicThis post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.Two titans of different eras battle over something…
The critics have spoken, and the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal isn’t getting rave reviews from Hollywood insiders.Hollywood heavy hitters and rank-and-file industry workers alike have spoken out against the megadeal.”If I was tasked with doing so, I could not think of a more effective way to reduce competition in Hollywood than…
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In Hollywood films, a bomb technician’s job often comes down to choosing which colored wire to cut. However, in reality, “the wire colors have absolutely no correspondence to absolutely anything,” Brian Castner told Business Insider’s Matthew Ferrera. He added, “You actually don’t cut any of them.”Brian Castner is a former…
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Didn’t go to film school? Don’t worry. Legendary investor and movie buff Marc Andreessen doesn’t think that will be an issue for future creatives.During an episode of “Monitoring the Situation,” the podcast for the venture capitalist firm that Andreessen cofounded, A16z, he said advancements in AI technology — like OpenAI’s…
