David Reads The Trades

Conan takes the wheel of the Oscars… Rachel Zegler’s feet can’t avoid her mouth… and a lot of gossipy nothing… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Is this a dream podcast that never went out… or is it the horror podcast of things past??? I don’t really know. So I am sending, releasing it into the universe…. good luck. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

It’s Disney Quarterly Day and the future’s so bright, no one is bringing shade… Steve McQueen promotes prostate health… The Academy throws preservation a publicity life preserver… Clooney goes to Broadway… Sandy Hook hoax assets go to the eldest site for fake news… and more… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidp...

This seems not to have posted yesterday… so here is yesterday’s news… It’s Casey Bloys Day at the trades… Netflix to $818 a share with 70m ad viewing subs… Wicked gets tornado’ed by high praise and low expectations by Oscar writer… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Netflix tops $800 a share… Gladiator II gets a bit dragged by the same trades that bowed down a few weeks ago… Fixed Fee Cast Payments are the new scam to bring down the cost of TV… Tom The Tease: 8… RIP Tony Todd… Wicked bad URL… More Dallas Cheerleaders, who are playing better than their team… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e...

A very slow end of a very long week… Paramount quarterlies are pretty good… the M&A fever hits media with a stupid stick again… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Simon Kinberg gets next Star Wars trilogy, for better or worse… perspective on the future using stock price as a measure… Ryan Reynolds still ain’t hosting the Oscars… Daniel Craig isn’t sweating Bond… Moana’s move from D+ series to Moana 2 looks to break Thanksgiving records, all because they decided to do it… MAX says 2025 will be profitable for them… This is a public episode. If you'd like to d...

There’s got to be a morning after, but not talking about politics here… Red One’s possible opening… Duner still fighting for its Score… AMPAS is being asked to bring back its laid off archivists… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Election day, please vote… Timmy C movies & money… France wants more taxes from Netflix… can you spell “action” with Marine Vacht?… THR pretends to know what happened to Juror #2… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Q is dead, long live Q… Terrible weekend at the box office as it has been for months… The Weeknd is making a movie and zzzzzz… Equal Time re: SNL is zzzzz… Blair Rich goes to Legendary, but I’m not sure why… Variety hearts Queer… THR is selling DVDs for the commission… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland....

Apologies… got distracted and thought I had posted at noon… George Clinton wears a Condon… celebrating box office Halloween when it’s more like getting a box of raisins… Godzilla One the sequel… Billy On The Street for Kamala with Will Ferrell scores… and Heidi Klums… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.s...

Wicked & Gladiator II come on tracking very solidly as October burns… Cliffhanger Redux sans Sly… Sydney Sweeney gets paid… more faux awards… Soderbergh trailers on Halloween… SPOOKY!!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Krasinski is back for more Jack Ryan, this time for Amazon, which may or may not release it as a movie in theaters… Pay-To-Play Awards For The Trades and from Santa Barbara… The Trades & Junket People LOVE Wicked, though have zero reactions from any actual film critics… and Hollywood feels stuck, with endless stories about how Hollywood feels stuck! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discu...

Teri Garr passes… Gotham nominates… Eichner & Ferrell go out verbally assaulting NY in the funniest way possible for the Harris campaign… Universal re-ups Pay 2 with Netflix… and another Scary Movie is coming… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Another crap weekend at the studio-underfed box office and the ugly future of January-April of 2025… Academy announces what it seems they announced/confirmed months ago… What California tax breaks really mean/not mean… more once-a-week Jon Stewart… Variety suggests that Juror #2 may be #2 ( “Dirty Harry goes out not with a bang, but an ambivalent whisper.” )… This is a public episode. If you'd lik...

Dan Schneider’s suit gets the boot… Bezos goes Bozo on endorsement for WashPo while LA Times daughter suggests she told daddy to pull the endorsement plug… Academy bends to Ben-Matt-fer doc… RIP Phil Lesh… The Menendez’ promise to add to family Thanksgiving arguments… Palestinian film package deal ends at Netflix, enraging those determined see normal operations as political… This is a public episo...

Wuthering Heights wuthers to Warners… Emma & Dave’s Fruit Tree seeds at U… Fight Club 4ks at 25 while Texas Chainsaw Massacres at 50… Beyoncé turns up for Kamala… George Gascón’s October surprise accelerates… Endeavor has a yard sale… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

DP Dick Pope passes… Venom 3 won’t open to $80 million domestic, don’t ask it… Harvey & Roman still in the legal pages… Stanford does a study to figure out what every 5-year-old has always known.. THR doesn’t know that “original movies” are in theaters, not on TVs… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.subs...

Colman Domingo gets behind the camera… Blade falls off the schedule (again!)… Zimmer’s Dune 2 score has been Oscar-blocked… Abercrombie & Fitch perv CEO will be forced to stand in front of the cell block shirtless… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Succession at Disney dated… Weakened Box Office… Horrible union blaming by Tony V… Alcon virtue signals with one of the dumbest lawsuits ever… finally, a Chick-Fil-A movie!!!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Smile narrows… Luca goes Psycho, American style… Ryan wants more Menendez… Wolfman releases a much hairier trailer… Anora hits some screens… early tracking on Moana 2 scares the Kakamora out of other Thanksgiving titles… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Mitzi Gaynor passes… team on God of War series is passed on… Brolin can’t pass on Running Man… Studios agree to pass some more upfront benefits to Producers… indiewire passes judgement on horror movies… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe

Peter Rice is executive producing again!!! wait. exec producing?… Gary Oldman’s one-man Krapp… Jolie gets an award for being Jolie… Smile 2 set to under-open… Variety seeks clicks for non-stories (is that even a story?)… Syd Sweeney puts her boobs in a sweatshirt and confuses the entire press corps… FCC making it even easier to drop streamers… and Elaine May needs an understudy… This is a public e...

More Slow Horses… James Gunn tweets about his dog and a desperate media corps makes it headline news… Trump dances with the star (himself)… Kubrick dragged by his own daughter… and Kamala Harris might visit the bro dome… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack.com/subscribe