David Reads The Trades

More Oscar host mishigas ( see Friday THB )… more Terrifier 3 stuff ( see Sunday THB )… Wanda finally escapes Legendary, where it trapped itself… Kim Masters beats succession to death some more… and Tarsem is still selling The Fall to the suckers on the midway… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack...

A very, very, very slow newsday… time to atone!!! 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

If no news is good news… talk about “influencers” and if they have ever sold a ticket to anything… 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

Will the box office be topped this weekend by a cult sequel? What will Chris Nolan make next? The Apprentice has a premiere and more talk before diving in the deep end. Paul Feig had his feelings hurt by critics reviewing silly romp, Jackpot! 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

A tirade about a Joker 2 tirade… Sweeney & Seyfried together again for the first time… The Academy Museum is having a trailer festival on Saturday night ( which is one way to break the fast from Yom Kippur )… Jeff Goldblum is god, but he is no longer Zeus… and… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substack...

October 7 is a sad date… hurricanes are still coming in the southeast… Joker numbers get worse and some silly people keep mentioning Cinemascore… Cissy Houston passes… Michael Bay brings Will Smith to Netflix… 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

Joke on, Joke off… 90s gets 2 years and has to go… Princess 3 meets Joy Ride… “What She-Ra Means To Me”… Stop trying to make Megalopolis a thing… 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

Jonathan Majors’ back, or so Ortenberg & Fleming, Jr. hope… Paramount tries another live-action hybrid from an animated hit… Pink Floyd sells out… Zegler relaunches with Variety… Indiewire launches indie honey trap for cash flow… and do all awards-hopeful movies look the same? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davi...

John Amos is dead… Ken Page is dead… Rest in Peace… please stop killing celebrities this week, we’ve had enough… Disney consolidates inside Disney… Joker tries to explain that they never really expected us to be that into it… Errol Morris slots in an Oscar qualifier… and less… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davi...

DirecTV finally has Dish and Sling deal on paper… Rust armorer not getting out… Gavin Creel dies too young, while Maggie Smith, Kris Kristofferson, John Ashton, and Dikembe Mutumbo make it a long, sad weekend… Bob Weinstein gets press because media has no memory… and there is a picture of Chalamet, and that’s enough. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

There is nothin’ like Dame Maggie Smith–Nothin’ in the world! There is nothin’ you can nameThat is anythin’ like Dame Maggie Smith. 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

Yellowstone ain’t just for Paramount Network anymore, Neon grabs the TIFF Audience Winner for next year’s awards race, Sam Jackson survives 9 Marvel movies, Variety guesses at Best Picture, and the star of Longlegs gets the Rebecca DuMornay role in the Hand That Rocks The Cradle remake. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

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I actually opened the Hollywood Reporter Today In Entertainment newsletter and fond it much more helpful than the website… Another round of painful exits from Paramount… DeNiro finally gets his studio space in New York… The Menendezes Have Been Revived & Won’t Shut Up… Rob Marshall hired to mess up Guys & Dolls, though Emily Blunt will make a lovely Sarah, not so sure about Kate Hudson as Adelaide...

It’s Monday and you can hear the weeds growing… people are still being cast… trailers are still coming out.. Netflix is exploiting The Menendezi again in October… The Daily Beast is opening up the piggy bank to try to save their bacon… and so much less… 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/sub...

Very little news today, so going long with Rushfield, then Belloni ripping on The Penske Golden Globes… Nuzzi is newsy… THR doesn’t have an answer to Matt Perry’s pain, in spite of the headline… Super/Man sneaks this weekend… and less… 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’s info dump… The Apprentice movie… Kumail & Emily flex their way into a Sony deal… Disney changes animated heads… The Academy’s Bill Kramer tells the world The Oscars may not sign up with ABC again, but the deal for the show, still lingering in the lowest ratings of its history, will be lucrative”… and more… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

David Links Did he? You bet he did!… Blitz starts it blitz… the joys and fears of Emilia Perez being France’s pick for the International Oscar… JD Souther couldn’t be smoother, RIP… Sarandos is still telling everyone else they are dumb… and more! 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

David Links The Trades Diddy Dud It… Transformers opening won’t come close to having a One in front of the gross… Emmys ratings are up if that is what you think up is supposed to look like… Saturday Night’s alright for fake fighting… Joan of Arc is going to sing her ass off, I betcha… and more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...

David’s Links A smattering on news before getting into the weekend box office and yes, The Emmys… in all their gory glory! 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

David"s Links Emmys are coming whether you think they will win or should win or not… Zaslav makes a deal and everyone needs to have an opinion even if it’s not that clear a win or loss… Hot Ones reminds us where Netflix is aiming… Alamo tributes Spike Lee but doesn’t really do a name change… and the movie business is risky we are told by the experts… This is a public episode. If you'd like to disc...

The lawyers get busy on the attack piece on Coppola, both vs Variety and by the extra who made claims against him, but don’t expect to find the story in the trades without looking hard… Harvey gets more strain for his failing “heart”… WB does its Beetlejuice Beetlejuice thing and claims Joker 2 tracking is at an minimized $70m… and movie date changes 14 months from now… This is a public episode. I...

The Debate… The Swiftie... Saturday Night premieres again… Variety loves giving out those Oscars… and Jonathan Majors is doing signing shows… 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

James Earl Jones was so much more than his voice work… Utah says Sundance will be more manned at SLC than Park City if the festivals stays… Jeff Sneider gets his now-weekly set of direct denials of a click-baiter… and some TIFF reviews straggle in… 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/subscrib...

Nice take on Venice by IndieWire… almost nothing about TIFF, even coming off of the heavy weekend rotation… Apple announces the new phone and no one seems to be remotely impressed… will Eden get a solid theatrical release… and so little more!!! 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