David Reads The Trades

It’s getting hot out here… so keep on all your clothes. Jimmy Fallon gets Friday’s off. TIFF continues to sell the idea that it is a major film market at a time when the value of markets continues to dissolve. Beetlejuice opens Thursday night numbers that confirm the $100m weekend assumption. Did I mention it was hot? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers o...

Toronto opens and I am in Los Angeles, reading to you. But I can tell you what I would be seeing if I was up there… almost none of which I won’t see here in Los Angeles in the next month. In other news… there is not much other news. 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 “What Mike Is Pushing Day” at Deadline, as there is a heavy EXCLUSIVE lean on The Apprentice, building a sales market at TIFF, and going to baseball with movie stars (We’re Just Like Them!)… weird hysteria headlines about ABC’s Harris/Trump debate and DirecTV even though the debate is being widely simulcast… Joker 2 went to Venice and all the trades got out of the presser was what Joaquin ISN...

Welcome to a new year of Hollywood. The trades are mostly focused on wrapping up the festival weekend, hyping in every direction you can see an advertiser. It’s not that they are wrong about everything… it’s that you can’t tell where the hype ends and reality begins. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.su...

Venice and Telluride have been reduced to “Who Wore It Better?” coverage by The Trades… the one set of outlets that have done a really thorough job of covering these major festivals annually have narrow their vision to the hype, some sincere, some less so. 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/...

Is anybody there… does anybody care… does anybody see what I see? I see fireworks… I see the pageant and pomp and parade… I hear the bells ringing out…I hear the cannons roar… 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

Chewing on the Telluride line-up, 48 more minutes of Napoleon, first-look pictures you don’t need to see, media whining in Venice ( “I Got $5k From My Editor To Come Here & All I Got Were These Lousy Movies” t-shirts on sale! ), Rosemary’s Gettin’ Married, 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.s...

Beetlejuice hits Venice Venice (and I won’t read the reviews), ESPN releases an app so you don’t have to guess where to see every game, Jay Penske purchases a new Nikki (Glazer) to make the Paid-For Globes Cash Grab more palatable ( unless you’re Tom Brady ), 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....

Someone NOT buying Paramount is the story of the day!!! Also, The Crow doesn’t open, the It’s End With Us team doesn’t like one another, The Kelce Bros don’t make their big money in football… 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

More Ted Lasso… less clothing… 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

Don't make me close one more doorI don't wanna hurt anymoreListen to me if you dareOr must I imagine you thereDon't walk away from meI have nothing, nothing, 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

Chewing on scraps… 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

Two stories worth sending out an extra edition for… Bronfman and Megalopolis both take a hard turn. Shortest DRTT ever. 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 very ranty Wednesday on the longest DRTT ever… ending with the insane Megolopolis trailer… the new Rotten Tomatoes abuse… Bob Iger backpedals on Linear television… Tim Curry is back on a set… Apparently, it may not end with us… Gibney gets an(other) award… the DNC… and do we really think there are 52 films we need to see this fall? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with oth...

Summer coming to a close… Bronfman offer on Paramount doesn’t seem to change anything (except some diapers)… time for TCA Drag Nights… it’s almost Wednesday… 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

Donahue passes… box office gasses… DJT asses… CNN comedy panels… Disney/Fox merger overstated… Keaton keeps perspective… 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

Page Six says I should be more insulted by Blake Lively, a little more on the legal actions around Matthew Perry, Venu is Ven-screwed, Victoria Jackson is not well, Graceland is jeopardy, my brother in eyebrows is hosting the Emmys with his kid, more CBS Morning News, Despicable idea of a live action Minions movie, and more… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscr...

The people who helped Matthew Perry kill himself (intentionally or not) are now being arrested… Jerry Lewis’ worst idea trying for a resurrection… Center Square Peter Marshall passes at 98… Landmark is a giant question mark again… 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/subscr...

Late start today, but alas, still no news… a little hint at Alien Romulus… Animation Guild deserves support.. Cailee Spaeny is making startling good decisions… Sasha Stone Uncovered because it’s a slow news month… Kraven The Trailer… 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

Paramount Television Studios is being folded into CBS, which means… not sure… but not good. Alien Romulus first reactions. George v Quentin. What’s this all got to do with the price price of nuts in a resort? 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

Another hot day in L.A,. but hotter for Tom Cruise bringing us the Olympic flag and Flea wearing underwear in concert. Box office ends with Blakey and Ryany. The Gilded Age adds amazing actors in black and white. New York loses their grip on news. Horror filmmaker is prepping new horror film. And Joaquin Phoenix was straight, then he was going to play graphically gay, and now he seems to have turn...

Joaquin abandons middle aged gay man (and Todd Haynes)… Blake’s box office is lively as the ladies finally get a movie to watch… Genndy Tartakovsky gets his ball clipped… Stassi Schroeder gets the Hulu love hot 20somethings who have become boring 30 somethings… and more… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpolan...

Wolfs put back in the cage… Borderlands, like it or not… Disney keeps dropping… 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

Disney Quarterly Day… If You End Up Watching It Ends With Us… the return of a Cosbyless A Different World… Hollywood Reporter tries to cause rage with whiners… 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

Disney raises prices, kinda… Toronto and New York has film festival news for you… A Complete Unknown’s release date is no longer blowin’ in the wind… and MORE!!! (well. kinda) 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