David Reads The Trades

Wall Street gets hysterical over a 2% drop from record highs… Wall Street still takes the time to kick movie companies in the teeth… Why is this summer so far behind last summer?… Is there any news in the trades today? 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

Going on about the discussion of Deadpool & Wolverine box office, with faux discussions of R-ratings & walk-up tickets in the air, Downey’s new mask, the stock bump Disney isn’t getting in the 2 months of 2 billion dollar movies, 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

This is a catch-up for the week I have been out of town… a little bit of this, a little bit of that… talk to you Monday… 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

Busier than expected Tuesday as Deadpool & Wolverine reviews come out at 3p Pacific, Venice releases its line-up, Soderbergh sets a date, The Hollywood Reporter takes a dry swing at The Academy Museum (though, a swing is something) and a wet, sloppy gossip look at Euphoria, the newest Joker trailer, and I am taking the rest of the week off… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this w...

Kamala twists in… Twisters twists up… Homicide twists onto streaming… Sundance and TIFF set the table… 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

“Baby, if you ever wonder… wonder wherever is old indie…” Sundance narrows its search for a new or old home down to 6 cities, including some red states, a writer for The Hollywood Reporter takes on the idea of TCA in 2024, Starbucks makes me wait for my coffee, and oh so much less on this Friday afternoon. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

It’s Netflix day… meaning the quarterlies will be coming out this afternoon. Meanwhile, Hollywood fights itself as some part of the industry continues to push for Biden to stick with it, while another part tries to paint those people as stereotypical Hollywood onanists. And The Academy Museum adds some new exhibits… in the fall. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other su...

Emmys!!!! 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

Today’s podcast brought to you by “made this a couple hours ago and forgot to post it.” Oy. 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

The 4 day rollercoaster keeps going up and down the hills. 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 a whole new world… of video!!! But the audio is here too, if that is your preference. And the magic of a transcript as well. What a magical time we all live in! Please let me know what you think. 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

Shelly Duvall passes. Biden story keeps spinning. Longlegs is coming to town. Below… Duvall and her long legs singing Harry Nilsson. 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

Gloom, despair, and agony on me. I read the trade full of deep dark misery. If it weren’t for Clooney, it’d just be Ellison. Gloom, despair, and agony on me. 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 long-anticipated bomb went off in Hollywood during the July 4 weekend emptiness. On Monday, the New Paramount ( because everyone has forgotten New Coke? ) team came out to meet the press. And said… almost nothing. There were some basic arguments for improving things. But the core was “we’re going to do what a studio does better.” We’ve never heard that before. David Ellison might be the New Cand...

There ain’t nothin’ to talk about but Skyamount… Paradance… Ellison Mountain… or as they are calling it in-house, New Paramount. But so far, it seems a lot like the old Paramount… With New Owners! A verbal walk through the deck they put out this morning and the investors call at 5:30 AM Los Angeles time… ARGH! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

Fastest episode ever!!! Broke the 5 minute podcast!!! 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 took a few hours, but the love affair is back on between The Redstones and The Ellisons, thanks, it seems, to the New York Times pushing The Barry Button and a quarter billion or so in loose change that David Ellison found in the couch. ALL HANDS ON DECK!!!!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.substac...

No news means Barry Diller hypothetical news! With Guest Star, David “The Maven” Geffen. 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

Wow… this is Friday morning’s very light podcast that, somehow, never got published… yikes!!! Debate, Inside Out 2, Horizon box office… not a lot… 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

Mostly stories outside of the trades today, from the Paramount archive shutdowns that The Penskes don’t seem to want you to know to Richard Rushfield’s rip on Penske’s SXSW shutting out the US Army because it is not anti-Israel enough, to Starbucks opening a “studio,” and CNBC on the mighty force that is YouTube, then on to Kinky Friedman, meaningless twaddle about the IA deal, lots of Bear and Qu...

The epic animation story at The Hot Button, going to the movies, Paramount admits it is having a yard sale, the great Bill Cobbs passes, Tammy Faye on Broadway should be played in drag, Hunter Schafer keeps delivering, and I forgot to mention the trailer for Home… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidpoland.subst...

Vision of a Hot Button column on animation that you will get later today, an interesting weekend at the movie theaters coming up, indie exhibition conference comes to Chicago, the great Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s, and how many subs would a streaming company need to make profits if a streaming company could make profits on subs? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

Raging David eats up most of today’s podcast, focusing on fake entertainment media awards and the ultimate naked emperor of gossips 2024, Matt Belloni. Then, the trades, in which there are about 4 stories this morning. Read last night’s The Hot Button for a deep dive into the Inside Out 2 box office ( The Enemy Within ) and how, after just 10 days of massive success, the Chicken Littles have tried...

Today’s episode starts with me rambling on about Donald Sutherland for about 8 minutes, followed by how Wall Street values Legacy studios, Jonathan Majors tries coming back while Paul Walter Hauser adds another project to his very long list, and I close with the first reader mail every read on this podcast, asking about Eddie Murphy and Kevin Hart going for “the easy streaming money.” This is a pu...

Juneteeth is missing at the trades, Black movies are missing from this year’s box office output, overhype of the Inside Out 2 success reaches new depths, if Shari Redstone had a dollar for every story claiming to know more about her choices than they do she would have more money than she will get for selling Paramount, and goodbye to the Say Hey kid. This is a public episode. If you'd like to disc...