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Apple Inks Deal for 'A Christmas Carol' Musical Starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell
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Exactly. Or a smart TV, like Samsung, LG, Sony and VIZIO. Or the Amazon Fire TV platform (Cube, Stick, Recast, Toshiba, Insignia). Oh, and Roku.
The widespread availability somewhat undercuts the “make a stickier ecosystem” rationale for Apple TV Plus; they’re going after everyone. Collecting commissions on third party Apple Channels is almost pure profit.
They made Dre a billionaire, tried to make a sanitized bio of him which was still so filthy they couldn't bring it to market. They built a music service and radio channel based around him.
Obviously, that's Apple's favourite word.
Which roles Will Ferrell and the other guy will be playing were not disclosed, why blame the reporter? And it’s a musical but not a cartoon as far as I can tell, so I don’t think Mr. Magoo will be playing any of the parts.
Remember when reporters actually asked questions and did real journalism rather than just fluffing up a press release.
Because he didn't include obviously important information. Maybe it's some sort of AI bot, since you easily came up with the bit of missing info I was being critical about and phrased it very professionally. Well done and thank you!
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Yes it seems Apple and Amazon have an advantage in the fact that their streaming services can be subsidized by a profitable unrelated branch of the company as they get established. Another thought on these huge money bidding wars. Barring individual contract differences, Netflix or Apple etc. can spend big, secure in the knowledge that they will own the product forever, which would seem to lower the perceived risk. Imagine if Netflix had made the Wizard of Oz and the only way to see it all these years was to subscribe.
They've got enough for both. Many times over.
I think the golden age is more in TV,especially the streaming services. Movies are driven these days by products perceived as "safe" by the accountants/investors. Just 3 days ago I googled "upcoming sequels", and it frankly blew my mind.
Your assumption that he knows or could find out is possibly wrong, and anyway ask the one you know what his role is,and what roll the other is playing. Then come back here and tell us.
I had to look up Ryan Reynolds to see who he was and I've never seen a single thing he's been in. I'm not a fan of Will Ferrel so I guess this isn't going to be for me.
I've a bad feeling Apple are getting into an industry they know nothing about and are throwing money at people they think know what they are doing in the hope some of it will make them a hit.
That's a classic way to get ripped off in my opinion.
It's a bit like MS buying Nokia or NewsCorp buying Myspace.
I've a bad feeling Apple are getting into an industry they know nothing about and are throwing money at people they think know what they are doing in the hope some of it will make them a hit.
That's a classic way to get ripped off in my opinion.
It's a bit like MS buying Nokia or NewsCorp buying Myspace.
How could I forget? Most of what I read on a daily basis are newspapers with actual reporters who not only ask questions but also do investigative journalism to uncover information that those involved would rather stay hidden.
But that has zero to do with this article. Did you even read it? MacRumors quoted an article from an entertainment industry trade rag, literally attributed to “numerous insiders”. (Business agents for the principals would be a good guess.) Nothing at all to do with your whining about journalists rewriting press releases.
Your complaint has no relevance to my post, or this article for that matter
Except Apple does have expertise in this area now—they acquired it a couple years ago when they hired Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg. From Apple’s June 2016 press release:
Erlicht and Van Amburg have served as presidents of Sony Pictures Television since 2005. Under their leadership, the studio’s slate of original primetime series more than tripled, growing to include many of TV’s most acclaimed shows. They have extensive expertise producing television for global audiences and creating programming for a wide range of services including shows for Amazon, Hulu and Netflix. Their incredible roster of programs — which have won 36 Emmys and dozens of Golden Globes, AFI and WGA awards — have included fan favorites such as Better Call Saul, The Blacklist, Bloodline, Breaking Bad, The Crown, Damages, The Goldbergs, Justified, Preacher, Rescue Me, The Shield, Sneaky Pete and many more.
Based on their demonstrated skill in identifying compelling projects to develop, and also in producing high-quality, successful content, I expect Apple will have some great stuff. And it doesn’t appear there’s any reason to be worried that Apple is going to get taken advantage of by Hollywood.
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Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool, and if you haven't seen "Stranger Than Fiction", in which Will Ferrell stars, I highly recommend it - it's a lovely film that's considerably different from his normal over-the-top roles.
I wish the site would drop the cliched breathless writing such as “inks deal”. It’s ridiculous hyperbole.
This. Folks are saying, "Apple can't possibly compete with Netflix, et al, because they don't have the expertise". I remember well-known people (like Steve Ballmer, and the higher-ups at Blackberry - remember them?) proclaiming, "Apple's not going to just walk in and make any sort of dent in smartphones", followed by... Apple changing the phone industry. And then people saying that Apple wasn't going to be able to do anything with smart watches... now they've got a smart watch that's outselling the non-smart luxury watch bands, IIRC.
I'm not saying that Apple is going to definitely have a huge effect on the movie/TV industry, but... given their track record for analyzing a new (to them) field and finding their way, I think I'll wait and see, rather than proclaiming them to have failed before the reviews are in.
Sure it’s informal, with maybe just a bit of industry jargon thrown in, but it’s a very common phrase here in the US. It’s often used in the entertainment, sports or really any industry in lieu of “signs contract”.
In its typical usage here, there’s absolutely no hint of breathless reporting, or even mild (let alone ridiculous) hyperbole connoted, though somewhat cliched I’ll grant you.
Is the phrase really so loaded in its usage there across the pond?
Did two-thirds of the world's comedy actors die in some tragedy this week? If Will Ferrell's recent Rose Parade coverage is any indication of what he's got left (and, yes, I got the "joke"), it's possible he's being overpaid by $24,999,900.
I’m glad there’s no release date for this yet otherwise it’s probably be described as “Releasing Christmas 2020” rather than “Being Released.” It seems journalists have forgotten that movies, games, music are released while publishing companies do the releasing.
That’s my own personal grammatical bugbear!
surely it would be “holidays 2020“ as saying Christmas (other than in the title of the film) seems to be almost as taboo as using the word “toilet” to describe where you go to answer a call of nature. “Rest room my arse!” as Jim Royle would no doubt say