Showbiz Sandbox 472: The Growing Dominance of Netflix Movies During Awards Season
December 16, 2019
As Hollywood’s major guilds begin announcing their nominations for best films of the year a trend seems to be emerging; Netflix is becoming a player in prestige cinema. Similar to how cable networks disrupted the domination of broadcast companies at the Emmys, the streaming giant has a growing number of entries vying for top awards.
In China the government has had to pivot from censoring basketball to worrying about how to deal with soccer now that one of the sports star players has spoken out over the protests taking place in Hong Kong. Can the government continue to pull sports off the airwaves without creating a huge programming problem?
Meanwhile, there has been some industry murmurings about the lack of big titles from Marvel or Lucasfilm on next year’s release schedule, leading some to believe box office will be down significantly. We take a quick look at some of the upcoming 2020 releases and explain why there is no need to panic.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including the controversy that might break the reality show “Survivor,” why Billboard is adding video streaming to its album charts and the National Film Registry announces its latest selections.
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‘Jumanji 2’ Roars to $60M Opening While A24’s ‘Uncut Gems’ Delivers Studio Record Debut
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3480224772/
‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Steps It Up To $213M Worldwide – International Box Office
https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-sheep-without-a-shepherd-china-global-international-box-office-1202809670/
Cineworld Group Announces Proposed CAD $2.8bn / USD $2.1bn Acquisition of Cineplex
https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/cineworld-group-plc-announces-proposed-c2-8bn-us2-1bn-acquisition-of-cineplex/
Despite Turnaround, ‘Beetlejuice’ Being Forced Out of Theater
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/theater/beetlejuice-broadway-evicted.html
Verve The First To Respond To The #PayUpHollywood Movement: Will Boost Pay Of Assistants And Mailroom Employees 25%-40%
https://deadline.com/2019/12/pay-up-hollywood-verve-agency-will-boost-pay-of-assistants-and-mailroom-employees-first-response-to-movement-1202804981/
Steve Harvey Revives His Daytime Talk Show For Facebook Watch
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/steve-harvey-facebook-watch-talk-show-1203431367/
‘Purple Rain,’ ‘Clerks, ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Added to National Film Registry
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/purple-rain-clerks-shes-gotta-have-it-national-film-registry-1203431784/
‘Survivor’ Boots Contestant Dan Spilo Following Off-Camera Incident
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/survivor-dan-spilo-kicked-off-inappropriate-behavior-1203433949/
Netflix To Air Yanxi Palace Sequel Before It Even Plays in China
https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/trending/netflix-yanxi-palace-sequel-princess-adventures-12181566
‘American Gods’ Star Orlando Jones on Getting ‘Screwed Over’ and Speaking Out
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/orlando-jones-fired-american-gods-interview-mr-nancy-1203436890/
Billboard 200 to Include Official Video Plays From YouTube, Streaming Services
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8546247/billboard-200-changes-youtube-video-data-streaming-album-charts
Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Hits No. 1 on Hot 100 After 25-Year Wait
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8546418/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-number-one
‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Sound Mixers Among CAS Nominees
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cinema-audio-society-award-nominations-2020-ford-v-ferrari-once-a-time-hollywood-more-1259671/item/motion-picture-documentary-1259704
Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations: ‘Hustlers’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Game Of Thrones’ On List
https://deadline.com/2019/12/costume-designers-guild-awards-nominations-cdga-list-of-nominees-1202805402/
Eddie Awards Nominations: ‘Parasite’ & ‘The Farewell’ Among Three Foreign-Language Pics Vying For Editors’ 70th Awards
https://deadline.com/2019/12/eddie-awards-nominations-2019-joker-parasite-the-irishman-the-farewell-1202806210/
SAG Awards: ‘Bombshell,’ ‘Irishman,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Stars Top Nominees
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-sag-awards-nominations-complete-list-1259737/item/outstanding-performance-by-a-cast-a-motion-picture-1259736
Tony Winner Richard Easton Dies at 86
http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-richard-easton-dies-at-86
Anna Karina, Radiant Actress and Jean-Luc Godard Muse, Dies at 79
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anna-karina-dead-radiant-actress-jean-luc-godard-muse-was-79-1203437
String of Suicides Highlights the Pressures on Young Entertainers in South Korea
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/k-pop-mental-health-goo-ha-ra-kang-daniel-1203433641/
Danny Aiello, Actor in ‘Do the Right Thing,’ Dies at 86
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/movies/danny-aiello-dead.html
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