✍🏻 Writer’s Quotes to Live By
“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .” The Godfather
— Mario Puzo
Good Morning Writers. We hope you cranked out a fresh draft this weekend!!!
Box office update weekend of October 18th-20th, 2019:
1. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil $36,000,000
2. Joker (2019) $29,205,000
3. Zombieland 2: Double Tap $26,725,000
✍🏿 Scorsese and Coppola Agree…Marvel Sucks
In today’s edition of ‘parents just don’t understand’, the legend Francis Coppola came out of his vineyard to proactively agree with co-legend Martin Scorsese who stated that Marvel films are “not cinema.” Coppola continued by stating that, yes indeed, Marvel films are absolute trash, and shouldn’t be considered cinema.
“Martin was kind when he said it’s not cinema. He didn’t say it’s despicable, which I just say it is,” Coppola said.
That statement is pretty harsh, but at the same time, arguably fair criticism if you’re a “REAL cinema is only in the Criterion bin’ kind of cine-file.
Over the weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy director and part-time ‘old man wrangler’ James Gunn took to Instagram to give an even-handed response that defended the MCU and said it’s okay for them to feel like that.
“Many of our grandfathers thought all gangster movies were the same, often calling them ‘despicable’,” wrote Gunn. “Some of our great grandfathers thought the same of westerns and believed the films of John Ford, Sam Peckinpah, and Sergio Leone were all exactly the same.”
Why’s there gotta be this beef between Marvel movies and legend auteurs? Can’t we all just get along? Are Marvel movies regurgitated trash? Or do they bring the people out, thus keeping the cinema alive? What are your thoughts?
✍🏾Issa Rae Launches New Label With Atlantic Records
“Insecure’ creator, showrunner and mogul-in-the-making Issa Rae, has launched a new joint venture with Atlantic Records. The labels first release includes the single "Kinda Love" by Raedio's flagship artist TeaMarrr.
If you’ve ever watched Insecure it’s been a staple for people to fill up their playlists with the music cuts on the series. They’ve debuted singles that have helped fuel tons of indie and LA artists such as SZA, Saweetie, Lucky Daye and Jazmine Sullivan among others.
"Music has always been an essential part of every project I do and working with emerging talent is a personal passion,” said Rae. “Raedio allows me to continue that work within the music industry and audio entertainment space. The Atlantic Records team are innovators in terms of shifting and shaping culture. I'm excited to join forces with them to discover new artists.”
This is the beginning of audio domination from Issa and Co.
✍️ Podcast Network for Romance Novels???
If you’ve ever wanted to make a screenplay, novel, or anything you’ve written pop off the page. It’s a helpful tip to have actors record it so you can hear how the dialogue flows.
Audio dramas, plays, and novels are the future and Frolic Media is doing its best to cash in on the trend —with the ‘romance niche’ in mind.
The network launches today and features 13 of the most popular romance-centric podcasts.
The idea behind the company is to create an online hub for an underserved audience, the austere ‘fans of romance’ and then to use that hub to build out a bigger business that includes live events and e-commerce.
The Frolic Podcast Network covers the many genres of Romance in literature and pop culture. Frolic’s podcast network is the first project that falls under a new overall deal with MWM Universe to develop and produce diversified, story-driven media experiences that cater to Romance fans.
Frolic Media was founded by Romance fans Lisa Berger and Sarah Penna, and it touts a community of over 100,000 people across its platforms and boasts of 10 million in its influencer network.
You can stream the podcasts here:
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