Part 2: Sony Film CEO on Marvel’s Decline and Hollywood’s Originality Crisis
Live from the American Film Institute, Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw and the CEO of Sony Film Tom Rothman to discuss the future of the Spider Man franchise, Marvel’s recent struggles, if mo...
24 Feb 32min
Sony Film CEO on Losing ‘Sinners’ and the Endless Big Tech Battle
Live from the American Film Institute, Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw and the CEO of Sony Film, Tom Rothman, to discuss why now is the fifth moment of crisis in the history of the movie indu...
23 Feb 28min
Why the Former Sony Head Blames Himself for the Infamous Hack
Matt is joined by Michael Lynton, former head of Sony Pictures and current chairman of Snap Inc., to open up about his regrets greenlighting the movie ‘The Interview,' which ultimately led to the infa...
20 Feb 32min
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Makes the Case for Buying Warner Bros.
Matt is joined by Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos to discuss why they reopened the Warner Bros. sale process for 7 days, why he thinks the Netflix bid is better for Warners Bros, consumers, and the indust...
18 Feb 42min
The Casey Wasserman Scandal, and Who Wants to Buy His Agency
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Casey Wasserman putting his company up for sale, why this happened, the Hollywood jockeying at play, and who the potential buyers might be (00:00). ...
17 Feb 31min
Should Hollywood Take the Microdrama Boom Seriously?
Matt is joined by Shicong Zhu, head of West Coast Studios at DramaBox, to discuss just how successful and profitable vertical micro-dramas have become, how they are produced so cheaply, the genres tha...
12 Feb 32min
Jeff Probst on What It Takes to Produce ‘Survivor’
Matt is joined by ‘Survivor’ host and showrunner Jeff Probst to go behind the scenes of one of America’s most iconic reality television shows and discuss how the show has sustained its success for 50 ...
11 Feb 39min
