The Science of Green-Lighting Movies

The Science of Green-Lighting Movies

Matt is joined by Joshua Lynn, the president of Piedmont Media Research, to discuss the research studios use to determine what people want out of their movies and how to give it to him. Before the movie is green-lit, studios use research to know if people want a new tornado movie, or a biopic about Robert Oppenheimer, or how Denzel Washington will elevate a project's box office potential (02:43). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about Netflix’s stock price (25:32). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click this link: puck.news/thetown Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Joshua Lynn Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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How the Strike Derailed Oscar Season

How the Strike Derailed Oscar Season

Matt is joined by New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan to discuss the upended awards season in the wake of the actors strike, how it has stripped actors of participating in all of the usual promotional activ...

8 Nov 202331min

Why Batman and Everything Else Is Coming to Netflix

Why Batman and Everything Else Is Coming to Netflix

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss how the non-Netflix streaming services can survive in a Netflix-dominated world. They discuss Warner Bros. Discovery's licensing of a large collecti...

7 Nov 202332min

Should Reality Stars Have a Union? With Bethenny Frankel

Should Reality Stars Have a Union? With Bethenny Frankel

Matt is joined by entrepreneur, media personality, and former Bravo star Bethenny Frankel to discuss the abusive and oppressive working conditions on reality shows, the mistreatment of their participa...

2 Nov 202339min

The Reboot Era and TV’s IP Obsession

The Reboot Era and TV’s IP Obsession

Matt is joined by former NBC and Fox executive Preston Beckman to discuss if the TV revival is a viable option for TV networks nowadays. Do networks see pre-branded properties like 'Frasier' as more i...

1 Nov 202332min

How Screwed Is the 2024 Movie Calendar?

How Screwed Is the 2024 Movie Calendar?

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss how the strikes have affected the 2024 movie calendar after several studios have pushed the releases of several blockbuster films, including Disney’...

30 Okt 202332min

Town Hall: Hasan Minhaj, a SAG Stalemate, and Apple’s Scorsese Bet

Town Hall: Hasan Minhaj, a SAG Stalemate, and Apple’s Scorsese Bet

Welcome back to Town Hall! Matt and Craig answer a slew of listener questions about why Hasan Minhaj lost the 'Daily Show' job, stories from inside the strike negotiation rooms, whether Hollywood woul...

27 Okt 202332min

Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Mismanagement

Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Mismanagement

Matt is joined by The Ringer’s Joanna Robinson to talk about the reasons behind Marvel’s decline and whether the superhero era in general has reached its natural end or whether a resurgence is possibl...

25 Okt 202332min

There Is Netflix, and There Is Everyone Else

There Is Netflix, and There Is Everyone Else

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Netflix’s reign of dominance in 2023 and how it managed to return to form after the Great Netflix Correction. They discuss how Netflix managed to su...

23 Okt 202332min

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