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Digital Hollywood: Advanced Training For Those Who Are Seeking New Ideas

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The Digital Hollywood conferences put on by Digital Hollywood Inc are one of the best places for people in the industry or starting out in the industry to get ideas. This conference is not a HOW TO start. You should have a few ideas of how the industry works and an idea of what direction you want to go before attending.

What this conference will offer to someone who is in the industry, whether it is for a year or 15 years is different insights and ideas on how to proceed in the entertainment industry utilizing the information of new developments of software, and hardware to assist with media production, social marketing and brand awareness.

You will have the rare opportunity to pick the minds (only for a few minutes) of veteran producers, studio executives, creators and distributors on their experiences of how to get your media content out there.

I had the rare opportunity to attend two panels which I highly recommend if you ever want to further your knowledge of how the movie and television industry works as they are both very informative to someone who comes with the right mindset.

The “DealMaking Process: From Feature Film, Reality TV and Specials to Web Series and Indie Film Making” offered alot of insight from veterans from Independent to Studio Content Creators.

One of the important takeaways from this particular panel is that production is to do your research. Kenny Christmas. the EVP for legal affairs for Mar Vista Entertainment made it a point for content creators to understand the process before pitching.  One can not simply break the rules without knowing what the rules are.

Another great panelist was Todd Garner who has held many titles including studio executive for Disney as well as Executive producer for many films such as Con Air, Waterboy and is the current CEO of Broken Road Pictures.

Garner spoke of the persistence and need to really love what you do and also make the movie that the team loves.  He gives great examples with movies of names of stars would make your head spin.  His podcast, now available on Podcast one called The Producers Guide is a great tool for those just starting to want to produce their own content and it gives wonderful tips and asks direct questions that sometimes producers can get paralysis analysis over.

The next panel was the “Hollywood Dealmaking Process”. Catherine Clinch is a progessor and writer for many television shows that became award winning paradigms for today’s content. The panel consisted of a diverse group of individuals talking about their experiences on attaching talent, developing content, and choosing which content for which provider is right for your audience.  This wasn’t a class for someone just wanting to learn about the process. It is a very long one that takes more than an hour to teach.

For someone who is looking to share ideas, further their knowledge and get a taste of what its like in the business side of the industry it is a wonderful place for you to be. If you are looking to pitch your project, get funding, or look at stars, this may not be the right venue for you and I do recommend film festivals such as the Austin Television Market coming up or even the American Film Market in November.

 

 

 

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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