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Upfront and Personal: Digital Hollywood Los Angeles

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If you ever wanted to get crazy anecdotes from the industry, Digital Hollywood is the place to be. One would rarely find celebrities at this sort of trade show; it’s mostly executives and ones who make things happen.  If you are a person looking to get into the industry or even been around for a while and looking to move into something else in the same field this is the place for you to go!

This year’s Digital Hollywood run by Victor Harwood, had a focus on an emerging platform in the industry; Augmented and Virtual Reality. Watching people on a flat screen isn’t the latest craze anymore and with the ever growing popularity of the immersive storytelling experience of video games, the movie industry has finally taken notice. From applying practical knowledge to adapting stories into specific genres, the movie and television industry represented itself in full force seeking ideas and exchanging the needs of what the production houses and distributors were craving.

For those looking to start out on the perilous journey of becoming a content creator, panels such as the Hollywood Masterclass, were available for content creators to learn the process from screenwriter to studio or independent production. I found this specific class to be particularly informative as most moderators concentrate on the creative and leave out the important legal and business aspects that usually plague first time content creators.  Catherine Clinch from Clinch Digital Media was particularly attentive to the pitfalls of being a writer and what people should look out for in specific deals.

For those of you who are interested in financing, there is a specific financing track that one can follow to learn about everything from proper startup procedures to crowdfunding. These classes weren’t your usual internet pitch for use my service but great platforms where creators can voice specific questions like “what do you need to get investor, angel investor, or grant money for your project?”

Most of the folks who were giving the panels were not “experts” but industry executives and current ones from major companies like Paramount, STARZ, and NBC.  We were even given a chance to speak to one of the executive producers of Designated Survivor, Jeff Melvoin. If you were prepared, there were a host of people who could make things happen at that moment. One could network their way to heads of development if they played their cards right.

It wasn’t all deal making during the conference though. There were definitely times for a few laughs. David Zucker, who brought you such classics as The Naked Gun and Airplane hosted a Comedy Festival with some of the latest in comedy from Maddox (I’m better than your kids), to popular comedy troops like the Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City Improv. Even Comedy has a place in Virtual Reality where even the audience can become the butt of the joke!

It wasn’t a fortune to get into this particular trade show either. There is a price for everyone from established companies to the freelancer looking to start new business.

For more information check out the site that has some live replays of the great panels available to attendees:

http://www.digitalhollywood.com/

 

 

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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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