Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales From the New Abnormal in the Movie Business (41 page)

Robinov, Jeff,
80
,
81

Robinson, Matthew,
46

Romeo and Juliet,
48
–49

Rosen, Rick,
147
,
150
,
207
–8

and
Homeland,
196
–97

on profitability,
237
–39

on TV-movie blending,
202
–4,
205

and writers’ strike,
166
,
186

Rothman, Tom,
52

Rudin, Scott,
137
,
203

Russia:

film market in,
65
,
67

Titanic
shown in,
54
–56

Transformers
shown in,
57

Ryan, Meg,
198

Ryan, Shawn,
186

Saldana, Zoe,
43

Salt,
205

Sandler, Adam,
103

Saturday Night Live
(
SNL
),
15
,
214

Schwartz, Josh,
204

Schwarzenegger, Arnold,
173

Scorsese, Martin,
47
,
67

Scott, Ridley,
149

Scott, Seann William,
141

Screen Actors Guild (SAG),
167
–68

Screen Engine,
90

seasons,
224
–26

Seinfeld,
209
,
221

Sella, Tony,
104

Selznick, David O.,
5
,
92
–94,
97

Sense and Sensibility,
102

sequel fatigue,
105
–6

sequels,
5
,
11
–12,
18
,
33
,
76
–78,
106
,
130
,
245
–46

Serendipity,
171

Seven Years in Tibet,
75

Sex and the City,
210

Shakespeare in Love,
168

Shalhoub, Tony,
116

Shanghai Knights,
101

Shankman, Adam,
141

Sheridan, Jim,
145

Sherry Lansing Foundation,
136
,
142

Showgirls,
250

Showtime,
196
–97,
199
,
215
n,
222

Shrek,
3
,
129

Siege, The,
23
,
24
,
113
,
114
,
119

Silver Linings Playbook, The,
16

Simanton, Keith,
246

Simon, David,
204

Simon, Ellen,
125

Simpson, Don,
109

Sixties, The,
207

Skyfall,
254

Sky TV,
117

Sleepless in Seattle,
88
,
99
,
198

Slumdog Millionaire,
66
,
104
,
259

Smash,
222

Smith, Kiwi,
15
,
171

Smith, Maggie,
259

Smith, Pinkett,
202

Smith, Will,
202

Snider, Stacey,
47
,
143

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,
74

Snow White and the Huntsman,
5

Social Network, The,
86
,
103
–4,
203
,
204
,
254

Soho House,
29

Someone Like You,
211

Something Borrowed,
8

Something’s Gotta Give,
88

Sony Pictures:

author’s deal with,
221
–23,
230
–31,
235

and China,
70
–71,
72
,
73

international television,
235

and marketing,
86

and
Moneyball,
47

and Oscar season,
254

Sopranos,
204

Sorkin, Aaron,
104
,
204

special effects,
3
,
75
,
129
–31

Spider-Man,
5
,
9
,
70
,
72
,
241
,
258

Spielberg, Steven,
6
,
21
,
84
,
130
,
143
,
160
,
222
,
250
,
254

Stanley, Alessandra,
227

Star Trek,
5
,
100
,
110
,
151
,
200

Star TV,
4
,
52

Star Wars,
11

Steel, Dawn,
23
,
65
,
112

Steers, Burr,
125

Step-Dude,
140

Stewart, Jon,
186

Stewart, Kristen,
245

Stone, Emma,
5
,
21

Stone, Oliver,
133
n

Stowe, Madeleine,
229

Streep, Meryl,
61
–62

Sucker Punch,
82

Summit Entertainment,
69

Sundance,
45
,
145
,
252

Superbad,
21

Sutton, Willie,
205
,
235

Swingtown,
229

SyFy,
231
,
235

tadpoles,
9
–10,
41
–46,
258
–59,
260
–61

Taken,
26
–27

Tarantino, Quentin,
61

Tartikoff, Brandon,
200

Tassler, Nina,
209

TBS (Turner Broadcasting System),
234

Teamsters Union,
174
,
180

technology,
11

digital shooting,
43
–45,
232
,
261

emails,
31
–32

“film program” manipulating pixels,
44

and Great Contraction,
37
–38,
41
,
43

High Definition (HD),
43
–44

IMAX,
57
,
67
–68,
71
,
74
,
76

online streaming,
163
,
232
,
233

special effects,
3
,
75
,
129
–31

3D,
57
,
66
–68,
76
,
106

and writers’ strike,
38
–39

Ted,
198
,
242
,
249
–50

television:

advertising,
228
,
237
,
239

author’s move to,
194
–95

and the “Brightly Burning Show,”
231
–33

broadcast,
208
,
222

cable,
215
,
219
,
236
–37,
239

digital outlets,
232
–34

FCC rules,
222

golden age of,
220

international,
235

network,
216
–20,
228
,
237
,
239

online streaming,
232
–33

ownership of,
236
–39

packaging fees,
237

pitch season,
32
,
226
–27

profitability of,
205
–6,
235
–39

rating points,
237

reality programming,
165

seasons,
224
–26

series,
206
,
253

showrunners,
180
,
183
,
191

studios,
236
–37

syndication rights,
228
,
235
,
237
,
238

as writer’s medium,
191
,
195
,
219

Television People:

blending with Movie People,
200
–206

vs. Movie People,
198
–200

Tellem, Nancy,
234

tentpole movies,
5
–7,
12
,
18
,
23
,
35
,
41
,
46
,
130
,
192
,
204
,
244
,
246

That ’70s Show,
198

There’s Something About Mary,
21

There Will Be Blood,
159

Theron, Charlize,
138

Thing, The,
5

Third Rock from the Sun,
209

This Is My Life,
252

This Is Your Life,
251

Thor,
5
,
8
,
15
,
18
,
88

3D,
57
,
66
–68,
76
,
106

Time Warner,
235

Titanic,
3
,
48
–50,
51
,
54
–56,
89
,
244

Tomb Raider,
61

Top Gun,
109

Toronto Film Festival,
79
–80

Tourist, The,
59
–60

Town, The,
16

Toy Story,
89
,
262

Traffic,
119

Traister, Rebecca,
15

Transformers,
5
,
11
,
12
,
57
,
63
,
110
,
160
,
249

Travolta, John,
132

TriStar,
73

Tull, Thomas,
69
,
74

TV Land,
213
–14

12 Monkeys,
9

21 and Over,
70

Twentieth-Century Fox Film,
36
24
,
150
,
199
,
205
,
231
–32

Twilight
franchise,
5
,
11
,
28
,
69
,
89
,
100
–101,
130
,
229
,
244

Twitter,
261

Two and a Half Men,
209
,
212
,
238

United
93
,
146

Universal Studios,
242
,
254

UPN (United Paramount Network),
232

Utley, Nancy,
104

VanCamp, Emily,
229

Vane, Dick,
121
–22

Vanity Fair,
199

Vantage,
159
–60

Variety,
28
,
49
,
169

Verhoeven, Paul,
250

Verrone, Patric,
167
,
171
,
187
–89

Viacom,
5
,
127
–29,
130
,
142
,
154
–56

video games,
60
–61

video on demand (VOD),
39
,
45

Voice, The,
222

Wahlberg, Mark,
138
,
159

WALL-E,
262

Wanda group,
69
,
71

Warner Bros.:

and China,
70
–71,
72

and Christopher Nolan,
47
,
79

and DC catalog,
247

decision-making in,
81
–82

and franchises,
12
,
192

and
Harry Potter,
12
,
80

and HBO,
4

and
Inception,
84

and
Matrix,
138

and Oscar season,
254

Worldwide Marketing,
79
–81

War of the Worlds,
143
,
145

Washington, Denzel,
24
,
114
,
116

Wasserman, Lew,
174
,
176

Watchmen,
146
,
148

Wedding Crashers, The,
58
–59

Weeds,
222

Weiner, Matt,
205

Weiner, Tim,
24

Weitz, Richard,
213

Welcome to the Sticks,
59

Weston, Brad,
152
–53,
159
–60

West Wing,
204

Whitaker, Forest,
42

White, Betty,
214

Wiatt, Jim,
137

Wiig, Kristen,
15
–16,
17

Wilde, Olivia,
43

Wilkinson, Tom,
259

Will & Grace,
209
,
213

Williams, Michelle,
198

Willis, Bruce,
114

Wilson, Luke,
125

Wilson, Owen,
101
,
141

Winchell, Walter,
169

Winfrey, Oprah,
42

Winnie (financier),
2

Winslet, Kate,
199

Wire, The,
204
,
220