Greetings from the Seychelles! Christmas on the Indian Ocean is pretty much a non-event. Let’s just say there’s not a lot of chestnuts roasting on Anse Lazio Beach. But, being a non-practicing Jew (I practiced enough when I was a kid), and never practicing non-Christian,…
Good morning. As many of you know, the entertainment industry is in total disarray. Netflix is producing films that get praised at Cannes. Amazon is winning Emmys. It’s a drop-kick to the groin to all of us in “traditional media.” In Hollywood, we all thought…
JESUS CHRIST! Who the fuck do you have to blow or bribe in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to getting a stupid Golden Globe nomination?! These nominations are abominations. “Birdman” – seriously? “The Imitation Game”? What the hell is a Benedict Cumberbatch! Is that a…
Hello from Maui! I’m feeling much better and have recovered from the outrageous snub from the Motion Picture Academy – yet still, fuck the Academy Awards. But life in Hollywood must continue. As many of you have read, Manka Bros. has stopped going to the Sundance…
Another year – another snub. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can F itself. The same goes for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association… And while I’m at it, The Producer’s Guild can suck it… … and any other suck ass group of idiots who wouldn’t…
Good morning… Following Kevin Reilly’s (Fox) announcement that they will no longer be participating in the TV Pilot Season process (which we’ve all been doing in this town for the past 50 years or so), I would like to take an even bolder step. Today, I am…
Summer was a disaster at Manka Bros. We didn’t have one film that worked. A completely… totally… unbelievably fucked up summer. And everyone is at fault. But mostly, the fault lies in our film slate development strategy. The reason? ORIGINAL FILMS FAIL Did you…
Good morning. I am back from the hellhole that was Austin, Texas and the that waste of time known as SXSW. If there was any positive that came out of my keynote address it was that my security guard kicked the Foo Fighters’ asses. Truly…
To all the acquisition and distribution executives at Manka Highbrow, Manka Dogma, Manka Docs and the new Manka Mumblecore – due to the shitty year you all had in 2011, you will not be attending the Sundance Film Festival this year. If you desperately feel the need to attend in order to bid on a…
And while I’m at it – the Hollywood Foreign Press can suck it, too! So, this morning I returned to the studio from a month long vacation at my house in the Seychelles – feeling relaxed, very tan and ready to make 2012 the biggest…