Good afternoon. After an exhaustive design competition – and millions of dollars spent – Manka Bros., in our search for a new exciting logo for the 21st century has decided to revert to the past in order to push forward into the future. THE ICONIC…
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…
Thirty-five years ago, an Exorcist was sent to Stage 8 on the Manka Bros. Studios lot. Strange shit was happening there and the only logical explanation was ghosts. The film being shot on the stage was a horrible roller disco movie called “Juggle Boogie”…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2013 Day 1 – It Begins Day 2 – Build-A-Bike Day 3 – The Drunkening Ugh. I’m sure the planners of these conferences (not just Herb Allen’s but corporate offsites the world over) always dream great things will happen…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2013 Day 1 – It Begins Day 2 – Build-A-Bike Day 3 – The Drunkening Herb Allen always makes Day 2 into an adventure. Last year was the disastrous Acid Trip. The year before was the disastrous Mogulympics. And…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2013 Day 1 – It Begins Day 2 – Build-A-Bike Day 3 – The Drunkening I have arrived. The combined age of everyone at this conference is something like 2 million. Herb Allen told me he has crafted an…
[Manka Bros. Studios Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. gave a keynote address today at the Davos World Economic Forum. He wanted me to post a transcript of his speech which I made watching a video feed. It is posted, unedited, below. — Vicky Adler-Modry – Senior Executive Assistant to…
Good afternoon from Yas Island – Abu Dhabi U.A.E. I am dictating this blog from a mud bath in the giant purple Yas Hotel Spa Resort. Thanks to Stefania Bianchi and Nour Malas from the Wall Street Journal for taking this down and getting it…
Good morning. I have returned from my keynote speech in Davos with a new sense of optimism about our business. After the global success of Avatar and the record-breaking television ratings of the Super Bowl, Old Media is back and we must quickly capture this…
[Manka Bros. Studios Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. gave a keynote address today at the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland. He wanted me to post a transcript of his speech for everyone at the studio to read. It is posted, unedited, below. —…