With the disappointing storyline of Wonder Woman 1984,  HBOMax still needs to find the tipping point. “A blockbuster movie isn’t just recognized with box office numbers. You know it’s a blockbuster when you want to see it over and over.” (Keith Rauch).The long tail model for OTT platforms need the evergreen content or they will always struggle.  


Warner Bros brings in experienced marketer of Josh Goldstine to helm as President of Worldwide Marketing, taking over the post once occupied by Blair Rich. This is another move by studios in the attempt to accomplish a unified offering for marketing on to the ever expanding platform. At the same time, Ricky Strauss from Disney is departing after a genius tenure for the studio. Strauss leaves a legacy of Disney+, Marvel and Star Wars success. “If you’re a fan of Marvel films, you’re a fan of Ricky Strauss’ Marketing. “ (Tim Thompson) 


Politics and Hollywood entertainment have become insparatable bedfellows over the last few decades, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing should want be players. Following the premise that Politics is downstream of the culture, Real Daily Wire is starting an entertainment division dedicated to broadening the conversation to include conservative values. “As I’ve said for years, Hollywood works behind gates and lives behind gates and it would be good to have a larger presentation of values without the heavy-handed power of the media monopoly. ” (Keith Rauch) 


The first film scheduled for release will be #runhidefightmovie on January 14th.