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When you open up this year’s Next Gen package on page 72, you may notice a new look. Rather than photograph Hollywood’s 35 rising industry stars in their various categories — agents, managers, lawyers and television, film and digital executives — THR shot all 35 execs together. The move was a small step in acknowledging how swiftly the industry has changed. “The categories felt anachronistic,” says television editor Lacey Rose, who co-edited the annual list, now in its 24th year, with awards editor Rebecca Ford. “The lines have blurred: Managers are now producers, and executives move fluidly between television and film.” (The Next Gen-ers were, however, individually profiled in their traditional groupings — and the most in-demand young actors are profiled in the annual Next Gen talent portfolio.) Another first:…
Style writer Vincent Boucher explores how execs can up their sartorial game by taking pointers from ICM agent Chuck James, known for his freewheeling fashion sense (page 62). “It was a blast to interview Chuck,” he says, “and discuss the finer points of men’s style.” Boucher relocated from L.A. to NYC in 2016 to focus on writing. He has contributed to British GQ. Ruven Afanador captured cover subject Drake in the hip-hop star’s hometown of Toronto, Ontario (page 66). “The concept of the shoot was to create a feeling of being backstage while making a film,” explains Afanador, who moved from his native Colombia to Michigan when he was 14. His work has appeared in Vogue and Vanity Fair and in three books.…
Tip of the iceberg. That has become a common and terrifying phrase as the circle of Hollywood men accused of sexual misdeeds widens, enveloping Brett Ratner, Kevin Spacey, James Toback, Dustin Hoffman, WME agent Adam Venit and others. As a result, Hollywood attorneys say their phones are ringing nonstop with calls from accusers as well as the accused. Since Oct. 5, when The New York Times first published sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, litigator Mark Geragos says his phone has been ringing like never before. “We have been inundated with calls and prospective clients who are terrified of the publicity and blowback,” says Geragos. Attorney Marty Singer, who reps Ratner and Hoffman, says he’s seen a marked uptick in incoming calls lately. And former Los Angeles County public defender…
In the month since the Harvey Weinstein scandal erupted, fashion insiders have wondered if his estranged wife Georgina Chapman’s fairy-tale-like eveningwear and bridal label can survive the association with the mogul, who wielded his power to help turn Marchesa into a must-wear for stars at the same time he was allegedly forcing himself on victims. “Next up is the Golden Globes, and no one is going to wear it because they don’t want to answer the question, ‘Why?’” says stylist Tod Hallman, who remembers Weinstein’s strong-arm tactics from the early days of Marchesa, which launched in 2004, including the time he pushed Felicity Huffman, then starring in The Weinstein Co.’s Transamerica, to wear Marchesa to the 2006 Globes. Since the Weinstein story broke Oct. 5, not a single star has…
Universal’s cinematic Dark Universe is in danger of being mummified. Just five months after Universal released a much-discussed cast photo promising a slew of movies starring the likes of Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe and Javier Bardem — all drawn on characters like the Invisible Man, Wolf Man and Frankenstein in its stable of classic horror films — none of the projects appears to have a pulse. Writer-producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan, who were hired as the monster universe architects, have departed the franchise, sources tell THR. Kurtzman, whose deal with Universal lapsed in September, is focusing on television (he’s an executive producer on CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, and his overall deal with CBS involves more than a half-dozen shows), while Morgan has returned to the Fast and…
$80M Blade Runner 2049’s losses Alcon Entertainment’s Blade Runner 2049 had everything going for it — an acclaimed director (Denis Villeneuve), A-list stars (Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford) and a fresh 88 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. But the 164-minute sequel, opening 35 years after Ridley Scott’s cult classic hit theaters, didn’t deliver. Alcon and its investors are facing about $80 million in losses, according to insiders close to the project, after Blade Runner grossed $240.6 million worldwide through Nov. 5 as it winds down its run. That’s a poor showing for a film that cost $155 million to produce after rebates and tax incentives and before marketing. But Sony is expected to recoup its $110 million investment in the Alcon production because of the agreement brokered by Sony Motion Picture Group…
