Indie firm bueno is representing editorial house Cut + Run and VFX studio Jogger on the West Coast. Cut + Run features an award-winning and diverse roster of talented editors for advertising and entertainment. The company’s editors are available worldwide on location and via its offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, San Francisco and Austin. Meanwhile Jogger is a visual effects and finishing company in Santa Monica led by executive producer Rich Rama and creative director David Parker…..ICM Partners is now representing cinematographer Chris Mably for commercials and feature films exclusively….Cinematographer Alejandro Lalinde has joined the roster of Dattner Dispoto and Associates for representation. Lalinde was signed by DDA agent Juanita Tiangco. DDA additionally has booked DP Lyn Moncrief for the feature The Scent of Rain and Lightning being directed by Blake Robbins…..DP Andrij Parekh has recently completed principal photography on Niki Caro’s feature The Zookeeper’s Wife starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl. Parekh is again available for commercials, television, and feature films through The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica….Michael E. “Mike” Antonovich has been appointed to the newly created position of sr. VP, global sales for Media Global Links, a leader in media and data over IP transport solutions, and winner of a 2014 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award. Antonovich is an industry veteran, having served in a variety of operations, engineering, sales and executive positions for a diverse group of companies across the telecommunications spectrum. He has played key roles at organizations including ESPN, Group W Satellite, PanAmSat, Spaceconnection, Genesis Networks, Global Crossing, Roberts Communications, and ATEME….
Is “Glicked” The New “Barbenheimer”? “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Hit Theater Screens
"Barbenheimer" was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn't stopped people from trying to make "Glicked" — or even "Babyratu" — happen.
The counterprogramming of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin as memes, it transcended its online beginnings. Instead of an either-or, the two movies ultimately complemented and boosted one another at the box office.
And ever since, moviegoers, marketers and meme makers have been trying to recreate that moment, searching the movie release schedule for odd mashups and sending candidates off into the social media void. Most attempts have fizzled (sorry, "Saw Patrol" ).
This weekend is perhaps the closest approximation yet as the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked" opens Friday against the chest-thumping sword-and-sandals epic "Gladiator II." Two big studio releases (Universal and Paramount), with one-name titles, opposite tones and aesthetics and big blockbuster energy — it was already halfway there before the name game began: "Wickiator," "Wadiator," "Gladwick" and even the eyebrow raising "Gladicked" have all been suggested.
"'Glicked' rolls off the tongue a little bit more," actor Fred Hechinger said at the New York screening of "Gladiator II" this week. "I think we should all band around 'Glicked.' It gets too confusing if you have four or five different names for it."
As with "Barbenheimer," as reductive as it might seem, "Glicked" also has the male/female divide that make the fan art extra silly. One is pink and bright and awash in sparkles, tulle, Broadway bangers and brand tie-ins; The other is all sweat and sand, blood and bulging... Read More