Bicoastal ArtClass has signed advertising creative-turned-filmmaker Tatjana Green, who makes her entrance into the U.S. market. A graduate of the elite Bauhaus Design School in her native Germany, Green saw advertising as a platform for honing her natural eye for aesthetics. Right out of the gate, Green landed her first job at 18 years old as a graphic designer for art house Butter, where she was mentored in all forms of media production. She spent the next eight years working for various European ad agencies including Sillmotion, Red Box Inc., Saatchi & Saatchi Düsseldorf, and Tenzing, before branching out on her own in 2010, establishing the creative studio Brought To You By. One of Green’s first independent projects was the narrative short, Ole Boy, which she co-directed with Jamie Newman. Shot at a local bar in just eight hours, the film is a burst of improv among a lively cast of characters. Green has directed a range of commercials, shorts, series, and music videos, earning recognition from the Webby Awards to screening at international film festivals all over, from Berlin to Toronto. Green’s work spans such brands as P&G, Absolut, Toyota, Tassimo, US Foods, The Economist, Warner, and Walmart. Green was recruited to ArtClass by executive producer Kate Aspell….
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