Editorial and postproduction company Final Cut has appointed Denise Blate Roederer of RHODA to represent its international roster of editors for commercials and branded content on the East Coast. Blate Roederer founded RHODA in 2016 after more than 15 years representing leading directors, editors and artists, both in-house and independently. Blate Roederer joins Final Cut’s sales team of Ready Set’s Lisa Sabatino Lange on the West Coast and Doug Stephen in the Midwest….
Chicago-based, design-driven production company Sarofsky has been added to the commercial roster of Juliusson + Ratcliffe for representation throughout the Midwest. Principals Marguerite Juliusson and Dawn Ratcliffe also represent Adolescent, Alt.vfx, Froomer Pictures Ltd, Independent Media, Pictures in a Row, Raucous Content, Room Two, Splendid & Co. and Thinking Machine….
"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
