Hometeam Global Content has secured Anna Rotholz Management for representation on the East Coast. Anna Rotholz brings over a decade of expertise working in the East Coast market, having spent the majority of her career as an agent and independent rep working at numerous repping firms. She currently represents a diverse roster of production companies including Chromista, tinygiant, Hey Baby and PF100. During the global pandemic that put a halt to the production industry, Hometeam saw an opportunity to reimagine its approach in executing and crafting projects from a more local level. Hometeam’s founding partners–Harrison Winter, Lagan Sebert and Brandon Bloch–brought together two production companies with more than a decade of experience each – Magic Seed Productions and Co.MISSION Content Group – combining their talent networks and remote production experience to build an improved and more efficient method to production on a global scale. Hometeam has hit the ground running this year with NBC’s American Song Contest, filming show contestants in all 50 states and 6 U.S. territories completely remote while advocating for sustainability in AICP’s panel as active members of Green The Bid. The company co-produced the new Discovery+ show Conjuring Kesha, which will premiere on the Travel Channel this October. Off a fresh Emmy nomination for last year’s work on The Voice, they shot internationally on the Apple TV show My Kind of Country in collaboration with Reese Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine. “We’ve created an innovative model built on a hand-picked global network of the best filmmakers in every U.S. state and 150 countries that aid us in telling more expansive stories without boundaries,” shared Bloch. “Anna understands where the industry is headed and it aligns with our forward-looking vision on how we can help her clients answer today’s content needs. She recognizes there’s a lot of space in the market for a company like Hometeam and we’re excited to continue our growth together”…
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