International creative company Cutters Studios has secured Bobby Rowe and Sean C. Sullivan as its new sales representatives on the U.S. East and West Coasts, respectively. In the Midwest, Cutters Studios continues to be repped by Sean M. Sullivan and Marni Halliburton of Collective Management. Rowe recently launched his own self-titled management company after having spent the past year as a luxury real estate agent at The Corcoran Group. For the previous four years, he was head of sales for animatic production specialist 321Launch, where he successfully established assorted prolific partnerships with international brands and agencies. Also an outstanding advertising composer, Rowe led business development for New York-based MAS: Music and Strategy. Sean C. Sullivan, meanwhile, joins the Cutters Studios staff in Santa Monica as West Coast business development director. Formerly the owner/EP of boutique strategy, animation and production house +DISPATCH, he led production for Chase, Coca Cola, Disney, ESPN, IBM, the NFL, Nike, Spotify and many others. Sullivan launched +DISPATCH in 2016 upon his departure from Apple, where he held the position of producer/project manager. That experience followed nearly two years as sr. project manager for Los York, where he managed all content for the Jordan Brand account in partnership with creative agency AKQA. At Los York, Sullivan’s efforts contributed to Jordan’s “The Last Shot” project winning a Gold Cannes Lion and dozens more major industry awards. Cutters Studios is part of a family that includes its partner companies Another Country, Dictionary Films, Flavor and Picnic Media. Cutters maintains operations in Chicago, Kansas City, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo….
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