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    Rep Report for September 9, 2022

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    Jenn Johnson
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    U.S. and France-based live action production company Cadence Films has added executive producer Jenn Johnson to its team. Working closely alongside co-founder/EP Lorenzo Ragionieri, Johnson brings a keen creative eye and extensive background in sales and talent representation which will further Cadence’s mission: to bring ambitious, moving ideas to life. Johnson’s career includes a variety of prominent, high-impact positions, including president/lead sales at her own talent representation company, Open Season; executive producer and head of sales at the New York-based music production company Music and Strategy; and most recently, as a partner at talent representation firm Hustle. There she had the opportunity to work with leading directors including Michel Gondry, Martin Krejci, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, Hannah Lux Davis, Drew Kirsch, and The Bobbsey Twins. Alongside her experience in bringing compelling stories to life on-screen, Johnson’s considerable background in sales, including tenures repping for RadicalMedia and B-Reel Films, gives her the tools to nurture rewarding relationships with creative stakeholders. It’s a winning combination that sets her up to approach this next chapter as an EP and to expand the reach and impact of Cadence’s groundbreaking and stylistically diverse work. “I’m looking forward to cultivating fresh opportunities for our filmmakers to make highly creative work,” said Johnson. “Repping certainly taught me how to turn over every rock, follow every lead, and dream big for my client. The chance to do this with a laser-focus on one specific roster is such a rewarding experience and one that I’ve been craving to take on”….

    Integrated post house Lockt Editorial has secured L.A.-based indie firm Content Chemics–headed by Ezra Burke and Shane Harris–to handle representation on the West Coast.  Lockt joins Content Chemics’ client roster alongside production companies Neighborhood Watch, Love Song and Stept Studios. In addition to its lineup of editor talent, Lockt houses a full VFX/CGI team, and a sound department….

    Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, has expanded its DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) team leadership with the appointment of Massimo Dolce as regional sales manager. In collaboration with the Dalet Germany-based team, Massimo will spearhead new customer, partner, and industry engagements that feature the full Dalet product lineup. This includes the Dalet media logistics platform and the Dalet end-to-end news workflow solution; both augmented with the Dalet ecosystem of tools and services. Dolce joins recently hired presales solution architect and technical specialist for the DACH region, Tobias Stoessel, and the wider Dalet EMEA team including Enrique Lafuente, VP EMEA enterprise sales, Fabien Donato, director of presales, and Ewan Johnston, strategic alliances and channel partner director. Dolce comes to Dalet from duties with professional industry vendors over the years such as EditShare, Imagine Communications, NewTek, Sony and Vizrt….

     

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    Is “Glicked” The New “Barbenheimer”? “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Hit Theater Screens

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    "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

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