The Business with Kim Masters

The Business

Kim Masters with Simon Kinberg, producer of X-Men: First Class, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Elysium, and others.

The Future Of Indies

Mark Gill, former president of Miramax and head of Warner Indy, talks with Claude-Brodesser Akner about the future of indy movies. Gill explains why there will be massive cuts in the number of movies released each year.

The Business

Rob Long on The Strike and the web's effect on the future of The Biz and how we should all just get along -- and -- Marc Norman (author of What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting [who is also on the WGA negotiating committee]) on the history of...American screenwriting.

The Infamous Email

Remember Josh 'Shai' Steinberger? He's that William Morris assistant who wrote The Email. Claude Brodesser-Akner interviews Steinberger on The Business on KCRW in Santa Monica. Part I, Part II

KCRW In Santa Monica

Claude Brodesser-Akner talks with effects wizard Stan Winston on The Business. Elvis Mitchell talks with composer John Frizzell on The Treatment.

Movie Security

This week on The Business Claude Brodesser-Akner talks movie security with Chris Palmer, director of AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services, a firm which sets up medical and security services for movies being produced in risky locals. Their services also include ransom payment coordination in case of kidnapping.

Scott Steindorff, president of Stone Village Pictures, talks about shooting "Love in the Time of Cholera" in Columbia -- with the help of Presidential secret security personnel.

Also, Bob Birney, president of Picturehouse, producers of "Pan's Labyrinth"

The Business: You Suck

Claude Brodesser-Akner talks with Chris Moore, author of "You Suck: A Love Story", on The Business on KCRW in Santa Monica. Why has Moore's first novel been in development in Hollywood for sixteen years? Why doesn't he take meetings anymore? How does Hollywood filter out original elements until they're left with the same old product?

Moore defines the code terms 'we have a vision', 'we're enthusiastic about this project', and 'we want to do justice to your novel'. A nice insider's look from an author with a wagon full of best-selling novels and high-end options, but no movies made from his work yet.

I found this excerpt from You Suck: "You bitch, you killed me. You suck!"

Oscar: Gaming The System

Claude Brodesser-Akner and John Horn (of LAT The Envelope) discuss the machinations of the Hollywood awards season at The Business on KCRW in Santa Monica. Also appearing, Jeff Ammer, marketing consulting for Revolution Studios. Unless you're pretty familiar with this stuff this show is very educational.