Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales From the New Abnormal in the Movie Business (38 page)

Budde, Jordan,
221
,
228
,
231

Bullock, Sandra,
53
,
61
–62,
203
,
245
n,
249

Burns, Michael,
245

Butler, The,
42

buzz,
14
–15,
84
,
101
–2

CAA (Creative Artists Agency),
69
,
124
,
133
,
137
,
138
,
152
,
154
,
207

cable TV,
215
,
219
,
236
–37,
239

Cagney and Lacey,
209

Call of Duty,
5

Cameron, James,
7
,
48
–49,
51
,
54
–55,
130

Camp, Colleen,
136

Campbell, Joseph,
108

Can You Keep a Secret?,
131
,
139
,
141
,
151
–53

Captain America,
5

Cars,
11
,
89

Casablanca,
105

CBS,
208
–10,
211
–12,
215
,
223
,
239
,
252

Central Division,
209
–12

CGI,
3
,
129

Chadha, Gurinder,
157

Chan, Jackie,
101

Chase, David,
204

Cheezburger,
261

Chen Guangcheng,
70

Chernin, Peter,
34
–40,
255

and Fox,
34
–36,
52
,
106
–7,
117
,
200

as producer,
52
,
249

and Titanic,
48
–50

and writers’ strike,
186
,
187

chick projects,
8
–9,
15
–17,
244
–45,
251
–52

China:

coproduction deals in,
69
–74,
75

as fickle friends,
72
–74

film market in,
56
–57,
64
,
65
,
69
–76,
77

government regulations,
74
–76

piracy in,
68

and sequels,
76
–78

and 3D,
57
,
67
–68

Xi Jinping’s U.S. visit,
67
,
72
,
73
–74

China Film Group,
72

chops (acting talent),
21
–22

Christo,
84

Clash of the Titans,
79
,
85

Clear and Present Danger,
205

Clios (advertising awards),
82

Clooney, George,
6
,
7
,
23
,
92
,
124
,
133
n,
202

Clue,
60

Coen brothers,
159

Columbia Pictures,
112

Columbus, Chris,
120

Comic-Con,
28
–29

Connelly, Jennifer,
133
n

Connick, Harry, Jr.,
53

Contact,
193
,
251

“Cookie,”
139
–41,
146
,
148
,
150
,
151
,
153
,
157
–58

Cooper, Bradley,
43

Coopers, Mini,
138

Costner, Kevin,
9

Coto, Manny,
230
–31

Count of Monte Cristo, The,
227
,
228
–29

Cowboys & Aliens,
61
,
244
,
247

Creative Artists Agency (CAA),
69
,
124
,
133
,
137
,
138
,
152
,
154
,
207

creative destruction,
111

creativity, waning,
33

Criminal Minds,
209

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
102

Crowe, Cameron,
125

Cruise, Tom,
109
,
151
,
154
–56

Cruz, Penélope,
18
,
62

CSI,
209
,
210

Cuesta, Michael,
197

Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The,
104

CW network,
208
,
210
,
215
,
223

Damages,
205
,
221

Damon, Matt,
80
,
81

Danes, Claire,
196
–97,
203

Daniel, Sean,
118

Daniels, Lee,
42

Dark Knight
franchise,
5
,
27
,
63
,
69
,
70
,
72
,
84
,
215
,
216
,
217
,
242
,
254

Dauman, Philippe,
155

Davidson, Eben,
137

Dawson’s Creek,
198

Days of Thunder,
109

DC Comics,
146
,
247

Deadline Hollywood,
28

DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com
,
169
–70

Defectives,
230

Definite Interest Intensity (DII),
99
–100,
101
,
102

De Line, Donald:

and Paramount,
137
,
138
–39,
140
–41,
142
,
143
,
145
–50,
249

and Warner Bros.,
149

Dench, Dame Judi,
259

Deng, Wendi,
74
–75

Departed, The,
47
,
67

Depp, Johnny,
59
–60

Dern, Laura,
199
,
203

Descendants, The,
92
,
104

Desperate Housewives,
235

Devil Wears Prada, The,
88

Dexter,
230

DGA (Directors Guild of America),
164
,
167
–68,
180
,
183
,
185
–88

dialectical movement,
248
–49

Diaz, Cameron,
21

digital production,
43
–45,
232
,
261

Dippold, Katie,
249

Disney Studios,
4
,
65
,
110
,
200
,
247
,
254

Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The,
153

DMG Entertainment,
73

Dodd, Chris,
67
–68

Dolgen, Jon:

and DVD rights,
2
–3,
127

and Paramount,
2
–3,
5
,
109
,
110
,
117
,
127
–29,
130
,
131
,
133
,
143
,
150

and Viacom,
5
,
129
,
142

Donnie Brasco,
201

Douglas, Michael,
109

Downey, Robert, Jr.,
133
n

DreamWorks Studios,
47
,
74
,
89
,
143
,
160
,
254

Driving Miss Daisy,
10

DVD rights:

keeping,
2
–3,
127

and Old Abnormal,
36
,
37
,
40
,
232
,
233
,
240
,
256

piracy of,
68

replacing the revenue from,
39
,
40
,
50
,
57
,
106
,
234
,
260

slipping sales of,
11
,
37
–40,
191
,
232
,
240

and technology,
38
–39,
57

and writers’ strike,
163
,
174
,
189
,
191

Eat Pray Love,
86

Eisner, Michael,
200

Elwes, Cassian,
41
–42,
43

Emily Swan,
228

Endeavor,
203
–4

Endgame,
73

Enlightened,
199
,
203

Ephron, Nora,
120
,
131
–32,
194
,
198
,
251
,
252

Evans, Robert,
126
,
174

Facebook,
86
,
209
,
233

Fail Safe,
202

Family Guy,
249

Fast and the Furious,
12
,
33
,
129

Fast Five,
8
,
11
,
33

Fatal Attraction,
109
,
110

FCC (Federal Communications Commission),
222

Felicity,
156

Few Good Men, A,
204

Field of Dreams,
9

Field, Todd,
133
n

50 Cent,
145

Fifty Shades of Grey,
5

Fighter, The,
16
,
159

Fincher, David,
21
,
86
,
104
,
203

Finke, Nikki,
169
–70,
174
–76,
180
,
187
–88

Fisher King, The,
9
,
10
,
257

Flashdance,
23

Flight,
254

Flying Tigers,
71

Ford, Tom,
133
n

Forgetting Sarah Marshall,
198

Forrest Gump,
3
,
9

Foster, Jodie,
62
,
110
,
193

Founding of a Party, The,
71

Fowkes, Richard,
144

Fox:

author’s departure from,
106
–7,
112
–13,
117

and Cameron,
48

and Chernin,
34
–36,
52
,
106
–7,
117
,
200

international presence of,
4
,
65
–66,
74

and market share,
209

and Oscar season,
254

Searchlight,
92
,
104

yearly schedule of,
223

Fox 2000 (Little Fox),
47

Fox Broadcasting Company,
36

Fox Filmed Entertainment,
51
–53

Fox International Productions (FIP),
63
,
64
,
71

franchises,
5
,
8
,
12
,
18
–19,
46
,
192
,
220
,
245
,
250

Frasier,
209
,
211
,
214

Freston, Tom,
141
–44,
145
,
148
,
150
,
154
–56,
159

Friedkin, Billy,
142

Friedman, Rob,
138
,
142
,
143
,
145

Friends,
209
,
212
,
223
,
238

Friends for Life,
251

Friends with Benefits,
198

Fringe,
156

Funny or Die,
233
–34,
262

Gabler, Elizabeth,
47

Gaghan, Steve,
119
–20,
121
–22

Game of Thrones,
214

Gansa, Alex,
196
–97

Garfield, Andrew,
5

Garner, Jennifer,
46
,
80

Gelfond, Richard,
71

Germany, film market in,
62
,
65

Gervais, Ricky,
46
,
80
,
190

Get Rich or Die Tryin’,
145

Gianopulos, Jim,
51
–53,
54
–56,
58
,
59
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
74
,
77
–78,
106

Gibson, Mel,
3

Gideon’s Crossing,
201

Gigli,
15

G.I. Joe,
5
,
111

Gilliam, Terry,
9
,
257

Gilligan, Vince,
205
,
220

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The,
203

Gladwell, Malcolm,
190

Glee,
228

Glory,
24

Godfather, The,
126
–27,
246

Godfrey, Wyck,
229

Goetz, Kevin,
14
,
18
–19,
90

Golden Girls, The,
211

Golden Globes,
186
,
198
–99

Goldwyn, John:

on craftsmanship,
130
–31