Time Warner Boss Shaun Bewkes: TV And Movie Industries Have To Fix When Needed

Time Warner chief shipped an abnormally impassioned address today imploring traders to pressure everybody from pay TV marketers to Hollywood galleries to deploy on-demand streaming initiatives including TV Everywhere and UltraViolet home video. “Not enough customers know about these effective improvements and never enough customers ask them to at their tips of the fingers,” Bewkes told the Deutsche Bank Media & Telecom Conference. “We need to move considerably faster…You should absolutely demand the companies that you invest get serious and purchase this chance.” He’s most thinking about television, the company that makes up about about 80% of your time Warner’s profits — and particularly TV Everywhere,which provides pay TV customers a chance to watch shows on mobile products when needed.”The consumer experience today is actually spotty.Some marketers allow it to be simple and easy , others don’t. You realize who they really are and thus will they.”Specifically, Bewkes wants developers to create more content open to TV Everywhere. He wantsprograms to be shown on television sets in addition to pills. He wants Nielsen tofigure out how you can measure the amount of audiences on alldigital platforms. And that he wants marketers to really make it simple to find and access programming. “You shouldn’t have to be knocked upside the mind by an iPad to understand that customers are demanding wealthy, flexible, intuitive user connects,” he states. Customers “think they deserve it, plus they do. Plus they’re voting using their fingers everyday.” Younger crowd wants the film industry to grow its online presence. Although home video revenues are decreasing, Bewkes states that “the encouraging news is we don’t possess a demand problem.” The issue for that galleries is the fact that individuals are purchasing less and leasing more, especially from low-cost companies brought by Redbox and Netflix. He states that Hollywood shares a few of the blame. “It is not simple to purchase a movie electronically to handle your digital collection and also to watch it around the device of the selecting, specially the television,” he states. Consequently, “the industry originates to some crossroads. We all know customers are interested today, however they can’t get it done using the ease and functionality they have arrived at expect. We have to fix might we ought to repair it rapidly. When we don’t, we run the actual chance of habituating customers to rental much more realization they may would rather own and make collections of movies.” That’s also why he really wants to accelerate the rollout of the profession’s UltraViolet initiative, which causes it to be possible for those who buy DVD and Blu-ray dvds also to stream the flicks. Although a few of the early releases happen to be difficult to access, “we don’t possess the luxury of awaiting an ideal solution.” He states that customers are utilized to seeing items improve with time. “We have to start this and obtain everyone including merchants involved with this effort.”

George Lopez To Star In And Convey Comedy Series For Debmar-Mercury

George Lopez is coming back towards the family sitcom genre. I’ve found that Lopez, star, co-creator and executive producer of multi-camera sitcom George Lopez, which went on ABC for six seasons and 120 episodes, has closed an offer in principal with Lionsgate TV subsidiary Debmar-Mercury to co-create and star inside a new multi-camera comedy in regards to a Latino family. Lopez will executive make the series together with his manager, 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg. Upon finalizing the offer, Lopez and Debmar-Mercury, who both rejected comment, are anticipated to start a look for a showrunner. The project is going to be developed and created under Debmar-Mercury’s 10-90 model, by which the organization sells sitcoms to cable systems by having an initial 10-episode straight-to-series order, which, if meeting a rankings target, triggers a multi-season order as large as 90 episodes. The aim is perfect for Debmar-Mercury to rapidly generate enough episodes for that sitcom’s launch in broadcast distribution, area where Lopez continues to be effective. While never a significant hit in the original operate on ABC, George Lopez has loved a powerful afterlife in distribution. Ten years after its ABC premiere, the show still does well in primetime on cable, Nick at Nite along with a The spanish language-language version on MTV’s Tr3s, as well as in the mid-day in broadcast distribution. The George Lopez sitcom follows within the actions of Debmar-Mercury’s previous achievements under its model, all minority family sitcoms: Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne and Satisfy The Browns and Ice Cube’s Shall We Be There Yet?. The 3 went past the initial 10-episode orders on The best spinner's, using the first already over the distribution threshold. Debmar-Mercury’s first non-ethnic sitcom, the approaching Charlie Sheen comedy series Anger Management for Forex, is written/executive created by Bruce Helford, who co-produced and went George Lopez. Much like Sheen does on Anger Management, CAA-repped Lopez is envisioned having possession in the show. He most lately located a late-evening talk show on The best spinner's.

John Leguizamo To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot Only Fools And Horses

EXCLUSIVE: Just 10 days after actor-comedian John Leguizamo signed a development deal with ABC and ABC Studios, he has signed on to star in the ABC/ABC Studios multicamera comedy pilot Only Fools And Horses. Based on the British format, the multicamera comedy chronicles the misadventures of two streetwise brothers, Del (Leguizamo) and Rodney, and their aging grandfather as they concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in their quest to become millionaires. Del, the older brother, is the leader of the team. He is an overly confident bon vivant and con artist who trades crap out of the back of his car, cheerful and oblivious to the fact that he is a lowlife scamster. Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley wrote the adaptation and will executive produce with Leguizamo’s longtime manager Jeff Golenberg of the Collective. As part of Leguizamo’s deal with ABC, if Only Fools And Horses doesn’t go to series, the network will develop a single-camera comedy inspired by Leguizamo’s professional, personal and family life in NY City for him to star in and executive produce. UTA-repped Leguizamo is currently touring with his fifth one-man show, Ghetto Klown.

Exclusive: Wild Bill Poster Online

Knives for show, knuckles for any proArriving soon on the tailwind based in london FilmFestival buzz and general goodwill is Dexter Fletcher's directorial debut, Wild Bill, a household crime drama that'll bring a little that old West towards the East Finish based in london. Using its release date hoving into view with spurs clinking, it features a new quad to dazzle a bus stop in your area within the very close to future. The storyline sees ex-disadvantage Bill Hayward (Charlie Creed-Miles), the Wild Bill from the title, get free from jail after eight years to locate his youthful sons Dean (Will Poulter) and Jimmy (Sammy Williams) left to look after themselves by their absent mother. Bill's appetite for raising a child has not sharp throughout his years inside, though. Soon social services are participating and the boy is tipping law enforcement off on his dad's shady dealings.At this time, because of the Hollywood treatment, rough-gemstone Bill would uncover his inner father and treat his adoring sons to many years of freshly-turned pancakes and smart-but-entertaining assistance with women.Happily, Dexter Fletcher's film does not look remotely such as the Hollywood treatment. What develops ought to be as untidy, murky and funny as existence itself - particularly if your existence involves getting a clear, crisp-suited gangster Andy Serkis threatening to kill you every day.Becoming a member of Creed-Miles, Serkis and co. in Fletcher's manor is his old Lock, Stock mucker Jason Flemyng, in addition to Jaime Winstone, Olivia Williams and Kill List's Neil Maskell. It's not far off, so keep eyes peeled for news around the release date.

The Good Wife First Look: Meet Will's Sisters!

Josh Charles Will Gardner (Josh Charles) has been having a rough couple of months on The Good Wife. First, he got dumped by the love of his life, Alicia. Then, he was indicted by a grand jury for judicial bribery. And soon, he will face possibly losing his law license. Luckily, help is on the way in the form of moral - and by the looks of things, musical - support from his sisters, played by Nurse Jackie's Merritt Wever and Nadia Dajani (The Big C). Watch full episodes of The Good Wife In the March 4th episode, titled "After the Fall," Wever steps into the role of Will's younger, irresponsible and fun-loving sister, Audra and Dajani will play his bossy, Type-A older sister Sara. Who knew that Chicago's 16th most eligible bachelor could play guitar? Maybe he's practicing a love song to sing to Alicia? (We kid, we kid. This is The Good Wife, not Glee, after all). The only alarming thing about these pictures? The re-emergence of casual Will. Is his lack of business attire meant to imply that the disbarment proceedings don't go so well? Or is he just finally learning how to enjoy a day off? The title "After the Fall" doesn't give us much comfort. The Good Wife airs Sundays at 9/8c on CBS. Are you excited to meet Will's sisters?

Pilot Season: ABC Orders Mandy Moore Comedy

Mandy Moore Mandy Moore may be returning to ABC soon. The network just bought an untitled comedy headlining the primary one-time Grey's Anatomy guest-star. Pilot Season: Have the scoop! The half-hour project follows wedding couple Annie (Moore) and Ben, who have the chance of your life to function an elegant, new restaurant in Annie's hometown, getting her closer to her desperate and-maintenance family. Wedding Crashers co-author Bob Fisher and Stacy Traub composed the pilot and may executive-produce with Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Jon Leshay and Shawn Levy.

'A Better Life' Star Demian Bichir's 30-Year Journey to the Oscars

'A Better Life' Star Demian Bichir's 30-Year Journey to the Oscars By Stacey Wilson February 6, 2012 Photo by Summit Entertainment LLC "A Better Life" It seems Demian Bichir has gotten pretty damn good at turning fantasies into reality. Take his four-year odyssey to bring a Spanish-language stage adaptation of the 1995 Kevin Spacey black comedy "Swimming With Sharks" to a theater in Mexico City. Then there was waking up Jan. 24 to learn his too-good-to-be-true early-morning hallucinations of an Oscar nomination were not induced by the flu fever that had taken over his body the night before. And, most thrilling, was his successful willing of the world's most beautiful couple to his table at the SAG Awards on Jan. 29 for an accolades-laden conversation about his role as beleaguered immigrant gardener Carlos Galindo in "A Better Life.""I saw Brad and Angie walking toward me," says Bichir, 48, who attended the fete in support of his nom for best actor in a motion picture (he lost to Jean Dujardin of "The Artist"). "I told my girlfriend -- as a joke -- 'They're obviously trying to find me.' And they were! They were really, really nice and said how moved they were by the film. If someone had told me a year ago, 'This will be your life,' I would have laughed out loud."Unlike his U.S.-born peers, whose sound bites can be as choreographed as the scripts that pay their bills, Bichir emotes without apology. In even the briefest conversation, he drops the word "beautiful" a dozen times -- he uses it to describe things he loves, from avocados to his 8-month-old daughter, Gala -- and peppers descriptions with "very, very" and "really, really." It's easy to assume he's simply wanting for words; after all, English isn't the Mexico-born actor's first language. But those around Bichir know better: The 30-year acting veteran is simply "sobre la luna."Only the third Latino ever nominated for a best actor Oscar (he follows Puerto Rico's Jose Ferrer and fellow Mexican Anthony Quinn), Bichir, now an American citizen, has infused a low-key Oscar race not only with a potential spoiler ("THR's" June 15 review of "Better Life" predicted "this little gem...may even pick up a nomination") but also with the thrill of surprise -- one that, for Bichir, was a long time coming.He grew up in a family of performers (his father ran a theater; his mother and two brothers are actors) and began acting as a teenager, slogging through auditions in NY and L.A. in the '80s. After a turn in the gritty 1994 drama "Hasta Morir," for which he won an Ariel, Mexico's version of an Oscar, he emerged a movie star back home. During the past decade, Bichir has logged a slew of memorable Hollywood roles, including a scary-suave turn as Tijuana Mayor Esteban Reyes on Showtime's "Weeds," as Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's two-part epic "Che" and as a drug-cartel attorney in Oliver Stone's forthcoming drama "Savages." But Bichir's celebrity in America wasn't cemented until Oscar-nom morning, when he beat out the likes of A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio ("J. Edgar") and art house gods Michael Fassbender ("Shame") and Ryan Gosling ("Drive," "The Ides of March") for a coveted slot among Oscar's leading men.Ask Bichir how it feels, and you get more of the humility those who have worked with him say is his signature. "There is so much more Latino talent, all over the world, that aren't known," he says. "Hopefully someday others will get their chance, too."It was Bichir's earnest journeyman approach to acting that "Better Life" director Chris Weitz says made casting him a no-brainer. "It was ridiculously easy," says Weitz, who noticed Bichir in "Che" when the director was prepping to helm the "Twilight" installment "New Moon." "I got the script for 'Better Life,' then known as 'The Gardener,' and I thought, 'I know the perfect guy for this.' His Oscar nomination made the front page of most of the Spanish-language newspapers. That made me want to cry."The effects of "Better Life" on Bichir's countrymen were profound even during filming around Los Angeles, when the actor rarely removed his gardener's garb. "Some guys recognized me and said: 'Oh no, Demian. Hard times, eh?' I said: 'No, no. I'm just researching a role, I promise!' " he says lightheartedly, while in the same breath recognizing the greater social impact of the film's message. "I have many Anglo friends who've said their whole view on immigration changed from watching this film," says Bichir. "To know I've given a voice to 11 million people it's very, very meaningful."The cascade of kudos following his Indie Spirit, SAG and Oscar noms for the small film (since its June 24 release, "Better Life" has grossed barely $1.8 million) has made at least one of Bichir's dreams-come-true a bit tricky: Opening night in Mexico City for "Sharks," in which he portrays the evil Hollywood executive Spacey immortalized in the film, is Feb. 8, smack in the middle of Oscar festivities.But he welcomes the PR boost. "We gave a preview last week, and there were standing ovations," says Bichir, who now splits his time between Mexico and California. "They shouted, 'Good luck at the Oscars!' That felt great."Between the awards circuit, juggling offers for film and TV -- "a few things are coming in," he says coyly -- and staying in touch via video and photos with his daughter, who lives with his ex in Madrid, Bichir is savoring the moment. Having his parents around for the "thrill" has made the attention that much sweeter. "Not in their wildest dreams could they imagine this kid who could never sit still could become all this," he says.The Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Feb. 6 also has Bichir giddy: "If I have a chance to say hi to Woody Allen and Gary Oldman and tell them I love them, that will be a good day." The Hollywood Reporter 'A Better Life' Star Demian Bichir's 30-Year Journey to the Oscars By Stacey Wilson February 6, 2012 "A Better Life" PHOTO CREDIT Summit Entertainment LLC It seems Demian Bichir has gotten pretty damn good at turning fantasies into reality. Take his four-year odyssey to bring a Spanish-language stage adaptation of the 1995 Kevin Spacey black comedy "Swimming With Sharks" to a theater in Mexico City. Then there was waking up Jan. 24 to learn his too-good-to-be-true early-morning hallucinations of an Oscar nomination were not induced by the flu fever that had taken over his body the night before. And, most thrilling, was his successful willing of the world's most beautiful couple to his table at the SAG Awards on Jan. 29 for an accolades-laden conversation about his role as beleaguered immigrant gardener Carlos Galindo in "A Better Life.""I saw Brad and Angie walking toward me," says Bichir, 48, who attended the fete in support of his nom for best actor in a motion picture (he lost to Jean Dujardin of "The Artist"). "I told my girlfriend -- as a joke -- 'They're obviously trying to find me.' And they were! They were really, really nice and said how moved they were by the film. If someone had told me a year ago, 'This will be your life,' I would have laughed out loud."Unlike his U.S.-born peers, whose sound bites can be as choreographed as the scripts that pay their bills, Bichir emotes without apology. In even the briefest conversation, he drops the word "beautiful" a dozen times -- he uses it to describe things he loves, from avocados to his 8-month-old daughter, Gala -- and peppers descriptions with "very, very" and "really, really." It's easy to assume he's simply wanting for words; after all, English isn't the Mexico-born actor's first language. But those around Bichir know better: The 30-year acting veteran is simply "sobre la luna."Only the third Latino ever nominated for a best actor Oscar (he follows Puerto Rico's Jose Ferrer and fellow Mexican Anthony Quinn), Bichir, now an American citizen, has infused a low-key Oscar race not only with a potential spoiler ("THR's" June 15 review of "Better Life" predicted "this little gem...may even pick up a nomination") but also with the thrill of surprise -- one that, for Bichir, was a long time coming.He grew up in a family of performers (his father ran a theater; his mother and two brothers are actors) and began acting as a teenager, slogging through auditions in NY and L.A. in the '80s. After a turn in the gritty 1994 drama "Hasta Morir," for which he won an Ariel, Mexico's version of an Oscar, he emerged a movie star back home. During the past decade, Bichir has logged a slew of memorable Hollywood roles, including a scary-suave turn as Tijuana Mayor Esteban Reyes on Showtime's "Weeds," as Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's two-part epic "Che" and as a drug-cartel attorney in Oliver Stone's forthcoming drama "Savages." But Bichir's celebrity in America wasn't cemented until Oscar-nom morning, when he beat out the likes of A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio ("J. Edgar") and art house gods Michael Fassbender ("Shame") and Ryan Gosling ("Drive," "The Ides of March") for a coveted slot among Oscar's leading men.Ask Bichir how it feels, and you get more of the humility those who have worked with him say is his signature. "There is so much more Latino talent, all over the world, that aren't known," he says. "Hopefully someday others will get their chance, too."It was Bichir's earnest journeyman approach to acting that "Better Life" director Chris Weitz says made casting him a no-brainer. "It was ridiculously easy," says Weitz, who noticed Bichir in "Che" when the director was prepping to helm the "Twilight" installment "New Moon." "I got the script for 'Better Life,' then known as 'The Gardener,' and I thought, 'I know the perfect guy for this.' His Oscar nomination made the front page of most of the Spanish-language newspapers. That made me want to cry."The effects of "Better Life" on Bichir's countrymen were profound even during filming around Los Angeles, when the actor rarely removed his gardener's garb. "Some guys recognized me and said: 'Oh no, Demian. Hard times, eh?' I said: 'No, no. I'm just researching a role, I promise!' " he says lightheartedly, while in the same breath recognizing the greater social impact of the film's message. "I have many Anglo friends who've said their whole view on immigration changed from watching this film," says Bichir. "To know I've given a voice to 11 million people it's very, very meaningful."The cascade of kudos following his Indie Spirit, SAG and Oscar noms for the small film (since its June 24 release, "Better Life" has grossed barely $1.8 million) has made at least one of Bichir's dreams-come-true a bit tricky: Opening night in Mexico City for "Sharks," in which he portrays the evil Hollywood executive Spacey immortalized in the film, is Feb. 8, smack in the middle of Oscar festivities.But he welcomes the PR boost. "We gave a preview last week, and there were standing ovations," says Bichir, who now splits his time between Mexico and California. "They shouted, 'Good luck at the Oscars!' That felt great."Between the awards circuit, juggling offers for film and TV -- "a few things are coming in," he says coyly -- and staying in touch via video and photos with his daughter, who lives with his ex in Madrid, Bichir is savoring the moment. Having his parents around for the "thrill" has made the attention that much sweeter. "Not in their wildest dreams could they imagine this kid who could never sit still could become all this," he says.The Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Feb. 6 also has Bichir giddy: "If I have a chance to say hi to Woody Allen and Gary Oldman and tell them I love them, that will be a good day." The Hollywood Reporter