Variety talks to top execs about the issues of Hollywood

Variety talked with top players of Hollywood about the industry's problems and dubbed in "Broken Hollywood"



Anthony Anderson on racism in Hollywood: If you look at how some networks built their audiences — UPN, CW — they built them with minorities. Their original programming was all minority programming. It did well, but they moved away from it once they were established [...] There’s a sense of responsibility to do the best that I can with our show, to help usher in the next crop of minority writers and producers read more here



Harvey Weinstein on the VOD/DVD model: We have to think about what we do with the lack of a DVD business [...] We’re entering a golden age for television. You can tell a better story there. You have more time. I can’t tell “Marco Polo” in under 50 hours [...] Let’s hope all technology companies follow Netflix’s model and marry content and technology with the same passion. read more here





Chris Albrecht (Starz CEO) on fighting piracy, appealing to next generation: There’s a demographic shift that has been occurring in the U.S. Millennials are now the largest segment of the population, Hispanics are the fastest-growing, and those two groups form the nexus of the next consumer generation. They tend to have less disposable income, but they are very tech savvy. read more here



Nina Jacobson ("Hunger Games" producer) on lack of opportunities for new people: There is a shortage of opportunity for young people, and a resulting shortage of fresh blood. There are so few jobs and so few junior-level jobs. People who have jobs stay in them longer. Consequently, there aren’t as many opportunities as there used to be [...] The people who make movies should be as diverse as the people who watch them [...] If people are going to give opportunities to those who remind them of themselves, and the majority who work in Hollywood are white men, then the majority of opportunities go to white men. read more here



Joe Roth ("Maleficient" producer) on nurturing a new generation of Movie Stars: I think maybe Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio are the last versions of movie stars. Put them in a movie, and people want to come see them. What we have now is what I call “conditional movie stars,” because they have not been given broader roles [...] This generation of actors doesn’t understand privacy. The more available you make yourself, the less mystique there is. Stay out of social media, because that’s not going to help your movie career [...] There is no nurturing of stars anymore. Everything is a one-off. It takes Angelina Jolie as a director to get Jack O’Connell to be the lead of “Unbroken.” read more here





source: variety

I thought Anthony/Nina/ and Joe's were interesting to read. the rest of the CEO's just talked about how to become more profitable