‘Succession’ & ‘The Morning Show’ Bosses on Writing About the Media and Power

For years, Carter Burwell has been one of the absolute best composers in the industry. Working with not just the Coen Brothers, but the best that Hollywood has to offer, Burwell has nearly done it all.

Stevie Wong When The Morning Show kicked off the release of original content featured on the Apple TV+ streaming platform, much conversation was about its detailed #MeToo breakdown of a sexual harassment incident, affecting everyone who worked on the fictional news program.

Carita Rizzo Had “The Marvelous Mrs.

Amanda N'Duka ReporterGugu Mbatha-Raw knew her role on The Morning Show would be a challenge.As Hannah Shoenfeld, the talentbooker who survives a sexual assault, she provided a crucial turning point in the Apple TV+ series that centers on the sexual misconduct that plagued a news organization. It was her story, and ultimately, her tragic fate, that put a spotlight on unchecked abuses of power.

Ruth Negga was raised in Limerick, Ireland before moving to London to study and then onward to Los Angeles. However, it wasn’t until London that the actress said she really experienced racism.

TheWrap-Up,” presented by Apple TV+. “And it felt like a concerted effort to lead this thing correctly, that this was a show that was about, in many ways, white men who did not lead correctly.”And that leadership, Duplass said, started at the top but included series stars/producers, Reese Witherspoon and Jen Aniston.

TheWrap-Up,” presented by Apple TV +, hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed how California’s re-opening has gone awry amid a rise in COVID-19 cases and talked about the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein confidante, Ghislaine Maxwell.Then, a conversation about the prolific new Facebook ad boycott #StopHateforProfit with Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of Color of Change and Maurice Schweitzer, a professor at the Wharton School of

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Lego Masters” hasn’t yet been renewed for a Season 2, yet Fox Corp. boss Lachlan Murdoch has all but confirmed that it will be back — well, once productions are allowed to come back.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeMark Mylod has been one of premium cable’s go-to directors for quite some time, having helmed episodes of Showtime’s “Shameless” and “The Affair,” as well as “Entourage” and “Game of Thrones” at HBO.

Jon Burlingame For a new streaming service, Apple TV Plus made some pretty sharp music choices from the start, tapping Carter Burwell to score “The Morning Show,” Atli Örvarsson for “Defending Jacob,” Michael Brook for  “Little America” and Drum & Lace and Ian Hultquist for “Dickinson.”Two-time Oscar nominee Burwell (“Carol,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”) had not previously done episodic TV, but was intrigued by the Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon a.m.-news-show sendup.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMark Duplass is a man of many hats — he’s a writer, director, producer and actor.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterFilm and content financier BondIt Media Capital is teaming with Brian Presley’s P12 Films to back a slate of five features.The two companies said the deal would cover original stories and adapted content. P12 produced The Great Alaskan Race, which Presley directed and starred in, set in 1925 and telling the tale of a group of brave mushers who travelled 700 miles to save the small children of an Alaskan town.

Fear of A Black Planet track kicked in. Appearing separately given the coronavirus pandemic, PE's Chuck D and Flavor Flav rapped a smattering of iconic lines from "Fight the Power" in addition to opening it up for relevant, thought-provoking verses from Nas, Rapsody (rocking a camo jacket that shouted out Colin Kaepernick and Faith Evans), Black Thought and YG.

In an interview with Variety this month, Reese Witherspoon hinted that production was ‘four weeks in’ before it had to push pause, adding: ‘So we are going to get back as soon as people are going to let us back to work.’ It seems there are also some big question marks around the cast.The US Office star Steve Carrell’s Carrell, who played the disgraced reporter at the centre of all the drama, was only on a one-year contract and showrunners have neither confirmed nor denied, if he will be

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences began discussing a return to broadcast TV for the Daytime Emmys with CBS last year, the org never could have expected that it would be under these circumstances. But now, NATAS and telecast producer Associated Television Inc.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNicholas Britell has become one of the most in-demand film and TV composers in recent years, thanks to his work on “The Big Short,” “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” But it’s “Succession,” including that catchy instrumental theme song, which Pusha T made into a stunning rap, that has been unlike anything else in his career.That became apparent late last summer, as Season 2 of the HBO drama turned into a phenomenon, right when the cast and