ORC 5/12/20 - Getting Literal About Netflix's Motivation And Philosophical About COVID Innovation

Da Five Bloods, The King Of Staten Island, & Shirley give us hope for June while Tenet & Mulan are asked to save the summer. Plus, the Golden Globes & Emmys tweak their rules while Cannes & the fall film festivals make alternative plans. Which films will rise above this hell?! This is the End Times - Top of Episode 2020 CONTENDER NEWS: Netflix Sets Date for Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods - 1:55 (Including Netflix’s Motivations + Why This Year’s Oscars is Going to be A-List Names Only) Will Tenet Move Dates? And If So, Then What? - 13:17 (Including Disney’s Bloodbath + Mike1’s Continued Pessimism Explained) New Release Dates + Updates for Possible Contenders - 19:55 (Including News on The Courier fka Ironbark; Made in Italy) CONTENDER TRAILER REVIEWS: King of Staten Island Trailer 1 - 22:45 Shirley Trailer 1 - 27:16 Babyteeth Trailer 1 - 31:13 AWARDS SHOW COVID ADJUSTMENTS: Golden Globes Make Foreign Language Film Eligibility Change - 33:40 Emmys Ban Oscar Nominated Projects - 34:45 Other Emmys Changes - 37:50 (And Why This Year’s Awards Shows May Be The Most Viewed In History) INDUSTRY NEWS AND UPDATES: AMC vs Universal Yields Telling Survey Results From Movie-Goers - 41:13 Amazon May Buy The Entire AMC Theater Chain? - 44:10 (Plus AlsoMike Loses It On Mike1) Covid’s Financial Implications, The Resistance of Progress, And The Movie Industry At Large as a Microcosm of Washington Politics - 46:26 Scoob Goes Direct to PVOD - 55:50 FILM FESTIVAL NEWS ROUND-UP: Cannes Refuses to Go Virtual, Except When It Goes Virtual - 58:30 NYFF, Oldenburg FF, Attempting To Innovate To Proceed - 1:01:11 Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 1:02:58 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:03:54 The spring movie calendar is finally starting to look more promising with the announcement of Spike Lee’s Da Five Bloods & some terrific new trailers for The King of Staten Island & Shirley. We also breakdown all the speculation about whether or not Tenet & Mulan will/can move from their dates, Benedict Cumberbatch’s spy thriller got a name change in The Courier, Ben Mendelsohn reminds us he’s Australian in Babyteeth, and we wonder about IFC’s plans with Made In Italy. And all that happens in just our first two segments. The HFPA tweaked their rules for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Globes while the TV Academy ruled out Oscar Noms at the Emmys. We then dive back into some industry news regarding AMC vs Universal and what surveys reveal about Premium VOD. Rumors about Amazon and AMC spiked up the struggling theater chain’s stock price, and AMC raised a whole lot of necessary capital to thrust us into a discussion on how to fix the entire world amidst the pandemic. Umm, we just have to get things off our chest sometimes. Finally, we cover the latest breaking news on how the Cannes Film Festival will pivot without a physical event this year, which films still need to sell at their virtual market, and how the fall fests like NYFF are making hybrid plans. As always, we want to know what you think about all the burning questions we raise in this episode. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thanks for listening.