Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales From the New Abnormal in the Movie Business (40 page)

quadrant-think,
86
–89,
90
,
99

selling
Inception,
83
–85

test previews,
89
–94

Married . . . with Children,
221
,
235

Martin, Suzanne,
211
,
213

Marvel comics,
247

Master, The,
92

Matrix, The,
138

MCA,
174

McAvoy, James,
5

McCarthy, Melissa,
17
,
34
,
199
,
249

McConaughey, Matthew,
2
,
125
–27

Memento,
216
,
218

Mendes, Sam,
254

Men in Trees,
210

Mentalist, The,
209

Meredith (girlfriend),
30
–31

Meyer, Stephenie,
100

MGM,
254

Microsoft,
233
,
234

Mike and Molly,
17
,
199
,
209

Mildred Pierce,
199

Miller, George,
251

Milliner, Todd,
213
–14

Mirror Mirror,
5
,
171

Miss America,
223

Mission: Impossible,
5
,
75
,
110
,
151
,
154
,
200

Mitchell, Joni,
36

Modern Family,
212

Moguls (AMPTP),
see
writers’ strike

Moneyball,
47
,
60
,
254
,
257

Monroe, Marilyn,
62

Monty Python and the Holy Grail,
9

Moonrise Kingdom,
258
–59

Moonstruck,
10

Moonves, Les,
128
,
142
,
208
–10,
215
,
234

Moore, Rob,
145
,
150
,
156
,
160

Moore, Ron,
231

Moran, Patrick,
228
–30,
231
–32,
233

Morgan, Kathy,
58
,
59

Mortal Kombat,
61

Movie People:

blending with TV People,
200
–206

and the future,
255
–58

vs. Television People,
198
–200

vs. TV profitability,
235
–36

movies:

based on video games,
60
–61

box office stability,
242
–43

marketing,
see
marketing

microbudgets,
43
,
45

multiple investors in,
42

original,
106

parallel worlds in,
48
–49

pitching ideas for,
12
–13,
16
,
22
–27

playability of,
103

Prints and Ads costs,
43
–44

profit margin in,
37
,
39
,
46
,
243

standardization of,
105

test previews,
89
–94

tight schedules of,
44

tracking reports of,
13
–14,
28

movie studio heads,
48

as Moguls,
see
writers’ strike

movie studios,
11
–12

artists under contract to,
47
–48

and blockbusters,
192

indies,
13
,
44
,
46

and marketing,
see
marketing

minimajors (without lots),
69

P&Ls in,
39
–40

and transition,
241

MRC,
46

MTV,
141
–42,
145
,
156

Mud Pie quadrant,
88
,
90
,
99

Mummy, The,
118

Murdoch, Rupert,
36
,
52
–53,
68

Murphy, Eddie,
109

My Name is Khan,
64

MySpace,
154

Mystic Pizza,
126

My Week with Marilyn,
198
–99

narrowcasting,
260
–61

National Lampoon’s Animal House,
118

National Treasure,
104

NBC,
209
,
221
,
223

NBC/Universal,
222

NCIS,
209

Neeson, Liam,
26

Netflix,
11
,
39
,
203
,
209
,
232
,
233
,
239
,
262

Nevins, David,
196

New Abnormal:

birth of,
1

casting in,
20
–21,
22

culture changes of,
19
–22,
27

day in the life: online,
27
–29

formula for,
11
–12

“friending” in,
30
–32

and Great Contraction,
41
,
46

international market in,
7
,
32
,
39
,
50
,
51
–54

IP frenzy of,
246
–48

“lightning in a bottle,”
17

movie and TV people blending,
200
–206

movies that wouldn’t get made in,
9
–10

and Old Abnormal merge,
29
–30

Old Abnormal vs.,
7
,
240
–42

at Paramount,
4
–5,
110

pitching in,
25
–27

properties chosen in,
4
–5

sequels in,
5
,
11
–12,
18
,
76
–78,
106
,
130
,
245
–46

tentpoles in,
6

transitions to,
4
,
27
,
130
–31,
260
–63

New Regency Enterprises,
65

News Corp.,
34

Nichols, Mike,
133
n

Nickelodeon,
157

Nielsen rating system,
237
n

Noah,
92
,
250

No Country for Old Men,
159

Nolan, Christopher,
7
,
130
,
219

and
Batman,
6
,
47

and
Dark Knight,
84
,
217
,
254

and
Inception,
47
,
79

and
Memento,
216
,
218

Nolan, Jonathan (Jonah),
204
,
215
–20,
221

Norman, Marc,
168
,
172
,
183
,
184
–85,
186

Norton, Ed,
138
,
202

Notorious,
230

No Way Out,
9

Noyce, Phillip,
205

Number, The,
94
,
95
–97

Nyswaner, Ron,
153

Observe and Report,
149

Obst, Oly,
46
,
80
,
140
,
153
,
190

Occasional, The,
234

O.C., The,
204

Old Abnormal:

casting in,
19
–20,
21

“chops” in,
21
–22

craftsmanship in,
130

death of,
1

and
Hello, He Lied,
240

high-concept model,
16
–17,
109
–10

and international,
150
–51

Movie People vs. Television People in,
198
–200

and New Abnormal merge,
29
–30

New Abnormal vs.,
7
,
240
–42

at Paramount,
2
–4,
109
,
117

pitching ideas in,
12
–13,
16
,
22
–27

transitions from,
4
,
27
,
130
–31,
260
–63

One Day at a Time,
214

One Fine Day,
23
,
124

online distribution,
261

online streaming,
163
,
232
,
233

Oscars:

dominated by independents,
13

and writers’ strike,
186
,
190

Oscar Season,
29
–30,
45

(2012),
45
,
254
–55

(2013),
6

OTX (Ipsos),
83
,
90
,
99

Ouija,
60

Pain & Gain,
249

Paltrow, Gwyneth,
124
–25

Pan Am,
223

Panitch, Sanford,
63
,
64
–65,
66
,
73

Paramount Pictures:

author’s contract not renewed by,
193
–95

author’s move to,
108
–14,
118

conservatism of,
2
–4,
110
,
121
,
127
–31,
150

flops,
127
,
133
–35

international franchises,
5
,
150
–51,
157

and market share,
110
–11,
129

networks of,
208

and New Abnormal,
4
–5,
110

and Old Abnormal,
2
–4,
109
,
117

and Oscar season,
254

reducing the budget,
118
,
127
–28

and Scorsese,
47

Paramount TV:

author’s move to,
206
–8

and
Central Division,
209
–12

schedule of,
215

Paramount Vantage,
159
–60

Paranormal Activity,
60
,
160

Parker, Ol,
152

Parker Bros.,
60

Parks and Recreation,
249

Pascal, Amy,
47
,
149
,
255
,
257

Patel, Dev,
259

Patmore-Gibbs, Suzanne,
228
,
229

Patriot Games,
205

Patterson, James,
110

Payne, Alexander,
92

Pecan Pie quadrant,
88
,
90

Penn, Sean,
133
n

Perry, Katy,
210

Person of Interest,
204
,
216

Peters, Christine,
125

Petrie, Donald,
126

Pfeiffer, Michelle,
23
,
124

Philadelphia,
153

Pianist, The,
153

piracy,
11
,
39
,
43
,
68
,
165
,
233

Pirates of the Caribbean,
8
,
11
,
12
,
104

Pitt, Brad,
47
,
60
,
111
,
143
,
202
,
257

Pixar,
262

Plageman, Greg,
216

Planet of the Apes,
5
,
33
,
34
,
35

Playboy,
223

Ponte, Gideon,
123

Pontius Pilate,
250

Porsandeh, Cameron,
231

Portman, Natalie,
198

preawareness,
12
,
35
,
78
,
79
–81,
106
,
192
,
244
,
248
,
250

Precious,
42

Pretty Woman,
9

Private Practice,
183

Proposal, The,
88

quadrant-think,
86
–89,
90
,
98
–99

Quaid, Dennis,
43

Quiz Show,
201

Rabbit-Proof Fence,
205

Raff, Gideon,
196

Rahman, Sheik,
115

recession,
38
,
189
,
192
,
240

Redford, Robert,
203
n

Redstone, Sumner M.,
111
,
127
–28,
141
,
154
–56

Relativity Media,
69

Remington Steele,
204

Resnick, Adam,
132

Revenge,
205
,
227
–28,
230
,
231

Rhimes, Shonda,
183

Rich, Blair,
80

Ripa, Kelly,
133
n

Rise of the Planet of the Apes,
33
,
34
,
35

risk aversion,
2
–4,
11
,
40

Roberts, Emma,
157

Roberts, Julia,
9
,
62
,
86
,
126