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PRIME MOVER • JENNIFER SALKE HARNESSES THE POWER OF TOLKIEN TO ENERGIZE AMAZON STUDIOS

power of WOMEN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 LOS ANGELES

Amazon Studios Grows Up With Some Tolkien Magic

Contributors

Asia’s Free Agent for Change • Peter Chan hopes to build a busy indie studio with his latest venture in Hong Kong

Blind Optimism or Fraud? • MoviePass’ former leaders have run afoul of the SEC, which claims they lied about their business

Late-Night Flight

Wait. What Did George R.R. Martin’s Collaborators Say? • Critics on Twitter are breathing fire at the married authors’ offensive comments about inclusive casting in fantasy shows

Plastic Sofa Covers? It’s ‘Elementary’

‘The Mole’ Burrows Back Into the U.S. TV Landscape

Buzz for ‘White Noise’ Is Muted — but Why? • Noah Baumbach’s latest film scored two major fest spots, yet surprisingly little heat surrounds it

EXPOSURE

Sept 28 Variety’s Power of Women L.A. • Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

EXPOSURE

SEIZING THE RINGS • ONE DOWN, FOUR TO GO: JENNIFER SALKE BANKS ON FIVE SEASONS OF MYTH AND SPECTACLE TO BUILD AMAZON STUDIOS INTO A GLOBAL LEADER

this guy is going places • Like young Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt before him, Harris Dickinson, who blew audiences away at Cannes in ‘Triangle of Sadness,’ is not just another very pretty face

Domee Shi Pulls Inspiration From Her Past • Variety’s Creative Impact in Animation honoree forges her own path at Pixar

Nickelodeon Brings in the Network Cavalry • Paramount’s various subsidiaries add programming width to kiddie channels

Drawing the Future • Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch will be feted Oct. 6 with a cocktail pour at Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Leveling Up on Gaming • Variety and Pixel United fete these impact honorees at the Leaders in Gaming & Entertainment Breakfast Oct. 4

Middleburg Film Festival Fetes Above- and Below-the-Line Artists • Honorees Rian Johnson and his editor Bob Ducsay to participate in conversation at the fest

Small Town, Big Film Love • Mill Valley fest celebrates 45 years with the latest awards hopefuls

Andrea Berloff Brings Grit and Gripping Drama to Big Screen • Variety’s Creative Impact in Screenwriting honoree ascends filmmaking ranks

Scribe Tribe’s Rising Stars • Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch are making a splash on awards and film festival circuits

Hamptons Parties Like It’s 2019 • Festival reasserts itself as a must-stop on the awards season circuit

Amsterdam

The Lincoln Project

WRITERS GUIDE OF AMERICA WEST • The WGAW wishes to honor the following members for their devotion to their craft and contribution to all of our lives. They will be missed.

Paul Reiser • “Don’t show me everything; don’t show me the magic.”