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Andrew Haigh is going epic with his latest outing and taking on a fellow renaissance man.
Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Willie Burton had less than optimal conditions under which to record for Christopher Nolan's drama.
Sir Seth
Rogen's Point Grey Pictures previously worked with Universal on "Neighbors," "Blockers," and "Good Boys."
VOD Report
Elsewhere, Universal rules the VOD charts with its own home-grown picks, including "Oppenheimer" and "Trolls Band Together."
Strike
A viral tweet that noted branches were conspicuously cut back just as temperatures reached over 90 degrees has earned a response from the studio.
Some layoffs are also in the works at Steven Spielberg's company, but it's not being acquired.
Big Bucks
The studio reveals some real numbers, confirming the bounty — nearly half of its theatrical rental take — from this underreported source.
"He was swinging for the rafters," actor Josh Lucas recalled of "genius" director Lee. "I don’t think the technology was quite where his brain was."
Once again, Spielberg shows us the world has changed: No one would have expected this Oscar contender to be available at home two weeks before Christmas.
"What’s also true is that at one point a theater chain called Universal [and] said they were pulling the trailer because of the gay content," Eichner said.
The first gay rom-com by a major production studio will be skipping a Middle East premiere.
Directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert and their producer Jonathan Wang are now part of an exclusive multi-year deal with Universal.
