Adam Driver makes an appearance at the Venice Film Festival with a special waiver to promote his film and questions the integrity of bigger studios.

Not long after the trailer for Michael Mann’s trailer for Ferrari premiered online, the film’s cast arrived at the Venice Film Festival with SAG-AFTRA waiver in tow that grants them the special privilege to promote the film. The film looks to be an epic depiction of this particular era of Enzo Ferrari’s life, and surprisingly, such a production isn’t headed up by a major film studio. Instead, the indie company Neon is distributing Ferrari. Mann stated, “The origins of the movie and the content of the screenplay and the movie that you saw do not fit into the kind of film that would be embraced by the conventional studio system. It’s truly appropriate that it is an independent film being distributed by Neon, a very independent distributor.”

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the film’s star, Adam Driver, spoke on the Neon company being able to allow their business with the movie to continue by complying to SAG-AFTRA’s stipulations. “Why is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon or STX International can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for in this pre-negotiation but a big company like Netflix and Amazon can’t? Every time people from SAG go and support a movie that has agreed to these terms — the interim agreement — it just makes it more obvious that these people are willing to support the people that they collaborate with, and the others are not. So when this opportunity came up, it seemed like — understanding the interim agreement — a no-brainer for all of these reasons of why you want to support your union.”

Michael Mann shared the sentiment when stating, “Ferrari got made because the people who worked on Ferrari made it by forgoing large sectors of salaries, in the case of Adam and myself. It was not made by a big studio — no big studio wrote us a check. And that’s why we’re here, standing in solidarity.” The director of Heat and The Last of the Mohicans would also go on to show his support by saying those involved with the film are “individually and collectively we all stand in total solidarity with SAG and the writers guild strike as well.”

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie achieves another milestone after becoming Alamo Drafthouse’s best-selling movie of all time.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie might as well wear the Infinity Gauntlet because the pink-powered meta-comedy has defeated Avengers: Endgame as the best-selling movie ever at Alamo Drafthouse. The theater chain isn’t keen on releasing ticket sale totals for either film. However, Barbie is sitting pretty at the box office, with $596 million in North America and $1.343 billion worldwide. For those who want to compare, Avengers: Endgame snapped up $858 million in North America and $2.799 billion globally. While Barbie is bigger than Endgame at Alamo Drafthouse, the Marvel event film is still the second-biggest movie in history behind James Cameron’s Avatar.

A portion of Barbie’s popularity at Alamo Drafthouse could point toward the theater chain’s merchandise push, with Drafthouse cinemas offering limited edition items to guests, including lunch boxes, t-shirts, and sunglasses. Alamo Drafthouse says Barbie is responsible for selling more merch than any other film hosted by the boutique theater. Additionally, Drafthouse staged themed movie nights across its 39 locations in the United States, complete with signature cocktails and mimosa-fueled brunch screenings.

“Greta Gerwig has made a film for the ages and we couldn’t be more excited to have ‘Barbie’ as our new No. 1 film at Alamo Drafthouse, proving that great quality films deliver for audiences in a massive way,” says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Michael Kustermann. “In addition to being a certified masterpiece, the film and our wonderful partners at Warner Bros. Pictures enabled us to fire on all cylinders with our unique style of events, food, and promotions to eventize the experience for moviegoers.”

“Alamo Drafthouse has always been a terrific partner with a really exceptional fan base, so any time we are able to collaborate with them we know it’s going to be a great experience,” Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures, remarked. “The collective creativity that went into the release of ‘Barbie’ resulted in a program that was embraced by their audiences in ways we’ve never seen before, so it’s no surprise that this inspiring film reached this amazing milestone, and we are so proud of the work everyone at Alamo did and congratulate them on their success.”

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The five reigning late night talk show kings will host a podcast benefitting writers put out of work amid the strikes.

Move over Fox Force Five, it’s time for some laughs, as late night talk show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver have launched a new podcast amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes titled Strike Force Five.

The limited podcast will find the late night quintet sitting down to discuss everything going on with the current strikes. As per Spotify, which will present the podcast beginning today, “The hosts bring their unique insights, opinions, and humor to the show as they navigate the Hollywood strikes and beyond. Launching August 30 and available across most major podcast platforms, the series will run for at least twelve episodes, with each host serving as a rotating moderator.” Notably, all proceeds made from Strike Force Five will benefit out-of-work writers from each host’s show.

In total, Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, Meyers, and Oliver have over 8,500 episodes on their current shows: The Late Show, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Late Night, ranging from Kimmel’s 3,500+ to Oliver’s ~280. Of course, such tenures wouldn’t be possible without writers, so it is great to see these titans of modern late night comedy giving back to those that help to make their shows such successes.

Combined, the late night talk shows have a wealth of Emmy nominations, with many of the shows frequently battling for the Outstanding Talk Series award. Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert are all nominated, although they will have to wait longer than usual to find out the winner as the ceremony has been postponed due to, yes, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The other nominees in the category are The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and The Problem with Jon Stewart.

While we wait to listen to all of the episodes, you may as well listen to former late night talk show host Conan O’Brien’s hilarious podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, with recent guests including Liam Neeson, John Mulaney, and Steve Martin and Martin Short.

Will you listen to the Strike Force Five podcast? Which of the late night talk show hosts do you think could lead their own podcast a la Conan O’Brien?