Editors note: Deadline presents the 24th episode of its video series in which Pete Hammond and Todd McCarthy tackle the artistry of films. Each has reviewed and written about the craft for decades …
video series in which Pete Hammond and Todd McCarthy tackle the artistry of films. Each has reviewed and written about the craft for decades and built a remarkable breadth of knowledge of films past and present. What we hoped for when we asked them to do this was a concise, mature and thoughtful conversation comparable to what we saw from Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.
Hollywood’s high holy season, aka summer, is now in full swing, so what better time than the present to examine just why the warm-weather months are the most important in terms of box office, and just how the pandemic shook things up, the the shutdown and its aftermath forcing blockbusters into a game of musical chairs in order to play in a summer where audiences were ready to go comfortably back to air-conditioned multiplexes.
In today’s episode we talk about just how historically summer became primetime for tentpoles, the movie franchises that pay the bills as it were.
Hammond and McCarthy also talk of the impact of the streamers and how star-driven potential summer movie fodder likeamong others are instead heading almost straight to the small screen, begging the question: Are theseTo watch our conversation, click on the video above. Hammond has been Deadline’s Awards Columnist for the past decade, covering what now seemingly is the year-round Oscar and Emmy seasons. He is also Deadline’s Chief Film Critic, having previously reviewed films for MovieLine,
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