Check out this great piece on SnagFilms on Fortune.com.
I am so proud of how well SnagFilms is scaling and helping film makers and charities.
I was also so proud to receive a Peabody Award today — in NYC — thank you HBO for your support of this film.
And if I can name drop — I got a chance to hang out today with Wolf Blitzer and John King of CNN; Brian Williams of NBC; Laura Linney from John Adams; Earl the Pearl Monroe; and many other luminaries from the tv and media — and film business.
We just came back from seeing the re-imagined Star Trek film — and I must say I enjoyed it as did every member of my family. Paramount has a new — tent pole — series now — this film series will become epic — ala Harry Potter or the Batman franchises — kudos to JJ Abrams for doing great directorial duties; the story held together and the CGI didn’t overwhelm the character development. Star Trek is great summer entertainment fun — and at the heart of the story was a new element called “Red Matter“; when it first appeared — I heard a young man sitting three rows ahead of us in the theatre say — “Lets Go Caps”. That made my day. Red Matter was also central in blowing up the world and starting all over. (more…)
