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Seven Moments (Among Many) with Warner Bros' Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy
Studio power, cultural taste, and doing the job without fear.
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In case you missed yesterday's conversation with Warner Bros Co-Chairs & CEOs Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca
Enjoy.
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Live Tuesday at 2 pm PT: Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy (Warner Bros)
What would you ask them?
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LIVE: Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy (Warner Bros) on Tuesday; Jason Blum (Blumhouse) in September
Subscribers can watch these conversations live. Paid subscribers can watch these conversations whenever.
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July 2025

Blame Richard Rushfield: I made a Hollywood curriculum in thirty minutes
Please clap (but more importantly, make additional suggestions in the comments.)
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The Rushfield Lunch with Franklin Leonard
A recording from Franklin Leonard and Richard Rushfield's live video
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Tomorrow, July 9 - The Ankler's Richard Rushfield x Me
Get your popcorn (or your sensible, healthy lunch) ready.
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June 2025

Holiday Slowdown + Substack Chat Feature = AMA
Reducing my already declining productivity to answer questions in a live AMA in Substack chat
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Links, Stories, and The Beautiful Game: Late June Edition
Women’s Euros preview, Club World Cup drama, a happy cry, and a Black List podcast vault you (and I) didn’t know existed.
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Reverence for Writers (and other thoughts)
I was on the Nieman Storyboard Podcast this week.
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Take That for Data
On Sinners, Hollywood’s allergic reaction to evidence, and what we lose when structural critique gets silenced
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Soon
I promise.
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