Jack Dunn

Jack Dunn

How the Slapstick, Black-and-White Movie ‘Hundreds of Beavers’ Took Over the Indie Scene With a $150,000 Budget, Sub-Zero Temperatures and More

In October 2018 while sharing beers in a frigid Milwaukee bar with his soon-to-be leading man Ryland Tews, director, visual effects artist and editor of “Hundreds of Beavers” Mike Cheslik conceived the film based on three simple elements: his After Effects skills, familiarity with snow and Tews’ uncanny ability to fall over. “We knew that […]

Key Takeaways From Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit: ‘You Have to be Reactive and Agile’

Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit in Los Angeles, presented by Deloitte, brought together more than 600 marketing professionals, executives, creators and influencers for a daylong event that examined all aspects of marketing as a discipline at a time of massive transition in the entertainment business. Here are the highlights from the event, held April 24 at […]

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt Cover Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ Filled With Barbenheimer Jokes in ‘SNL’ Monologue

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt reignited the Barbenheimer battle during Gosling’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue with an epic rendition of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well,” complete with real-life Barbies and dancing Oppenheimers. Gosling kicked off his third “SNL” monologue with a callback to Ken, the role that nabbed him an Academy Award nomination and wild […]