Roy Price

New piece in the NYT today How to Save Hollywood: Make Fun Movies nytimes.com/2026/03/28/opi… via @NYTOpinion

@LaNovakAuthor I have not

@RoyPrice He was soooo handsome. Have you read his autobiography? Speaking of characters.

Think about your character intros.

@StarterScript Is it? Might have to see it again.

@RoyPrice My #1 favorite movie of all time. Its showing at the New Beverly this Saturday and Sunday.

Ruthless People might be the perfect movie.

@TurnbullMartin Is he just planning to keep it?

Neon sign restorer, Mark Santamaria has sent me new photos of his restored Garden of Allah Hotel neon. He has added “HOTEL” replicating the letters in 16 gauge stainless steel painted yellow to match the neon. They are roughly 10 inches by 8 inches.

"They say they are protecting competition. Their actions threaten to destroy it." -- @AriEmanuel in op-ed in WSJ supporting the Paramount-Warner deal. wsj.com/opinion/the-pa… via @WSJopinion

Stop calling yourself a “cat parent.”
You’re a butler. The cats know it. You know it.

Brilliant — “We do not need a new Coppola. We need a new Robert Evans. We need a studio head constructed out of parties and vice, with infinite taste and style. Someone artists feared and loved, who may not have had a soul, but had the genius to find the people who did.” By @JosephKahn

Wow. Population of children 2015-2024: LA: 🔻16% Seattle: 🔼10% That’s odd.

It is short-sighted for state-level officials of a political party to sue companies mainly for being associated with the other political party — especially when they do not control the executive branch of the federal government. I’ll see your Paramount and raise you a Disney.

Skirball Center has exhibitions now on punk posters and the history of comics. Great juxtaposition. You most certainly should.

@RichLightShed The problem is that two can play the lawfare game.

Paramount cozy Trump relationship not helping its case vs Blue State AGs $PSKY $WBD From WHCD: —>  “In fact, it’s so successful that I’ve been informed by CBS News’ David Ellison — he’s the owner. He bought it, spent a lot of money, and he’s going to make, I think, fantastic changes and keep some of the great stuff going. But then next year, they’re going to call it the Trump White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He told me that, and I like that very much. We’re going to change the name of it, okay? Oh, it’s going to be so hot, just like our country is hot.”

99.9% of people were sure Netflix password crackdown was going to fail, and they were wrong. It was spectacular success. What if 99% of people are wrong today in assuming Netflix has an 'engagement problem'? Let's look at the facts: - First the Bloomberg article stating Netflix had a fall-off in season 2 was directly contradicted by management. The CEO of Netflix said that across the platform season 2 fall off has actually improved year over year. - Management noted in the most recent call that retention is “healthy”, they noted that “membership grew”, they noted that price increases are “going well”. - Netflix’s total watchtime grew by 2% year over year - So to summarize: Retention trends remains healthy, total watch time has increased, membership has grown, price increases are going well, and season 2 aggregate drop off has improved. All of this while the World Cup has gone on. Does that sound like a company that has an engagement problem? "But Joseph, the watch-time per sub has decreased a little"... True, but management has explained that password crackdown means less account sharing. Also countries they are growing into watch less TV overall than americans. So it actually makes perfect sense watch time per sub is declining. But Joseph, Netflix looked at buying different companies like WBD and Roku. True, Netflix is always looking at adding more content to their platform, just like how the went from purely licensing shows to making their own, then moving into stand up comedy, documentaries, then into live sports, and podcasts, and video games. They have always expanded their offering. If you back up a little and look at the actual data here. What is the fire? What is the concern? They are growing 14% revenue, operating margins are moving up, they produce billions more in free cash flow than the Disney empire. I believe the single biggest reason investors are fearful is because the stock price has fallen. “The stock fell, therefore something must have deteriorated enough to justify the decline.” In this case I disagree once again, and I defend Netflix once again. I don't think the fall is justified.

Higgsfield just sent out a new Terms and Conditions & Privacy Policy Agreement. I know most people just sign off on those without ever looking-- but, here's some stuff you should know. Read to the bottom before you "Bro" me.

@LaNovakAuthor I have a seersucker Mao jacket

@RoyPrice No more Mao jackets (or only in white linen)

If you were starting a communist party today, the last thing you would call it is “the communist party.” You’d probably want the word democrat in there. And get some positive wework/Erewhon vibes going. Have a really good insta. Make it sexy. Get a special outfit.

Comcast shd sell NBC Universal. It’s a non-strategic asset at this point. And then NBCU could spin out Peacock and NBC and just be the studio + parks. NPV+.

A 20-year-old ran a $400 record out of his dorm room. It grew into a label sold for $100,000,000. 1984, an NYU dorm room. Rick Rubin, a punk kid who can't play an instrument or work a mixing board, presses a rap single with a 16-year-old named LL Cool J. Cost to make: $400. Freight trucks back up to his dorm and unload 40,000 12-inch singles at a time. He ships them to distributors across the country from a college bedroom. "I Need a Beat" sells over 100,000 copies. He calls the label Def Jam and brings in Russell Simmons. 1985: the major labels notice. Columbia signs a distribution deal. Rubin, still 20, mails his parents a xerox of his first advance check, $600,000, to explain why he's skipping law school. His method breaks every rule. He tells Esquire he knows nothing about music, that his job is taste and culture, not notes. He just listens. The roster he builds: LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Run-DMC, then Slayer. Beastie Boys' debut becomes the first rap LP to top the Billboard 200. 1999: Def Jam sells to Universal for $100,000,000. Rubin had already left in 1988 to build another label, then produced Johnny Cash, Adele, Jay-Z, and Kanye. The audit: 9 Grammys, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, and a personal fortune near $300,000,000. He still doesn't play an instrument. He couldn't read a note. He built hip-hop's biggest label from a dorm bed.

@RealJamesWoods Did you meet Roy Huggins?

Four Favorites with Her Private Hell director Nicolas Winding Refn 🎬