The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
Sonny Bunch hosts The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, a new podcast featuring interviews with folks who have their finger on the pulse of the entertainment industry during this dynamic—and difficult—time.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 249
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Why We Need to Know What’s Failing
The Entertainment Strategy Guy returns to discuss the importance of failure.
00:51:31 |
Sat 19 Aug 2023
How to Start a Film Studio in 2023
This week I’m joined by Roy Price, the founder of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, to discuss what it would look like in 2023 to start a brand-new movie studio. Which genres are under-served? What pri…
00:47:00 |
Sat 12 Aug 2023
How 2023's Oddest Box Office Hit 'Paid It Forward'
Some backstory to this episode: last month I bought a ticket for Sound of Freedom because I was curious about the year’s most unexpected box office sensation. As the credits rolled, star Jim Caviezel…
00:49:16 |
Sat 05 Aug 2023
Hollywood's Hopes in China Are Fading
I’m rejoined this week by The Wall Street Journal’s Erich Schwartzel, author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, to talk about Hollywood’s disastrous summer…
00:37:26 |
Sat 29 Jul 2023
Netflix's Soft Earnings and the 'Barbenheimmer' Juggernaut
On this week’s episode Ryan Faughnder, author of the Wide Shot newsletter, returns to the show to talk about Netflix’s softer-than-expected earnings report, the momentary bright spot at the box offic…
00:32:19 |
Sat 22 Jul 2023
What If Evel Knievel Had Run for President?
This week I’m rejoined by Jake Tapper, who is on the show to discuss his new historical novel All the Demons Are Here, the third book in the Charlie and Margaret Marder Mysteries. It’s a great beach …
00:37:10 |
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Hollywood's Perfect Storm
I’m happy to be rejoined by the first (and, perhaps one day, final) Bulwark Goes to Hollywood guest, Richard Rushfield of The Ankler (subscribe today!), to talk about Hollywood’s shaky summer. Nine-f…
00:36:20 |
Sat 08 Jul 2023
A Decade of Big Muscles and Bigger Egos
This week I’m joined by Nick de Semlyen, the editor of Empire magazine and author of the new book The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage. We talk Sly, …
00:33:38 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
New Doc Examines How Vets Are Recruited by Militias
This week I’m joined by Ken Harbaugh, the producer of Against All Enemies, to discuss his new documentary about the disproportionate number of military and police personnel attracted to extremist gro…
00:32:03 |
Sat 24 Jun 2023
How Universal Found a Brand-New Customer
This week I’m joined by Brooks Barnes of the New York Times to discuss his story on Universal’s efforts to build what amounts to a new release window, the premium video on demand (PVOD) window. For t…
00:34:58 |
Sat 17 Jun 2023
Just Don't Call it 'Reality' TV
On this week’s show, I’m joined by Arthur Smith, chairman of A. Smith and Co. Productions, the company behind long-running hits like Hell’s Kitchen and American Ninja Warrior. In addition to explaini…
00:54:23 |
Sat 10 Jun 2023
Tribeca and the Evolution of the Film Festival
This week I’m joined by Cara Cusumano, Festival Director and VP of Programming at the Tribeca Festival, for a wide-ranging chat about the nature of the modern film festival, how a festival’s sense of…
00:35:04 |
Sat 03 Jun 2023
The Data that Determines What We Watch
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by the Entertainment Strategy Guy to talk about the state of streaming data. What do we know? What don’t we know? Do movies fare better on streaming after getting a…
00:49:56 |
Sat 27 May 2023
How Much Free Work Do Writers Do to Get Paid Work?
I am pleased to be joined this week by screenwriter Colby Day to discuss all the unapid work that goes into getting paid work. I loved reading Colby’s diaries of annual pitch meetings and the such fo…
00:36:37 |
Sat 20 May 2023
Is the Superhero Boom Officially Over?
This week I’m rejoined by Scott Mendelson of The Wrap to talk about the state of the box office. Is the comic book boom over? What should we be looking for from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 if we w…
00:41:27 |
Sat 13 May 2023
How Do You Bring the (Fake) Real Pete Davidson to Life?
This week I’m joined by Judah Miller, showrunner of the new Peacock dramedy Bupkis, to talk about bringing Pete Davidson’s life to the small screen. Bupkis is fascinatingly hard to describe in shorth…
00:24:01 |
Sat 06 May 2023
What's to Come in 'The Streaming Wars'
This week I’m joined by Matthew Ball, CEO of Epyllion, former global head of strategy for Amazon Studios, and the author of The Metaverse and “The Streaming Book,” which you can read at that link the…
00:40:10 |
Sat 29 Apr 2023
Going to the Movies: Still the Best Value Around
This week I’m rejoined by David Herrin of The Quorum—a must-visit site for any amateur or professional box office nerd—to talk about a new study The Quorum put together in partnership with The Cinema…
00:29:50 |
Sat 22 Apr 2023
Summer Box Office Preview
I’m rejoined this week by Frank Pallotta, formerly of CNN, to preview the summer box office. Have we already seen the year’s biggest movie debut with The Super Mario Bros. Movie? Will audiences show …
00:45:34 |
Sat 15 Apr 2023
Will the WWE-UFC Merger Amp Up the Streaming Arms Race?
This week I’m joined by Sean McNulty of The Ankler to talk about the week’s biggest entertainment news: the merger of the WWE and UFC into a $21 billion sports-entertainment company. But this move is…
00:42:14 |
Sat 08 Apr 2023
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