Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic - Valleywag Comments

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

FiveStarEggRoll — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:32 PDT

@bbucy: A la Ben Stiller? Well, I guess he still directs (a lot of crap)...Sandler too. Seeing a big SNL trend here. Is Chase directing these days?

Harry "wonders what Ackroyd is up to" Wang

FiveStarEggRoll

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

WagCurious — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:20:25 PDT

"While the networks and studios all have subsidiaries producing content strictly for online distribution"... This content is almost 100% dedicated to selling the traditional studio offerings. Why in the world would agencies want to work around the studios to create content like this (as your paragraph goes on to suggest)? There is no comparison to what the studios are doing and what an agency would potentially want to do on their own (in regard to online content). The fact that studio produce online content does not mean there is anything in it for a ten-percentary. Jackson, have you actually been to an agency? They feed off the studios, they will never do anything to upset the master. I really wish my $13 bought actual news about the industry. This speculation is amateurish at best.

WagCurious

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

gaynyernbama — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:04:27 PDT

This sounds like a good paper topic for my Alternative Capital Investment seminar next semester.

gaynyernbama

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

BartKela — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:25:34 PDT

Well, I was hoping you'd notice yourself, but since you haven't, the word "business" is also spelled incorrectly in the post. Just to let you know...

BartKela

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

Jackson West — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:04:13 PDT

@bbucy: Actually, I write on a promise pretty much every day. Have you read the 'Wag recently?

Jackson West

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

raincoaster — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:11:59 PDT

@CaliforniaCajun: It's anti-Irish bias.

raincoaster

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

CaliforniaCajun — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:28:42 PDT

I would like you guys to get a Mac so you have a system-wide spell check that would catch things like...oh..."leary".

CaliforniaCajun

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

bbucy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:10:17 PDT

Ferrell is just a freelancer who knows he could be a footnote in history at any moment.

As for the conflict of interest query re Morris and other agencies, forget it. Their current moves are just an extension of the "packaging" they've done for years.

Besides, dude, when was the last time you wrote something on a promise.

Get to La-La Land more often.

bbucy

Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic

BartKela — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:48:41 PDT

You mean "leery", right?

BartKela