javier grillo-marxuach
@okbjgm.bsky.social
🫂🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🫂 writer/producer of the middleman, the witcher, lost, the dark crystal age of resistance, from, cowboy bebop, blood and treasure, the 100, and, of course, seaQuest 2032. www.linktree.com/okbjgm
greetings thruster-ricans! did @producerbrad.bsky.social meet @robogeek.bsky.social and @okbjgm.bsky.social at the multiplex this weekend? DAMN RIGHT HE DID! but what did they watch - the clues are below... but you can only know if you listen to MULTIPLEX OVERHTRUSTER!
the summer of 84 just declared WAR ON CHRISTMAS with the release of one of the cutest... and most insanely unhinged holiday movies ever! join @producerbrad.bsky.social as he referees the christmas loving @robogeek.bsky.social and the mogwai-rooting @okbjgm.bsky.social as they take on GREMLINS!
Hollywood is a working/middle class industry, with top earners being the recognizable face much the way that tech CEOs are. It is truly truly desperate out there.
C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · last wk.The vast majority of creatives are struggling. Writers are leaving LA in droves. Directors are driving Uber when they aren't lucky enough to get gigs directing dubs or subs for foreign films. Recognizable actors are finding jobs they won't be recognized in. The whole industry is shitty right now.
The vast majority of creatives are struggling. Writers are leaving LA in droves. Directors are driving Uber when they aren't lucky enough to get gigs directing dubs or subs for foreign films. Recognizable actors are finding jobs they won't be recognized in. The whole industry is shitty right now.
Pajiba@pajiba.com · last wk.Jack Haven Reminds Us That The Majority of Actors Are Struggling
The nearest thing to art populists like is kitsch, matching their childish narcissism. The rest is something they don't understand and can't control--so they mangle or destroy it in the most philistine way imaginable: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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The republicans have no chance of winning the midterms, of course. But I'm not convinced that the democrats won't manage to lose them
i dislike the kelvin timeline enormously. i know they were trying to evoke "star wars", but to me what they evoke is soderbergh's "behind the candelabra", a movie about an older man who gives a fancy vehicle to an attractive younger man of no discernible talent, intellect, or ability.
while i appreciate no longer being in pain and at risk of paralysis, having one of my neck vertebra fused has really wreaked havoc with my pillow case game.
man, i did NOT see it coming that herbert west turned out to be mitch mcconnel’s personal physician!
Screenwriter and producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach '91 is back in our department -- this time, as Professor of the Practice. Read more about Javier's long career, and what compels him to share all he's learned, in a new interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. community.triblive.com/news/4135526
TV Talk: ‘Lost,’ ‘Witcher’ writer relocates to Pittsburgh to teach at CMU
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my favorite thing about this video in which george lucas accidentally walks across the frame in some random documentary is that george lucas has two very distinct expressions in his eyes as he spots the camera crew and eventually decides to continue on his way… m.youtube.com/watch?v=H7xI...
George Lucas's random appearance in a documentary
YouTube video by Movie House
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"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." --Tom Lehrer
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 2w agoGeorge W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
"When encouraged by systems, individuals can be really cruel." YES, WE FUCKING KNOW. Really don't need reality tv examples, because we have... REALITY.
javier grillo-marxuach@okbjgm.bsky.social · 2w agoand the emmy for missing the point goes to… variety.com/2026/tv/news...
and the emmy for missing the point goes to… variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Netflix Sets ‘New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Unscripted Series for October Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has commissioned an unscripted series based on the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, Variety has learned exclusively.
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a little something about my recent move into academia - true fact, when we won the emmy, one of my fellow “lost” writers turned to me and said “the first line of your obituary just got written”
Rob Owen@robowentv.bsky.social · 3w agoTV Talk: Former #Lost #TheWitcher writer @okbjgm.bsky.social leaves L.A., moves to #Pittsburgh to teach at @CarnegieMellon + #ThePitt early Emmy wins + 2 reporters join @WTAE this month + #SouthPark renamed, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: Former #Lost #TheWitcher writer @okbjgm.bsky.social leaves L.A., moves to #Pittsburgh to teach at @CarnegieMellon + #ThePitt early Emmy wins + 2 reporters join @WTAE this month + #SouthPark renamed, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: ‘Lost,’ ‘Witcher’ writer relocates to Pittsburgh to teach at CMU
The entertainment business has been in the throes of change since the advent of streaming wrecked media companies’ traditional paths to making a reliable profit. The covid-19 pandemic, dual writ...
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is every scene in “the mandalorian and grogu” a quote form another movie? #theteahousefromhardboiled?
RELEASE DAY IS HERE!!! Very excited to finally be able to share this. If you're a fan of the movie and think (like I do) that it doesn't get nearly enough love, please check out the book, which takes an even deeper dive into Vanessa's epic journey to Grandma's house... echohorror.com/books/freeway/
Freeway
A dark and twisted subversion of Little Red Riding Hood.
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I wrote a book! Movie novelizations have been an obsession since I was a kid. They were my workaround any time I was too young to get into a movie I was too young to see. @echohorror.com has given me a chance to realize a childhood dream and it comes out Aug. 30th! echohorror.com/books/freeway/
Freeway
A dark and twisted subversion of Little Red Riding Hood.
echohorror.com
dolly kusama tim curry gloria steinem HASA DIGA EEBOWAI!
let me get this straight; an author whose work is the publishing industry’s best argument for illiteracy and dead-eye, algorithm-grubbing sociopath who gives both performative philanthropy and proto-snuff content a bad name teamed up to “write” a novel. exactly who did they think would fall for it?
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last mo.“Bad news for publisher HarperCollins: The book-buying subset of MrBeast fans appears to be vanishingly small. Two people close to the project say The Most Dangerous Games is on track to be a historic bomb…”
Seriously, don’t watch the fucking show. Don’t review it or recap it. Don’t give it the fucking time of day. This isn’t like “Aw, okay, well, don’t do it next time!” This is like, “We are no longer friends.”
Crystal Frasier@amazonchique.bsky.social · last mo.Watching the new Harry Potter series is a clear signal that you'll support JK Rowling no matter how many lives she takes. It shows that holocaust denial and destroying human rights groups isn't a deal-breaker for you. It has never been easier to take the right side of history.
watched a news story about an AI-enhanced movie made entirely with costumed actors on a grey stage with lines on the floor to denote sets and locations. it made me think "SOMEBODY TELL LARS VON TRIER SO HE CAN FINALLY FINISH DOGVILLE AND MANDERLAY!"
22 episodes yearly on a weekly schedule made american tv global and profitable. how's that "disruption" working out for you, streamers? "long waits between seasons, eight-episode runs, or improper marketing, shows are struggling to find an audience, much less maintain it" gizmodo.com/netflix-show...
Netflix Shows Keep Hitting a New Season Slump
It's not just 'Avatar': nearly every Netflix original with a new season in 2026 has been hemorraghing viewers.
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the best thing about “the wrath of khan” not having been written by a gen-xer is that at no point does any random crew member quip that “man, that guy has breathtaking anger management issues”. #haveyoueverbeentoamynockroastinardennia
