Director David Lynch had a vision to bring his iconic cult series back to TV — but making it a reality proved a challenge all its own. Inside the roller-coaster journey to revive "Twin Peaks." "Getting it the way you want it to be, that's a beautiful high and it's a high for everybody," Lynch said of directing. "It's difficult to go home and go right to sleep. And it's murder to get up in the morning." Full Story on Variety.com →
WGA Negotiations Set Stage for Streaming Giants to Have Bigger Role
The haggling that led the Writers Guild of America and major studios to the razor's edge of a strike reflected the many changes in the scripted TV production landscape in just the three years since the sides last met for contract negotiations. It also codified in the industry's Magna Carta &m …
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Wall Street Fearing Fall of Pay TV as Internet Offers New Bundles
The slow-motion crumbling of pay TV has suddenly started to look like a looming avalanche. The unprecedented surge in cord-cutting during the first three months of 2017 has heightened Wall Street fears that the industry's enormously profitable big bundle of channels is coming apart at the sea …
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Jerry Goldsmith Receives a Star on the Walk of Fame
When Joe Dante was asked about supporting the effort to secure a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Jerry Goldsmith, the director – who had worked with the respected composer on nine films over 20 years – said he was "flabbergasted" to realize Goldsmith didn't already have one …
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