The Business
Joseph Gordon Levitt on TV; A Sundance Crash Course
Joseph Gordon-Levitt returns to TV on his own terms. Producer Cassian Elwes shows an unknown writer around Sundance.
By Kim Masters • • 29m ListenThe multi-talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt hosts, produces, directs, and performs in the new variety show HitRECord on television. The show airs on Pivot, the new cable network from Participant Media and is produced by Gordon-Levitt's "open collaborative production company," HitRECord. Thousands of artists contribute to the show from around the world and they all get paid. Gordon-Levitt talks with The Business producer Darby Maloney about how it works and what influences this way of making art. Then, Kim Masters talks with indie producer Cassian Elwes (Dallas Buyers Club) as he gives unknown screenwriter Matthew Hickman a crash course in the film business at Sundance. Hickman was recently awarded a screenwriting fellowship by Elwes in collaboration with the Black List.
Banner image courtesy HitRECord
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3 storiesHollywood News Banter
Ben Fritz, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, sits in for John Horn today, to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week with Kim Masters.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks with The Business producer Darby Maloney about how and why he made his return to television with his variety show, HitRECord on TV .
Read the story12 minA Sundance Crash Course
Kim Masters catches up with Independent producer Cassian Elwes and aspiring screenwriter Matthew Hickman between screenings at the Sundance Film Festival. Hickman was recently awarded the first Independent Screenwriting Fellowship, which Elwes sponsored with the Black List .
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