Andy Lewis
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Katzenberg Meddling, McConaughey’s Miss: Jon Landau’s Uncensored Hollywood Tales
James Cameron’s Oscar-winning producing partner’s posthumous memoir delivers the dish — and names names
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IP Picks🔎: A Taylor Sheridan-Style Texas Oil Saga; a Fun Rock n’ Roll Heist
➕ A murderous role for Meryl Streep, a horror tale with ‘Blair Witch’ bones, remembering publishing rainmaker Robert Barnett
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IP Picks: 2 Spy Tales; a Christmas Romance; Making of a Real-Life Radical
In a special preview of The Optionist, also find out about a gritty Southern revenge thriller & a Mark Twain public domain title I love
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IP Picks: College Football Drama, ‘Goonies’ for Grownups in 6 Faves Up for Grabs
My best picks of 2025 still available, in a special preview of The Optionist
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A Netflix Dust-Up on the ‘Prairie’: When Laura Ingalls Wilder Meets MAGA
The ‘Little House’ reboot, featuring a ‘Girl Dad’, Black doctor and Osage family, is a high-stakes test of Hollywood’s nostalgia machine and a franchise’s tangled legacy
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New Book IP: ‘Mean Girls’ with Murder; a Black ‘Thelma & Louise’ & More
Plus: A house swap gone awry, and the ‘James’ Pulitzer Prize controversy
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🔎 Frankenstein in the Old West & IP Picks of the Week
Plus: Two original takes on marriages gone bad and more available stories
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IP 2024: What Sold, What Didn’t & Why (+ 6 Picks for Now)
A special edition of The Optionist, The Ankler’s sibling newsletter about the world of available rights
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Lorne Michaels vs. NBC: The Epic 1990s War That Nearly Cost Him His Job
Excerpt: It was the ‘SNL’ era of Sandler, Farley, Carvey. But ratings fell, and the suits wanted its producer out, Judd Apatow to take over and O.J. erased
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Terrence Malick’s Lost Decades: What Really Happened
EXCERPT: He burst on the scene with ‘Badlands’ and ‘Days of Heaven’ and then disappeared. A new biography solves the mystery