Whose company is it anyway?
This company, helmed by Brad Pitt, has been nominated for Best Picture 11 times in 20 years.
What is Plan B?
Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned nearly $8B for this company.
What is Disney?
This LP client is the acclaimed creator of THE BEAR and produces films under his banner American Light and Fixture.
Who is Chris Storer?
In 2017, this showrunner left ABC for a $100-million, four-year deal with Netflix, during which she produces popular programs such as BRIDGERTON.
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
In late 2023, Amazon officially closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of this iconic Hollywood studio.
What is MGM?
What is mid-level?
These 5 movies won Best Picture in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Full credit for the correct answer. If no one gets all 5, partial credit to all (1/5th points for each correct answer).
What are NOMADLAND, CODA, EEAAO, OPPENHEIMER, and ANORA?
This company is JJ Abrams' banner, and they were behind the recent STAR TREK, STAR WARS, and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE installments.
What is Bad Robot?
Jurassic World, Fast&Furious 7, and the Super Mario Bros movie grossed nearly $4.5B for this company.
What is Universal?
These AK/SP/BZ clients are best known for writing the blockbuster THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, and they were nominated for an Oscar for writing THE DISASTER ARTIST.
Who are Neustadter&Weber?
This showrunner made his career at 20th Century Fox TV before joining Netflix in 2018 for $300M. In 2023, he returned to Disney but still produces MONSTER and THE WATCHER for Netflix.
Who is Ryan Murphy?
This animation studio began as an offshoot of Amblin in 1994 before spinning off as it's own company in 2004. It was later acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016.
What is Dreamworks Animation?
This is the money a writer or director receives if their movie is profitable. It's typically a percentage of a project’s profits.
What is BACK-END?
POOR THINGS and A REAL PAIN are among the films produced by this company founded by Emma Stone.
What is Fruit Tree?
Barbie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2, and Aquaman grossed nearly $4B for this company.
What is Warner Bros?
This SP client is best known for writing/directing THE EDGE OF 17 and ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
Who is Kelly Fremon Craig?
This showrunner inked a $200M overall deal with Paramount in 2021 after his iconic neo-western became the most-watched TV show in America in 2021 and 2022.
Who is Taylor Sheridan?
One of today’s top three talent agencies was formed by a 2009 merger between these two companies, then led by Ari Emanuel and Jim Wiatt.
What are William Morris Agency and Endeavor?
This type of TV deal means a writer only gets paid if the project comes together (i.e. sells to a network).
What is IF/COME?
This production company is known for DEADPOOL 2 and 3, IF, and FREE GUY, all of which star its principal producer, Ryan Reynolds.
What is Maximum Effort?
Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Skyfall grossed nearly $4.5B for this company.
What is Sony?
These AL clients are best known for writing A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, the MALEFICENT sequel, and the tv show PAINKILLER.
This producer, with a $400M 6-year deal at Warner Bros, has produced more shows than anyone in the past decade, including YOU, BRILLIANT MINDS, and ALL AMERICAN. In 2019, he set a record with 18 shows airing in one season.
Who is Greg Berlanti?
The WGA’s strike ended in September 2023 after reaching a new agreement with this alliance of studios and streamers.
What is the AMPTP?
This is a three-word term used in contracts to describe when a client will get paid even if they’re let go or the project is scrapped.
What is PAY-OR-PLAY?
This production company, led by TRANSFORMERS director Michael Bay, is known for producing horror franchises like THE PURGE, A QUIET PLACE, and many remakes of horror classics (ELM STREET, TEXAS CHAINSAW, etc).
What is Platinum Dunes?
Titanic, Top Gun: Maverick, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon grossed nearly $5B for this company, which is currently going through a major transition.
What is Paramount?
This JG client is known for his work as Will Smith's go-to writer on projects like BAD BOYS 3 and 4.
Who is Chris Bremner?
This creator of BAD MONKEY, SHRINKING, and TED LASSO has an $100+M deal with WBTV, but his shows air on many different networks/streamers.
Who is Bill Lawrence?
In a historic 2020 standoff, the WGA challenged major talent agencies like WME and CAA over this controversial practice, which they claimed created a conflict of interest in representing writers.
What is packaging?
DBNR stands for ___. It typically falls at the end of official emails sent by assistants.
What is DICTATED BUT NOT READ?