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Sep 19, 2023 · For HBO, the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ decade-long dynasty never really was. The premium cabler said Sunday that Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty was canceled after two seasons — with ...
Mar 22, 2022 · ‘Don’t Look Up’ Producer Kevin Messick Says the Film’s Ending “Twists the Conventions of the Traditional Hollywood Disaster Movie” The producer tells THR about the "six-dimensional chess" of...
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“And then we all came home, like the rest of the world,” said Messick during a recent Zoom interview. “The virus had different pockets in different timelines. So at a certain point, it felt crazy to shoot in winter in Boston, and LA was safe. And then by the time we got to the summertime, LA spiked, and that’s why ‘Winning Time’ got pushed off unti...
“Usually, we would be more involved,” said Messick. “But Adam and I read scripts and watch cuts and give notes. We like to usually have a presence there, but it just wasn’t possible. You couldn’t bounce back and forth between cities or productions. The biggest challenge: We made those shows before vaccines were invented. Which seems crazy.” As a si...
The cast and crew stayed within its production bubble, putting up with eight-day quarantines and constant testing. Messick’s team worked with a mobile-lab testing company that could perform “gatekeeper tests” rather than wait 24 hours for PCR lab results. “It became a gold standard for us, and for other productions,” said Messick. “I brought them t...
“We were able to go down to Long Beach and sit there with 300 people having a blast,” said Messick, “yelling and screaming and having fun. That was a Friday-night date movie. It was a bummer when the theatrical marketplace — as great as Daisy and Sebastian are — became a calculated risk. There just weren’t a lot of opportunities for a theatrical re...
Sep 17, 2023 · In an exclusive interview, Winning Time executive producer Kevin Messick ( Succession) talked with Vulture about getting an advance heads-up from HBO, which allowed producers time to prepare —...
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Mar 5, 2022 · With McKay on the panel were his frequent collaborators, producer Kevin Messick and composer Nicholas Britell. Messick said his working relationship with McKay is “really fun,” adding, “I am in...
Mar 10, 2022 · Kevin Messick on his thriving filmmaking relationship with ‘Don’t Look Up’ director Adam McKay. By John Hazelton 10 March 2022. Adam McKay’s producer partner Kevin Messick, now a best...
Sep 18, 2023 · In an interview with Vulture, executive producer Kevin Messick revealed that they shot the final scene with Reilly and Robinson well ahead of time, in case season two would be the final one.
