Ben Fritz

I'm back! After 6.5 fulfilling years of editing, today I'm returning to what I did for most of my career: Reporting on the entertainment industry. I've always loved covering Hollywood and I'm psyched to be doing it again for @WSJ.

Being CC'd on hundreds of fan debates about DC Studios is really making me consider whether tweeting about the shakeup yesterday was worth it

I mean sure, if you're going to hyper-obsess over Digger and Supergirl and The Bride and Practical Magic 2 and The End of Oak Street and now probably The Cat in the Hat. Just those movies.

Correction to myself: the "Dynamic Duo" animated movie featuring two Robins is coming out in 2028. "Brave and the Bold" was more likely going to be 2029. (got my Batman movies confused)

To be clear: they were ousted, but likely they wouldn't have stayed with the new structure where DC Studios reports to Skydance film chiefs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein. At WBD, Gunn and Safran were an autonomous studio reporting directly to the CEO (Zas)

Gunn and Safran learned they were out in just the last few days. Obviously Skydance must have been talking to Jeremy Latcham for a while though.

Gunn + Safran are debuting Wonder Woman in "Man of Tomorrow," hoped to intro the DCU Batman in "The Brave and the Bold" in 2028, and were aiming for Gunn-directed Superman sequels that low-key evolved into Justice League in 2029 and 2031. Now...? wsj.com/business/media/skyda…

Well, if "Man of Tomorrow" is a success, things might be awkward

Farewell to the first publication that ever paid me for a story and made me a professional journalist. salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…

Is this a compliment or rubbing it in?

"Wildwood" has the app-opening splash ad on Letterboxd and if you rate the movie, there are custom leaves instead of stars. Never seen that before. (Note: I didn't necessarily give the film five leaves. I'm just making them easy to see)

The nonpartisan message Los Angeles needs

until morale improves

Noticing a trend in the headlines

Gov. Newsom proposes expanding California's production tax credit. The most significant change may be eligibility for above the line expenses (star and director salaries, primarily). That CA doesn't currently offer this is a major reason very few big budget movies shoot here.

Detour from my normal business coverage: A personal essay about watching "You Can See Everything" as a neurodivergent person. wsj.com/arts-culture/film/au…

I figured Patrick Stewart would one day meet him in the Nexus. Not the other way around.

Just switched the music I'm writing to:

I love Star Trek. I love the X-Men. But I saw Patrick Stewart perform a one-man show of "A Christmas Carol'" with no costume changes, no set and virtually no props. THAT was iconic. RIP.

shouldn't one side be transparent and the other opaque?