After the screenwriters’ strike in Hollywood ends, it is announced that filming will resume. Especially in France where American products want to set up shop. Emily is particularly scheduled to be in Paris at the beginning of next year. But everything is in turmoil: due to the Olympics, filming will be limited in 2024 and the studios have already been taken over by… athletes; For example, the Cinema City was transformed into a canteen for French and foreign athletes. It’s no surprise that athletes dominate film, television and the catwalk: they have become the heroes of our time.
Since the Rugby World Cup began, the matches have been top of mind for TV viewers every time, or almost every time. The France-New Zealand match even holds the record for the year at the moment with 15.4 million viewers – a record that will undoubtedly be broken if the Blues continue their run. South Africa – Tonga Islands, Japan – Samoa or Fiji – Georgia are also gold medalists in the audience. It is a bit surprising even if the extraordinary nature of the event has fans and newbies in droves in front of their small screens. I’m not sure the potential monthly clash between Portugal and Chile will blow the timer every time. But today, sports have become a topic that can be diversified at will: docuseries about basketball, football, rugby or cycling are a huge success on the platforms.
It must be said that sports create legends, as cinema has always done, and TV series sometimes. What happens around a sporting event, whatever it is, is a drama that no screenwriter can deny. Roman Ntamack’s injury before the start of the World Cup was an incidental scene for the film that was about to be released. Antoine Dupont’s match against Namibia was the first climax of the event. As a cliffanger we couldn’t do better. The player responsible, Johan Diessel, as tough as an SUV as he was, was doomed to be scorned in the same way as the most bastardized villain in a James Bond film.
As for whether or not Antoine DuPont returns to the field, it deserves to be suspenseful, Hitchcock-style. Television and the press make it their front page. The fact that he did not play against Italy in the last group match is, for the writers, an “inconvenience” necessary for the final decision. His (potential) return in the quarter-finals against South Africa will mark the beginning of the second chapter of the script being written live.
In Hollywood, superheroes mark time. Franchises are running out, audiences are angry, and Martin Scorsese continues to claim that these giants have nothing to do with cinema. Including Marty’s Law. That’s right, invincible heroes end up being boring. Victims of zygomatic maxillary fractures are more humanized, closer to the public, and more likable. Athletes have not yet taken the place of stars, but they are starting to make progress. Just look at former wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who has become one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood — and even ranked No. 1 in 2019.
” Sociology is a combat sport » said Pierre Bourdieu. Film and audio-visual production as well. On October 16, MIPCOM, “the world’s largest gathering of television and entertainment executives,” begins in Cannes. Buyers, producers, sellers and broadcasters will be in the fray. It will be about imagining tomorrow’s programmes, series and programmes. It would not be surprising if sports find a more important place on screens of all shapes and sizes. The competition has just begun.
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