Homer's Credit, Netflix’s Glory Days
CA tax credit opens up to three animated films. The total tax credit was $50M, with $144M in qualified expenditures, which will employ 484 cast and crew. The credits include $21.9M for 20th Century’s Simposons 2, $24.7M to Dreamworks, and $3.4M to Disney’s Phineas and Ferb. More films were also awarded. Check out the breakdown here.
Gossip Girl writer Josh Safran is in development with Netflix on Glory Days, his newest teen drama. Set in Cape Cod, the show will follow some of baseball’s top young prospects as they try to make it to the majors over one consequential summer.
Bob Iger, the former Disney CEO, is taking on an advisory role at venture capital firm Thrive Capital. The company was founded by Josh Kushner in 2009 and has been known for early and growth-stage investments in major companies like Instagram .
Amazon’s new Head of Unscripted, Jenn Levy, has set her leadership team. Former Disney exec Tiffany Faigus (Shark Tank) and ex-Netflix EVP Ariane Wu (Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model) have joined the streamer set on rebranding the nonfiction division.
Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis (The Godfather: Part II) has died at 93. A frequent collaborator with Francis Ford Coppola, from the Corleone’s Lake Tahoe compound to the perfectly recreated Little Italy, Tavoularis has left an undeniable mark on American cinema.