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Producer Effie Brown on Being âSmacked Downâ By Industry After 2015 âProject Greenlightâ Incident With Matt Damon
Producer Effie Brown detailed the âhugeâ industry backlash she faced five years removed from her on-screen argument about diversity with Matt Damon on the series âProject Greenlight.âIn a column published in THR, Brown, who is now CEO of Gamechanger Films and is the chair of the Inclusion Advisory committee for the Academy Museum, said that she did not work for some time and was seen as difficult by her peers.âAfter I did âProject Greenlightâ â and this is no secret â I suffered a huge backlash.
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'Project Greenlight' Film 'The Leisure Class': Itâs As Bad As Effie Said It Would Be
Itâs frequently fun to watch real people lose their tempers, argue, and bad-mouth each other on television, and it was this very base, reality-TV kind of pleasure that made Project Greenlight absorbing this season. HBOâs docu-series about the making of a movie had its season finale on Sunday night, and the product of its labor, a comedy called The Leisure Class, premieres on Monday night. From the start, the âstarsâ of Project Greenlight were director Jason Mann and producer Effie Brown. Sund
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Your TV To-Do List: Hungry for More Sherlock? The Answer is 'Elementary'
With so much to watch on TV, it can be difficult to plan ahead. But weâre here to help! Here are the five shows you wonât want to miss this week. The Leisure Class: Monday, Nov. 2 at 9 p.m. on HBO Despite all the behind-the-scenes battles, will the fourth Project Greenlight feature be the best in the showâs history?
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'Project Greenlight' Winner Jason Mann on the Pitfalls of Reality TV and How He Really Feels About Effie Brown
As the Season 4 winner of Project Greenlight, Jason Mann was given the chance to direct his first feature film⌠but he was also given the label of âreality TV villainâ in the process. This season of HBOâs filmmaking reality competition has been all about Mannâs uncompromising approach to every aspect of making his directorial debut, The Leisure Class â and the squabbles that resulted with producer Effie Brown.
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Your TV To-Do List:Â 'Ash Vs. Evil Dead' is Here to Spookify Your Halloween
With so much to watch on TV, it can be difficult to plan ahead. But weâre here to help! Here are the five shows you wonât want to miss this week. Supergirl: Monday, Oct. 26 at 8:30 p.m. on CBS DC Comicsâ television universe gets a little bit bigger with the addition of a high-flying Girl of Steel.