Industry Film criticism Website collider.com Founded 2013 | Owner Complex Founder Steve Weintraub Parent organization Complex Media, Inc. | |
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Collider.com is a film website and YouTube channel founded by Steve Weintraub in July 2005. It was purchased in January 2015 by Complex. In 2012, Weintraub was nominated for a Press Award by the International Cinematographers Guild for his work at Collider.com. Collider focuses on entertainment news, analysis, and commentary. As of October 2016, Collider's YouTube channel had 300,000 subscribers and over 220,500,000 cumulative views. Extensions of the channel include Movie Talk, Nightmares, Heroes, Movie Trivia Schmoedown, Collider News, TV Talk, and Jedi Council. The panels are hosted by a wide assortment of mediators including Jon Schnepp, John Campea, Kristian Harloff, Jeremy Jahns, Ashley Mova, Sinead De Vries, Natasha Martinez, Mark Reilly, Mark Ellis, Wendy Lee, Perri Nemiroff, Clarke Wolfe, Josh Macuga, and Dennis Tzeng. Collider's website staff of writers include Adam Chitwood, Senior Editors Matt Goldberg (Film) and Allison Keene (TV), Haleigh Foutch, Dave Trumbore, Brian Formo and Aubrey Page. The website is primarily news, features and criticism.
Contents
- Movie Talk
- Heroes
- Collider News
- Collider Crash Course
- Collider Behind the Scenes Bloopers
- Collider Unboxed
- References
The staff has also branched out and produced content for other outlets, such as Awesometacular with Jeremy Jahns for go90.
Movie Talk
Movie Talk is broadcast live on Youtube every weekday. Usually 3-5 different members of the panel share their perspective on any given topic, including film reviews and industry news. Movie Talk occasionally includes celebrity interviews. Each episode is typically an hour in length. Mondays' episode covers the weekend box office gross and speculation on future ratings. Tuesdays' and Thursdays' episodes introduce new movies to be released the following weekend. Fridays' episode includes a "Box Office Prediction", where panelists predict the top 5 grossing movies of that weekend. A segment called "Buy or Sell" happens around the halfway point in each episode, where the panel discusses whether they see certain topics or announcements as favorable. Each episode covers eight different topics in each podcast, and the show typically ends with questions from a live audience through a Twitter chatroom. Mailbag is a separate segment where the panel discuss fan mail, questions, and insight provided by viewers. Usually 2 Mailbag questions are answered before the live questions on Movie Talk, and there are separate Mailbag videos on weekends.
Heroes
Heroes follows a similar format to Movie Talk. The difference is that the news coverage is strictly on comic book film news and is hosted by Jon Schnepp. Regular panelists include Hot Toys enthusiast Robert Meyer Burnett and Amy Dallen from Geek and Sundry. Episodes often revolve around the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe and the marketing and advertising strategies of both franchises. The show also talks about comics-based TV shows such as Arrow and The Flash on The CW or the MCU on Netflix. The advertising practices and marketing themes of different corporations are addressed and predictions are made regarding the future of each studio.
Collider News
Collider News videos are typically short segments ranging from one to two minutes in length. These short videos discuss changes with company executives, celebrity controversy, or filming and production issues on set. These short pieces are uploaded shortly after breaking news. Each short ends as the host asks the viewers their opinion on the story and encourages fans to post comments for further discussion on the next episode of the Movie Talk panels.
Collider Crash Course
Collider Crash Course videos cover a variety of topics that are designed to enlighten viewers. The segments vary in length and are hosted by an alternating group of staff.
Collider Behind the Scenes & Bloopers
Collider Behind the Scenes & Bloopers videos which features Perri Nemiroff hosting the video offer viewers a look behind the scenes of the other shows, as well as interviewing staff on a variety of topics.
Collider Unboxed
Collider Unboxed videos show the staff's obsession with toy collectibles and the new opening of a toy for the offices.