The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (02.22.17)

The State of the Comic Book Industry (Part One)

What has become of the comic book industry? Neil Turitz analyzes the state of comic books in 2017 and how it has gotten to where it is in the first part of his six-part series. First, an overview of the industry — its rise, fall, and renaissance.

Writing the TV Pilot: Does Your Character Need to Change?

Great writing begins with getting your vulnerabilities out on the page — the parts of you that you don’t normally express, the truths that you don’t normally look at, the characters that exist inside you: both the beautiful ones that you want to share with the world, and also the ones that scare or disgust you, who often represent parts of you that you don’t want to believe are possible, or that you’d never express in the outside world.

Netflix Collars Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, But Who Will Join Robert De Niro 

With Brad Grey’s exit from Paramount expected to become official any minute now, the studio wasted no time in letting Martin Scorsese’s pricy gangster movie The Irishman find a new home at Netflix, which is nearing a deal for the Robert De Niro-led film

More News From Around The Web

• Lionsgate has acquired and set for a March production start in New York Most Likely To Murder, a comedy that will star Golden Globe-winning Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom and Adam Pally. (Deadline)

• Billy Brown, best known for his roles in How to Get Away With Murder and Sons of Anarchy, will star opposite Taraji P. Henson in the Screen Gems hitman thriller Proud Mary. (Variety)

• Louis C.K. has set two new stand-up specials at Netflix. The first special, titled 2017 and filmed in Washington, D.C., will premiere April 4. The comedian had a four-night stint in D.C. in January as part of his 2016-17 tour that concluded last week. A date and title for the second has yet to be determined. (The Hollywood Reporter)