YouTube creators’ growing influence on Hollywood will take centre stage on the September 27 edition of CBS News Sunday Morning, as the programme examines how filmmakers who built audiences online are breaking into cinema.
The focus follows the success of the horror films Obsession and Backrooms, both made on small budgets by YouTube creators and each said to have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars. Their performance has prompted film studios to look more closely at social media talent and the viewing habits of online audiences.
Correspondent Luke Burbank speaks to Puck co-founder Matt Belloni, Brave Wilderness co-founder Mark Vins and YouTube’s Kim Larson about the platform’s role in developing filmmakers and identifying what audiences want to watch.
Arts, music and the autumn season
Presenter Jane Pauley also visits the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, for an exhibition of three-dimensional work by Keith Haring. The programme will include an archive report from 1982, in which Charles Osgood followed Haring as his graffiti drawings appeared across New York’s subway system.
The autumn arts preview will also feature forthcoming film, music, television, streaming, theatre and book releases. The programme highlights exhibitions including shows devoted to RM at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Lee Miller at the Art Institute of Chicago, Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Roy Lichtenstein at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The British Museum’s exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry is also included.
British singer-songwriter Raye discusses the decision to become an independent artist after separating from her record label. In an interview with correspondent Seth Doane, she reflects on the risks and rewards of working alone, her hit Where Is My Husband! and her album This Music May Contain Hope, which has involved members of her family.
Artificial intelligence and true crime
David Pogue examines whether artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, speaking to AI experts Daniel Kokotajlo and Geoffrey Hinton about the risks of systems teaching themselves to become more capable.
He also talks to Andrew Ng, co-founder of Google’s AI programme, about whether recent warnings over rogue AI bots should be taken seriously.
Another report considers the continuing popularity of true crime across television, podcasts and film. Burbank visits the annual CrimeCon convention and speaks to My Favorite Murder presenters Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, as well as professor Jean Murley, about the genre’s appeal and the public’s fascination with solving cold cases.
Sylvester Stallone looks back on Rocky
The programme’s main profile features Sylvester Stallone, who tells correspondent Tracy Smith about his new memoir, The Steps, and the struggle to establish himself before and after Rocky.
Stallone was a struggling actor when he wrote the screenplay that created his breakthrough. He refused to sell it without being allowed to play the lead role, a decision that shaped his route to fame.
CBS News Sunday Morning, hosted by Jane Pauley, is broadcast on Sundays from 9am Eastern Time, with streaming available from 11am on the CBS News app.
