DreamWorks was the studio first interested in the script about the dead Kodachrome film, but as it turns out, the director of the movie has a contract with Fox that means they must get a first look at any scripts he takes on.
All six Star Wars films are coming to Blu-ray in September, and 20th Century Fox have just announced Australian pricing. How much money are you willing to pay to see Jar Jar Binks in HD?
The problem with most Blu-ray discs is that it can be a pain in the backside to rip them and convert them to a file size you can watch on your phone. Some studios address this by sticking a digital copy in the box. Others bundle a DVD copy in there as well. If you like musicals, 20th Century Fox is now offering the trifecta – Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy all for $30 in their “Musicals that play anywhere” collection.
Finally, I think we’ve found a use for BD-Live that won’t just fade away like a stupid quiz or a georestricted, one-time-only commentary from the film’s director. 20th Century Fox have announced that anyone who owns the vanilla version of Avatar on Blu-ray will get access to some of the exclusive material being released with the extended edition of the film hitting stores on November 24. For free.
While all seven of the 3DTV-owners worldwide await the release of the Avatar Blu-ray in 3D, 20th Century Fox has announced that James Cameron has already signed on to direct Avatar 2 and 3, out in 2014 and 2015.
DRM is the bane of media consumption, restricting consumers from doing what they want with content that they legally purchase. But what if the DRM actually worked while giving you the ability to consume movies you’d paid for on any device you owned? Would that make DRM worth it? It may not be too long before we find out.
It’s an idea that makes so much sense. Buy a movie, and get a digital copy inside the box for your PC or iPod, so you don’t have to go through the hassle of ripping/torrenting/pirating a copy for when you’re not in front of the TV. But the simple truth is that every movie studio has a different idea of exactly what a digital copy means, despite almost universally using the “digital copy” terminology. So to help, here’s how digital copy is implemented by each of the studios:
