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. More »
Fo’ real. You’d think making a movie about Julian Assange would keep them busy for a while, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they shelved that after the intense intimidation the movie execs would’ve felt watching him shake his ass-ange in an Icelandic nightclub. More »
3D Cinema is nothing new – It’s been around in various shapes and forms since the late 1800s with stereoscopes and multiple projectors – but 2009 is the year that we’ll really start to see films being released in 3D on a large scale, rather than just special feature events down at IMAX.
But is it the revolution that cinema seems to so desperately need, or just a not-so-cheap gimmick that is more about raising revenue and lessening piracy for the internet age? More »
There won’t be a soft transition to
By now you know waaaaay too much about Toshiba’s format-war surrender, the death of HD DVD at the hands of the larger Blu-ray armada. You may even be eying the Blu-ray players mounted proudly in point-of-sale displays at Best Buy or Wal-Mart. Pricing hasn’t come down to HD DVD player levels—and with those sinking even further, it’s unlikely they ever will—but the need to get in on the action might provoke you to spend some extra cash. All we’re saying is DON’T! Not yet. If you don’t know why, let us explain.
Okay, so one big studio actually hasn’t made the jump to Blu yet: Dreamworks, which was paid US$100 million to join HD DVD back in August. As we had pieced together in our closed-door analysis, they can’t break rank until Toshiba lets them. Says Dreamworks chief: “It really is in their court at this point to really declare what the next step will be. We’re poised either way to jump…”
