MySpace Facing Layoffs & Possible Sale
MySpace is facing major layoffs and the possible sale by parent company News Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The social-networking site has been in a long slump of declining advertising revenue and user base. The Journal, in a report posted on its website Monday, said the unit may…
Panasonic Delivers AG-AF100 Camcorder
Device boasts film-like shallow depth-of-field Panasonic is shipping its AG-AF100 4/3-inch high-def camcorder. The device boasts film-like shallow depth-of-field and the wider field of view of a large imager, as well as the cost advantages of industry-standard micro 4/3-inch lenses, filters, and adapters. Camcorder also includes native 1080/24p recording, variable…
Weinstein Company Acquires 25 Percent Stake in Starz Media
Starz’s Anchor Bay also signs a multi-year U.S. distribution deal with the studio. NEW YORK – Liberty Media’s Starz LLC has agreed to sell a 25 percent stake in Starz Media, which includes Anchor Bay Entertainment and the Starz Digital Media arm, to The Weinstein Company, the companies said Tuesday….
Legend3D Completes 2D-to-3D Conversions of ‘Shrek’ Films
Company is offering consumers who buy a Samsung 3D TV and 3D Blu-ray player that includes a collection called “Shrek: The Whole Story.” Legend3D has completed a 2D-to-3D conversion of DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek, Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third. These titles have been bundled with the fourth film, Shrek Forever…
The Mechanic Trailer – Blood for Everyone
The Mechanic is rated R for, among other things, “strong brutal violence throughout,” and the new red band trailer confirms that warning/tease. Remember how the first trailer spent a lot of time talking about plot? In the new trailer, Jason Statham loads a huge gun and blows Plot’s head off,…
Writers Guild Nominees Annouonced
Unlike the Producers and Directors Guild awards, the Writers Guild nominees never match up too closely with the Academy Awards since several top Oscar contenders usually aren’t eligible for the WGA prize. (Entries must be filmed under guild jurisdictions to qualify.) That’s why we don’t see The King’s Speech, Another…
IMAX Claims High Earnings While BO Claims Low Attendance?
With analysts saying 2010 had the lowest movie attendance in five years, how can IMAX claim to have doubled its gross to $546 million over the previous year? The large-format screen company owes its success to a one-two-three combination of increasing its number of theaters by about 100 (climbing to…
Fox Passes on 24 Feature Script
Fans of Jack Bauer who were hoping to get a big screen fix of their favorite anti-hero may be in for a long wait: EW has learned exclusively that 20th Century Fox has nixed a script from Billy Ray (State of Play) that would have continued the storyline of the…