What is the common link between Think Like a Man, John Carter, The Hunger Games and Jennifer Aniston, a performer whose career is largely based upon being Hollywood's ideal concept of a major star? Presumably the correct answer would be nada. There is obviously no...
James Cameron is planning to set up mining operations on near-earth asteroids within the next two years. But before he becomes the first plutocrat on Mars, Cameron also wants to move the standard running speed of film from 24 frames per second to 48 fps....
Death is not necessarily an end. Sometimes, it's a career move. It almost worked for Orson Welles. After he died in 1985, various attempts were made to restore some of his movies to his original cut and even complete several films he had left unfinished....
I was wrong. I thought the congressional debate on the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Small Businesses Act -- and yes, the acronym is screwy) would take a bit longer than it did. Heck, here lately Congress can't even agree if it's a nice day without lots...
OK, it is now official. Hollywood is in a steep slide down a slippery slope courtesy of its fondness for big-budget tent pole movies. Well, that is one way of reading the recent report by Benjamin Swinburne, Morgan Stanley's chief analyst for film and broadcasting. Due...
Harvey Weinstein having a fight with the Motion Picture Association of America about a movie's rating is not exactly an uncommon event. Heck, it wasn't that long ago that he was duking it out with them over their bizarre R rating for The King's Speech....
Will Rogers once observed, "This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." Thanks to Senate Bill 1933/H.R. 3606 (Reinvigorating the Capital Markets for Emerging Growth Companies), some indie filmmakers are feeling as if...
For all practical purposes, Phase One of the digital revolution is complete. Commercial film production is in the process of going all digital. Commercial film exhibition will do the same by the end of 2013. Likewise, streamed and VoD release is surpassing DVD rental and...
The traditional relationship between American movies and the foreign market has entered a murky stage. The long standing rule is that American movies (OK, mainly Hollywood flicks) would dominate the foreign market. Movies made by other countries were either "art films" or cheaply made knock-offs...
Some people can't stand the word "reboot." For example, my wife has restricted the word's usage to only its computer application (and even then in limited amounts). I only use it when I really want to annoy people. Then I go reboot crazy. So obviously I...