By Garth Franklin Wednesday, December 17th 2008 7:32am
With the fall of the local dollar, Australia is once again becoming a hot location for Hollywood productions
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast is favored to win the contract for filming on “The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader” thanks to its giant water tank. Read More »
17 December 2008 8:04 AM, PST | From www.HollywoodReporter.com
By Liza Foreman and Jonathan Landreth
Dec 17, 2008
Complete Dubai fest coverage
DUBAI — As the Dubai International Film Festival headed to the finish line Wednesday, organizers and participants were exhausted but enthused after a week of screenings, meetings, feasting and, yes, deals. Read More »
By Chris Tribbey | Posted: 09 Dec 2008
Blu-ray Disc enjoyed a remarkable week after Thanksgiving, selling 147,000 standalone players, for a total of $30.3 million in revenue, according to research firms NPD Group and DisplaySearch. Read More »
by Brandon Gray
Keanu Reeves in The Day the Earth Stood Still
December 14, 2008
This is typically the timeframe where the December box office starts to pick up, but it stalled this year due to a paucity of enticing new releases. The opening of intended event picture, science fiction remake The Day the Earth Stood Still, paled compared to the sci-fi remake that opened on the same weekend last year, I Am Legend, and overall business was down more than 40 percent. Read More »
Female fare, 3-D made box office gains
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
If last year’s box office was something of a snore - could there have been any more sequels? - the 2008 box office has been anything but a bore. Read More »