Feb 10th 2010Industry News
http://gawker.com/5465348/can-indie-movies-survive
Indie films have become the lost children of Hollywood in recent years. Author Edward Jay Epstein explains why Hollywood is abandoning the indie movie business in favor of merchandisable CGI spectacles like Avatar.
If you are a producer of indie movies, the great sucking sound you may be hearing is Avatar draining money from your future projects. While this brilliant Pocahantas-meets-Jurassic Park mashup may be a bonanza for Rupert Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox studio, which gets a distribution fee on every dollar it brings in from theaters, video stores, and TV, and its producer-director James Cameron, who gets a cut of the gross after it reached its Hollywood-defined $500 million cash break even point, it will further convince the heads of the major studios that their salvation lies in putting their money in “high value” movies laden with mesmerizing visual effects that can be simultaneously opened on more than 5,000 screens around the world and lend themselves to sequels, merchandise tie-ins, toy licensing, and theme parks rides. Read More »
Feb 3rd 2010Industry News
The Oscars were announced earlier this morning in Los Angeles by Anne Hathaway and Academy President Tom Sherak. As expected, AVATAR got a ton of kudos with 9 total nominations but in a pleasant surprise it was tied with THE HURT LOCKER which also had 9 noms. This was the first year that 10 nominees were announced for Best Picture allowing movies like DISTRICT 9, THE BLIND SIDE and UP to make their way into the top category. UP becomes the first animated film since BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to be nominated for Best Picture. Read More »
Jan 19th 2010Industry News
The Golden Globe Awards were handed out on Sunday night and there were plenty of surprises. AVATAR was the big winner taking Best Motion Picture and Best Director for James Cameron. THE HANGOVER upset critical fave 500 DAYS OF SUMMER to take the Best Picture, Musical or Comedy and both Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey, Jr. were surprise winners. Take a look at a full list of the winners below (winners are in bold). Stay tuned for more coverage from the Globes tomorrow included a full photo gallery at Movie Hotties and a complete recap!
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Sep 10th 2009Industry News
PineFilm Entertainment has partnered with BoxRED to provide create and manage their first online DVD retail store
PineFilm and BoxRED have reached an agreement whereby BoxRED will create and manage the new website which will allow PineFilm to sell its titles online direct to the public.
BoxRED is a dynamic Australian company based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, offering creative business solutions including joint ventures, corporate finance, website design and management, E-Affiliate programs, SEO, SEM and ecommerce solutions.
Showcasing some of Pinefilms quality arthouse, foreign language and niche movie titles like “The Nephew”, with Pierce Brosnan, “The Debt Collector” with Billy Connolly, “Velvet Goldmine”, featuring a youthful Ewan McGregor and the classic ”ONEGIN”, featuring Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler, this new website promises to be a winner amongst customers who want something a little different and entertaining.
In the very near future PineFilm will expand its online movie catalogue to bring an even bigger selection of movies from Horizon One Entertainment.
The Pinefilmdvd.com.au website will be available soon at www.pinefilmdvd.com.au , but for a limited time you can get a FREE quality DVD mailed to your address if you hop over to the website, leave your postal address and you’ll get a FREE DVD in the post within 7 days.
Jun 18th 2009Industry News
By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 15 Jun 2009
egruenwedel@questex.com
A four-fold sales increase of Blu-ray movies coupled with double digit disc sales increases in China, Russia and India helped mitigate the ongoing global DVD sales slump in 2008, according to a new report. Read More »