500,000 trees and counting to be planted so far with Earth movie tree-planting initiative
Moviegoers have already snapped up half a million tickets to catch the movie Earth and have a tree planted in their honor. Disneynature’s commitment to plant a tree for everyone who watches Earth between April 22-28 means that already 500,000 trees will be planted – and that number is still growing. Disney’s goal is to ….
Carmike Cinemas to present stand-up comedy series
Carmike Cinemas announced that it will partner with waggingtail entertainment and cinema advertising company Screenvision, to present Stand-Up 360 New York City Comedy at Carmike Cinemas theatres on May 4, 2009, which will deliver a series of feature-length stand-up comedy performances recorded live at the Broadway Comedy Club in the Big Apple. The Stand-Up 360 ….
Tapeless video workflow system announced at NAB confab
At The NAB Show this week, AJA Video Systems announced Ki Pro, a portable tapeless video device that records files to the Apple ProRes 422 codec directly from camera. Ki Pro provides a new way of connecting production and post with its extensive analog and digital connectivity; virtually any video and audio source can be ….
David Newman to receive Richard Kirk Award during BMI Film & TV Awards
Prolific composer David Newman will receive the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at BMI’s annual Film & Television Awards on Wednesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and ….
MPEG Industry Forum to expand its activities during New World of Digital Television
During the MPEGIF Master Class titled The New World of Digital Television, the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) announced that it will expand its scope of activities. MPEGIF is an independent and platform neutral not-for-profit organisation facilitating and furthering the widespread adoption and deployment of MPEG and related standards in next generation digital media services. It ….
Indie action film Damages gets additional financing
Production services provider Affinity Mediaworks announced recently that it has completed a production financing agreement with Insight Film Studios to provide support financing for the film Damage starring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. The bare-knuckles fight film is directed by Jeff King and also stars Walton Goggins (The Shield), Laura Vandervort (Smallville) and Donnelly Rhodes (Battlestar ….
30 Days of Night director taking on third Twilight film titled Eclipse
According to The Hollywood Reporter, David Slade, who directed 30 Days of Night, is attached to helm Eclipse, the third adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight series of books. Summit Entertainment has just signed Slade to the project, which is expected to hit theaters on June 30th, 2010. Twilight and New Moon screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, ….
Sin City sequel rights going up for bid?
According to The Hollywood Reporter, sequel rights to Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City, are being shopped around Hollywood, meaning Dimension Films may have lost screen rights to the graphic novel series. According to reports, The Weinstein Company and Dimension maintain that they hold the rights to any sequels to the film, but producers ….
Third Da Vinci Code being prepped before release of Angels and Demons?
While fans await the May 15th Columbia Pictures’ release of Ron Howard’s Angels and Demons, Variety reports the studio is already working on the third pic in the franchise. Author Dan Brown announced that his next installment in the Da Vinci Code series will be The Lost Symbol, which Doubleday will publish on September 15, ….
Trade in your Warner Bros. HD-DVDs for Blu-ray editions
I Tweeted this yesterday, but thought I would share it here as well. I read on AICN yesterday that Warner Bros. began a new trade-in program for us early-adopters of HD DVDs. If you go to www.red2blu.com you can search for Warner Bros. titles released on HD-DVD and for $4.95 per film, and $14.95 per ….
David O. Russell and Christian Bale to join Mark Wahlberg’s The Fighter
Director David O. Russell and Christian Bale are negotiating to join the long-in-development boxing flick The Fighter, which already has Mark Wahlberg attached, according to a report by Variety. The Fighter tells the story of Boston fighter Irish Mickey Ward and how he was trained to the world lightweight championship by half-brother Dicky Eklund, who ….
LeBron James film More Than A Game movie trailer and website
The LeBron James phenomenon is coming to theaters with the sports documentary More Than A Game. The movie features James, Dru Joyce, Romeo Travis, Sian Cotton and Willie McGee, as they trace the early days of LeBron James’ road to stardom, as seen through the eyes of the NBA star and his fellow high school ….