Month: August 2009

Could Pixar do a Marvel superhero animated feature film now that Disney’s buying them?

Most of you probably know by now that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment outright. The deal puts Marvel’s list of comic characters into the stable of Disney’s history, expertise and multimedia infrastructure. Some additional details have been released at ComingSoon, regarding the specifics of the deal, including a meeting with Pixar’s John Lasseter with Marvel, ….

Preview the Avatar Sideshow Collectibles licensed figures right here

Sideshow Collectibles has posted images from their upcoming line of Avatar collectibles. Launching the Sideshow Collectibles line from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar is the AMP Suit Maquette featuring actor Stephen Lang’s baddie Col. Quaritch, created in conjunction with the film’s special effects studio Legacy Effects. The piece was created directly from 3D scans of ….

4th Annual Asian Film Market

The Asian Film Market takes places each year during The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and presents a series of forums on film financing, global distribution and more. Deals are also made directly for international distribution of local and global films. Dates: October 11-14, 2009 Location: Seoul, South Korea Find out more about the Asian ….

The Blackout Film Festival 2009

The Blackout Film Festival is an event-inspired New York City happening. For each festival, a topic is chosen that touches the lives of everyone in the community and filmmakers are called on to respond. One year later, a big party is thrown and the selected films are screened. Everyone has a story: what’s yours? Dates: ….

5th Annual European Film Festival

The European Film Festival delivers the finest in international independent film to cities across Europe, including London, Athens, Warsaw, Stockholm, and Berlin. The Festival offers an incredible opportunity for filmmakers to reach a vast audience of critics, scholars, film masters, and the movie-loving public throughout the European continent. The Festival presents over 250 features, shorts, ….

4th Annual High Desert Shorts International Film Festival

The High Desert Shorts International Film Festival was designed to celebrate the art of filmmaking, and to showcase the creativity of the industry’s emerging talents. Taking place in Pahrump, HDSIFF provides a unique blend of urban and rural experiences. Nestled between the bright lights and big city of Las Vegas and the barren desert to ….