The New Frontier

The latest film and TV-related technologies, gaming news, and articles on how the internet and broadband are changing the film and television landscape.

Syfy web series Riese goes gaming

Today Riese Productions and Genius Factor Games announced the upcoming launch of an iPhone / iPod touch game featuring the voice of Felicia Day and based on the acclaimed new Syfy web series Riese. Riese tells the story of a exiled princess on the run from a dangerous religious sect in a steampunk-inspired world. The ….

Win an authentic Saw film trap or one of ten limited edition Jason Mecier art prints signed by Jigsaw himself

Earlier this week, Lionsgate launched an innovative Facebook application which encourages Saw fans to share their anticipation for the final Saw film on Facebook and Twitter. Once Saw’s more than 3,000,000 Facebook and Twitter fans share their excitement for the series enough times, a new, special edition print created by famed celebrity artist Jason Mecier ….

Update: Savage County to invade MTV2, Twitter and New York Comic-Con

Somehow the marketing team behind Savage County received quick word that I wrote a little story about tonight’s premiere of the film on MTV2. So they’ve forwarded me some additional information surrounding facts about the project, along with a whole series of events happening in the next few days, that are actually much more fun ….

Anti-piracy summit announced for December

The industry’s first-ever Entertainment Content Protection Summit was announced today by Variety magazine and the international content protection association, CDSA, to be held on December 8th at the Universal Hilton Hotel, in Universal City, California. The one-day event will provide content executives from film studios, video games, music and publishing an intensive session on the ….

Terminator and Superman directors to produce pair of digital sci-fi and action series for Warner Premiere

Bryan Singer (Superman Returns) and McG (Terminator Salvation) have been tapped by Warner Premiere to produce a series of multi-platform digital sci-fi and action titles, according to HeatVision. If successful, the pair of digital series could lead to spin-off television and film adaptations, however, the installments are most certainly expected to be collected into a ….

Legendary director John Woo to use IMAX cameras to shoot war epic Flying Tigers action scenes

IMAX today announced that director John Woo and producer Terence Chang’s next film, the action epic Flying Tigers, will be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience. Woo and Chang are the team behind Mission Impossible II, Face/Off, Red Cliff and many other international blockbusters. Upon being green lit for production, the film would mark an ….

The 3D Experience coming to Times Square

Nino Balistreri, the producer of the world-renowned 3DX Festival in Singapore and 3D Screenings Asia in Hong Kong, in collaboration with The Hollywood Reporter, is currently prepping a new Times Square mega-event surrounding 3D. The first annual “The 3D Experience” showcases 3D digital cinema, gaming, and TV into one hands-on event where consumers and industry-insiders ….

Thor coming to game consoles as well as theaters

“By Odin’s beard!” SEGA today announced they will bring Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise Thor to video game systems for an epic third-person adventure titled Thor: The Video Game, scheduled for release on all five major video game platforms in 2011 including the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment ….

Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and World Series Champion Curt Schilling to reveal “Project Mercury” at Comic-Con 2010

EA and 38 Studios announced that the first details from the highly anticipated RPG, codenamed “Project Mercury”, will be revealed during a panel at Comic-Con International 2010 on Thursday, July 22nd, at 1:15 PM in Room 6A. The special panel and Q&A session will be moderated by Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley, and will feature 38 ….

Indie film producers to get more opportunities and exposure on NBC TV networks

The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has reached an agreement with Comcast and NBC Universal to provide enhanced independent programming opportunities on NBCU’s broadcast and cable networks, as well as Comcast’s VOD and online platforms, IFTA’s Jean Prewitt announced. The agreement offers greater consideration for independently produced primetime programming from both IFTA and non-IFTA ….