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Actor James Caan’s Openfilm to award $1 million film financing prize in indie film contest

Online global independent film community Openfilm announced that it will award $1 million to independent filmmakers over the next 20 months. One independent filmmaker will be selected to receive $50,000 in cash and $200,000 in financing every 5 months by the Openfilm community of 20,000 registered film enthusiasts, along with some of the world’s preeminent ….

BioShock 2 creators re-imagining groundbreaking action gaming franchise

2K Games announced today that XCOM, the re-imagining of one of gaming’s most storied and beloved franchises, is currently in development at 2K Marin, the studio behind the multi-million unit selling BioShock 2. Currently in development exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC, XCOM combines the strategic ….

Blackmagic Design showcases groundbreaking 3D video hardware during NAB Las Vegas

Blackmagic Design made a number of product announcements during The NAB Show, which is currently happening at the Las Vegas Convention Center. One of their major product launches is the Pocket UltraScope, the world’s first portable USB 3.0 notebook PC-based waveform monitor with 6 independent powerful real time scopes including parade, waveform, vector, histogram, audio ….

Massive Last Airbender game coming exclusively to Nintendo Wii and DS systems

THQ recently announced plans to bring The Last Airbender video game exclusively to the Wii and Nintendo DS/Nintendo DSi systems in June 2010. Inspired Paramount Pictures’ highly anticipated summer live-action theatrical film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, The Last Airbender video game will deliver all-new unique features that bring to life the film’s action and ….

New images from Resident Evil: Afterlife, plus iPad gets exclusive enhanced version of RE 4 the game

MySpace just launched the first trailer for Resident Evil: Afterlife on the iPad, helping christen the device’s multimedia hardware muscles. Now comes word that Capcom has launched an exclusive version of the game Resident Evil 4 for the Apple iPad called Resident Evil 4: iPad Edition. The game features a new high-resolution art set designed ….

Disney, ABC, ESPN and Marvel Studios to offer massve video content for Apple’s iPad

Disney is poised to launch a series of video applications on the new Apple iPad, when it launches tomorrow. The ABC Player app extends the reach of ABC’s full episode web player onto the iPad. iPad users will have the ability to watch free, ad-supported episodes from approximately 20 popular ABC series through a wi-fi ….

Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray edition coming with code to special Community Screening event

Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes comes to DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, March 30th, and Warner Brothers’ will be holding a very special Live Sherlock Holmes Community Screening via BD-Live on April 1, 2010 at 9:00PM EST (6:00 PM Pacific), hosted by Sherlock Holmes himself, Robert Downey Jr. Participants can submit questions through their computers and web ….

Michael Jackson’s This Is It to come preloaded free on new Samsung hard drive

Samsung Electronics yesterday announced that the Samsung S2 Portable, a fully transportable external hard drive, will be pre-loaded with the recently released tribute movie Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Timed with the home video release of Michael Jackson’s This Is It, the pre-loaded external HDD will be available at major European retailers beginning on February ….

Iron Man 2 to be released in IMAX

IMAX, Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures today announced that Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey, Jr., will be released to digital IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on May 7, 2010. The film’s limited IMAX release will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The ….

IMAX announces digital 3D motion picture camera in the works for release next year

Hot on the heels of the announcement of a 24 hour 3D television network being developed jointly by IMAX, Sony and The Discovery Channel, IMAX today announced that it is developing its first IMAX 3D digital camera. The initiative marks the Company’s continued move to explore new growth opportunities that capitalize on its leadership in ….