Movie Projector: 3 new pics could get sacked on Super Bowl weekend – latimes.com
Includes “The Woman In Black”, which is Dan Radcliffe’s first star-turn since the Harry Potter franchise ended…
Movie Projector: 3 new pics could get sacked on Super Bowl weekend – latimes.com.
How To Have a Hit Franchise (Twilight) and still go out of business
Who says these film executives are geniuses?
They’re just rolling the dice with other people’s money.
Indie Shakedown | Opinion/Comment | Screen.
Finding Real Numbers in Imaginary Movies: The Distribution X Panel at Sundance 2012 – Indiewire
Distribution panels have it tough: There’s always an audience for the information, but the panelists are always loath to give up real numbers. So this year Sundance tried to have it both ways with "Distribution X," a January 21 panel that asked top distributors to spill the numbers on imaginary projects.
via Finding Real Numbers in Imaginary Movies: The Distribution X Panel at Sundance 2012.
SnagFilms Adds $7 Million; Looks To Be Netflix Of Indie Film | paidContent
Rick Allen, SnagFilms’s CEO, said the money will be used to further expand the company’s library and market its films. It also will be used to augment its technology. “Going up on more than 100 devices and platforms was not an inconsiderable task,” Allen told paidContent, noting that the company plans to begin streaming to Apple’s iPhone within the next 90 days.
via SnagFilms Adds $7 Million; Looks To Be Netflix Of Indie Film | paidContent.
Sundance 2012: Magnolia Pictures Acquiring Horror Flick ‘V/H/S’ for North of $1 Million Exclusive – Hollywood Reporter
The found-footage-within-found-footage creeper is the first horror title to be acquired at the festival this year.
Will Kevin Smith Take Your Film On The Road?
“I honestly cannot wait to start finding flicks to take out on the road. Live action, animation, big budget, micro-budget, comedy, drama, horror — I want you to send ‘em all to SMacquisitions@phase4films.com! Come join the circus!”
Full Story at: Kevin Smith Partnering With Phase 4 Films For SModcast Distribution Deal – CinemaBlend.com.
Drafthouse Films may attain Academy acclaim with Fantastic Fest hit, Bullhead – 2012-Jan-21 – CultureMap Austin
Since debuting in 2010, Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the continually diversifying Alamo Drafthouse, has continued to gain domestic distribution rights for an impressive collection of critically acclaimed art house films. While many award winners, such as Four Lions, have received numerous accolades, one Drafthouse Film might earn the coveted title of “Oscar winner.”
Radio World: Clear Channel Drops ‘Radio’ From Its Name
Uh-Oh. When a company that owns half the industry de-references the industry itself…
Radio World: Clear Channel Drops ‘Radio’ From Its Name.
SnagFilms, Withoutabox pair up to be new road to distributor – chicagotribune.com
A division of IMDb, Withoutabox is already used by a number of film festivals as an online application portal. The partnership with SnagFilm reps an unusual initiative that aims to boost accessibility to distribution pipelines.
via SnagFilms, Withoutabox pair up: Initiative aims to be new road to distributor – chicagotribune.com.
Ed Burns in the Wall Street Journal on the Digital Film distribution biz
His $2 million turns a profit with digital distribution and he doesn;t have to share it with a studio!
Once the film was finished, we would be facing an ever-shrinking theatrical marketplace for independent film. Art houses were closing around the country and a number of the great indie distribution companies like Warner Independent, Picturehouse, and ThinkFilm had gone under as well. Everyone wondered where the specialized film audience had gone – had the customer simply disappeared? We thought we had a pretty good idea where this audience went… They were sitting very comfortably in their living rooms watching excellent programming on cable television and with On Demand available, when they wanted it.
Link: Ed Burns: From Arthouse to Our House – Speakeasy – WSJ.
