Rememeber the idea behind 1993’s “Jurassic Park?’ The film, based upon a novel by Michael Crichton, directed by Steven Spielberg, revolves around an island where dinosaurs are brought back to life from the DNA of mosquitoes caught in amber. Our technology hasn’t quite advanced that far, though we’re getting close, yet I am willing to […]
Just wanted to remind everyone that Starz content on Netflix will vanish after Tuesday of next week, which means that movies like “Breaking Away,” “Tron: Legacy,” and “Silver Streak,” to name a few, will not longer be available. Despite this fact, it appears that the subscriber flight over the Quikster debacle, as well as the […]
After the numerous problems in 2011 that Netflix has encountered under the leadership of Reed Hastings, it’s comforting to know that his stock option allowance has been slashed for 2012. Sure, that means that the value of his stock options has dropped to $1.5 million, but seeing that his reimbursement has fallen to that amount, I […]
Here’s a post from Nikki Finke and Deadline, talking about Warner Bros. current problems revolving around cost overruns on some of their upcoming films, like “The Lone Ranger,” and “Arthur & Lancelot.” I reference it because there’s a mention of Guillermo Del Toro’s aborted “At The Mountains Of Madness” in the fourth paragraph.
According to Collider, some say that Simon Baker, of “The Mentalist” would make a good Doctor Strange. While I am sure that he could handle the role–after all, he’s a decent actor–there’s no way that he is a good fit for the character. Mainly because he looks nothing like him. In the past, I have […]
The image to the left is supposedly of Nessie, which for me is similar to Disney’s 2010 hit “Tron: Legacy” in that I can feel it’s out there, though at the moment no one has seen any hints of it in the wild (yet). So what, there was no mention of the film on Disney’s […]
According to Deadline, Marvel Studios’ Marketing department, essentially three people, has been released. I don’t know what this means–as in, was it an act of vindictiveness by Disney (the owners of Marvel) or is it simply that they were redundant, and it was decided that what they did would be better handled in-house. While it […]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Darabont was fired from AMC’s highest rated series (which sounds like shooting oneself in the foot, if you ask me). The reasoning appears to be that he resisted a cut in the series budget, though one has to ask why, and it bears repeating, you fire the man behind […]
It goes without saying that Tyler Perry has been very good for Lionsgate. His last film, Medea’s Big Happy Family, earned $53 million in the United States–Box Office Mojo doesn’t list foreign box office for the film–but a strength of Tyler Perry is his ability to, seemingly on demand, bring the African-American audience into theaters, […]
Entities like Hulu and Netflix, which rely for content on television and film studios, are at their mercy when the time comes to renegotiate contracts to stream content. Both players, in a bit to add distinctiveness beyond studio-acquired content, are now creating their own. Netflix recently announced a deal with Jenji Kohan, the creator of Showtime’s […]
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