tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77105589637798508402024-03-05T12:45:35.190-08:00SykoFilmMovie & TV news @ http://film.syko.org/joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-14650056465364402692016-06-16T23:47:00.001-07:002016-06-16T23:47:13.090-07:00Grindhouse Megamix- Sung by 50 movies<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yDUfPNN5Dfg" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;">"Full Moon Features" gave me 50 grindhouse movies from their awesome collection to make a video with. This is what came out... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;">If u dig the video, you can watch all the full length features here! </span><a class=" yt-uix-servicelink " data-servicelink="CDAQ6TgiEwj139SFu67NAhXM4X4KHeO1DZMo-B0" data-url="http://www.grindhouseflix.com/" href="http://www.grindhouseflix.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.grindhouseflix.com/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;"> </span></div>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-57812163714792415692016-06-15T03:27:00.001-07:002016-06-15T03:27:47.055-07:00Honest Trailers - Finding Nemo<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KFu_26DrLE4" width="480"></iframe></div>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-37514079782669900592016-06-11T14:20:00.001-07:002016-06-15T04:11:54.189-07:00Chris Stuckmann's Rant on Annoying Moviegoers - Part 2<div style="text-align: center;">
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joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-62733470144588918822016-06-09T19:43:00.001-07:002016-06-09T19:43:46.163-07:00The Ghostbusters Casts Unite<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CZ0YexsRCPc" width="480"></iframe></div>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-42739243205202759762016-06-08T18:34:00.001-07:002016-06-08T18:34:01.806-07:00Collider Heroes - Namor Back To Marvel? Superman To Appear In Supergirl Season 2<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EoT84aoxSMY" width="480"></iframe></div>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-59542562896501799902016-06-08T04:41:00.001-07:002016-06-08T04:41:28.110-07:00Warcraft Review (Non-Spoilers)<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nYBaA0KeZdc" width="480"></iframe></div>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-14606346324625370862009-10-03T08:36:00.000-07:002009-10-03T08:36:20.777-07:00Miramax Films Downsizing<blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6CEM3qvhSgwHIDIPO6ZGt0UfK5fCaksZrdu0x8jSVLaWYXiTUEhxlK1ki9RtepkhBj4jwqjWb3ciQCVmjzXt8pGreBVstjUEa1Cu0ztL859T2EZmUsbUA6M6Dv54irJwV3b1m9SyAQYx/s1600-h/miramax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6CEM3qvhSgwHIDIPO6ZGt0UfK5fCaksZrdu0x8jSVLaWYXiTUEhxlK1ki9RtepkhBj4jwqjWb3ciQCVmjzXt8pGreBVstjUEa1Cu0ztL859T2EZmUsbUA6M6Dv54irJwV3b1m9SyAQYx/s320/miramax.jpg" /></a>Miramax Films will reduce the number of films it releases annually while consolidating certain of its operations within The Walt Disney Studios (TWDS), Alan Bergman, president, TWDS, announced today.<br />
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Daniel Battsek, president of Miramax Films, will continue to oversee all aspects of creative, development, production and business and legal affairs out of New York. TWDS will handle certain marketing, distribution, operations and administrative support functions from its Burbank headquarters.<br />
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"Disney has a first-rate marketing and distribution team operating globally," Bergman said. "This restructuring maximizes operating efficiencies and provides significant cost savings while allowing Miramax to focus on its greatest strength; the creation of high-quality entertainment."<br />
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via <a href="http://www.disney.com/">Disney</a><br />
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Makes you wonder if this has anything to do with the marvel purchase.joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-55922546890692682242009-10-03T08:11:00.000-07:002009-10-03T08:14:43.201-07:00New Shot of Tony Stark in Iron Man 2<blockquote><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/iron-man-2_donutshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="iron-man-2_donutshop" border="0" height="150" src="http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/iron-man-2_donutshop.jpg" title="iron-man-2_donutshop" width="200" /></a>When Paramount and <b>Jon Favreau</b> brought footage of <i><b>Iron Man 2</b></i> to Comic Con, we saw a scene where Tony Stark (<b>Robert Downey, Jr.</b>), mostly in his Iron Man suit, has a conversation in a donut shop with Nick Fury (<b>Samuel L. Jackson</b>). Now we’ve got a shot from that scene, sadly only featuring Stark. Fury must have been ordering another couple crullers.<br />
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It's a shame that Brian Austin Green's John Corben, aka Metallo, was relegated to freak of the week status. Seeing him stick around to possibly become Clark's rival at the Planet and on the mean streets of Metropolis would have been fun.<br />
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As he proved during his stint on <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/the+sarah+connor+chronicles/"><em>TSCC</em></a>, Green's a talented guy who feels right at home kicking ass on a sci-fi show. He did a fine job here, even if the material he was given would make a Saturday morning cartoon script read like high art. But sadly, this ep was less about Metallo and more about Clark learning that dumping his friends and skulking on rooftops probably won't make him a better hero. (More on that in a sec.)"<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/03/smallville-metallo/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Smallville: Metallo</em></a><div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs><div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs></p>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-3526343943027267322009-09-29T02:44:00.000-07:002009-09-29T02:44:43.882-07:00Terminator Rights May Hit the Auction Block<a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59568">Terminator Rights May Hit the Auction Block</a>: "The Los Angeles Times has a lengthy and extensive report on the status of Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek's Halcyon Holdings, who bought the rights to the "Terminator" franchise for $25 million in 2007 in order to produce this summer's Terminator Salvation, but who have now hired the financial advisory firm FTI Capital Advisors to look into their options, having filed for bankruptcy. The thought is that the sale of the rights to the franchise could help make the production company solvent again.<br /><br />For much of the earlier part of the year, there was a lot of talk about there being a Terminator 5, mostly coming from McG, but the poor reaction and box office showing of "Salvation," at least domestically didn't seem to warrant another installment.<br /><br />The Los Angeles Times report, which you can read here gets further into the history of the franchise, how the rights have changed hands over the 25 years since James Cameron's original movie, as well as some of the debts owed by Halcyon and the various lawsuits surrounding their bankruptcy."joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-76965528395265495032009-09-29T02:40:00.000-07:002009-09-29T02:40:05.119-07:00Columbia Picks Up Supermax<a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59574">Columbia Picks Up Supermax</a>: "Columbia Pictures has picked up the spec script Supermax from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions.<br /><br />The spec is an action horror tale set in a maximum-security prison for the supernatural. The story centers on a skilled prison guard who is re-assigned to Supermax. After a riot erupts, he must join forces with one of the prison's monstrous inmates in order to survive and fight his way out.<br /><br />The project is unrelated to Warners' Super Max , which is based on DC Comics hero Green Arrow."joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-22210165136063574132009-09-26T02:58:00.000-07:002009-09-26T03:01:59.049-07:00They're Making a Venom Movie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpHdz3k2SuFM955BGGGqqmspHJmwqEE4TTwm7BgBSaP6xby8CaO_li0eGxzDgDMmmtkpmgR83B9jorZ6g5kcmb3aA85vnRJB81RlL3iGzWSvJeajkZbecn6PEpPfAb2BhbLuAP1ikI6NK/s1600-h/normal_venomrender1.png.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpHdz3k2SuFM955BGGGqqmspHJmwqEE4TTwm7BgBSaP6xby8CaO_li0eGxzDgDMmmtkpmgR83B9jorZ6g5kcmb3aA85vnRJB81RlL3iGzWSvJeajkZbecn6PEpPfAb2BhbLuAP1ikI6NK/s200/normal_venomrender1.png.jpg" /></a>SCI FI Wire got a chance to talk to Zombieland co-writer Paul Wernick about the script for 'Spider-Man' spin-off Venom that he wrote with Rhett Reese.<br />
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'We've written two drafts of Venom, and the studio has it, and they're pushing forward in whatever ways they push forward,' Wernick said. He was tight-lipped about whether there was a relationship between Spider-Man 4 and the Venom project.<a name='more'></a><br />
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'We can't really talk about that, unfortunately,' he added. 'Basically, the studio and Marvel and the Arads are taking our drafts and going beyond and figuring out what's the next step.'<br />
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<div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-34636321839128410872009-09-25T22:27:00.000-07:002009-09-26T00:02:26.318-07:00X-Men Origins: Wolverine Sits Atop The Charts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPWhFmBRQ6Lm4SxSoCvoNY2DewMvn-kNfbQ1H0vKsjb5t2MDuEdrDIKDHES2_bB5-KBD-jBwDcym1oAYg4OY4HcKlKEJofoa-vwSuG-qUjQ9ckcAaMaLJmeJejVAB6PvSDVy-SnVUZPMc/s1600-h/BD_wolverine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPWhFmBRQ6Lm4SxSoCvoNY2DewMvn-kNfbQ1H0vKsjb5t2MDuEdrDIKDHES2_bB5-KBD-jBwDcym1oAYg4OY4HcKlKEJofoa-vwSuG-qUjQ9ckcAaMaLJmeJejVAB6PvSDVy-SnVUZPMc/s320/BD_wolverine.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Rentrak Retail and Home Video Essentials announced that X-Men Origins: Wolverine topped both the DVD sales and rentals for last week. According to the company's proprietary tracking services, the top ten selling DVDs and the top ten most rented motion pictures, per data collected for the week ending September 20, 2009 include the follwing right after the break.<a name='more'></a><br />
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Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs<br />
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1 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Fox)<br />
2 Barbie and the Three Musketeers (Universal)<br />
3 Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season (Disney)<br />
4 The Office: Season Five (Universal)<br />
5 Crank: High Voltage (Lionsgate)<br />
6 Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney)<br />
7 Next Day Air (Summit Entertainment)<br />
8 Fringe: The Complete First Season (Warner)<br />
9 Heroes: Season Three (Universal)<br />
10 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 4 (Fox)<br />
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Rentrak Top 10 Renting DVDs<br />
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1 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Fox)<br />
2 State of Play (Universal)<br />
3 Crank: High Voltage (Lionsgate)<br />
4 Next Day Air (Summit Entertainment)<br />
5 Duplicity (Universal)<br />
6 I Love You, Man (DreamWorks)<br />
7 The Last House on the Left (Universal)<br />
8 Dance Flick (Paramount)<br />
9 Sunshine Cleaning (Overture Films)<br />
10 The Soloist (DreamWorks)<br />
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Source: <a href="http://superherohype.com/news/x-mennews.php?id=8720">SuperHeroHype</a>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-18848954841933831432009-09-01T22:24:00.000-07:002009-09-26T00:44:40.654-07:00Beavis and Butthead Return<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSk4MSnAYJAbv3qwes8gJb_ItEoIWkk25WNs-WKtB6rMhgCjqJ8i2voShLiHwhCpaKInK6T-IgH5kfNUZ08x3IT-iWvylugtrV_yoUMke4Pq8cu6yLDAaH7MV4wZaNEXxcFpySnC_2vb07/s1600-h/bandb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376739044971335506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSk4MSnAYJAbv3qwes8gJb_ItEoIWkk25WNs-WKtB6rMhgCjqJ8i2voShLiHwhCpaKInK6T-IgH5kfNUZ08x3IT-iWvylugtrV_yoUMke4Pq8cu6yLDAaH7MV4wZaNEXxcFpySnC_2vb07/s320/bandb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 235px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a>We have all been waiting for it, we've seen the rumors of their return come and go, but here they are! Beavis and Butthead have returned to help out their creator, Mike Judge. In this video Beavis and Butthead review Extract, Judge's latest film. Enjoy the trailer right after the jump!<a name='more'></a><br />
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Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">YahooMovies</span><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810039594/trailer"></a><div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs><br />
<div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-46208142521671201792009-08-31T08:43:00.000-07:002009-09-26T00:01:16.764-07:00Disney Buys Marvel: Full Press Release<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MBpLReGBpAmFcwuDcGKBH-OoT9DD_k_ga_bOK53T4MenwTBWcMWcve35nFFIzrC3ayggqU9-sv_Y4fTLPYRJUlU910FowMtlI7rKkECgHulbDl4r_L78vJ5ypyh6H35inwtrw01R7ZCt/s1600-h/marvel-entertainment.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MBpLReGBpAmFcwuDcGKBH-OoT9DD_k_ga_bOK53T4MenwTBWcMWcve35nFFIzrC3ayggqU9-sv_Y4fTLPYRJUlU910FowMtlI7rKkECgHulbDl4r_L78vJ5ypyh6H35inwtrw01R7ZCt/s320/marvel-entertainment.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376154105717814898" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">DISNEY TO ACQUIRE MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT</span><br />
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Worldwide leader in family entertainment agrees to acquire Marvel and its portfolio of over 5,000 characters. Acquisition highlights Disney’s strategic focus on quality branded content, technological innovation and international expansion to build long-term shareholder value<br />
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Burbank, CA and New York, NY, August 31, 2009 —Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:MVL) in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today…<br />
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<blockquote>“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney.”<br />
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“We believe that adding Marvel to Disney’s unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation,” Iger said.<br />
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“Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses,” said Ike Perlmutter, Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is an unparalleled opportunity for Marvel to build upon its vibrant brand and character properties by accessing Disney’s tremendous global organization and infrastructure around the world.”</blockquote>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-34581268233175994522009-08-31T08:30:00.000-07:002009-09-26T00:01:37.716-07:00Disney Drops $4 Billion To Acquire Marvel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUjZxB6rAi0dfnAIrCmcbwQJRy47fghiRnuhc1mmYb040EZjzNIVSHqdcdM5siy6YdwqVuAdk6icRnm1eRvaWtetF9FZUl0Bby9hwUUZGVzqh_lzLimilXxjDoay4HT4hrrIXlkOShnD6/s1600-h/marvney.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUjZxB6rAi0dfnAIrCmcbwQJRy47fghiRnuhc1mmYb040EZjzNIVSHqdcdM5siy6YdwqVuAdk6icRnm1eRvaWtetF9FZUl0Bby9hwUUZGVzqh_lzLimilXxjDoay4HT4hrrIXlkOShnD6/s320/marvney.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376150792254505970" border="0" /></a>Wow. Just when it seemed that Paramount pretty much had the lock on a distribution deal for all the in-house superhero movies made by Marvel Entertainment, Disney swoops in and buys Marvel whole hog, to the tune of $4 billion.<br />
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In a company press release that you can find at MarketWatch, Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter said <blockquote>"Disney is the perfect home for Marvel's fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses. This is an unparalleled opportunity for Marvel to build upon its vibrant brand and character properties by accessing Disney's tremendous global organization and infrastructure around the world."</blockquote>In other words, just in case you were wondering, this is all about money. Disney has the better action figure manufacturing companies, apparently.<br />
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I have no idea what this means for the approximately 800 Marvel movies currently in development-- I had just assumed they would all be Paramount films, but I'm not sure how many of them Paramount actually has signed deals for. There's also the question of what it means for the characters themselves, given how beloved Disney figures like Cinderella or Simba have been put through the wringer thanks to direct-to-DVD sequels and toys that should embarrass anyone.<br />
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No matter what happens, it likely means big changes for all fans of the Marvel movies, and even more comic book overload in an already crowded market. We'll be holding our breath to see how this turns out.<br />
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UPDATE: Over at CHUD, Devin Faraci is on a conference call with the Disney-Marvel folks getting some key updates, such as the fact that current Marvel distribution deals will stay in place (Spider-Man stays at Sony, Iron Man at Paramount) until they expire, AND John Lasseter has met with the Marvel folks. Expect some crazy Pixar/Marvel hybrids that might make this whole deal worth it alone.<br />
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Sources: Cinematical and CinemaBlend<div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs><div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs><div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-69854796521606523662009-08-28T03:23:00.000-07:002009-09-26T00:02:59.045-07:00Rob Zombie is Remaking The Blob<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9RX9ExAxJVr8T1vDXhFGTtOP_HtG0Pe5qPjd4FV8XARdQEQcry1TQ6NORlp_5nFWib1qm8P57B5nS9zZh2RENppJ2XZh4mIa-yxqZOC9f2Cibgns3JYHeAEf2zjVGS_aF5hLjSenx-fD/s1600-h/The-Blob-NJ12aug03.GIF"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9RX9ExAxJVr8T1vDXhFGTtOP_HtG0Pe5qPjd4FV8XARdQEQcry1TQ6NORlp_5nFWib1qm8P57B5nS9zZh2RENppJ2XZh4mIa-yxqZOC9f2Cibgns3JYHeAEf2zjVGS_aF5hLjSenx-fD/s320/The-Blob-NJ12aug03.GIF" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374958497384047026" border="0" /></a>Rob Zombie, whose Halloween II opens today, will write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic The Blob , which starred Steve McQueen.<br />
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In the original, an object from space crashes into a field, containing a red blob-like substance that absorbs the humans it contacts and grows exponentially.<br />
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'My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change,' Zombie told the trade. 'That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now.'<br />
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Zombie will produce with Genre Co.'s Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten; original 'Blob' producer Jack H. Harris; and Judith Parker Harris of Worldwide Entertainment Corp. and Andy Gould.<br />
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They are developing the project as an R-rated film that will cost around $30 million to make.<br />
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Production will begin next spring.<br />
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via <a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58486">ComingSoon</a>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-14927904391424580562009-07-11T23:39:00.000-07:002009-09-26T00:03:52.311-07:00Ryan Reynolds is a Comic Book Movie Whore, Lands Role of Green Lantern<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_B_R2R17T20PkEYaFKIIV7TVLfNz9o2-1BcwrbYQq_nVz8drP-g1fg9cCEl026WHVNmWweujhCXUpIubZ6iiLzic2I-LgC7sB4Ol3sPhau3bSNvxPCd3CgwQLgj5irfiB2jyU8r820DT/s1600-h/547px-RyanReynoldsApr09.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357461708277600786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_B_R2R17T20PkEYaFKIIV7TVLfNz9o2-1BcwrbYQq_nVz8drP-g1fg9cCEl026WHVNmWweujhCXUpIubZ6iiLzic2I-LgC7sB4Ol3sPhau3bSNvxPCd3CgwQLgj5irfiB2jyU8r820DT/s200/547px-RyanReynoldsApr09.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a>In all seriousness, huge props to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryan</span> for picking up the part of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Green Lantern</span> in the upcoming film which is in works over at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Warner Bros</span>. On the other hand, this will be his third major comic book role, the first being in <span style="font-style: italic;">Blade: Trinity</span> and second as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadpool</span> in the <span style="font-style: italic;">X-Men</span> prequel <span style="font-style: italic;">Wolverine</span>.<br />
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I think this is a good casting decision and it just goes to show that an avid comic book reader can someday become their hero, at least on screen. Will it be a comedy? How will this movie turn out? Let us know what you think in the comments.<br />
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[Photo Via Wikimedia]joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-78616911361566221232009-06-18T17:02:00.000-07:002009-09-26T00:04:50.914-07:00Christopher Nolan Giving Up On Batman 3?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhiRsQw0TyMaPSeXxVRKzZZauRNbcvftRcq32HfbH6V55IY7MSZ5Pp3YgQCs-gmd86VzFqq-graz3xV4d4-w09K8NrBbB5Si-ifbdT-XO1wY0LbDfA0wKyrt9h_2Qu3ZhFNKrb9YU4ZUR/s1600-h/nolen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhiRsQw0TyMaPSeXxVRKzZZauRNbcvftRcq32HfbH6V55IY7MSZ5Pp3YgQCs-gmd86VzFqq-graz3xV4d4-w09K8NrBbB5Si-ifbdT-XO1wY0LbDfA0wKyrt9h_2Qu3ZhFNKrb9YU4ZUR/s400/nolen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348823292981622514" /></a><br />"The man that brought back fear and respect to the tarnished cape and cowl might be stepping back from the third Batman installment. It's almost hard to imagine a Bale Batman flick without Christopher Nolan.<br /><br />Batman-on-Film is quoting its Batman film source — who is often spot-on about these things — claiming Nolan is ready to part with the WB on the next Batman movie, and there isn't much we can do about it, other than maybe threaten to blow up some hospitals.<br /><br /> 'The death of Heath Ledger in January of 2008 rocked Mr. Nolan hard. So hard that Chris was convinced that TDK was going to be it for him and Batman on film.'<br /><br />They're also saying that the loss not only impacted the director emotionally, but it also completely changed the story for the third film, which was set to feature the Joker heavily. The film now stands devoid of a main villain, and the writers [Goyer and Jonathan Nolan] are at 'square one.'<br /><br />I hope they can get it together. Nolan did so much for the bat, I want to see him finish it out strong and as he always envisioned. He hasn't steered us wrong yet."<br /><br />via <a href="http://io9.com/5294275/is-christopher-nolan-giving-up-on-batman-3">io9</a>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-90262239992302511082009-05-19T03:10:00.000-07:002009-09-25T23:57:17.026-07:00Star Trek #1 At Box Office Again New Interviews Pine’s Paparazzi | TrekMovie.com<a href="http://trekmovie.com/2009/05/18/star-trek-1-at-box-office-again-new-interviews-pines-paparazzi/">Star Trek #1 At Box Office Again New Interviews Pine’s Paparazzi | TrekMovie.com</a>: "Star Trek was the number one movie until Angels & Demons opened on Friday, but it turns out, since then it has gone back to being number one. We have details on the latest box office plus some interviews with Trek’s creature designer along with JJ Abrams and the crew. Plus it looks like Chris Pine has moved into the realm of being a paparazzi-hounded celebrity.<br /><br /><br /><br />Box Office Weekend Update: Star Trek wins Sunday<br />Yesterday we reported that domestic box office estimates had Star Trek coming in a close second to Angels & Demons for the weekend and now the actual numbers show it was closer than expected (with Angels & Demons numbers being revised down to $46.2M vs. $43M for Star Trek). Even more interesting is that Star Trek was the number one movie on Sunday with $13.0M vs. A&D’s $12.1M. This is the second #1 spot in a row, and Star Trek has won nine out of the last ten days (domestically). As of yesterday Star Trek had brought in $215.4M globally."joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-62002907033632901532009-05-17T04:19:00.000-07:002009-09-25T23:57:17.027-07:00Friday Report: ‘Angels & Demons’ Unravels, ‘Star Trek’ Survives<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5U8dFLV-pT9dB93gp94Nk6Abqy_uWzsgSEl9WuKzQk52o8Y-lndJJW7LIrJsENONSyBB7Lvr_eO2veRwAVNB5JmMnW5YW2S_0GU1Yj7ERnUd4_ExOjiMsht-Om8iiujocjH3_RaU5xBS/s1600-h/000poster5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5U8dFLV-pT9dB93gp94Nk6Abqy_uWzsgSEl9WuKzQk52o8Y-lndJJW7LIrJsENONSyBB7Lvr_eO2veRwAVNB5JmMnW5YW2S_0GU1Yj7ERnUd4_ExOjiMsht-Om8iiujocjH3_RaU5xBS/s320/000poster5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336751976383144850" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2586&p=.htm">Friday Report: ‘Angels & Demons’ Unravels, ‘Star Trek’ Survives</a>:<br /><div_prefs></div_prefs>"Star Trek notched an estimated $11.9 million for its second Friday, and its tally climbed to $116.5 million in eight days. That makes it the highest-grossing Star Trek movie, surpassing Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home's $109.7 million. Taking into account the estimated numbers of tickets sold, though, it ranks eighth, topping Star Trek: Insurrection, and is on the verge of eclipsing Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek: Generations by the close of the weekend."joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-72980345668923693102009-05-12T02:11:00.000-07:002009-09-25T23:57:17.027-07:00Weekend Report: ‘Star Trek’ Prospers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc5vlM1cTiw5yaoS8ql-r-Pu-ljakxKnmLBsI1HJcozBQL-Op-0vVbJ2Pf4iy8ZYN-zL0139BVck4tNvWxcNgWhHuGF8qimZjiy3x4x3SeM3o1kvHCr7NyFb5k_VVbFAMdkkXooOgB6oD/s1600-h/000poster4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc5vlM1cTiw5yaoS8ql-r-Pu-ljakxKnmLBsI1HJcozBQL-Op-0vVbJ2Pf4iy8ZYN-zL0139BVck4tNvWxcNgWhHuGF8qimZjiy3x4x3SeM3o1kvHCr7NyFb5k_VVbFAMdkkXooOgB6oD/s320/000poster4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336751645505812626" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2585&p=.htm">Weekend Report: ‘Star Trek’ Prospers</a>:<br /><br />Seeking out new life for the series, Star Trek commanded a stellar $75.2 million on approximately 7,400 screens at 3,849 sites over the weekend (plus an estimated $4 million from Thursday night previews). Paramount Pictures' Star Wars-like treatment of Gene Roddenberry's science fiction franchise resulted in the biggest Trek opening yet, soaring past the previous high of Star Trek: First Contact, which started at $30.7 million or the equivalent of over $50 million adjusted for ticket price inflation."joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-80019436244551393092009-01-29T02:09:00.000-08:002009-09-26T00:04:50.914-07:00Ghost Rider 2 in the Works, with Nick Cage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ5eedyE2XEOfg9MKNqnNwhx4NE3JosFuzomUUcAH_PpL53UJ0Daxb-YjLSBIO5PTW9XiISYLSg0AeAbMHRCjL9vxLgQKovgmk7oBiEgCRe4n5UrB0qnj8FonOvyaqvHteeEp_qyo5zBj/s1600-h/Ghost-Rider.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ5eedyE2XEOfg9MKNqnNwhx4NE3JosFuzomUUcAH_PpL53UJ0Daxb-YjLSBIO5PTW9XiISYLSg0AeAbMHRCjL9vxLgQKovgmk7oBiEgCRe4n5UrB0qnj8FonOvyaqvHteeEp_qyo5zBj/s200/Ghost-Rider.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296656005833367266" border="0" /></a><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/15105">Bloody Disgusting</a> has confirmed that Columbia Pictures is officially out to screenwriters for <em><strong>Ghost Rider 2</strong></em>, and star <strong>Nicolas Cage</strong> is already signed on to reprise the role as Johnny Blaze. </span> <p><span>This is shocking because nobody I know enjoyed the 2007 film when it was released. In fact, the Internet Movie Database user rating is a 5.3 (which is somewhere between bad and very bad) and a 28% on the Rotten Tomatoes </span>critics-rated Tomatometer. The film didn’t even make big bucks at the box office. Made for $110 million, the film grossed $228 million worldwide (again, about half of which went to exhibitor costs) which means the film barely made a theatrical profit. But for a superhero movie like Ghost Rider, the real money is made in merchandising and DVD sales, which explains the interest in a sequel.</p> <p>I use to read Ghost Rider comic books when I was younger, and I really believe that the comic property could be turned into a pretty cool movie. Lets just hope that Mark Steven Johnson isn’t sitting in the director’s chair this time around. Sony needs to learn from Marvel’s recent wins and hire a director who is a few levels higher than the material.<br /></p><div_prefs></div_prefs><p>Via /Film<br /></p>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-18433962638609626922008-11-11T21:24:00.000-08:002009-09-26T00:04:50.915-07:00First Look at the New Enterprise<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZPfevJS0R35MoshJB8psb2NQMlI73bDq6xJhbi61BDvF5QlF2SqpDcR4Auc2G0EQmEC_WbWsdd8YWuptdY7ToWdkV6PM0olkoDi4VnUKkar4MFDGLvoE1zgmS4KGSc_qXJhOK6gm8Zej/s1600-h/oldenterprise.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZPfevJS0R35MoshJB8psb2NQMlI73bDq6xJhbi61BDvF5QlF2SqpDcR4Auc2G0EQmEC_WbWsdd8YWuptdY7ToWdkV6PM0olkoDi4VnUKkar4MFDGLvoE1zgmS4KGSc_qXJhOK6gm8Zej/s200/oldenterprise.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267638144412245378" border="0" /></a>Paramount has released the first photo of the new USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) from <strong>JJ Abrams</strong>‘ <strong><em>Star Trek</em></strong>. <a target="_blank" href="http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/11/star-trek-first.html">Entertainment Weekly</a> has the first look, and for the most part, the new Enterprise doesn’t look that much different from the old Enterprise. <p>JJ Abrams explains “If you’re going to do <em>Star Trek</em> there are many things you cannot change. The Enterprise is a visual touchstone for so many people. So if you’re going to do the Enterprise, it better look like the Enterprise, because otherwise, what are you doing?”</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZgj-xG-u8rotu2jCgZP8c2qEJ57dq9ySMFx2DMfqlICeNdVE4uGh1L3gCwyi_249lb3l9ADiTQ6OQkh5ewWcGrWmZ5J6ew4yrtNtyjgwRdKPt4WCwIQufPMBwVpgN3GtJKxznNpETgmG/s1600-h/startrekenterprise1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZgj-xG-u8rotu2jCgZP8c2qEJ57dq9ySMFx2DMfqlICeNdVE4uGh1L3gCwyi_249lb3l9ADiTQ6OQkh5ewWcGrWmZ5J6ew4yrtNtyjgwRdKPt4WCwIQufPMBwVpgN3GtJKxznNpETgmG/s400/startrekenterprise1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267637926527752578" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Makes sense to me, and I think it actually looks pretty cool. But why did Abrams decide to make the inside of the ship look like the Genius Bar at an Apple Store? We’ve included a photo of the old enterprise design below for comparison purposes.</p>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710558963779850840.post-2701807958323753842008-11-11T04:57:00.000-08:002009-09-26T00:04:50.915-07:00Paramount Ignores Star Trek Webmaster Program<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQbR8BDAaf37O_CZQ71BpSbhtIeKwC-dzCCn0zDytT3jm0Q8rKE7jyf7uo2v_K37dNY62Ovbfordt5aNR9zS1g-ydAz0BPf67bWMeO8uU9CKUnWfIFVY_Kmek4JLY5KJdWI8-69PJGHRS/s1600-h/sulu.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQbR8BDAaf37O_CZQ71BpSbhtIeKwC-dzCCn0zDytT3jm0Q8rKE7jyf7uo2v_K37dNY62Ovbfordt5aNR9zS1g-ydAz0BPf67bWMeO8uU9CKUnWfIFVY_Kmek4JLY5KJdWI8-69PJGHRS/s200/sulu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267384108554072130" border="0" /></a><span id="intelliTxt"><span id="intelliTxt">Paramount has now accomplished two very distinct things with the release of this increasingly large batch of photos from <i>Star Trek</i>. First, the images are great and they have everyone excited about the movie. That’s a good thing and if the new trailer which is supposed to debut with <i>Quantum of Solace</i> looks half as good as these stills, then they may really get some serious buzz going for this film. Second… they’ve managed to piss off just about the entire <i>Star Trek</i> fan site community.</span></span><br /><span id="intelliTxt"><span id="intelliTxt"><br /></span></span><span id="intelliTxt"><span id="intelliTxt">Here’s the thing: Paramount has released all of these photos as “exclusives” to specially chosen, high-profile websites, most of them backed by big corporations who really have nothing to do with <i>Star Trek</i>. Mere hours ago they did it again with two more photos, included with this post, and released in high-res exclusively to <a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/1176/">Yahoo</a> and <a href="http://www.omelete.com.br/cine/100015803/Jornada_nas_Estrelas.aspx">Omelete</a>. Meanwhile in the background, they’ve launched a “Star Trek Webmaster Program” and invited 600 webmasters from movie sites and Star Trek fan sites around the web to join, with the promise that the group will give them all first crack at material for the film whenever it becomes available. The group has been in existence since January of this year, and it has yet to deliver any content of any kind. Instead, what Paramount’s Star Trek Webmasters have been given, is a series of messages with links to Paramount’s corporate partners and their exclusives, directing the webmasters whom they had courted with promises of content… to send all of their readers to other websites which Paramount likes better.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGsWUaUHdhHKWfp2OgGEz448-FNdbq_v8AbTHe12rEL2i0WNwzAdiIY5z-AZAXkwikYJ7Q9-juB9gRjatUgYT-7NKtsCu8V04URzHkKDg4nPVs02DZf9nAODjmZzMx3F1ASDcdQPJk1pb/s1600-h/spock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGsWUaUHdhHKWfp2OgGEz448-FNdbq_v8AbTHe12rEL2i0WNwzAdiIY5z-AZAXkwikYJ7Q9-juB9gRjatUgYT-7NKtsCu8V04URzHkKDg4nPVs02DZf9nAODjmZzMx3F1ASDcdQPJk1pb/s200/spock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267384111015216034" border="0" /></a><div_prefs></div_prefs><div_prefs></div_prefs><span id="intelliTxt"><span id="intelliTxt">Doling out content in the form of exclusives in exchange for well, whatever mysterious payola big studios gets out of it, is of course a fairly common practice on any high-profile film. And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with the sites they’ve released these exclusives to. JoBlo.com for instance was one of them, and they’re a site I personally hold in extremely high esteem. They, and most of the others involved aren’t exactly known as hardcore Trekkies though. TrekMovie.com was also in the bunch given exclusives, a very well run Trek site… yet a Trek site which has only existed since the production on this particular film started, not one of the hundreds of Trek sites which have literally been the backbone of the internet since the web’s early 90s inception; sites which back in January Paramount invited to work with them, and have since gone out of their way to ignore.<br /><br />For those 600 Star Trek fan webmasters involved in Paramount’s Webmaster Program, it was only somewhat disappointing when Paramount released the teaser trailer to everyone before them, and mildly annoying when Paramount leaked all of the movie’s first posters elsewhere. But last night the private forum inside the Webmaster Program erupted with polite yet perturbed anger, as Paramount continued to ignore them by releasing photo after photo exclusively to other sites. When community members politely asked why they were being ignored, Paramount’s representatives responded with the equivalent of “take a hike.”<br /><br />This morning, when those same fan webmasters didn’t take kindly to being yet again given the brush off, Paramount simply silenced them by completely deleting the private message board which had been part of the Webmaster Program, ending what had been a fairly polite but concerned discussion of the matter. In doing so, the studio has made something loud and clear here, and it’s something which I’ve been saying for <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/An-Open-Letter-To-Star-Trek-Director-JJ-Abrams-6632.html">nearly a year now</a>. <i>Star Trek</i> fans: Paramount doesn’t care if you’re involved or not. They want new fans. You’re old, you’re used up. This is a new <i>Star Trek</i> for a new group of fans, hopefully pretty ones who don’t live in their parents’ basements. You can buy a ticket to see it if you want, just make sure you bring a teenager with you and wear a bag over your head.<br /><br />There’s another way to handle this, a way to bring in new fans while holding on to the old ones. It’s simple. Don’t release images exclusively to IGN, AICN, or even Cinema Blend. Paramount, you’ve started a webmaster program. Use it. Release these <i>Star Trek</i> marketing materials simultaneously to everyone from now on. No, handing them out to the fan community three days later doesn’t count. Everyone, all at once. What’s the worst that could happen? Even more exposure for your film by having the images displayed across a broader range of sites? Or do you think UGO and Yahoo will refuse to cover the movie unless you give them special treatment? Unlikely. Don’t worry, the cool kids will never know you’ve let the nerds have them. It’s not like the <i>Fast and the Furious</i> crowd is going to visit TrekWeb and find out. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, unless you’re really and truly out to cut the <i>Trek</i> community off. If so, I’ll be the Trekkie in the back row with pointed ears drawn on the bag over my head.<br /><br />Source: Cinema Blend<br /></span></span>joshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403noreply@blogger.com2