DreamWorks Animation Signs 5-Year Deal with Fox. DreamWorks Animation is leaving Paramount Pictures to join forces with 20th Century Fox, who they just signed a five year marketing and distribution deal with. DreamWorks will end their relationship with Paramount in November with the release of Rise of the Guardians. As previously reported Paramount Pictures is currently developing several animated films of their own through their Paramount Animation division to fill the void that will be left when DreamWorks leaves.
Here's the official announcement: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (DWA) today announced that the Company has entered into a new five-year distribution agreement with Twentieth Century Fox. Under the terms of the agreement, Fox will assume certain marketing and distribution responsibilities in both domestic and international markets for all animated feature films produced by DreamWorks Animation for release in 2013 through 2017. BOX OFFICE REPORT: Paramount Sets New Record With $1.735 Billion In Domestic Earnings. Source: Box Office Mojo With the likes of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger leading the way for Paramount, the studio has already surpassed the previous domestic earnings record of $1.714 billion, earning a reported $1.735 billion in 2011.
Supplementing those big three were Kung Fu Panda 2, Super 8, Puss in Boots and Paranormal Activity 3. Here's a refresher on the final domestic totals for these films: +Transformers: Dark of the Moon -$352.4 million domestic +Thor - $181 million domestic +Captain America: The First Avenger - $176.6 million domestic +Kung Fu Panda 2 - $165.3 million domestic +Puss in Boots - $135.4 million domestic +Super 8 - $127 million domestic +Rango - $123.3 million domestic +Paranormal Activity 3 - $103 million domestic +True Grit - $100.6 million domestic [*a 2010 release that still produced for Paramount in 2011] Paramount currently has a $110 million lead on rival Warner Bros. Disney Executive Admits Story Doesn't Matter When You're Making Blockbusters. This is one of those things Disney is going to be cleaning up for a long time.
With such a reputable name, the Mouse House would probably like to keep it untarnished, especially by its own executive staff. In a pretty huge dick move, Disney Animation Studios Chief Technical Officer Andy Hendrickson had this to say at a technical conference about his philosophy in making blockbuster tentpoles: People say 'It's all about the story’. When you're making tentpole films, bullshit. According to Variety, he went on admit that the abysmal story behind Disney’s recent Alice in Wonderland sequel didn't keep it from making boat loads of cash that put it now at the number 9 spot for all-time box office.
"The story isn't very good, but visual spectacle brought people in droves. While that may be true, it's embarrassing to think that Disney could be approaching filmmaking that way. 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure Mark Gallery. 23 Directors and Producers Release Letter Opposing Premium VOD. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Counting James Cameron and Peter Jackson among them, 23 leading directors and producers have signed an open letter opposing a pricy new premium VOD service that puts movies from Warner Bros., Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox in homes only 60 days after a film’s theatrical release. Those signing the letter include Michael Bay, Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo del Toro, Roland Emmerich, Shawn Levy, Michael Mann, Todd Phillips, Brett Ratner, Adam Shankman, Gore Verbinski and Robert Zemeckis.
It is a formidable—and powerful—group, with deep ties to the studio they are now taking on. “As leaders in the creative community, we ask for a seat at the table. We want to hear the studios’ plans for how this new distribution model will affect the future of the industry that we love,” the document states. Cameron and his producing partner Jon Landau—also a signatory—have been working with the National Assn. of Theater Owners in amassing support for the open letter. ROUNDTABLE: The Writers Behind Summer's Biggest Blockbusters (Exclusive Video)
Warner Archive to Distribute Sony Titles. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have teamed up on a venture that will see select SPHE titles offered on WBHEG’s Warner Archive Collection. Both studio divisions offer online, manufacture on-demand programs - Sony’s is called Screen Classics by Request - which sees titles from the studios’ vault turned into DVDs only after consumers order them via the Internet. Warners began theirs in 2009 while Sony’s was announced last September. The movies, TV shows and mini-series offered are considered “deep catalog titles,” titles that considered somewhat niche but sought-after by cinephiles.
Studios. Warner Bros. Adds INCEPTION, LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, YOGI BEAR, and First Two HARRY POTTER Films to Facebook Rentals. Less than a month after making The Dark Knight available for rental via Facebook, Warner Bros. has added five more of their movies to the social networking site. The studio has announced via press release that Facebook users can now rent Inception, Life as We Know It, Yogi Bear, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Make no mistake: other studios are watching this experiment closely and seeing how popular it becomes. The real trick for Warner Bros. and for Facebook is working to get these movies out of browsers and onto other platforms like video game consoles, Roku, mobile devices, etc. Hit the jump for the full press release. Here’s the press release: BURBANK, CALIF., March 27, 2011 – Warner Bros. To rent a film, consumers simply click on the “watch now” icon to apply their Facebook Credits, and within seconds they will begin enjoying the film.
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. About Warner Bros. Warner Bros. AlloCiné en route vers le leadership mondial. Faut-il encore présenter cette grande réussite de l’internet français ? Créée il y a 18 ans à partir d’un service téléphonique, le 40 30 20 10, la plateforme des amoureux du cinéma est devenue un poids lourd avec 34 M de VU en janvier 2011 et l’ambition d’atteindre les 50 M d’ici à 2012 pour devenir le premier site mondial dans l’univers du cinéma. Déjà présent dans 8 pays dont la Russie et la Chine, AlloCiné poursuit sans relâche son développement international en réalisant les acquisitions nécessaires à son implantation sur de nouveaux marchés.
Quelques chiffres: 200 000 films référencés, 400 000 personnalités, 30 000 bandes-annoncesCA 2010: 25 M€6 applications mobiles pour un total de 2.5 M de téléchargements250 salariés dont une centaine en France Le grand projet 2011 d’AlloCiné est le lancement au milieu de l’année de sa propre chaîne de télévision, AlloCiné TV, dotée de quelques M€ de budget, destinée aux bouquets triple play. Entretien avec Grégoire Lassalle, PDG d’AlloCiné. FX Acquires Six No. 1 Movies.
Random BLAM! James Cameron Leads Vanity Fair's Hollywood Earners List. The celebrity magazine's annual list is out and three directors who made the 2009 top ten have returned along with two others who didn't make last year's list at all. Women failed to crack the top echelon once again while Iron Man, a Werewolf and a Pirate Captain did.
Vanity Fair looked exclusively at creative figures (stars, directors, producers) and the money they earned from film and film related properties. Revenues from advertising, appearances or television were not included. Below is the top ten earners. Kristen Stewart was the top female at #13 with $28.5 million dollars. Others just outside the top ten were Will Smith, Jon Favreau and producer Jerry Bruckheimer just to name a few. How Maserati Landed Spots in 'Limitless' and 'Entourage' for Free. The following story appears in the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine now on newsstands. When the filmmakers behind Relativity's Limitless needed a car that featured the sort of luxury, style and performance befitting the thriller's dashing main character, they could've gone with any number of options.
Perhaps a Ferrari, Bentley or Porsche would have sufficed. But, most important, the filmmakers needed two identical cars in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in about two weeks' time, and they needed a carmaker that wouldn't mind a stunt driver and the film's star, Bradley Cooper, thrashing the $120,000 vehicles on the Mexican resort city's narrow cobblestone streets. Enter Maserati North America, a company that takes a guerrilla-style approach to product placement to get its cars into film and television productions for free, while others spend as much as $10 million for the privilege.
Continued on the next page. EuropaCorp: comment le rêve de Luc Besson a tourné au cauchemar. Fred s'effondre sur le sol glacial du métro parisien. Une balle vient de se loger dans son dos. Le tireur en embuscade n'a eu aucune pitié. Dans ce plan du film Subway, réalisé par un certain Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam prête ses traits à l'assassin. Le rôle de Fred est tenu par l'acteur Christophe Lambert. Vingt-six ans plus tard, un autre Christophe Lambert - ironie de l'homonymie -, ancien publicitaire, devenu directeur général d'EuropaCorp, convoque Pierre-Ange au siège, dans son bureau près des Champs- Elysées.
Le cofonda-teur du plus grand studio de cinéma français au côté de Luc Besson apprend en ce début février son licenciement pour faute lourde. Il ne remettra plus les pieds dans les locaux. Cette scène est l'épilogue d'une longue amitié et l'ultime rebondissement d'un film de série B. Le profond malaise des salariés Arrivé en juillet 2010, Christophe Lambert, le nouveau "lieutenant" de Besson, a "nettoyé" la direction. Les deux associés ont bien d'autres ambitions. The Day the Movies Died: Movies + TV. You want to understand how bad things are in Hollywood right now—how stifling and airless and cautious the atmosphere is, how little nourishment or encouragement a good new idea receives, and how devoid of ambition the horizon currently appears—it helps to start with a success story. Consider: Years ago, an ace filmmaker, the man who happened to direct the third-highest-grossing movie in U.S. history, The Dark Knight, came up with an idea for a big summer movie.
It's a story he loved—in fact, he wrote it himself—and it belonged to a genre, the sci-fi action thriller, that zipped right down the center lane of American popular taste. He cast as his leading man a handsome actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, who happened to star in the second-highest-grossing movie in history. Finally, to cover his bet even more, he hired half a dozen Oscar nominees and winners for supporting roles.
Sounds like a sure thing, right? "Huh. For the studios, a good new idea has become just too scary a road to travel. 1. Instant Streaming of Movies and TV Shows Added to Amazon Prime. Today, Amazon officially announced that Amazon Prime members would now get unlimited, commercial-free streaming of over 5,000 movies and TV shows (presumably “over 90,000″ if you break down shows into individual episodes). This new feature is in addition to the free 2-day shipping Prime members enjoy for $79 per year. Streaming is available via PC, Mac, and various Internet-connected TVs, Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes (e.g.
Roku). Amazon is offering a one-month free trial of Prime and after getting free 2-day shipping and tons of movies streamed to your various entertainment devices, you’re likely to shell out the $80 for a year-long subscription. While Netflix has remained dominant in the video-streaming arena, it’s facing increasing competition. Last week we learned that Hulu Plus had stolen away The Criterion Collection and Amazon is clearly going to be a serious heavyweight. 100 Pictures from Toy Fair 2011. Earlier today I finally attended my first Toy Fair in New York City. As a former toy collector, I’ve always wanted to check out the biggest toy show of the year. While I thought the aisles would be decorated with action figures and super heroes, the reality is, most of the toys on display are aimed at little kids.
However, even though I was a bit let down by Toy Fair, I did manage to snap 100 pictures. Included are all the movie related toys that were on display (minus Hasbro as they were off site). Since I’m in New York City until tomorrow night, I’m hoping to still visit the Hasbro showroom. Finally, all the pictures below are in high resolution. Road to the Oscars 2011 | BAFTA Awards. Warner veut frapper très fort sur le marché de la VOD. Souhaitant reprendre la main sur le marché de la VOD aux Etats-Unis, Warner devrait mettre en place très prochainement un service de VOD Premium. Objectif : maximiser les profits en ramenant la fenêtre d'exploitation des films en salle de 90 à 60 jours. Une initiative qui suscite la colère des sociétés spécialisées dans la location de films. Le groupe Warner s'apprête à lâcher une bombe atomique aux Etats-Unis. Souhaitant reprendre en main le marché de la VOD, Warner envisage de proposer très prochainement un service de VOD Premium, dont le fer de lance serait les films tout juste sortis en salle.
Objectif : ramener la fenêtre d'exploitation des films en salle de 90 à 60 jours. En outre, ce service Premium serait proposé avant même les sorties DVD et Blu-ray des films. Un avantage qui a un revers de médaille, et de taille. OP avec Variety. List of highest-grossing films. Gone with the Wind held the record of highest-grossing film for 25 years, and, adjusted for inflation, has earned more than any other film. Highest-grossing films The two highest-grossing films have both been directed and written by James Cameron. With a worldwide box-office gross of about $2.8 billion, Avatar is often proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take account of home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film's earnings.
Once revenue from home entertainment is factored in it is not immediately clear which film is the most successful. Titanic earned $1.2 billion from video and DVD sales and rentals,[1] in addition to the $2.2 billion it grossed in theaters. Only the revenues from theatrical exhibition at their nominal value are included here, which sees Avatar rank in the top position. Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation World map showing inflation rates in 2009. Film Music Reporter. Legendary Pictures Forms TV Division To Be Based At WBTV & Taps AMC’s Jeremy Elice.