Month: March 2010

Yikes!

https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/03/27/2010-03-27_see_wallet_shrink__in_3d_ticket_prices_soar_to_20_bucks_for_movies.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108494/things-theaters-wont-tell-you?mod=family-kids_parents

Day-and-date rental window gives chain boost in marketplace…

The pair said Tuesday that Warners will allow Blockbuster to rent its films the day they are made available on DVD, giving the troubled chain a lucrative four-week head start over Netflix and Redbox…

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i00b1beed6923d49a6f5ca96b672e8adc

Last week rumors began to swirl that CafeFX, the highly regarded Santa Maria-based visual effects studio, was shutting down. But topper Jeff Barnes quashed the rumors, telling Daily Variety the company was “downsizing and retooling not closing” and still working on a project…

https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016818.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Movies to premiere in conjunction with festival…

Newly launched distribution arm Tribeca Film has announced the full lineup of films it will unspool on VOD in conjunction with the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival…

https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016806.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

These stars keep bombing at the box office, but it doesn’t stop them..

https://www.thewrap.com/article/hollywoods-flop-squad-10-stars-who-are-box-office-poison-15525

The chance to charge higher ticket prices has every Hollywood studio rushing to retrofit their 2D spectacles into 3D. Some directors are pushing back, concerned there’s an imminent future of cheesy-looking 3D that will stunt the momentum created by Avatar…

https://www.deadline.com/2010/03/michael-bay-james-cameron-skeptical-of-3d-conversions-the-jury-is-out/

While John Grisham is no stranger to movies, this isn’t directly relevant to them, but it does parallel the biz and just further emphasizes where the future is.

https://www.deadline.com/2010/03/what-does-grishams-e-book-move-mean/

The inevitable box-office futures racket will finally launch next week, with Cantor Fitzgerald making good on the long-awaited promise to let you bet real money on the prospects of Hollywood films…

https://www.movieline.com/2010/03/is-box-office-futures-trading-just-a-fancy-way-of-saying-flop-insurance.php

Cantor Fitzgerald, a leading Wall Street brokerage house which operates the fake futures exchange Hollywood Stock Exchange, now wants a real-life one…

https://www.deadline.com/2008/12/wall-street-firm-planning-futures-exchange-tied-to-movie-sales/