Month: September 2010
Hollywood looks to preserve its natural back lot: California state parks
…Not surprisingly, the beauty and variety of the state’s 278 parks have provided countless backdrops for movies, TV shows and commercials for a century. In 2009 alone, nearly 500 permits were issued for nearly 1,000 days of filming in state parks…
Netflix Gets Northern Exposure with Canadian Launch
Netflix is exporting its popular subscription service to our neighbors to the North…
https://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/netflix-gets-northern-exposure-canadian-launch-21088
Jean-Luc Godard, Piracy Defender
Famed French filmmaker (and possible Academy Award Honoree) Jean-Luc Godard is using some of the money he saved with his Hyundai purchase to fight the good fight against copyright laws. The filmmaker is donating 1,000 Euros to the defense of James Climent, who is accused of downloading 13,788 MP3s illegally…
Rod Serling says he was never able to make real science fiction
In a never-before-seen interview from 1970 that just surfaced on YouTube, The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling talks with SF author James Gunn about his show, the stories he created and his own ability to actually write science fiction…
Shia LaBeouf Tops Forbes’ Best-Bang-for-the-Buck List
Attention studio moguls: In case you didn’t already know, Shia LaBeouf is a good value. At least according to Forbes magazine, which this week ranked the “Transformers” star No. 1 on its list of Hollywood’s Best Actors for the Buck…
https://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/shia-labeouf-tops-forbes-best-actors-buck-list-20529
SAG plan tightening its belt
Eligibility rules altered for health plan
https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118023523.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Google in Talks With Studios for On-Demand Video
While Google gets ready to fight an appeal from Viacom in its billion-dollar copyright lawsuit, the search giant is in negotiations with Hollywood studios to launch a “global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010,…
https://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/report-google-talks-hollywood-studios-demand-video-20494
3DTV Clashes With Multitasking
It’s impossible to text, instant message or surf while watching 3DTV, and that’s an obstacle to adoption, according to the latest very expensive research…