It is the second Hollywood studio to do this year, behind the Paramount. And the only study to do this for 9 consecutive years
The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, president of distribution for Warner Bros. PicturesBurbank, CA, July 19, 2009 – On the heels of seven movies opening at number one at the box office since January 2009 – more than any other studio – and an incredible launch on Wednesday of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this week, Warner Bros. Pictures has exceeded the threshold of U.S. $ 1000 million at the box ...Read More
You know I do not do geek. (Although this is less a hard and fast rule of what used to be.) So here is Lucas and Thompson to cover the 2009 Conference for Human Development Department with emphasis on all things Hollywood
Comic-Con, like most of us, feels pinch of recession
But for small companies like Mezco and NECA, access was much easier than in recent yearsIf a big screen here, I did not see. Nothing like snow falling in the year last stand The Spirit (not that helped the film.) The closest thing to the Owl Ship Watchmen is a battle suit of James ...Read More
Griggs Thompson is covering the Conference on Human Development Department with emphasis on Hollywood
Diablo is also a great name for someone who writes horror … although marked as such so far has been that fans hipspeak adolescents either love or is exaggerated wayThe advance word of what has been mixed – through advertising images leaked, it has become very clear that it is the nakedness of Megan Fox in the film, and clearly there is a hope that will sell. Similar self-promotion, after all, worked for the film’s writer, Brook Busey, who is named ...Read More
UPDATES WGA / SAG Start Process to announce the official campaign slate
Like I said, SAG slates finally shaping up for the September elections. (He is the numbskull who falsely told the trades that Doug Allen had been fired when he was not – yet.) Not as many issues vital to decideWhile Ken Howard said Friday his candidacy on behalf of United for Strength SAG President, today, Anne-Marie Johnson declared his candidacy for president of SAG, on behalf of the Membership First. Seymour Cassell is foolishly trying to play the spoiler as an independent but very few ...Read More
The USC Gould School of Law just made this announcement
For a long time executive at Warner Bros. Entertainment John Schulman has been hired by the USC Gould School of Law at the head of its new Entertainment Law Program
Schulman, who retired from Warner Bros. last year after serving as executive vice president and general counsel for 25 years, joined the USC Law August 1
This seems like a great fit for me,” said Schulman”I’ve always been interested in education and has lectured at USC, southwest, Berkeley and UCLA.
Courses ...Read More
As disastrous earnings, and panic selling of U.S. media. (He once tried to buy the New York Observer, Arthur Carter. Two things you should know the Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier announced Anglo-bomb is: Tad Smith was not fired. It was announced Thursday as more news just the point of announcing, too. Actually resigned in July because he has other work from September 1. They are lucky to get it. Tad stays through August 31 and then goes to a major consumer media. He likes to print that much.
(Have you ...Read More
Only this time, I’m talking about the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, who yielded to pressure from the transmission to a value greater than Emmycast writers screws presenations receiving their awards live. Not only have the WGA West and East protested the changes (see far below), but now the TV showrunners bitchslapping ATASOnce again, the Academy Board of Governors makes a stupid decision by the pressure of Hollywood powers-that-be. (In contrast, the segments are recorded.)
Los ...Read More
I have no doubt that others take cover behind it and follow the leaderAnd what he did: this is news of falling revenue over 10% Corp, or prosecutor, the net loss of 4 th quarter of $ 203m was largely attributable to depreciation on MySpace and bad. No, everyone was flattering place on Murdoch’s statement calling on earnings that News Corp plans to charge for the news content of allthe company sites. “” The unprecedented and tumultuous change affecting the entire media sector, especially in ...Read More
September ELECTIONS: Larry Gelbart Write Open Letter To WGA Membershi
I contacted the well field for the version you want to publish. Google opened the first paper and published. I was asked to click “accept changes”, then change the Google document for your Word document. Then I went and opened the Word document and saw that he was still “monitoring” mode and clearly has published a document widely. UPDATE: Looks like Camp John Wells sent me two versions of his rebuttal: one in Google, and one in the Word. What did I do now. (Click on ...Read More
Joe Drake is an important man in Lionsgate as co-director of operations, prez of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, and CEO of Mandate Pictures. Well, the film privileged financing are sending me an email with fury Drake Lionsgate sold 62,500 shares on 10 July. He is also one of the four front runners in the decision of the independent review team. On 10 August, Lionsgate shares soared more than 12% before the close of the market when Lionsgate released the results of the first quarter of fiscal 2010 (the ...Read More
Phil Alden Robinson is in the WGAW Board and co-founder of United Writers
Dear Friends
I would like to take a minute of your time writing about six people who had the great honor of serving during the past four years
Four years ago, belonged to a union of the twentieth century trying to find balance in an industry of the 21st century. We were losing members, losing market share, the loss of competition, the loss of coverage of health care, the loss of our fair share of the future
New ideas, new leadersSo I tried something new.
He went by the ...Read More
UPDATE: This just in. .. Here is the rebuttal of opposing slate WGAW Elijah Davis, Tom Schulman, and David N. Weiss, to support the declaration of Frank Scott, John Wells, Howard Michael Gould, and Chris Keyser
If Scott Frank had attended more than six board meetings (of the 22 meetings during the period of two years) would know how much that was wrong in his statement
He knows that “millions of dollars,” he thinks was spent on the organization of reality were actually only a few hundred thousand dollars that resulted in coverage of WGA for ...Read More
WME Cuts Off UPDATES fired officers who have found work
The point of the letters was to cut these agents receive all or part of their wages William Morris, as he had signed contracts calling for mitigation. This past month I had the exclusive story that WME bad news sent letters to certain dismissed William Morris agents who found work in the CAA, UTA, ICM and paradigm. EXCLUSIVE: it is a case of “Do not get mad, get even” Hollywood style. (For example, if an agent who makes $ 250K in Morris went to work at a rival agency for a new salary of $ 25K, WME ...Read More
Saturday AM / PM SUNDAY: Here are the weekend numbers (estimates Sunday)
1. Final Destination 3-D (NL / WB) NEW, Friday $ 10.9 million, S $ 10.2 million, $ 28.3 M WKD 2. Basterds (Weinstein / Uni) WK 2, Friday $ 5.8m, $ 8.1M Sat, WKD $ 19.5M, Cume $ 73.2M 3. Halloween II (Weinstein) NEW, Friday $ 7 million, S $ 5.6M, WKD $ 17M 4. District 9 (Sony) WK 3, Friday $ 3 million, S $ 3.9M, WKD $ 10.7 million, Cume $ 90.8M 5. GI Joe (Paramount) WK 5, Friday $ 2.2 M, S $ 3.5 million, WKD $ 8 million, Cume $ ...Read More
UPDATES: New Partnership Disney-Hearst-NBCU AETN example of life?
Financial terms were not disclosedThe parent company will retain the name of A & E Television Networks, LLC (AETN) and its subsidiary will retain the name of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to occur in 2009. NEW YORK and BURBANK, Calif. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – The ABC Television Group Disney, Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal today announced an agreement for A & E Television Networks ...Read More
