June 2009 - Posts

Movie projector: July 4 picnics could pinch 'Ice Age,' 'Public Enemies' by Company Town

July 4 is typically one of the most lucrative long weekends of the year for the movie business, since it brings an extra day off at a time when theaters are full of big-budget summer event pictures. But with the...
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Sources: Paramount in talks to merge backroom DVD operations with Sony and Fox by Company Town

Paramount Pictures is in talks with at least two of its competitors to merge some elements of its home video backroom operations, people briefed on the negotiations said. While negotiations are in a very preliminary stage, the Viacom-owned studio has...
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George Clooney jumps from Warner Bros. to Sony by Company Town

George Clooney is ending his long association with Warner Bros. to join Sony Pictures in an exclusive two-year production deal. The deal, which is wrapping up, comes when studios are trying to spend less. This month, Sony pulled the plug...
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Fired gossip columnist Roger Friedman files juicy suit against News Corp. by Company Town

Gossip columnist Roger Friedman wants more than $5 million in lost wages and damages from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for firing him after he reviewed the company's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" based on a pirated copy of the movie. In...
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Pirate Bay raising the surrender flag to Hollywood by Company Town

The world's most notorious website for illegal music and movie downloading is going legit. The Pirate Bay, a Sweden-based website that's one of the most popular sources for Internet piracy, has agreed to be acquired by Global Gaming Factor, a...
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The Morning Fix: Cablevision's DVR win; Fox wants to hit brakes on "Unstoppable;" career advice for Zack Galifianakis by Company Town

After the coffee. Before prepping for Sun Valley. Supreme Court likes its DVR. The Supreme Court gave a green light to Cablevision's new remote storage digital video recorder, which programmers argued was similar to video-on-demand and hence should...
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On-location filming for movies in Los Angeles edges up, but TV and commercials still way off by Company Town

Is the local drought in feature production coming to an end? Maybe not, but the latest data for on-location filming provides at least a glimmer of hope. Filming for on-location movie production in L.A. edged up 15% last week over...
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Supreme Court hits stop button on Hollywood's challenge to cheaper DVRs by Company Town

The high court likes their digital video recorders. The Supreme Court cleared the way for Cablevision Systems Corp., a New York-based cable operator with more than 3 million subscribers, to deploy so-called remote storage DVRs. Unlike current DVRs, which...
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Michael Bay: Critics don't get my movie, but audiences do by Company Town

Michael Bay's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" barely missed breaking the 5-day box-office record held by "The Dark Knight," according to final figures released Monday morning. A year ago, filmmaker Chris Nolan's Batman...
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The Morning Fix: `Transformers' transforms Paramount,' Networks and studios gear up for Comic-Con; Elisabeth Murdoch and ITV?; Google feels the heat by Company Town

After the coffee. Before figuring out how much to spend on Comic-Con. Transforming Paramount. The huge success of "Transformers" has given Paramount Chairman Brad Grey something to smile about. He tells The Los Angeles Times that "one of...
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Fox's KTTV Los Angeles looking to make cuts by Company Town

Fox's KTTV Los Angeles is preparing to cut its staff. On Friday, the station, which is owned by News Corp., gave notice to 95 staffers that their positions could be eliminated in 60 days. Most of the staffers are in...
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Does Transformers 2 set a new low for the critic-audience divide? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business

By Steven Zeitchik We knew the reviews would be fetid. And we knew the box-office would be smashing. But we didn't know the box-office would be this good and the reviews this bad. So in the wake of audiences saying... Read More...
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Paramount transforms scathing reviews into $363-million worldwide five-day opening by Company Town

Critics be damned. Audiences worldwide loved "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" almost as much as Americans and Canadians, adding $162 million to the film's massive $201-million domestic take Wednesday through Sunday. With an addition...
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$201 million in 5 days for 'Transformers,' that's one for the record books by Company Town

Exploding already huge expectations and the existing record for a film debuting on a Wednesday, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" posted a massive opening of more than $200 million over its first five days. Though many in Hollywood were...
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'Transformers' poised to gross $190 million by Sunday by Company Town

It looks like scathing reviews aren't equaling bad buzz among regular moviegoers for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." The Michael Bay-directed event film showed solid momentum at the box office on Friday, earning $36.7 million. Total...
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