Mandalay Entertainment has announced a new specialty division, headed by Celine Rattray formerly of Plum Pictures. This news is a couple weeks old but still worth pointing out. It has been rare to find good news in the world of specialty film this last year or two. Original report in this ...
Posts Tagged ‘variety’
Opportunity for Indie Film amidst the Collapse of Studio Distribution Windows?
November 7th, 2009 by NoName
Roger Goff, entertainment attorney and a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. posted this article as a response to an article in Variety. Variety reported on the MPAA's efforts to broadcast first run films directly to TV sets in the home using DRM protection and a technology ...
The Slow Death of the Studios – Universal
October 6th, 2009 by NoName
Universal is in serious trouble. They have halted spending for the rest of 2009 for any projects not yet green-lit. SOURCE - Variety. Apparently at a recent Universal Town Meeting, no one was asking the tough questions and the response to a question about production slow-down went like this: Meyer also was asked, ...
Decline in Writers’ fees
October 6th, 2009 by NoName
Blame it on what you want, the economy, the slow down in studio spending, poor decisions made during the writer's strike, but less spec scripts are being sold now and the money writers are getting is getting smaller and smaller. "Reps say despite some assertions in the press that the strike ...
Variety ‘Announces’ the Obvious – Internet Influences Audience
October 6th, 2009 by NoName
That's right, folks. You heard it from Variety first... Are you ready? Sitting down? The Internet Influences Audiences! See their article here. They boldly announce and I quote: 'If marketing mavens want to reach younger moviegoers when promoting their films, they need to embrace social networks or risk being ignored.' This is ground breaking ...
