Most Active Articles 2009-11-24T13:04:12.485-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:movie-industry Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7038232660590094799-e59eea32ac647231c8d6593ea10a88d2 2008-11-20T07:56:46.273-05:00

With nearly 2,000 shows already sold out, Summit Entertainment's teen vampire romance "Twilight" is looking more like a studio blockbuster than some of the blockbusters. In other words: Every studio in town, by their own admission, has "Twilight"...

With nearly 2,000 shows already sold out, Summit Entertainment's teen vampire romance "Twilight" is looking more like a studio blockbuster than some of the blockbusters. In other words: Every studio in town, by their own admission, has "Twilight"... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996196.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 2,266 2,265 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12325037250906960810-fce268d5b1f84cd9c0ab340c5fac7dd1 2009-11-15T11:18:55.032-05:00

Walt Disney Co. is overhauling the way its movie studio markets and distributes films, part of an effort to adjust to rapidly shifting audience habits.

Walt Disney Co. is overhauling the way its movie studio markets and distributes films, part of an effort to adjust to rapidly shifting audience habits. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704576204574530111051916266.html Kendall Whitehouse kwhitehouse251 7 7 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7188111316143965507-e64a4737d47f6fb6ef975225823bdc24 2009-11-17T19:08:49.612-05:00

It was brilliant. Not the film, but the marketing campaign that turned a $15,000 amateur horror flick into a $100 million box office smash. The problem? Serious anticipointment…

It was brilliant. Not the film, but the marketing campaign that turned a $15,000 amateur horror flick into a $100 million box office smash. The problem? Serious anticipointment… http://atomictango.com/2009/11/17/paranormal-activity/ Freddy J. Nager fnager424 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7664674027962562621-fe3cf25963c21d275cb34c8410aa708d 2009-03-31T07:59:40.148-04:00

For months, Hollywood has been buzzing about whether superstar director Steven Spielberg could get a loan. Since October, when he broke away from Paramount Pictures to launch a studio with his longtime producing executive Stacey Snider, the director...

For months, Hollywood has been buzzing about whether superstar director Steven Spielberg could get a loan. Since October, when he broke away from Paramount Pictures to launch a studio with his longtime producing executive Stacey Snider, the director... http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2009/db20090330_505196.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 528 525 2 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12529903480406110215-16bbd2297354f090b0546550491a18c7 2009-11-10T03:55:38.827-05:00

We are never far away from the filmy embrace of the cinema, or the tittering laugh tracks of TV, and their suggestive power in our lives. We live, we breathe, and we Tivo for these celluloid and videotape mothers of us all. Along those lines I’d...

We are never far away from the filmy embrace of the cinema, or the tittering laugh tracks of TV, and their suggestive power in our lives. We live, we breathe, and we Tivo for these celluloid and videotape mothers of us all. Along those lines I’d... http://www.throwingheat.com/?p=63 Jack Ewing jewing574 9 8 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2764207925780217038-0b3e282670ee89ebb3f9574c343048e1 2009-11-12T11:25:15.143-05:00

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Last Friday, I trailed Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and President Obama’s arts czar, on a culture tour of Peoria, Illinois. It’s not a place either of us ever expected to visit.

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Last Friday, I trailed Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and President Obama’s arts czar, on a culture tour of Peoria, Illinois. It’s not a place either of us ever expected to visit. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601098&sid=aeH7K_mVsqq0 Craig Sturgis csturgis897 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6775387037249992315-5ea3de22d4894d8bfcbfe2ded9749749 2009-11-12T11:27:04.805-05:00

Movies that Bollywood (loose term for Bombay-based film industry) is making are terrible. Most are torture on cinemagoers. In fact, the producers who are sitting at the helm should start thinking differently and move up the value chain to stand...

Movies that Bollywood (loose term for Bombay-based film industry) is making are terrible. Most are torture on cinemagoers. In fact, the producers who are sitting at the helm should start thinking differently and move up the value chain to stand... http://myfunbox.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/bollywood-beats/ Rakesh Raman rraman103 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6018442926429952976-9b2461405f70e2a7dbc0495837843c08 2009-04-01T06:15:31.803-04:00

Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice, will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on March 5,...

Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice, will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on March 5,... http://myfunbox.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/alice-going-to-wonderland-next-year/ Rakesh Raman rraman103 270 265 3 2 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14308452267460855698-55a9ff99d6481c1f78af33207f66a874 2008-12-15T08:01:04.653-05:00

LOS ANGELES -- Audiences sat still for Keanu Reeves' sci-fi remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still," making it the weekend's top movie with a $31 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. The 20th Century Fox release also added $39 million...

LOS ANGELES -- Audiences sat still for Keanu Reeves' sci-fi remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still," making it the weekend's top movie with a $31 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. The 20th Century Fox release also added $39 million... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122927907171904789.html Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 443 443 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4046096027547250215-54c2663107f380453d0dda9b67c99a4d 2008-12-22T08:04:13.619-05:00

The weekend box office got iced by terrible weather, and the result was anything but a merry start for Jim Carrey laffer “Yes Man” and Will Smith drama “Seven Pounds.” Warner Bros.’ “Yes Man” grossed $18.2 million from 3,434 runs to win the crown,...

The weekend box office got iced by terrible weather, and the result was anything but a merry start for Jim Carrey laffer “Yes Man” and Will Smith drama “Seven Pounds.” Warner Bros.’ “Yes Man” grossed $18.2 million from 3,434 runs to win the crown,... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997690.html?categoryid=3319&cs=1 Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 423 423 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11594727961068404444-990e393bb48d964f72a1495b700903fe 2009-11-11T19:04:04.884-05:00

Sony Monday said it will offer owners of some of its TV sets the chance to rent the Sony kids' movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" via the Internet a month before the movie is available on DVD.

Sony Monday said it will offer owners of some of its TV sets the chance to rent the Sony kids' movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" via the Internet a month before the movie is available on DVD. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125779120669339117.html Kendall Whitehouse kwhitehouse251 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10435671235627322448-44ea6d4acfc596f8c5b79ceae3549a1d 2009-01-05T08:00:58.411-05:00

Published: January 4, 2009 LOS ANGELES — The box office this weekend brought more of the same, which for Hollywood was a good thing, as the comedy “Marley & Me” and other Christmas films continued strongly. The top five films — and some others down...

Published: January 4, 2009 LOS ANGELES — The box office this weekend brought more of the same, which for Hollywood was a good thing, as the comedy “Marley & Me” and other Christmas films continued strongly. The top five films — and some others down... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/movies/05box.html?ref=movies Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 373 372 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:988704637252451927-b4f36890718d2fce83f475172fbba6ce 2009-11-10T14:16:54.678-05:00

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 10 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Three-time Super Bowl Champion Roman Phifer's controversial film about NFL Player Injuries to hit theaters November 20th, 2009. Beverly Hills based WALKING SHADOWS has announced the theatrical...

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 10 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Three-time Super Bowl Champion Roman Phifer's controversial film about NFL Player Injuries to hit theaters November 20th, 2009. Beverly Hills based WALKING SHADOWS has announced the theatrical... http://send2press.com/newswire/2009-11-1110-003.shtml Christopher Simmons csimmons281 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15585918138865078628-3d748785c3ac22b1c450a00e9c6da6fe 2009-11-05T12:53:28.058-05:00

To help in allowing our perceptions to evolve, fictional and nonfictional authors and popular movies are entertaining and educating us.

To help in allowing our perceptions to evolve, fictional and nonfictional authors and popular movies are entertaining and educating us. http://www.sobabyboomer.com/2009/11/consciousness-ancient-mysticism-modern-science.html John Agno jagno444 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6303130073999279790-f582cfd601435d784fe1623c7770e0b3 2008-12-17T08:27:57.926-05:00

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997448.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 315 315 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13433771370445875260-08ffa08d3e6bedff1fe97d62f1197f1c 2008-12-08T08:02:36.459-05:00

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996986.html?categoryid=19&cs=1 Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 272 272 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16450963895633108261-c8d2e5a936e2019636c452f1ff026c83 2009-03-31T10:59:17.275-04:00

Videogame companies typically don't have a major presence at the National Assn. of Broadcasters confab, but with new media playing a larger role in what winds up on any screen, Electronic Arts felt it was finally time to make the trek to Las Vegas.

Videogame companies typically don't have a major presence at the National Assn. of Broadcasters confab, but with new media playing a larger role in what winds up on any screen, Electronic Arts felt it was finally time to make the trek to Las Vegas. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001405.html?categoryid=1079&cs=1 Chermelle Edwards cedwards324 131 128 2 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9353951213184383762-e474735070fa9423846b1f63b9b5ac04 2009-10-26T09:13:23.691-04:00

Movie studios, desperate to return their home entertainment divisions to growth, are scrambling to shape the post-DVD era. Until very recently, most Hollywood heavyweights were loath to speak too openly about the promise of digital entertainment — the downloading and streaming of movies and television shows on computers, Internet-enabled televisions and mobile devices. Nobody wanted to anger retail partners like Wal-Mart or do anything that might slow the DVD gravy train. But business currents have shifted. While DVD and Blu-ray will remain a huge profit center for years to come, studio executives are finally confronting an uncomfortable reality: little silver discs — for reasons of convenience, price and consumer burnout — may never recover their sales power. To grow, studios need to figure out digital distribution.

Movie studios, desperate to return their home entertainment divisions to growth, are scrambling to shape the post-DVD era. Until very recently, most Hollywood heavyweights were loath to speak too openly about the promise of digital entertainment — the downloading and streaming of movies and television shows on computers, Internet-enabled televisions and mobile devices. Nobody wanted to anger retail partners like Wal-Mart or do anything that might slow the DVD gravy train. But business currents have shifted. While DVD and Blu-ray will remain a huge profit center for years to come, studio executives are finally confronting an uncomfortable reality: little silver discs — for reasons of convenience, price and consumer burnout — may never recover their sales power. To grow, studios need to figure out digital distribution. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/business/media/26stream.html?th&emc=th Courtney Hurley churley331 7 7 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11345908463334615630-d9406f5c5f06ab0340295e00789f3bcd 2009-11-04T14:56:47.412-05:00

The auction isn't slated to happen until later this month (reportedly), but the multimillion dollar "Terminator" movie franchise has its first formal bidder ... sort of. It's not a major film studio such as Sony Pictures or an investment fund; it's filmmaker and writer Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon. He made a farce of the process, however, announcing he would bid $10,000.

The auction isn't slated to happen until later this month (reportedly), but the multimillion dollar "Terminator" movie franchise has its first formal bidder ... sort of. It's not a major film studio such as Sony Pictures or an investment fund; it's filmmaker and writer Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon. He made a farce of the process, however, announcing he would bid $10,000. http://www.thedeal.com/corporatedealmaker/2009/11/joss_whedon_bids_on_terminator.php Brennen Wysong bwysong598 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2576842761861299811-5df68d6f032aa6445bc88b6d2edc1392 2008-12-23T07:58:05.540-05:00

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997726.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 198 197 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:18042242596857503491-1fba6389a550c3e7913af8109926ec48 2009-11-02T08:01:18.069-05:00

Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures (VIAB) and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney (DIS).

Few people know Hollywood better than Jeffrey Katzenberg, the onetime wunderkind who by the time he was in his thirties had already been an executive at Paramount Pictures (VIAB) and was running the motion picture studio at Walt Disney (DIS). http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_45/b4154013688591.htm?chan=magazine+channel_the+business+week Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16853968054905498100-d547bd9e41d54477650894387b02ad9a 2009-11-03T09:18:39.581-05:00

Leslie Stahl's complete ignorance about peer to peer networking and its role in content distribution was on full display on 60 Minutes Sunday night.

Leslie Stahl's complete ignorance about peer to peer networking and its role in content distribution was on full display on 60 Minutes Sunday night. http://www.daniweb.com/news/story235660.html Ron Miller rmiller046 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2262410144189013729-f460d5c5991965d99aabdbb6bc9045b6 2009-04-01T07:49:56.215-04:00

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i19ba8a8fc75ea90469be9e3bf1dc36d4?pn=1 Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 101 99 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9620657358720228922-b554fb3bced8d541365df9af22ff8dbc 2009-10-27T08:07:42.076-04:00

LAUREN A. E. SCHUKER Before shooting a frame of his movie "Velocity," producer Ingo Vollkammer changed the action thriller's location from Texas to Madrid. Then to Berlin. Then to Montreal. The multiple script rewrites and location changes for the...

LAUREN A. E. SCHUKER Before shooting a frame of his movie "Velocity," producer Ingo Vollkammer changed the action thriller's location from Texas to Madrid. Then to Berlin. Then to Montreal. The multiple script rewrites and location changes for the... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703816204574489153078960792.html Janelle Faulk jfaulk691 5 5 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3373289587365277092-ff7da635d1e0dc49e876bfb890ee9863 2009-10-21T17:00:22.293-04:00

Cannes International Film Festival in May, in the loud, chaotic bar at the Martinez Hotel, Lee Daniels seemed, as he often does, both ecstatic and nervous. He jumped, he slumped, his mood changing from giddy to anxious. He was the only black man in...

Cannes International Film Festival in May, in the loud, chaotic bar at the Martinez Hotel, Lee Daniels seemed, as he often does, both ecstatic and nervous. He jumped, he slumped, his mood changing from giddy to anxious. He was the only black man in... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/magazine/25precious-t.html?hp Purim Jung pjung770 4 4 0 0