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New Orleans Builds on Hollywood-Friendly Rep

Films provide critical revenue to city

Apr 30, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie projects like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button have provided valuable revenue to beleaguered New Orleans, and new studio and soundstage developments aim to ensure the city has all the amenities filmmakers need to complete their projects. The city is getting 600,000 feet of soundstages—needed to shoot... More »

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entertainment • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • reconstruction • revenue • film studio • movie industry

Warner Bros. Opens Its Film
Vault Online

6,800 movies will
be posted for
viewing, recording

Mar 23, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Film fans, rejoice! Warner Bros. is dusting off its archive and making 6,800 films that never made it to DVD available for purchase online. Warnerarchive.com launched yesterday with an initial 150 titles—ranging from the 1923 silent Souls for Sale to the more recent Wisdom with Emilio Estevez.... More »

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Hollywood • film studio • movies • DVDs • Warner Bros

 Best Picture Nod 
 Brings $6.7M Boost 

Advertising is expensive, but nominations can pay off big for studios

Jan 23, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - With studios shelling out huge bucks to push their films on Oscar voters—Frost/Nixon probably dropped hundreds of thousands for a few days of spreads in the Hollywood papers—could such ad blitzes actually pay off? The answer is yes: A best picture nomination is worth at least $6.7... More »

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advertising • nomination • film studio • movies • Oscars

 Warner Bros. Slashing
10% of Workforce

600 workers to be laid off; 300 jobs to be outsourced

Jan 20, 09 8:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Even the Dark Knight is no match for this economy. Warner Bros. is cutting 800 jobs across all levels of the firm, shrinking its workforce by 10%, the Wall Street Journal reports. That means 600 employees will have to leave, with 300 departing in the next few weeks. The rest... More »

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layoffs • outsourcing • Warner Brothers • film studio • downturn

 Iraq Films Get Army's Attention  

Film liaisons offer help; some directors see spin

Jul 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - War films can help shape public perception, and the Army is trying to guide moviemakers away from negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict like the ones that dominated films about Vietnam. Army liaisons to Hollywood offer equipment, expertise—and script alterations that some filmmakers see as spin. The LA Times... More »

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Iraq • film • US military • US Army • film director • Vietnam War • Brian De Palma • Paul Haggis • Redacted • film studio • Iraq war • Iraq war movies • anti-war movies

 LiLo at Work:
 'So Far,
 So Good' 

Producers surprised by actress' professionalism, talent

Jun 17, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is back at work on the set of the comedy Labor Pains, and after a week, the movie's producers are impressed with her skill and professionalism. "We were a little bit reluctant to work with her," producer Lati Grobman tells People. "But she's been amazing.... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • Los Angeles • celebrity • film studio • producers • movie industry • acting career

Sex Success Bodes Well for Chick Flicks

Fabulous turnout gets studios eyeing female demographic

Jun 7, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The studios were wowed by the huge turnout for Sex and the City, and a slew of sisterly imitations could follow, Variety reports. Movie executives have been leery of chick flicks in the past, and they still hold doubts about projects with slim crossover potential. But with four other... More »

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Hollywood • film • women • Sex and the City • film studio • Hollywood studios

Absent Original Scripts, Studios Reel in Lit

Post-strike surge doesn't materialize, so execs tap books, mags

Apr 18, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie execs counting on a flood of scripts after the writers strike wrapped up in February are snug and dry and turning to books and magazine articles instead, Variety reports. Plump with new fiscal-year budgets, studios are snatching up literary pieces faster than in years past; prison escapes, sunken-ship salvage,... More »

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Hollywood • film studio • movie deal • Hollywood producers • movies • Hollywood studios

Film Biz
Goes Bananas
Over Hannah

Tween star's 3-D concert success may bring similar ventures

Mar 12, 08 10:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Film execs looking to inject life into the dormant sphere of alternative content—showing concerts, sporting events, etc., in theaters—are turning their eyes toward teen star Miley Cyrus and her cash-cow alter ego, Hannah Montana. Cyrus dominated conversation today at an industry conference because her enormously popular 3-D concert... More »

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concert • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • film studio • movie industry • alternative content • movie theaters • teenager

Movie Industry on a Roll

Despite writers' strike, Hollywood sets $26.7B box office record in 2007

Mar 6, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Nearly 30 films took in more than $100 million each last year as the movie industry recorded its best box office year ever, reports the Wall Street Journal. The writers' strike, rising costs, and a spate of so-so releases at the end of the year put a damper on... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • film studio • Hollywood writers' strike • movie industry • movies • blockbusters

Writers, Studios Agree Only That Stakes Are High

'We have to get this one right,' striker says of long-term implications

Jan 7, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The $150 million or so the Writers Guild's demands would cost over the next 3 years is chump change by studio standards, but the long-term stakes in the deadlocked 2-month-old strike are high, reports the Washington Post. It's now or never for the writers to seal their piece of the... More »

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Hollywood • digital rights • film studio • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • residuals • entertainment industry

Tom Cruise's
United Artists Cutting Deal With Writers

Movie studio first
to break ranks

Jan 6, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - United Artists, the independent production unit of MGM controlled by actor Tom Cruise, is expected to soon finalize a deal with striking Hollywood writers modeled on the one made by producers for talk-show host David Letterman, the Los Angeles Times reports. United Artists will likely grant some key demands of... More »

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Tom Cruise • film studio • Paula Wagner • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • United Artists • MGM • movies

Studios Want Piece of Bollywood

Big names want in on the Indian film industry

Jan 2, 08 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Big studios such as Sony, Paramount Pictures, and Disney will be doing their best to make it big this year in Bollywood, India's increasingly profitable film scene, the Financial Times reports. As the India business becomes less mystifying to outsiders, big international studios want a piece of the world's most... More »

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Viacom • India • Bollywood • Sony • Disney • film studio • Saarwariya

Apple Wants Slice of Movie Rental Biz

Fox deal presages plans to shake up online distribution

Dec 27, 07 11:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple is getting ready to formally announce the launch of its online movie rental business, the AP reports. Fox is already on board, as the FT reported yesterday, and other studios are expected to follow in making their movies available for rent through iTunes. Apple's also planning a widespread licensing... More »

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online media • iTunes • Apple • digital downloads • Fox • iTunes Store • film studio • movie rentals • movies

Striking Writers Turn to Web Biz

Top writers plan to bypass studios with original online programing

Dec 17, 07 4:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of striking film and TV writers are creating new companies that would bypass Hollywood studios and present original video entertainment directly on the Internet. Three groups of writers are working on ventures similar to United Artists, the production company created by Charlie Chaplin and other stars who wanted to... More »

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YouTube • MySpace • Facebook • film studio • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Aaron Mendelsohn • FunnyorDie.com • MyDamnChannel.com • UnitedHollywood

Jackass 2.5 to Have Web-Only Debut

'First Internet movie', studio heads say

Dec 13, 07 1:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Paramount is moving into uncharted territory by premiering Jackass 2.5 online, the New York Times reports. The December 19 premier on Blockbuster's Movielink service will be the first time a studio-backed feature film has made its debut on the Web. Executives hope that a successful experiment will pave the... More »

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Internet • Viacom • Blockbuster • film studio • Jackass • movies • Steve-O

Striking Writers Enlist Kids

Writers use Veterans Day to teach kids and garner attention

Nov 12, 07 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Striking scribes took advantage of Veterans Day to bring their kids to picket lines in Los Angeles today, the AP reports. The move garnered attention and gave parents a chance to tutor youngsters in payments and residuals. "It's a little rude for the producers to take so much and... More »

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Hollywood • Disney • writer • film studio • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Veterans Day

Hollywood Grows Skittish About Iraq Films

Nation's volatile mood has producers wary of adapting war books

Nov 3, 07 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq war books are hitting stores in droves—with some 40 titles coming out this fall—but Hollywood isn't lining up to adapt them like before. A dicey political mood, huge war flick budgets, and fears of bleak, box office clunkers like Rendition all have producers scared, the Los Angeles ... More »

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Hollywood • Johnny Depp • box office • film studio • Iraq war

My Big Fat
Indie Meltdown

Art flicks can't find mainstream success
as glut of releases floods market

Oct 25, 07 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Small-budget indie flicks become improbable mainstream successes every year—except, the LA Times notes, 2007. Moviegoers are bombarded with art films that have all flopped, from melancholy war pieces to classy, studio-backed star vehicles. “It's as bad a fall as I've ever seen,” says Focus’ CEO. The problem?... More »

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independent film • film • film studio • Miramax • movies

Hollywood Writers Vote to Strike

Studios stockpiling content in preparation for possible walkout

Oct 20, 07 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood writers are headed for the picket line if they don't reach a deal with the studios by Oct. 31. Members of the film and TV writers' union voted by a 90% margin to authorize a strike if the standoff isn't resolved, the first such strike vote since 1988, the... More »

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Hollywood • TV shows • film studio • labor strike • Writers Guild of America

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