Tron takes over Con in San Diego
Disney managed to turn Comic-Con into what it was aptly dubbing Comic-Tron on the first two days of the annual four-day gathering of the world’s most rabid fans of fantasy in all forms of media.
The much-anticipated Disney 3D movie “Tron Legacy,” the sequel to the 28-year-old groundbreaking film about a videogame developer (Jeff Bridges) who [...]
Comic-Con Overiew Interview
Over the past 41 years, the annual San Diego Comic Con has grown from a small gathering of comic book fans into a global event that sells out in hours. The show has literally grown so large that the organizers are currently exploring other California cities to keep up with the demand.
John Gaudiosi of Gamerlive.tv, [...]
Kerner Group restructures; adds 3D
Award-winning physical visual effects company The Kerner Group (originally Kerner Optical and Kerner Studios) has undergone a major restructuring to add 3D production services and several key executives from ILM and other industry leaders.
Based in the former Marin County, Ca. home of George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic, The Kerner Group was acquired last year [...]
Korea chooses MasterImage 3D
Korea’s largest theatre chain has chosen Burbank-based 3D technology company MasterImage 3D, LLC to converted 58 additional screens to 3D.
MasterImage 3D announced today that CJ CGV is converting all the rest of its 160 3D theaters to its digital 3D cinema systems and that MasterImage 3D has also installed four systems in Korea’s Lotte [...]
Two new FiOS HiDef channels
Nat Geo WILD HD and Investigation Discovery HD have been added to Verizon’s FiOS TV line-up, the company announced today.
The additions give FiOS TV 142 HiDef channels and more than 3,300 HiDef video-on-demand titles every month.
Nat Geo WILD HD, a new cable network dedicated to extraordinary nature and wildlife programming, launched on FiOS today (July [...]
Blu-ray grows 112% through June
Blu-ray Disc sales were up 84% in the first half of the year and a whopping 112% in the second quarter, compared to the same periods last year, according to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group.
Despite another overall decline of 3.3% in consumer spending on home entertainment (DVD, Blu-ray Disc, digital distribution) to $8.8 billion in [...]
Another IMAX record with “Inception”
IMAX theaters accounted for a disproportionately big 12% ($7.2 mil.) of the weekend-topping $60.4 million for “Inception,” a record for a non-3D movie at IMAX venues even though the 197 IMAX theaters represented only 5% of the nearly 3,800 overall screens showing the film.
Meanwhile, Universal’s 3D movie “Despicable Me” topped the $100 mil. mark in [...]
Cure for upgrade fatigue
What is “upgrade fatigue?”
It’s the notion that consumers who recently upgraded to digital or HiDef television sets might not be eager to run back out to the “big box store” and buy a brand new 3D-capable television along with a new 3D Blu-ray player, and some rather expensive glasses to go with it. The cost of [...]
Step Up 3D trailer, music vid
The third episode in “Step Up” dance movie series, “Step Up 3D,” from Disney’s Touchstone Pictures and Summit Entertainment, opens Aug. 6 and stars Adam Sevani, Alyson Stoner, Rick Malambri, Sharni Vinson, Keith “Remedy” Stallworth, Kendra Andrews, Stephen “Twitch” Boss, and Joe Slaughter.
A tight-knit group of street dancers team up with NYU freshman Moose and [...]
Studio Profits on Trial: Seminar
Following two recent verdicts against studios relating to profits they claimed for TV programs, iHollywoodForum will present a seminar to discuss the implications with a representative for actor/producer Don Johnson, and other experts on Wednesday evening, Aug. 3 at the Radisson Westside (Culver City).
Among the panelists and speakers at Who Gets to be a [...]
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