Despite being moved from Sony Pictures to Warner Bros. Pictures, "Iron Man" helmer Jon Favreau remains attached to direct the film version of the Tony-winning musical "Jersey Boys" says The Hollywood Reporter. Graham King's GK Films label recently signed a first-look, one year deal with Warners which includes 'Jersey'. Warners aggressively … [Read more...]
Comic-Con: Marvel Studios
July 15, 2012 by
Marvel kicked off their "Iron Man 3" presentation with updates on a bunch of other films that constitute their so-called "Phase Two", the second stage of their ambitious film plans. They certainly knew how to milk this crowd too, playing a showreel of each previous Comic Con panel highlights leading up to today. Then came some name announcements … [Read more...]
Several Studios To Skip Comic Con’s Hall H
June 13, 2012 by
Warner Bros. Pictures and Disney Pictures look to be the must-see film-related panels in the 6,000-seat Hall H at this year's San Diego Comic Con, a year in which several of the major studios look to be opting out. Variety reports that Warners has reserved a three-hour block Saturday with presentations for Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An … [Read more...]
Rich Ross Out At Walt Disney Studios
April 20, 2012 by
Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross is out after 30 months in the office. After the failure of two high-profile Mars projects - last year's "Mars Needs Moms" and the more recent $ 200 million write-off "John Carter" - it was expected heads would roll over at the Mouse House. That Ross got the chop isn't really a surprise, especially since … [Read more...]
Universal Studios’ films now available on iCloud, Fox still grounded
April 8, 2012 by
Back in early March, it became clear that content from Fox and Universal Studios would be held back from being available in the all-encompassing iCloud, presumably due to the HBO release window stranglehold impacting both libraries. Today, however, the tides of change are having an impact of their own. Mac Rumors is reporting that Universal titles … [Read more...]
