Sunday, May 9, 2010

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Brand New Movies Soon To Be Available In Your Home; The Death Of Theaters Imminent?

Posted: 08 May 2010 06:10 PM PDT

If you had the option to watch the biggest and best new movies in the comfort of your own home on the day that they were released in theaters, would you take it? Even if it meant that movie theaters would suffer greatly, and maybe even disappear?

In November of 2009, the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) submitted a request to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking that it be allowed for new movies to be available in the comfort of people's homes either on the day of theatrical release or sometime soon after release so that those who can't make it out to theaters have the option to see films when they're new.

Yesterday, the MPAA announced that the FCC had indeed approved of the request, making this future movie-watching option official. This was somewhat impossible for a while, but it looks like the deciding factor is that now there is the proper "selectable output control," which allows for the highest-quality HD films to be offered securely. This should prevent would-be bootleggers from just using their own outputs to acquire the HD-quality films illegally from home.

If you had the option to watch the biggest and best new movies in the comfort of your own home on the day that they were released in theaters, would you take it? Even if it meant that movie theaters would suffer greatly, and maybe even disappear? [...]

Producer Says ‘Silent Hill 2′ Getting Set To Film This Spring

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:49 PM PDT

Don Carmody, producer behind movies like The Boondock Saints, Get Carter, Silent Hill, Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, and Resident Evil: Afterlife, recently spoke to FEARnet during a set visit in Toronto about upcoming projects, including Silent Hill 2.

While discussing Afterlife and things like why they decided to go 3D this time, a question was asked as to how faithful they remain to the original video games these days, or if they just kind of make up their own stories and characters now that they're four films into the franchise. Carmody explained that they know these movies have to appeal to faithful fans of the games and of movies in general, which is where Silent Hill 2 came up.

Carmody says:

We have always been cognizant of that -- we can't make the movies just for gamers. Of course, we always run the risk of incurring the wrath of the gamers -- who are very vocal. I did Silent Hill and we are planning a Silent Hill 2 -- we were getting hate mail for that one. [...]

Fox’s ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Prequel To Use CGI Apes

Posted: 08 May 2010 03:26 PM PDT

20th Century Fox is moving forward with their next movie in the Planet of the Apes franchise, and this time around the movie will be a prequel of sorts, telling an origin story of a race of evolved humanoid apes who rise up to fight for control of the planet.

The new film, titled Rise of the Apes, is described as being set in San Francisco where "man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy." It will be directed by Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist), with Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa (The Hand That Rocked the Cradle, The Relic) touching up the script originally penned by Scott Frank and re-penned by Jamie Moss.

Another bit of information regarding this project -- one that won't have fans very thrilled -- is that Weta Digital will apparently be crafting CGI apes for use in the film, instead of going with the traditional live-action, sit-in-a-chair-for-6-hours of makeup jobs that have been done in previous films. [...]

Deal: ‘Get Smart,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island’ & ‘The Waltons’ DVD Box Sets

Posted: 08 May 2010 08:19 AM PDT

One of my favorite TV shows ever is Get Smart, so it is with great pleasure that I report that today's Amazon Gold Box spotlight deal of the day is Get Smart - The Complete Series Gift Set for $74.99 (that's 62% off the list price price of $199.95).

Also as part of the Gold Box offer today, as part of Amazon's week of Network TV DVD deals, is Gilligan's Island: The Complete Series Collection for $43.99 (that's 62% off the list price of $114.82) and The Waltons: The Complete Seasons 1-9 for $103.99 (that's 62% off the list price of $275.98).

Note, these deals are for only for today -- Saturday, May 8, 2010 -- until midnight PST or before that while supplies last [...]

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