Maker Studios was purchased by The Walt Disney Company for $500 million, and this blogger did say that, even with all of the criticism this space has leveled at it, that event was a huge…
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’: Cleveland Premiere — where, when and …The Plain Dealer (blog)“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” starring Chris Evans, will have its Greater Cleveland premiere at Cinemark Valley View at 6 p.m….
New York TimesAndrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday announced that Walt Disney and Marvel Studios would spend some $200 million filming four live-action television series in New York City. At least 60 episodes of the new…
Los Angeles TimesMichael Rooker and Zoe Saldana onstage during Marvel Studios’ “Guardians of the Galaxy” presentation at Comic–Con International 2013. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images).25 ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Still Photos With AnalysisScreen RantWATCH: Marvel’s…
VentureBeatGamers only spent $664 million on physical games at brick-and-mortar stores, which is down 21 percent from $835 million in 2013, according to industry research firm The NPD Group’s monthly report. But the comparison isn’t…
Just JaredZoey Deutch keeps it sexy in white while attending the Cushnie Et Ochs Fashion Show during MADE Fashion Week Fall 2014 at Milk Studios on Friday (February 7) in New York City. The 19-year-old…
DailyTechOn Monday Microsoft Studios, the game development arm of Microsoft, announced a major score, acquiring the rights to the popular Gears of War franchise from Epic Games, Inc. Selling over 22 million units worldwide and…
Pinewood Studios Atlanta Fayetteville, Georgia – the near-300-acre movie studio complex slated to open this month as production of MARVEL’s Ant-Man with Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd gets underway – has already got off on…
Comic Book MovieCommenting on director Edgar Wright, his script and appearing in sequels, Michael Douglas explains why he agreed to play Hank Pym in Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man adaptation. Check it out after the jump! Follow…
USA TODAYFresh off a Golden Globes win, Michael Douglas is joining the superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios announced Monday that Douglas has been cast as Hank Pym and will join star Paul…
Loki crashes Comic–Con, ‘Avengers’ sequel teasedWKYC-TVActor Tom Hiddleston speaks onstage at Marvel Studios ‘Thor: The Dark World’ and ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ during Comic–Con International 2013 at San Diego Convention Center on July 20,…
MARVEL’s Ant-Man, is the “tentpole” movie reportedly headed to Pinewood Studios Atlanta, Fayetteville, GA. This blogger has made a series of videos chronicling the construction of what will be the largest studio in the state,…
USA TODAYVin Diesel is making like a tree and leaving for the stars. The buff stalwart of the Fast & Furious movies will flex his vocal muscles as the tree-like cosmic hero Groot in Guardians…
Pinewood Studios Atlanta, Fayetteville, GA has reached several major construction milestones on its way to an anticipated January 2014 opening. The sprawling entertainment production complex, the latest in a group of new buildings the UK-based…
Los Angeles TimesUniversal Studios has released a tribute video for Paul Walker, the “Fast & Furious” star who died in a fiery car crash last weekend, stunning fans and car enthusiasts. The video features scenes…
USA TODAY“The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room,” says Vin Diesel, holding a beer and pointing it to his Fast & Furious co-stars. Universal Studios has releasedA Tribute…
The Flash, the famous crimson speedster of DC Comics fame is coming back in his own new series in 2014 on the CW, and starring former Glee actor Grant Gustin as Barry Allen. If you…
Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo presented by POW! Entertainment, and co-owned by the largest producer of trade shows and events in the nation, Advanstar Communications, Inc., returns to Los Angeles this weekend. Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo…
On Thursday, I paid a second visit to the site of what will be the first US home of Pinewood Studios, and located in Fayetteville, Georgia, about 50 miles outside of Atlanta. The objective was…
Blip.tv, er Blip Networks is, as of this writing, apparently rudderless and without a CEO. It was acquired by Maker Studios in early August of this year, and as of this writing, sacked Day during…
Blip.tv, er Blip Networks, Sacks CEO Kelly Day: Shortest Exec Career Since John Paul I Blip.tv, the video sharing site that was created by a team lead by Mike Hudack and Dina Kaplan, is dead….
Pinewood Studios Atlanta Fayetteville GA Construction Update As reported here, Pinewood Studios Atlanta is being built in Fayetteville, Georgia. Now, to add to that news, here’s a video from the construction site itself: Pinewood Studios…
Pinewood Studios, the UK-based home of the James Bond movie series, which is the longest running in film history, is poised to move production of its latest entry, tentatively called “Bond 24,” out of Britain,…
Pew Die Pie. I’ve never heard of the channel until I got this press release from Maker Studios: SUPERSTAR YOUTUBE creator PEWDIEPIE NOW THE #1 MOST SUBSCRIBED CHANNEL IN THE WORLD Content Creator Attracts More…
YouTube launched a concept called “YouTube Geek Week” on August 4th (my birthday) and running though August 10th. During YouTube Geek Week more than 100 of the top YouTube channels will show new videos and…
Here’s why I will not join a YouTube Network for now: the one’s who’ve contact me, and it’s happened four times now, all have business models that involve me signing over my Google AdSense money…
MARVEL Entertainment was kind enough to send along photos from its panel on Friday night at Comic Con, and featuring Louis D’Esposito, Director & Marvel Studios Co-President, the actress Hayley Atwell, who played “Peggy Carter”…
The Comic Con party list for Friday, July 19th (and produced by Karen Thomas of Thomas PR), is quite long. So with out any further ado… 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Star Wars/Petco Yappy Hour…
America’s Cup stiffs San Francisco Workers? Read on. America’s Cup, SF. If you’re as excited about the event being here in San Francisco and the SF Bay Area as I am, then you expect the…
Stickam Livestream will go out of business on February 28th. That’s the sad but not surprising news from an email just received 10 minutes ago. This blogger joined Stickam in 2005, and placed its livestream…
Maker Studios and Awesomeness TV are two of a very small, but growing, group of YouTube Partners that are securing millions in venture funding for their video production efforts. According to CrunchBase, Maker Studios has…
It was 2007 and I was invited to a party for Reddit, thanks to Cathy Brooks, currently of Other Than That Studios, and then working with Loc Lemur on the Le Web series in Paris….
Tim Burton, the famous and famed producer and director of iconic movies like Batman, is coming to Comic Con 2012 to present his upcoming 3D black-and-white stop motion-animated science fiction movie Frankenweenie, and what Disney…
Iron Man / Tony Stark returns to Comic Con for 2012 with a special panel introducing Iron Man 3. The panel will assemble in the famous Hall H on Saturday, July 14 from 6:00pm to…
AMPAS, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has finally hired a replacement for the last communications director, Leslie Unger, who was released last fall in what Deadline’s Nikky Finke called “housecleaning,” and didn’t…
The Avengers Movie (presented by Marvel Studios with Paramount Pictures, produced by Kevin Feige and directed by Joss Whedon from a story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon with the script written by Joss Whedon)…
The Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax several Halloweens ago brought in a projectionist to run a hand cranked projector to show “A Trip to the Moon” and “Nosferatu”. Bob Mitchell the last surviving accompanist from…
Robert Scoble has enjoyed the unique status of celebrity tech blogger, arguably the first of his kind. That status was obvious at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, as Mr. Scoble arrived to a rock-star welcome…
“Academy News, Oprah Award, Heather Locklear, Nicole Kidman’s Legs,” may seem like a weird mix, but it’s all Hollywood and AMPAS. After a bit of a self-imposed break, this blogger’s back to posting news on…
