Tag archive: 20th century fox

Owned by Best Buy, CinemaNow is in the process of upgrading its movie library to 1080p quality and has already updated several hundred titles. However, not all users will be able to take advantage of the new streaming quality. Based on a new partnership with Intel, only users running on a second generation Core i3, i5, or i7 processor will be able to access the high definition stream. Owners of computers with the first generation processor or… Read More

Comcast Corp. and Universal Pictures are launching a test program that will provide Comcast subscribers access to films that are still in theaters. Film rentals will be priced at $59.99 and rolled out in both Atlanta, Georgia as well as Portland, Oregon to start. The program is ideally geared towards families that easily end up spending between $40 to $60 for movie tickets when visiting the theater as well as money on concessions. Comcast will… Read More

In 2009, Hotfile provided Warner Brothers with a tool that allowed the studio to expedite the Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown procedure by allowing removal of any offending file immediately. Rather than hire a team of people to police video uploaded to Hotfile, Warner Brothers used automated crawlers to submit takedown notices based off keywords. For instance, if the program was searching for “Sherlock Holmes” to remove… Read More

Science enthusiasts, rejoice! Carl Sagan's classic television series Cosmos, considered by many to be one of the greatest science series of all-time, is returning to television, reports Deadline. The Cosmos refresh, officially titled Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, is being produced by self-professed nerd Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy. And the 13-episode series will be written by Ann Druyam, Carl Sagan's widow and a… Read More

Movie theater owners were given a shock a couple weeks ago when it was reported that Universal, Warner Bros., Sony and 20th Century Fox had joined forces in an initiative to offer premium pricing — $30 per rental — for Video On Demand access to new movies after their theatrical releases and before their arrival on home video. The National Association of Theater Owners responded quickly with a statement expressing its discontent over… Read More

If you think paying $8-per-month for a streaming-only Netflix subscription isn't worth the money, then you're going to hate this new plan by some of Hollywood's largest studios. According to Variety, Warner Bros, Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox have all signed on to to launch a “premium” video on-demand” service that would offer up movies just after their run in theaters, but before they've made it… Read More

It is a sad day for comic book fans. Of all the upcoming superhero-inspired films coming soon—and there are many—few piqued the interest of fans more than the possibility of Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream) directing The Wolverine, the sequel to 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The story was said to be based on Frank Miller’s Wolverine mini-series, which was a fairly dark look at the mutant superhero that redefined the… Read More

It was probably just a matter of time. The original Daredevil film starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Gardner, and directed by Mark Steven Johnson is now a whole EIGHT years old after all, so the franchise was do a reboot. The website Commingsoon.net is reporting that 20th Century Fox has begun negotiating with David Slade (Twilight: Eclipse, 30 Days of Night) to reboot the franchise. It will not be connected to the previous film or its spin-off… Read More

Rovio is nothing if not creative. The developer behind Angry Birds, the 75+ million selling iPhone and Android game, has signed on to create a new version of its flagship series co-branded with Rio, an upcoming animated bird movie from 20th Century Fox. Now, we've learned that the movie will have a 30-second commercial in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl featuring an embedded code gamers can enter to unlock a secret level in the… Read More

Although James Cameron may be the “king of the world”, he seems to be learning from the master of merchandising, George Lucas, when it comes to the distribution of his properties. Fans of the film Avatar, of which there are legion, have steadily been handing over cash as the film was released in theaters, re-released (twice), released on DVD and blu-ray in 2D, and then released as a three-disc special edition last month. But somewhat ironically… Read More

New sales reporting figures from Nielsen VideoScan are sure to trigger a new round of propaganda in the high-definition DVD format war. According to Nielsen, Blu-ray movie sales have taken 60 percent of the high-def market since the first week of January 2007;, and for the week ending February 18 Blu-ray sales accounted for 65 percent of the market, with HD DVD garnering 35 percent of sales. Earlier figures from VideoScan showed HD DVD… Read More

Multiverse Network, Inc., announced today that it has executed an option with 20th Century Fox to develop a massively multiplayer online game based on the defunct sci-fi television series Firefly. Multiverse plans to hire an independent production team to develop the project, and plans to make it available through the Multiverse Network sometime in 2008. Firefly was a short-lived "space western" Fox television show developed by… Read More

File-sharing bad-boy BitTorrent has announced a series of new content licensing agreements which will increase the number of television and movie offerings to be available on its forthcoming video download service, due in February 2007. “We're thrilled to be partnering with world-renowned entertainment companies and TV networks,” said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder of BitTorrent. “This is a true testament to… Read More