Industry News

Amazon announces plans to produce and release original feature films

Posted 11 years ago

Hollywood has been on the verge of an upheaval in how films are released thanks to streaming services like Netflix and Amazon. Both companies have begun to encroach on the television market, winning awards for their series like HOUSE OF...

HBO plans to introduce fully independent streaming service in 2015

Posted 11 years ago

Having pay cable used to be a very exclusive club. Those folks who had HBO or Showtime had the happening places to hang out back in the 80s and 90s. But, as technology has grown in recent years, a lot...

Jeffrey Katzenberg envisions a huge shift in how movies are released

Posted 12 years ago

The shift in how we consume film has grown and changed over the years so much that it happens very rapidly now and Hollywood can barely catch up. Going from film to digital, VHS to DVD to Blu-Ray, video stores...

Blockbuster is back…in Mexico

Posted 12 years ago

Like a bad penny, Blockbuster keeps turning up. After the emotional goodbye Americans said to the last major video store franchise, Blockbuster is thriving in a place you would least expect: Mexico. Before you scratch your head in confusion, it...

Theater owners propose new guidelines limiting the length and spoiler content of movie trailers

Posted 13 years ago

Working for this website, you get accustomed to watching tons of movie trailers. In fact, we as a society now watch more trailers than movies. When you go to the theater, you are likely going to be watching almost half...