Significant Hurdles to More ‘Indiana Jones’

Significant Hurdles to More ‘Indiana Jones’
Entertainment Weekly

Well, it’s complicated. During a shareholders conference call on Tuesday, Disney chief Bob Iger said there were “some encumbrances” to monetizing Indiana Jones. It appears that is a bit of an understatement. EW has confirmed that Paramount Pictures, heretofore the franchise’s sole Hollywood home, retains the rights to distribute any future Indiana Jones movies, as well as all the rights (from distribution to DVD/Blu-ray) for the previous four Indy films. That alone wouldn’t prevent a fifth Indiana Jones from happening — Paramount holds similar distribution rights for several Marvel Studios…

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TNG HD Season 2 Blu-ray Details

TNG HD Season 2 Blu-ray Details
TrekMovie.com

Adding to the exclusivity and collectability of the Blu-ray release is an HD, “Extended Cut” of “The Measure of a Man,” this includes deleted scenes and different angles from the broadcast version. The original version of the episode is included, as well as a “Hybrid Extended Cut,” combining the high-definition on-air version of “The Measure of a Man” with video of the extra material taken from an early VHS rough-cut of the episode that was in the writer’s (Melinda Snodgrass) archives.

This is awesome! Despite the fact that Seasons 1 and 2 turned out some real trash, The Measure of a…

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Maximizing Its Value

Maximizing Its Value
Marco.org

Now that’s what fans want to hear: a major, well-loved, culturally significant creative work was sold to global lines of business so they can maximize its value.

Translation: they’re going to beat Star Wars to death even more than George Lucas did, extracting every possible penny out of it until there’s no more money to be made. And that’s probably a long way off.

Well that’s a depressing way to look at it. And probably the most accurate too.

And I figured we’d get the depressing stuff out of the way this morning.

 

We’re Giving Away an HD TV

We’re Giving Away an HD TV

That’s right, we’re giving it away. Not only that, but a one year subscription to Netflix comes with it. All you have to do is enter for a chance to win. So what do you have to do? Sign up for our newsletter and like us on Facebook. That’s it.

And by sharing it, you can get additional entries into the sweepstakes. For more details, visit our giveaway page.

We’re really excited for this opportunity and we hope you like it!

 

Wicked Witch of the West

Wicked Witch of the West
FilmoFilia.com

Walt Disney Pictures has debuted a new poster for Oz: The Great and Powerful, the first of three one-sheets that will combine to form a super triptych poster!

However, it isn’t clear if Theodora or Evanora turns into this green-faced character. Perhaps the next image will clear things up.

Hey, some non-Star Wars news. Here’s the poster.

 

Mark Hamill Weighs In

Mark Hamill Weighs In
Entertainment Weekly

Oh my gosh, what a shock that was! I had no idea that George was going to sell to Disney until I read it online like everybody else. He did tell us last summer about wanting to go on and do [EpisodesVII, VIII, and IX, and that [newly appointed Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy would be doing them. He seems to be in a really good place. He’s really happy. And that’s nice because I know that when we were making the movies, he was not a jolly guy on set.

Boy, there’s lots of Star Wars in the news right now. I’ll have to see if I can find some other stuff to talk about, but this is a…

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Who should and shouldn’t direct ‘Star Wars VII’

Who should and shouldn’t direct ‘Star Wars VII’

/Film has a list of ten filmmakers who should direct the new Star Wars film and five who shouldn’t:

Keep in mind that these aren’t necessarily the names we think are the most likely to get the call, or that they’d even be interested in the gig in the first place. And of course, all of this is assuming that Disney actually wants to go with a big-name filmmaker — it’s certainly possible they’ll go with someone less established or more obscure. With that said, we’re still at the point where just about anything seems possible with this project. Why not fantasize a bit?

I’m not going to…

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An Older Luke Skywalker

An Older Luke Skywalker
Indie Wire: The Playlist

However, the part that will get “Star Wars” fans excited is that Pollock says the stories feature Luke Skywalker in his 30s or 40s. “They will need an older Luke Skywalker,” he says. So, sorry, probably no Mark Hamill.

Of course, whether this is accurate or not, or if Lucas scrapped that idea and came up with something else, remains to be seen. But it’s pretty easy to see why Disney would be excited by the prospect of Luke Skywalker featuring in a brand new “Star Wars” trilogy. And all of this seems to suggest that the “original story” will indeed be a continuation of “Star Wars: Episode…

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Writers and Directors Weigh in on ‘Star Wars VII’

Writers and Directors Weigh in on ‘Star Wars VII’
Entertainment Weekly

Some of the biggest Star Wars fans in the world are the Hollywood writers, directors, and producers who bought a ticket for a Jedi movie in the 1970s and 1980s. On Tuesday, as headlines announced a new hope for a return to Star Wars glory, those Tinseltown loyalists were hit by the Force all over again.

“All I can say is my heart literally started racing when I heard,” said Damon Lindleof, screenwriter for Prometheus. George Nolfi, writer-director of The Adjustment Bureau, said the horizon will need to be bigger to handle the colossal project taking shape there. “I can’t imagine,” Nolfi…

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