New Media: Take Flight (recommendation)

Gary Oldman recently directed a music video that was shot with cell phone cams and the process was captured by Buffy alumn, Juliet Landau in what was her directorial debut. This ends up being a great example of how “new media” can be utilized on multiple levels.
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Geekage… X-Men Origins: Wolverine

So over the weekend a trailer for the upcoming movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine was leaked from Comic-Con and spread across the net like wildfire. It was a shakey cell phone video from a long ways back, but it was a full trailer and it was spectacular. Unfortunately, it’s also gone now.

SAG/AMPTP Update: Peter Coyote’s Letter

Peter Coyote wrote an open letter to the top tier of acting talent in SAG, bringing up an important issue with the common actor… the one who doesn’t earn enough in a year to retire on. He sent the letter to deadlinehollywooddaily.com hoping it would resonate with some of them as they have the power [...]

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (recommendation)

No, it hasn’t come out yet, no we weren’t admitted to a press screening, no we don’t have any inside information on the project, but yes… we’re recommending it.

AFTRA Ratifies Labor Agreement (SAG/AMPTP Update)

AFTRA’s members (or, at least 62.4% of them) voted to ratify the agreement between their union and the AMPTP that was struck on May 28th, putting the deal into affect starting on July 1st. Not surprisingly, SAG is sticking to its guns and calls this decision a mistake. AFTRA released a statement taking a [...]

The AMPTP Is Shadowboxing… (SAG/AMPTP Update)

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The Enemy Of My Enemy: SAG/AMPTP Update

So the deadline came and went, and SAG actors went back to work this morning. That’s a good thing, right? On the surface it certainly appears that way, and the longer a strike can be avoided, the better for all of us. But how long will things continue this way? Well, [...]

A Tale of Two Unions: SAG/AMPTP Update

Over at deadlinehollywooddaily.com they’ve been doing a three part series leading up to the June 30th expiration date of SAG’s contract with the AMPTP. It’s a great read and certainly worth checking out if you’re looking for more in depth coverage of every twist and turn. They seem to feel that this isn’t [...]

George Clooney is “The Peacemaker” (SAG/AMPTP Update)

In 1997 George Clooney teamed up with Nicole Kidman to star in the political action thriller, The Peacemaker. Almost 11 years after its release, he is reprising that role… sort of. He penned a letter yesterday that was meant to help bridge the gap between SAG and AFTRA, laying out the issues each [...]

Secrets of the Rebellion: Look what you can accomplish without any money!

Getting back to our appreciation of all things no-budget, we thought we’d point you in the direction of a massive project being developed by Xpress Entertainment.  They’re a bunch of huge Star Wars fans who simply did not want the Episode 3 to be the last Start Wars live action feature length movie they got [...]

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