How Netflix “Belt-Tightening” Hurts Indies: A Filmmaker’s Perspective
Isaac Pingree is an independent filmmaker whose Day of Vengeance is not available on Netflix, though not for a lack of trying. Here's his take on how it's getting tougher for independent filmmakers to get their product to market.
No Lindsay in Mean Girls 2
Cautionary tale Lindsay Lohan will not be reprising her role in the straight-to-DVD Mean Girls sequel, Mean Girls 2.
Pixar Planes Go Straight-to-DVD
Pixar, a company which has flirted (albeit involuntarily) with the direct-to-video market in the past, may be going whole hog with Planes, a spin-off from Cars.
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How Netflix “Belt-Tightening” Hurts Indies: A Filmmaker’s PerspectiveIsaac Pingree is an independent filmmaker whose Day of Vengeance is not available...
No Lindsay in Mean Girls 2Cautionary tale Lindsay Lohan will not be reprising her role in the straight-to-DVD...
Pixar Planes Go Straight-to-DVDPixar, a company which has flirted (albeit involuntarily) with the direct-to-video...
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Straight-to-DVD Has Been Good to FiddyShadow and Act has an article on 50 Cent’s straight-to-DVD career, focused on an interview he gave with 95.7 Beat in Tampa Bay (embedded at the end of the article). Fiddy explains how profitable the direct-to-video market has been for his mostly self-financed projects, in spite of the stigma against straight-to-DVD movies. His latest, Caught... [Read more]
The Devil Within Interview: Bill Oberst Jr.Eye on Entertainment has an interview with perennial creepo Bill Oberst Jr., who plays a killer in the recently released horror flick The Devil Within. They actually get to him playing Jesus and JFK before they get into him killing prostitutes, but when interviewer Dawna Lee Heising asks him to bring the creepy, he really does. Interview begins after... [Read more]
Behind the Scenes of Circle of PainMovieSet has some behind the scenes footage of MMA flick Circle of Pain, which just came out on Blu-ray/DVD. The film stars Tony Schiena as a retired MMA fighter dealing with the trauma of an in-ring accident who gets lured back into the sport by a crooked promoter. The cast includes Dean Cain, Bai Ling, and a host of MMA celebrities including... [Read more]
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