Trade Roughage 12/13/07

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Two Paramount subdivisions are collaborating to produce Jackass 2.5, an almost-feature length, direct-to-internet sequel to last year’s massively successful Jackass: Number 2. The film will premiere at blockbuster.jackassworld.com, where it will be viewable for free (The Hollywood Reporter story doesn’t specify if it’ll be downloadable or streaming) for two weeks, at which point it will hop to other online and DVD venues, totally skipping theatrical release in favor of “light-speed reinvention of the customary distribution-window chain.”
Today’s dirty secret: I’m writing this post 16 hours before it will be published, and as of this second, the trades haven’t picked up this story yet. So I’ll just link to Matt Dentler: Luke Wilson, Richard Linklater and Zadi Diaz will judge web series for the Greenlight Awards, to be handed out in March at SXSW.
Pedro Almodovar’s next project: a film noir starring––wait for it––Penelope Cruz. Yaaawwwn.
Steven Spielberg has issued a statement saying he’s not leaving Dreamworks. What if I issued a statement every time I decided not to leave my house? Actually, that’s basically what blogging is, right?

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