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Category Archives: Film marketing and distribution

The 15 Films That Buyers Want At Cannes

May 9, 2008 – 4:00 pm

Two films that came together under the shadow of Heath Ledger’s death are expected to be big with buyers. Also: details about Terrence Malick’s TREE OF LIFE! Sort of!

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Film festivals, cannes 2008 | Comments (1)

Dark Knight and Iron Man Win Golden Trailer Awards

May 9, 2008 – 3:30 pm

Behold the best in movie marketing over the past year.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Awards | Comments (1)

Tracey Fragments and the Ellen Page Conundrum

May 7, 2008 – 2:55 pm

Why having Juno in your movie can be a double-edged sword.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Community, Uncategorized | Comments (4)

Stride Gum is Anti-Uwe Boll

May 7, 2008 – 2:00 pm

Is it really support for the gaming company or is it just a marketing stunt?

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Lloyd Kaufman Fights Paltry Promo With Poultry

May 7, 2008 – 10:45 am

The Troma chief’s latest stunt: protesting Tribeca.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Indies | Comments (0)

Cinema Still Loves Nazis

May 7, 2008 – 9:03 am

The latest product of cinematic Naziphilia is about a secret Nazi colony on the Moon. And you can be a part of the $5 million production.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Classics, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Technology & Web, sci-fi | Comments (0)

The Spirit Rises: Trade Roughage 05/07/08

May 7, 2008 – 8:02 am

Lionsgate has moved up the release of Frank Miller’s The Spirit, from January 2009 to Christmas Day. It’s a huge, and not entirely explicable, show of confidence for the comic book movie, which will now compete against family holiday films and Oscar bait instead of having a January graveyard weekend to itself.
Ellen Page will prove [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Film festivals, Hollywood | Comments (0)

Speed Racer’s Suggestion: BlogNosh 05/06/08

May 6, 2008 – 4:06 pm

At the Risky Biz blog, Steven Zeitchik accuses the Wachowskis of “insidious” product placement in Speed Racer, altering the design of Speed’s helmet and the Mach 5 to subliminally invoke corporate partner McDonalds. “It may not be brand placement. It’s something much newer and trickier: brand suggestion.”
FILMMAKER Magazine’s website has published the essay by David [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Community | Comments (1)

Vacation the Indiana Jones Way

May 5, 2008 – 4:01 pm

Grab your hat and whip and visit the spots where Indiana Jones had his adventures. Just don’t touch anything.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Classics | Comments (0)

The Truth About Brawndo

May 5, 2008 – 9:45 am

Late last year, we had a lot of questions about Brawndo, the fake sports drink from Mike Judge’s Idiocracy, made real by a company called Omni Consumer Products. Among those questions: Why would FOX throw their support behind the drinkable spinoff of a film they were barely willing to release? Is Omni Consumer Products, the [...]

By Karina Longworth | Comments (3)