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Twitter’s Instant Reviews Has Hollywood Worried

A little bird told us that the Hollywood studios are starting to take note of the impact instant 140-character-or-less reviews can have on the box office prospects of a newly released films. Well, actually, it’s a Washington Post articles that examines what impact if any Twitter had on the mix…

Box Office Review-Sunday 16 August “District 9 Is No. 1”

The Peter Jackson-produced scifi release “District 9” from TriStar debuted in the North American box office’s top spot this weekend, with an estimated $37 million. In its second week, Paramount’s “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra” was behind it with an estimated $22.5 million; and Warner Bros.’ “The Time…

Celluloid Junkie Set To Resume Posting

For those of you who have been following our posts here on Celluloid Junkie you no doubt have noticed that we have been quite silent of late. All it takes is a quick look at our archives to see that we didn’t post anything in the entire month of July. Even casual readers of theRead More

London Eye Sees 4D Cinema

Merlin Entertainment’s London Eye is adding 4D cinema, with a new screening venue and debut short movie. Designed to excite London Eye-riders, a short movie was written and directed by Julian Napier and stereo 3D produced by Phil Streather, CEO of 3D company Principal Large Format. The film was prod…

Prime Focus Restructures Management; Adds Rob Hummel

Industry vet Rob Hummel—who most recently served as president of digital cinema at Dalsa—has been named CEO of Hollywood-based postproduction house Post Logic Studios, a division of India’s Prime Focus. Post Logic’s Larry Birstock is vacating this position to move into an international role within t…

Box Office Review-Sunday 9 August “G.I. Joe” Opens With $56.2 Million”

Paramount’s big budget “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra” opened with an estimated $56.2 million in the North American box office this weekend, giving it the top spot. Sony’s debut “Julie and Julia” finished second with $20.1 million. Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s live action/CGI “G-Force”—a digital 3D…

Box Office Review-Sunday 28 June ‘Autobots Break Records; 3D Challenges Ahead’

Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” was the blockbuster that it was expected to be in its opening week. Meanwhile “Up” soared past “Star Trek” to become the new highest grossing film of the year—and underscores the challenges that this summer’s stereo releases face with a still limit…

Norway Set To Convert All Of Its Cinemas To Digital

Norway’s FILM & KINO has announced that it has signed virtual print fee (VPF) agreements with five out of six studios (discussions with Sony Pictures still on-going), thus paving the way to make it the first country to switch over all of its cinemas to digital in a government-led effort. A…

Euroscoop and Apollo Cinemas Set To Go Digital

If there was any debate over whether digital cinema would ever roll out in the European market one would hardly know after the past two weeks. Sure there have been lots of discussion at the European Cinema Summit and Cinema Expo about which European countries would be eligible for virtual print fees…

Palace Cinemas Selects XDC For D-Cinema Deployment

Just a few months after announcing the installation of 12 digital 3D screens, Palace Cinemas, a leading Central European exhibitor has selected XDC as the d-cinema integrator which will deploy digital cinema throughout all its 170 screens. Installations will be financed using XDC’s virtual print fee…