Electronics firms team on patents
Sony, Matsushita and other electronics firms will launch a company to jointly manage patents for digital broadcasting equipment, according to Japanese press reports.
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‘Mayfly’ abuzz with Par, Nick
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have picked up the kidpic pitch "Mayfly" from writing team Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick. Story concerns a mayfly who accidentally oversleeps and, with the…
Inside Move: Time limit for ‘Massacre’
If you want to watch the trailer for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," you'd better stay up late. Responding to Motion Picture Assn. of America concerns about its graphic violence, New Line…
Toon deal begins ‘Happily’
Indie distrib Lionsgate has grabbed domestic and Canadian rights to the CG-animated family pic "Happily N'Ever After," from helmer Paul J. Bolger.
Pixar in driver’s seat
"Cars" easily took the box office trophy this weekend, but the toon got off to a slower start than recent Pixar predecessors.
Ball’s in the ‘Net
This year, soccer fans in Brazil, the current cup holder, will be able to watch the games on the Internet for the first time, as well as the usual terrestrial and pay TV platforms.
Review: ‘Napoleon Dynamite: Like, The Best Special Edition Ever!’
At its heart, the movie tells the familiar tale of a loser who beats the bullies at the end, but the real fable is how helmer Jared Hess managed to turn this downbeat, drier-than-dirt film into a…
Review: ‘The Da Vinci Code’
It was all but inevitable that "The Da Vinci Code" would wind up as a videogame. Whether the material is transposable to the format or not, studios are eager to have a videogame version piggyback on…
Review: ‘X-Men: The Official Game’
Positioned as part of a new breed of movie-based vidgames that complement their bigscreen counterparts, Activision's "X-Men" aims to fill in story gaps between "X2" and "X-Men: The Last Stand." But…
Review: ‘The Searchers: Ultimate Collector’s Edition’
The gorgeous vistas and wide-open spaces of Monument Valley have never stood in greater contrast to John Ford's dark story of a Confederate veteran on a quest to find his niece, kidnapped by…
CD swap site sings biz’s tune
Will people pay for music if they know the money's going to artists and not "greedy" record labels? That's the hope of digital music start-up Lala.com, which is entering a crowded market with a…
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