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Warner Bros. Shuts Down Picturehouse and WIP

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2008-05-08 10:23:20 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...specialty business and has no time for it, basically. The Draconian studio is shutting down not one specialty arm but two, both Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse, with the notion that New Line Cinema can handle whatever specialty needs the studio has. New Line chief Toby Emmerich will be given something to do going forward. More...
 
Tags: warner independent pictures, pictures, warner independent, warner bros, independent, specialty world, world, picturehouse, specialty
 
 
 
 
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Paramount Vantage Fallout

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2008-06-04 18:52:01 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...specialty film label. After a day of follow-up calls, here's the real dope TRUE: There were three key lay-offs: distribution chief Rob Schulze, physical production head Mark Bakshi, and marketing co-prexy Guy Endore-Kaiser TRUE: More lay-offs will follow, but no one is sure who they will be. Paramount Vantage prexy Nick Meyer is trying to...
 
Tags: paramount, paramount vantage, paramount pictures international, vantage, paramount classics, paramount vantage films, films, director michael moore, moore
 
 
 
 
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Warner Brothers Closes Picturehouse and Independent

2008-05-08 22:18:00 by Moviezzz in The Moviezzz Blog
 
...specialty division anyway? Why couldn't Warner release them?). However, THE KING OF KONG had great reviews, but a terrible release. I didnt see it until DVD and it had plenty of media attention. SILK never got a release here either Maybe if Warner consolidated everything, they would get a better release and more attention paid to them. The...
 
Tags: warner, warner independent, warner independent pictures, warner brothers, specialty release company, company, warner release, release, john waters films
 
 
 
 
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Can the Internet Save Indie Film?

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2008-06-25 18:28:15 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...specialty houses from the major studios stalked the earth, reaching into deep pockets to acquire the rights to distribute the buzziest films at the coolest festivals -- notably Sundance Lately, however, the indie situation is so dire that industry savant Mark Gill bemoaned its fate in a keynote address at the current Los Angeles Film Festival...
 
Tags: film, online film consumption, film department, sundance film festival, indie film business, films, quality indie films, film business, matt dentler
 
 
 
 
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How Does The Math Work?

2008-01-03 20:04:54 by poland in The Hot Blog
 
...specialty arms, total box office receipts for 2007 were down 4% from 2006, according to Rentrak The top 15 specialty unit and indie distribs -- including MGM and the Weinstein Co. -- posted domestic box office receipts of $1.03 billion, down slightly from the $1.04 billion collected in 2006 Isn't the difference between 1.04 billion and $1.03...
 
Tags: million max, million, variety, variety reports, dependents, billion, studio dependents, film grosses, mgm
 
 
 
 
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Post-Sundance Indie-Glut Theory

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2008-01-28 17:57:06 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...specialty divisions and their functional equivalents. They have done pretty well for the most part, it turns out, driven in most cases by experienced hands, sophisticated in co-production, and with enough checks and balances to keep themselves on track, yet with enough independence to take some chances (with distribution assured) and deep...
 
Tags: indie passion films, films, studio specialty divisions, specialty divisions, surprise success, passion, sundance acquisition titles, acquisition, success
 
 
 
 
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End of an Era: Shaye and Lynne Ankle New Line

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2008-02-28 14:11:58 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...specialty marketplace--just how competent and respected inside the biz Picturehouse prexy Bob Berney is Fact is, Warners prexy Jeff Robinov let Mark Gill leave WIP, even after he was making a success of it, because he couldn't control Gill and was unwilling to give him the autonomy he needed. Gill wasn't playing corporate ball at the time....
 
Tags: line, release, release time warner, time warner, michael lynne, co-chairman michael lynne, innovation, line represents innovation, entertainment businesses
 
 
 
 
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The Perfect Storm That Sank Shaye and Lynne At New Line

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2008-02-29 23:10:27 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...specialty divisions in order In the last category, Shaye and Lynne's long unwillingness to cede control to the company that linked with them in 1996 by acquiring the studio's then-parent Turner Broadcasting System, mixed with such untoward events as another perfect storm around the company's one huge success, Lord of the Rings (New Line was...
 
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The Perfect Storm That Sank Shaye and Lynne At New Line

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2008-02-29 23:10:27 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...specialty divisions in order In the last category, Shaye and Lynne's long unwillingness to cede control to the company that linked with them in 1996 by acquiring the studio's then-parent Turner Broadcasting System, mixed with such untoward events as another perfect storm around the company's one huge success, Lord of the Rings (New Line was...
 
Tags: daddy warner bros, warner bros, warner, line, shaye, lynne, perfect storm, bob shaye, studio