Posts with tag michael eisner
Cuban to Interview Eisner at SXSW
Filed under: Independent », SXSW », Festival Reports », Cinematical Indie »
SXSW is coming up soon, and they have a great series of "Conversation" sessions lined up, including media mogul/billionaire Mark Cuban interviewing Disney mogul Michael Eisner on Tuesday, March 11. Cool! Also lined up for Conversations: uber-film journalist Elvis Mitchell will moderate the "Conversation with Billy Bob Thornton" (that one should be interesting) and for all you music fans, BMI's Doreen Ringer-Ross will moderate the "Conversation with Moby," both of these will also be March 11. A couple days earlier, on March 9, they'll have Ain't It Cool News Head Honcho Harry Knowles moderating the "Conversation with Harlan Ellison," and AP reporter Christy Lemire moderating the "Conversation with Helen Hunt." That's a whole lot of "conversation-ing" -- if you're heading down to SXSW, you'll want to make sure to get filled up on some yummy Austin BBQ to sustain yourself. Kudos to the SXSW staff for lining up a great fest this year.
SXSW Lineup Includes 'Harold and Kumar' Sequel
Filed under: Comedy », Documentary », Independent », SXSW », Cinematical Indie »
A couple of weeks ago, SXSW released info on a handful of films that would be screening at the film festival this March, including the opening-night film, 21. Today, the Austin-based festival let a few more titles slip, including one well-known comedy: Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. That might not sound like your typical festival fare, but it'll provide a nice balance with documentaries and low-budget indie dramas. Although the full SXSW lineup won't be released until Feb. 5, the fest also released details on five other movies that will be screened: Battle in Seattle, a feature about the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle that is actor Stuart Townsend's directorial debut; Mister Lonely, Harmony Korine's movie about a Michael Jackson look-alike meeting a Marilyn Monroe look-alike; The Promotion, a comedy about rival supermarket managers that stars John C. Reilly and Seann William Scott; Crawford, a documentary about how the Texas town has been affected by George W. Bush's home there; and a live-action/animation feature called The Toe Tactic.
Finally, more speakers were announced for a series of "Conversations" panels (the kind where it's generally one famous person and a moderator): Helen Hunt, Michael Eisner, and Harlan Ellison. No word yet on whether any of the Harold and Kumar filmmakers or crew will be at SXSW this March, although writer-directors Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz were at Austin Film Festival last fall to talk about their experiences writing both films.
News From ComicCon: 9/11 Coming Nearly on the Big Screen
Filed under: Drama », Deals », RumorMonger », Comic/Superhero/Geek »
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation, not surprisingly, is a 150-word representation of the 9/11 Commission Report, complete with "sans-serif captions, artist renderings, charts and sound-describing words such as 'Whooom!' and 'R-rrumble." Created by the team of Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón, "the adaptation recounts the attacks with parallel timelines of the four hijacked planes" and is written, according to its creators, with a 99% reliance on the actual 9/11 Report, made to get the Report's contents out to the great number of Americans who are unlikely to read it (and, since committee members wrote a forward endorsing to book, I think it's safe to say they accomplished their goal).The big news, however, is that Jacobson appeared on a ComicCon panel today, and told the assembled masses that, though their book doesn't even come out until next month, he and his team are moments away from signing a deal with none other than former Disney overlord Michael Eisner to bring it to the big screen. If the interpretation of always-reliable Cinematical spy Karina Longworth is correct, this will be Eisner's first independent project -- he's not starting small, is he?
Panel footage will go up at Netscape later today.
McTiernan pleads, Michael Moore screeds, Eisner dabbles in video: Fill-in-the-Blank: Wednesday, April 18th, 2006
Filed under: Documentary », Independent », Deals », Disney », Podcasts », Politics », Remakes and Sequels », Fill-In-The-Blank », Cinematical Indie »
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Superman flies to cable: Variety in 60 Seconds
Filed under: Deals », Executive shifts », Paramount », Universal », Exhibition », Home Entertainment », Comic/Superhero/Geek »
The picture isn't even done yet, but FX has
reportedly snatched broadcast rights to
Superman Returns. For 12% of the film's theatrical
gross (to be capped at about $25 million), the Fox ancillary will have first rights to air the superflick, starting in
2009.- A month after Brad Grey brought the contracts over the Steven Spielberg's Malibu home, the Paramount-Dreamworks deal is far from closed. Right now, the two companies are working on employee integration, and to that end, department heads at both studios have been asked to present lists of their employees, which are now being compared side-by-side to determine whether the current Paramount employee, or the current Dreamworks staffer is more deserving of the final position. Though the trade claims "there is no mandate to cut a certain number of staffers" ... come on, right?
- Meanwhile, deposed Disney CEO Michael Eisner has hopped over to sometime Dreamworks suitor NBC/Universal. No, he's not running the show – he's just running a talk show. CNBC will air a bimonthly interview set to be called ... wait for it ... Conversations With Michael Eisner. If one was to assume this was Eisner's way of making sure his rolodex stays up to date, one wouldn't necessarily be wrong. As he tells Variety: "It will keep me on top of my game in the areas outside the show, because I will be talking to people in industries I am interested in." Bets on how long this venture will last before Eisner talks his way into a new exec role can be sent to karina@cinematical.com.
Disney and Pixar sitting in a tree
Filed under: Animation », Deals », Disney », Distribution », Family Films », DIY/Filmmaking », Newsstand »
According to an article in The Washington Post (via Variety), Disney and Pixar are reuniting...and it feels so good.
The two are very close to announcing a new distribution pact that will provide further shelter for Pixar within the
house that mouse built. Specifics of the deal have not been discussed publicly (think along the lines of Disney
retaining distribution rights on all Pixar films, including sequels)and executives on both sides are remaining quiet,
possibly until after the holidays.
Word on the street is that one of the reasons why Pixar has had a change of heart is because their executives have been given unprecedented access to "Circle 7;" a secret Disney division formed under Michael Eisner. This super top secret division is said to be specifically in charge of producing Pixar sequels of mass destruction. Now, if that's not supposed to freak you out, I don't know what is.
Currently, production has already started on Toy Story 3, and there will soon be an announcement regarding another sequel which will be chosen amongst several scripts. So far it seems the frontrunners include Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc.
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