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Asteroids Movie Is About Relationships; Also, Blowing Up Crap
8:45AM Owen Good | The Asteroids movie will deliver a “really strong, deep mythology,” for “this big thing in space,” says the guy blamed credited as the film’s producer. More »
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12:00PM Michael McWhertor | Universal and 2K Games’ big budget, big screen adaptation of BioShock may have gotten a little too big for its budget, as the film is now in a holding pattern as cost concessions are made. More »
Universal Puts BioShock Movie On Hold On Budget Concerns
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | Universal and 2K Games’ big budget, big screen adaptation of BioShock may have gotten a little too big for its budget, as the film is now in a holding pattern as cost concessions are made. More »
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Activision Get Heavy With Record Labels
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | More from Activision boss Bobby Kotick’s address at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference: Activision are waking up to just how much money artists can make by appearing on Guitar Hero (HINT: it’s a lot). So, they figure, if artists are making money off Guitar Hero, then Activision can start making money off those artists. And their labels. More »
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Universal No Longer HD-DVD Exclusive Bound
6:29PM Michael McWhertor | Is this the final death blow for HD-DVD? Variety is reporting that Universal Studios will follow Warner Bros., New Line and possibly Paramount toward the cooling blue light of Blu-ray allegiance, as the studio’s commitment to supporting HD-DVD exclusively has ended. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Universal is abandoning the HD-DVD format as Warner plans to, however, as Variety writes that the company still has plans to support the Toshiba backed hi-def discs. Though HD-DVD backers may still limp along in their support or fanboyism of a movie format, this “war” couldn’t look any more like one camp has won at this point. It’s all over but the crying, blanket clutching and Michael Bay gloating, it seems. Blu-ray could win high-def battle [Variety] More »
