Up until the new millennium, cinematic crossovers were largely the preserve of Abbott and Costello or Godzilla. But that all changed in 2003 with the arrival of Freddy Vs. Jason. The Nightmare on Elm Street/Friday the 13th mashup had been 16 agonizing years in the making. New Line Cinema shelled out a reported $6 million on script development alone with as many as 16 different writers taking a stab at the concept.
Despite such inauspicious beginnings, however, Freddy Vs. Jason ended up being a massive hit, raking in $116.6 million off the back of a modest $30m budget. All of a sudden, crossover movies were in vogue. The kind of pop culture hybridization once reserved for the world of comic books was becoming big business in Hollywood. Freddy Vs. Jason was soon followed by Paul W.S. Anderson’s Alien vs. Predator which also cleaned up at box office making $177.4m off an initial $60m outlay.
Despite such inauspicious beginnings, however, Freddy Vs. Jason ended up being a massive hit, raking in $116.6 million off the back of a modest $30m budget. All of a sudden, crossover movies were in vogue. The kind of pop culture hybridization once reserved for the world of comic books was becoming big business in Hollywood. Freddy Vs. Jason was soon followed by Paul W.S. Anderson’s Alien vs. Predator which also cleaned up at box office making $177.4m off an initial $60m outlay.
- 10/22/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
David Grabias' "Cinema Chimp," a portrait of Cheeta, who's starred in numerous Hollywood films, received a $25,000 grant from the Humane Society of the United States at the AFI: Discovery Channel Documentary Film Festival, which concluded Monday in Silver Spring, Md. The film was picked for showing how primates are used in the entertainment business.
The Hsus' Animal Content in Entertainment Grant is designed to encourage the inclusion of animal protection issues in short- and longform documentary filmmaking.
" 'Cinema Chimp' is the perfect example of how a documentary can bring an animal protection concern -- or any pressing social issue -- to the forefront through a compelling and engaging story line that has the potential to create a shift in public attitudes," said the Hsus' Ross Hammer.
"Cinema Chimp" was selected from five finalist projects by a panel of broadcast executives from PBS, Animal Planet, National Geographic Channel, and the Hsus.
The Hsus' Animal Content in Entertainment Grant is designed to encourage the inclusion of animal protection issues in short- and longform documentary filmmaking.
" 'Cinema Chimp' is the perfect example of how a documentary can bring an animal protection concern -- or any pressing social issue -- to the forefront through a compelling and engaging story line that has the potential to create a shift in public attitudes," said the Hsus' Ross Hammer.
"Cinema Chimp" was selected from five finalist projects by a panel of broadcast executives from PBS, Animal Planet, National Geographic Channel, and the Hsus.
- 6/22/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Humane Society of the U.S. announced at Sundance that it has upped its annual ACE/SilverDocs grant given to a feature-length documentary that raises awareness about animal issues from $10,000 to $25,000.
Part of the HSUS' Animal Content in Entertainment program run by the group's Hollywood Office, this year's grant will be announced in June at the SilverDocs: AFI Discovery Channel Documentary Festival in Silver Spring, Md.
"As the nation's largest mainstream animal-protection group, the aim of the HSUS is to go beyond our 10 million members and reach a wider audience with a project that has the potential impact of 'An Inconvenient Truth, ' " said Ross Hammer, director of the ACE program.
Last year's grant went to "The Concrete Jungle", co-directed by Don Bernier and Rachel Buchanan, which looked at wildlife in urban settings.
Part of the HSUS' Animal Content in Entertainment program run by the group's Hollywood Office, this year's grant will be announced in June at the SilverDocs: AFI Discovery Channel Documentary Festival in Silver Spring, Md.
"As the nation's largest mainstream animal-protection group, the aim of the HSUS is to go beyond our 10 million members and reach a wider audience with a project that has the potential impact of 'An Inconvenient Truth, ' " said Ross Hammer, director of the ACE program.
Last year's grant went to "The Concrete Jungle", co-directed by Don Bernier and Rachel Buchanan, which looked at wildlife in urban settings.
- 1/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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