Toronto – Canadian independent producer Multiple Media Entertainment is working with Bedlam Productions, a partner on the Oscar-winning The King’s Speech, to develop a mini series entitled Magna Carta. The scripted Canada-u.K. co-production, likely to be a series of 10 one-hour episodes, has Canadian writer Donald Martin on board to write a script. The project, to be shot in the U.K. and post-produced in Canada, will tie in with the 800th anniversary of King John sealing a charter that is regarded as the foundation of British law in 1215. Michael Taylor, Drew Craig,
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- 8/27/2012
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto-based Multiple Media Entertainment (Mme) and Vancouver-based Pacific Northwest Pictures (Pnp) announced today a new film acquisition and distribution company, Cross Country Entertainment (Cce), which will have offices in both Toronto and Vancouver. Cce will acquire all rights for filmed entertainment, including theatrical, digital, television and ancillary rights, and will release the pictures under its distribution sector, Cross Country Releasing (Ccr). Cce's co-presidents are Michael Taylor, CEO of Mme, and ...
- 6/7/2011
- Indiewire
Starz Animation Toronto, Multiple Media Entertainment (Mme), and Gigapix Studios are set to begin production on the stereoscopic CG animated feature film, with the working title OZ3D, a humorous and contemporary adaptation of the L. Frank Baum classic book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.The film is budgeted at $20 million with Michael Taylor and Drew Craig of Mme executive producing. The deal was brokered by Starz Animation Evp Jeff Young. The script was penned by Connor Pritchard (co-creator of the new Comedy Central series Workaholics).Taylor said, "Coming ...
- 4/7/2011
- BusinessofCinema
Coming off the success of the recent Indie Soap Awards and a successful winter full of fabulous new episodes, the web series community is excited about what's next. We Love Soaps TV is happy to offer our Indie Soap Spring Preview Guide with the latest news and happenings from returning shows to crossovers and spin-offs. Check it out below.
Season Premieres
Then We Got Help!
Season Two Premiere Date: March 18
Creator and star Julie Ann Emery offers a preview of the new season: "The thing I think I'm most proud of is Season Two is fully fan funded. We did a crowd funding campaign and we surpassed our maximum budget asked for. We may not have the biggest audience on the web, but our fans are Fierce!
"We used that money to improve our sound, get all our actors back, and add an impressive list of guest stars including Sam McMurray (Rasing Arizona,...
Season Premieres
Then We Got Help!
Season Two Premiere Date: March 18
Creator and star Julie Ann Emery offers a preview of the new season: "The thing I think I'm most proud of is Season Two is fully fan funded. We did a crowd funding campaign and we surpassed our maximum budget asked for. We may not have the biggest audience on the web, but our fans are Fierce!
"We used that money to improve our sound, get all our actors back, and add an impressive list of guest stars including Sam McMurray (Rasing Arizona,...
- 3/11/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
It's common knowledge that MTV rarely promotes music videos anymore. But on Sunday night, nearly 30 years after the network's inception, it aired the 2010 Video Music Awards. What's the point?
A delivery mechanism for promoting soon-to-be released movies appealing to the network's teen demographic.
Two years after MTV said a much-publicized fond farewell to "Total Request Live," the last of its music video-related programming, the VMAs (this year hosted by late-night comic Chelsea Handler) still attracts a massive audience for its annual tradition of outlandish performances and movie-star guest list.
The 2009 show saw a 17% ratings boost compared with the previous year, with more than 26 million viewers tuning in and watching Kanye West paralyze audiences with an impromptu interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech -- and Gerard Butler handing out a Moonman while promoting his then-upcoming film "Law Abiding Citizen."
With the fall movie season kicking off after Labor Day, the...
A delivery mechanism for promoting soon-to-be released movies appealing to the network's teen demographic.
Two years after MTV said a much-publicized fond farewell to "Total Request Live," the last of its music video-related programming, the VMAs (this year hosted by late-night comic Chelsea Handler) still attracts a massive audience for its annual tradition of outlandish performances and movie-star guest list.
The 2009 show saw a 17% ratings boost compared with the previous year, with more than 26 million viewers tuning in and watching Kanye West paralyze audiences with an impromptu interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech -- and Gerard Butler handing out a Moonman while promoting his then-upcoming film "Law Abiding Citizen."
With the fall movie season kicking off after Labor Day, the...
- 9/13/2010
- by By Leslie Bruce
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yesterday we told you that the first season of the classic “Trek” has arrived on Blu-ray, and now we’re back to report that all six of the “first generation” films have also made their way to HD. Remastered in high-def and sporting new audio tracks, the collection presents the “Star Trek” films as they have never been seen before.
Two different packages have been assembled, one collecting all six films and another collecting the first three. Each of the films carries over the special features from previous releases, but more importantly delivers nearly three hours of brand new bonus content specially recorded in high-def (and 14 hours total including the standard-def extra).
Check out the full specs after the jump.
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture: new audio commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman, 3 HD featurettes (The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture, Special Star Trek...
Two different packages have been assembled, one collecting all six films and another collecting the first three. Each of the films carries over the special features from previous releases, but more importantly delivers nearly three hours of brand new bonus content specially recorded in high-def (and 14 hours total including the standard-def extra).
Check out the full specs after the jump.
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture: new audio commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman, 3 HD featurettes (The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture, Special Star Trek...
- 5/27/2009
- by Brian Jacks
- MTV Movies Blog
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