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Disney's 'The BFG' Had A Disappointing Opening Weekend
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 6:48am | 384Read More...Investors would usually see the combination of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) and Steven Spielberg and expect success, but that wasn't the case with "The BFG." The kid-friendly film based on the well-known Roald Dahl book had been tracking low and those forecasts proved to be accurate...
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What Warner Bros. Shifting 'Ready Player One' Means For Investors
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 2:11pm | 495Read More..."Ready Player One," Warner Bros. (operated by Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX))'s highly anticipated 2017 release from director Steven Spielberg will have to wait a little longer at the starting block. The drama about a virtual world where humans prefer to live in over reality was slated to be the...
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Disney's 'Star Wars' Shift Could Impact Fox And Time Warner's 2017 Tentpoles
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 2:33pm | 581Read More...While the success of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," was expected, the sheer speed in which the movie burned through the record books is still stunning to behold. As a result, it shouldn't be a shock that Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) is priming the pump for an encore. Disney's...
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Microsoft's First Xbox TV Series Slated For 1H 2014
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 4:11pm | 1028Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to launch its first Xbox TV shows during the first half of 2014. According to Variety, Entertainment and Digital Media President Nancy Tellem said that she hopes the company can "put something up" in the first or second quarter. Speaking at Variety's Dealmakers...
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New 3-D Films Planned Despite Eroding Public Interest
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 2:16pm | 557Read More...Despite the fact that the number of screens showing 3-D films increased to nearly 15,000 in 2012, moviegoers are showing less interest in the three-dimensional format. According to The New York Times, this summer’s 3-D offerings like Turbo, produced by DreamWorks (NASDAQ: DWA) and distributed...
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Could Movie Tickets Rise to $150?
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 11:48am | 767Read More...Famed movie directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg painted a bleak picture of the film industry this week when they announced that movie studios will implode and ticket prices will rise to $150. "What you're going to end up with is fewer theaters," said Lucas, as quoted by The Verge. "...
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Robot Drivers Unite! Google Car Crashes, Human to Blame
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 4:13pm | 259Read More...Pesky human drivers are getting in the way of Steven Spielberg's Minority Report dream. Or maybe, just maybe, they will help it become a reality. Business Insider reports that Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) self-driving cars have gotten into their first accident and a human is to blame. "Safety is our...
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Lifestyles Of The Rich & The Famous
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 11:21am | 709Read More..."Lifestyles of the rich and famous, They're always complainin', Always complainin'" -Good Charlotte Sure having more money means more problems, but it does help make life a little easier if you have some money. In an article from Bloomberg, where the rich and famous live, the Hamptons, is...
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Will Super 8 Be "Super" at the Box Office?
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 2:23pm | 700Read More...The long-awaited JJ Abrams epic* finally hits theaters today. With teaser trailers running since early last year and numerous full-length trailers and TV spots airing for the past six months, Super 8 is one of the most hyped films of the summer movie season. But it is the writer and director (JJ...
