Blu-ray to Make iPhone Fast & Furious

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will deliver an array of iPhone- and iPod touch-enabled features on its upcoming Blu-ray releases that can be accessed via companion applications from the App Store. Releases will also integrate with Facebook and Twitter. Coming on Apple’s App Store on July 28. The launch will coincide with the 2-Disc Special Edition [...]

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First: Night at the Museum

While it was largely expected that Christian Bale-led Terminator Salvation will beat others at the box office, it couldn’t despite some heavy pre-release hoopla to promote the film. Then who won? It’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, a comedy sequel to the 2006 Night at the Museum. According to Rentrak Theatrical’s Box [...]

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Obsessed is at the Top

Earning $28.5 million at the box office, the April 24 release Obsessed was at the top of the chart for the weekend, April 24-26. The data comes from Rentrak Theatrical’s Box Office Essentials theatrical box office data collection and analytical service. Obsessed has done slightly better than the last week’s top movie, “17 Again,” which [...]

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IMAX, China Film Group to Open Theater in China

The agreement between IMAX Corporation and China Film Group Corporation is to open an IMAX theater in a new multiplex development in the city of Tianjin, China. The installation is scheduled to be completed in October, 2009. The deal will help IMAX expand its network in China, IMAX’s largest international growth market, with 41 IMAX [...]

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Hello! Movie Here…I Love You, Mobile

Hello! Movie Here…I Love You, Mobile By Rakesh Raman The romantic infatuation between movies and mobiles is now touching serious limits, as most young movies prefer to embrace mobiles in one form or the other – trailers, promos, games, et al. Among the recent ones is Hannah Montana Star Moves mobile game, which is available [...]

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Boxoffice Blues

After the fast and furious performance of Universal Pictures’ action-thriller, Fast & Furious, making a whopping $72 million during its first weekend April 3-5, the boxoffice response to other new releases has been quite lukewarm. Even the loud and hyped Hannah Montana during its first weekend April 10-12 couldn’t reach even half the level of [...]

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Now, Get Ready to Play Fast & Furious

Stillfront AB, a Sweden-based game developer and publisher, has announced a licensing agreement with the Universal Studios to create a web-based Fan Immersion Game (FIG) for the upcoming sequel in the Fast & Furious series. The film was released in theatres on April 3. Based on the blockbuster series Fast & Furious featuring Vin Diesel, [...]

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Movies and Money: Who Earned What

Running at 3461 locations, Universal Pictures’ action-thriller, Fast & Furious made $72,507,950 during the weekend April 3-5. Rentrak Theatrical has released the data for 12 top movies. While showing some marketing aggression, Fast & Furious – starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker – has in fact beaten the last week’s topper Monsters vs. Aliens, which [...]

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Beware, Your Theater Seats can also be Fast & Furious

The new tech-loaded seats, believe it or not, will behave based on the action taking place in the movie, causing the seats to tilt and shake in some real synchronization with the onscreen action. These are termed as motion-activated theater seats. Thanks to D-BOX Technologies’ Motion Systems, you need not wait any longer to feel [...]

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Interactive Mobile Movie Trailer to Run on Bluetooth

GoldSpot Media, which provides mobile interactive advertising solutions, and Solid Ground Communications, a mobile proximity marketing services player in Central Europe, have launched an interactive mobile movie trailer. It’s for Universal Pictures’ release of “Fast & Furious” in Germany. Interactive trailers for this movie are available for download free-of-charge to Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones at select cinemas [...]

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