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Media FX News Archives
Thursday
- October 11, 2001
- Visual Effects Movies Get
"Sequel-Itis" in 2002
- Over One Million
Snow White DVDs Sold First Day
- ILM Continues Massive FX
Production
- News Link of the Day
- Cinar Vote Includes Founders
Visual
Effects Movies Get "Sequel-Itis" in 2002
(by digitalmediafx.com) The year 2002 may go down as the year
of visual effects sequels as studios are discovering the power
of a sequel to make more money that the original (i.e. The
Mummy Returns, Rush Hour 2). Hollywood companies are now staking
a lot of money that the trend of massive moneymaking franchises
will continue. Here's a partial list of visual effects and animated
sequels making the way to the big screen in 2002 (in order based
on expected release date from soonest to furthest):
Peter Pan:
Return to Neverland
Blade 2
The Scorpion King (Spinoff of The Mummy Returns)
Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones
Men in Black 2
Stuart Little 2
Spy Kids 2
Rugrats 3
Star Trek: Nemesis
Lord of the Rings 2: The Twin Towers
And studios
are already lining up a slate of sequels and sequels to sequels
for 2003 (including Tomb Raider 2, The Matrix Reloaded, Mask
of Zorro 2, Terminator 3, Harry Potter 3, Shrek 2, Operation Condor
3)...
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Over One
Million Snow White DVDs Sold First Day
 (by
digitalmediafx.com) Tuesday's launch of the Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs DVD was huge, with over
one million copies being purchased.
"Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the jewels of the Disney
vault and we couldn't be happier that the public has responded
to the title in this way," said Robert A. Iger, President
and Chief Operating Officer of the Walt Disney Company. "The
Snow White DVD is a breakthrough product for the industry that
redefines DVD by taking the technology to a whole new level."
If the sales
trend continues, Snow White could become the biggest selling DVD
of the year. Like with most Disney movies, the DVD will only be
available for a limited time before being put on hiatus for about
10 years in order to create a new sales cycle.
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ILM Continues
Massive FX Production
(by digitalmediafx.com) Industrial
Light and Magic was behind many of this summer's biggest movies.
But that's in the past. ILM is hard at work on upcoming blockbuster
potential films. Here's a partial list of movies that ILM is currently
doing visual effects work for:
Star Wars
II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Men In Black 2 (2002)
The Time Machine (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (sequel - 2002)
E.T. Rerelease (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
The Hulk (2003)
ILM is the
largest visual effects production company in the United States,
employing approximately 1,300 artists.
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News Link
of the Day - Cinar Vote Includes Founders
According to The National Post:
"The
board of embattled Cinar Corp., struggling to complete what has
been a protracted sale process, is meeting in Montreal today to
vote on a bid for the company. Cinar directors, including ousted
co-founders Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg, are expected
to be presented with an offer from London-based Gullane Entertainment
Plc., according to sources.
The Gullane
proposal, said to be in the $300-million range, may represent
the last chance to sell Cinar as a unified concern before management
is forced to consider an auction of the company's individual assets..."
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