Artist: Groove
Genre(s):
Electronic
Discography:
Untight Vinyl
Year: 2005
Tracks: 3
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Sin
Artist: Sin
Genre(s):
Alternative
Discography:
Equilibrium
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Noisy Pipes Lovely Noises
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
'Journey' to 3-D rife with pitfalls
RealD to implement almost 100 extra screens for bow
Every little bit helps.
Expediting installations in dozens of sites during the past several weeks, 3-D vendor RealD will implement almost 100 additional screens in time for Friday's bow of the adventure film "Journey to the Center of the Earth." That should help speed "Journey" along, but the pace of the global 3-D rollout remains glacial.
Like Paramount's 2007 release "Beowulf," "Journey" was intended to play mostly on 3-D screens when the project was first conceived at New Line. Also like "Beowulf" -- which grossed about $200 million worldwide -- "Journey" surely will boast much better grosses on its 3-D screens than in conventional venues.
Yet it's been clear for some time that "Journey" distributor Warners, which now handles all of New Line's releases, would have to rely heavily on those conventional venues in trying to mount a decent theatrical run. So the film's extra-dimensional aspects have been more muted in recent marketing materials for the Brendan Fraser starrer.
But nobody is claiming that the situation is ideal.
"3-D is the future, so why is exhibition dragging its feet?" Warners domestic distribution president Dan Fellman asked Wednesday. "I'm pleased 'Journey' will be the biggest digital 3-D release to date. But it is disconcerting that since November, the 3-D screen count has only gone up from 660 (for 'Beowulf') to 854 noncompetitive locations for 'Journey.' "
Beverly Hills-based RealD operates more than 90% of the world's 1,400 3-D screens, including more than 1,100 RealD screens in the U.S. and Canada. But the close proximity of some of the domestic installations means a couple hundred or so are unfeasible to use on "Journey" or likely any other single release.
Double-screening in some locations means that "Journey" -- a roughly $60 million production set for more than 2,800 total engagements -- will play on about 950 3-D screens. Yet that's still a couple hundred lower than producers New Line and Walden Media envisioned as recently as March.
Partly as a result of the limited 3-D platform, "Journey" is expected to open only in the teen millions and likely will finish its first weekend midtable in the weekend's ranking of top grossers.
A handful of foreign territories will get "Journey" day-and-date with its domestic bow, but the international 3-D situation is even more of a blur.
RealD also has 220 international installations, including 126 in Europe, and recently struck a contract to equip 600 screens in the U.K. and elsewhere once they are equipped for digital projection.
And there's the rub, particularly for Europe.
Except in the Imax format, you can't have 3-D without digital projection, and the digital rollout in Europe has been agonizingly slow. Hollywood has proved less generous in its approach to helping exhibitors there shoulder the costs of digital installations, which average about $100,000.
The U.S. has almost 5,000 screens equipped to project movies digitally, whereas estimates of Europe's installed base of movie-quality digital screens run as low as 1,000 screens.
Many of the European installations feature lease-to-buy arrangements with systems vendors, and others were financed with government subsidies. A pair of d-cinema companies recently inked financing agreements with studios that could lead to thousands of additional European installations during the next several years if exhibitors agree to participate and carry up to one-third of the costs themselves.
Asia's digital-cinema rollout is more fully progressed at about 6,500 digital screens, though many of its digital installations offer resolution quality that would be deemed insuffcient in most territories outside the region.
In the U.S. -- where the digital rollout continues even as financing discussions drag on between studios and major circuits -- RealD has struck pacts with Regal, Cinemark and others to install thousands of 3-D systems during the next few years. That can't happen too soon for Hollywood studios, which collectively have slotted a dozen 3-D films for 2009 release.
"We are waiting like everybody else for digital to be installed," RealD chairman and CEO Michael Lewis said. "In multiplexes where there is digital capability, RealD (has at least one screen) in 90% of those."
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The Presets Shows In Fremantle, Adelaide And Brisbane Re-scheduled
The Presets have had to postpone dates on their Australian Tour
Modular Touring and The Presets regret to inform you that The Presets shows in Fremantle and Adelaide, along with last week�s Brisbane show have been postponed due to illness.
�In the whole 13 or so years I have known Julian I have never seen him this sick and right now he needs to be on his back, in bed, getting well so we can continue the busy schedule we have for the rest of the year,� says Kim Moyes.
�We are not in the business of canceling shows on a whim, these have been extremely difficult decisions to make and we realise that a lot of you travel great distances to come and see us. Please understand this is something that is out of our control forcing us to postpone these shows.�
�I promise you when we come back to make up these shows you will not be disappointed. The three shows that we have managed to get through have been the best shows so far and when Julian�s health returns, and we are able to give you the show that you deserve, you will know exactly what I mean�.
Modular Touring and The Presets apologise for any inconvenience this causes, however we can confirm that new dates have been scheduled on the 27th and 28th of July at The Metropolis in Fremantle and the 29th of July at HQ in Adelaide. The Brisbane show has been rescheduled for August 4th.
All previously purchased tickets will be valid for these new dates.
If you have any enquiries regarding the postponement, the rescheduled dates or refunds, please contact Heatseeker.com.au (Ph: 08 6210 2850) for Fremantle shows or Venuetix.com.au (Ph: 08 8225 8888) for Adelaide shows. For Brisbane please contact Ticketek.com.au.
Ticket holders for Fremantle and Adelaide will have until Wednesday July 2nd to organise refunds from their respective ticket outlets. Brisbane ticket holders seeking refunds will have until Monday June 30th.
Again, Modular and The Presets offer our apologies for any inconvenience.
THE PRESETS � RESCHEDULED SHOWS IN FREMANTLE, ADELAIDE AND BRISBANE
Sunday July 27th
The Presets at The Metropolis
Fremantle, Perth
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Heatseeker.com.au,
Ph: (08) 6210 2850
Monday July 28th
The Presets at The Metropolis
Fremantle, Perth
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Heatseeker.com.au
Ph: (08) 6210 2850
Tuesday July 29th
The Presets at HQ
Adelaide, South Australia
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Venuetix.com.au
Ph: (08) 8225 8888
Monday August 4th
The Presets at The Tivoli
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Venuetix.com.au
Ph: (07) 3852 1711
Modular Touring and The Presets regret to inform you that The Presets shows in Fremantle and Adelaide, along with last week�s Brisbane show have been postponed due to illness.
�In the whole 13 or so years I have known Julian I have never seen him this sick and right now he needs to be on his back, in bed, getting well so we can continue the busy schedule we have for the rest of the year,� says Kim Moyes.
�We are not in the business of canceling shows on a whim, these have been extremely difficult decisions to make and we realise that a lot of you travel great distances to come and see us. Please understand this is something that is out of our control forcing us to postpone these shows.�
�I promise you when we come back to make up these shows you will not be disappointed. The three shows that we have managed to get through have been the best shows so far and when Julian�s health returns, and we are able to give you the show that you deserve, you will know exactly what I mean�.
Modular Touring and The Presets apologise for any inconvenience this causes, however we can confirm that new dates have been scheduled on the 27th and 28th of July at The Metropolis in Fremantle and the 29th of July at HQ in Adelaide. The Brisbane show has been rescheduled for August 4th.
All previously purchased tickets will be valid for these new dates.
If you have any enquiries regarding the postponement, the rescheduled dates or refunds, please contact Heatseeker.com.au (Ph: 08 6210 2850) for Fremantle shows or Venuetix.com.au (Ph: 08 8225 8888) for Adelaide shows. For Brisbane please contact Ticketek.com.au.
Ticket holders for Fremantle and Adelaide will have until Wednesday July 2nd to organise refunds from their respective ticket outlets. Brisbane ticket holders seeking refunds will have until Monday June 30th.
Again, Modular and The Presets offer our apologies for any inconvenience.
THE PRESETS � RESCHEDULED SHOWS IN FREMANTLE, ADELAIDE AND BRISBANE
Sunday July 27th
The Presets at The Metropolis
Fremantle, Perth
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Heatseeker.com.au,
Ph: (08) 6210 2850
Monday July 28th
The Presets at The Metropolis
Fremantle, Perth
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Heatseeker.com.au
Ph: (08) 6210 2850
Tuesday July 29th
The Presets at HQ
Adelaide, South Australia
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Venuetix.com.au
Ph: (08) 8225 8888
Monday August 4th
The Presets at The Tivoli
For enquiries regarding the postponement or refunds contact Venuetix.com.au
Ph: (07) 3852 1711
The Heretic
Artist: The Heretic
Genre(s):
Other
Metal: Death,Black
Discography:
Fallen from Heaven
Year: 1999
Tracks: 9
The Book Of Fate (EP)
Year: 1997
Tracks: 4
Katie Holmes: Read About Her Wedding Day
Hulk Hogan - Bolleas Car Crash Victim Shown In New Home Videos
LATEST: Emotional home videos of HULK HOGAN's imprisoned son NICK BOLLEA's car crash victim have been made public in effort to show the teen the seriousness of his friend's condition.
Bollea, 17, is currently serving an eight-month prison sentence at Florida's Pinellas County Jail, after pleading no contest to a felony of reckless driving following a horrific car crash in Clearwater, Florida - which has left his friend John Graziano brain damaged.
On the newly released tapes, aired by CNN's Nancy Grace on Monday (16Jun08), 23-year-old Graziano is shown from his hospital bed, his injuries pixilated due to their severity.
Grace comments as the video rolls, revealing Graziano's day-to-day life: "I've been on a lot of crash wards and rehab centres to meet with victims and even now this is how wrenching it is to see what he is going through."
Graziano's parents spoke out in May (08), furious at Bollea's lack of remorse, after hearing him discuss plans to win an early release from jail in taped telephone conversations that were leaked online. The family also blasted the Bolleas for trying to cash in on their grief - by turning Nick's prison stint into a money-spinning reality TV show.
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