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Doremi Cinema Ships 40 000th Unit Claims 55% Market Share

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Doremi Cinema has announced that total shipments of its Digital Cinema servers/IMBs have reached 40 000 units worldwide. Demand for its unique Integrated Media Block capable of High Frame Rate updates via software upgrade reached 11 000 units. Sales of DCP Servers to date this year have risen to over 2 000 with IMB shipments exceeding 4 000. With the year to date figures topping 6 000 this milestone continues to clarify and extend leadership position that Doremi holds in the field. “2012 has been an extension of our record breaking 2011.

Evil Dead Shooting in New Zealand

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Principal photography is underway on Evil Dead in Auckland New Zealand and will wrap in early July. Ghost House Pictures is producing the much anticipated remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult-hit horror film The Evil Dead; the film that effectively launched the careers of Sam Raimi (Spider-Man franchise); Rob Tapert (30 Days of Night) and Bruce Campbell who played the Ash character and was co-producer of the original now brings them back to produce an Evil Dead for today's audience that's high on the horror gore plot twists and more from a screenplay written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayague

Hollywood Center Studios Hosts Another Dirty Movie

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Hollywood Center Studios recently played host to the cast and crew of National Lampoon’s Another Dirty Movie. Directed Jonathan Silverman the film is the sequel to National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie a sketch comedy starring Robert Klein and Mario Cantone. After completing principal photography in Louisiana the current production set up shop on Stage 2A to shoot pick-ups as well as a number of celebrity cameos. (The stars’ identities are being kept secret until the film’s premiere.) Newly refurbished Stage 2A features a fixed green screen 2-wall cyc that made set up and lighting easy.

HPA Announces Call for Entries for 2012 HPA Awards

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the opening of its Call for Entries for the 2012 HPA Awards.  The standard bearer for excellence and innovation in Post Production the Awards honor the individuals and companies who are engaged in noteworthy and groundbreaking work in post-production.  The award ceremony will take place on the evening of November 1 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles California. This year’s competition marks the seventh year of the HPA Awards.

Report Shows How Technology is Changing Exhibition Business

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Little Hobbits seem to have a big impact—not only in the mythology of Middle Earth but in the real world where the release of the much-anticipated film The Hobbit is expected to bring major changes to the movie theater business potentially requiring new investments in digital projection technology in order to support the film’s higher frame rates. The frame rate issue is just one of several challenges for the global movie theater business presented by the ascendance of digital cinema technology according to an IHS Screen Digest Cinema Intelligence Service report.

Warner Bros. Showcasing Looney Tunes

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Warner Bros. Consumer Products has announced that it will showcase a robust Looney Tunes licensing program for retailers and licensees from around the world at Licensing Show 2012 next week in Las Vegas. The Looney Tunes are everywhere right now: animation theatrical shorts online video games home video and of course merchandise. All of this activity and success is driving our opportunities to develop a refreshed and ever-expanding product line for fans of all ages said Brad Globe president of Warner Bros. Consumer Products.

NEC Names Pierre Richer CEO

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

NEC Display Solutions of America has promoted president Pierre Richer to CEO. The company said that Richer has guided NEC to strong growth product innovation and channel development over the last five years.   In his new role Richer will continue to shape the vision of the company which has enabled NEC to enhance its standing as the projector and LCD market leader while capitalizing on the growing Digital Out-of-Home advertising market through Vukenet.

Production Underway on Man of Tai Chi

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Production is underway in China on Man of Tai Chi. The film which marks the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves (who also stars) is an homage to kung fu films of the past and will feature more than 40 minutes of martial arts style fight sequences. The film is slated for a 2013 release by Universal Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Asia and China Film Group. Reeves recently produced a documentary Side by Side in which he examined the transition from traditional filmmaking techniques to digital ones and interviewed pioneers such as James Cameron David Fincher and George Lucas.

Prototype Omnicam used to Capture Ballet Performance in Berlin

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

An organization with the rather cumbersome name the FascinatE Consortium (for Format-Agnostic SCript-based INterAcTive Experience) has unveiled the Omnicam a new panoramic camera system that uses six Arri Alexa M cameras to capture footage in ultra-high resolution for immersive viewing. The Omnicam was used last month at Arena Hall Berlin to record a dance performance of the Carmen Suite by the Berlin Philharmonic. This prototype system allows users to interactively view and navigate the video panorama of the live event no matter what display device they are using.

Solid Camera Unveils Unity

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Solid Camera has unveiled Unity which the company says is a completely integrated system designed to provide operators with a more efficient power supply critical signal distribution and intuitive ergonomic capabilities. Unity features a compact flexible architecture that is customizable based upon the intended operating environment.

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