CBS and Paramount, the two studios that own the rights to Star Trek, announced a list of 10 guidelines for fan film creators this week. The studios are saying that they “will not object to, or take legal action against” filmmakers that follow the new rules (although the studios added that “CBS and Paramount Pictures reserve the right to revise, revoke and/or withdraw these...
Unswayed by Axanar, CBS and Paramount offer 10 rules for fan film makers
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At the Sundance Film Festival? You can try Airbus and Uber’s new helicopter ride
European aerospace giant Airbus and Uber are partnering to offer the public what will indubitably be an expensive breed of services: on-demand helicopter rides. According to The Wall Street Journal, the project will be launched during the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, which will take place in Utah this week. No details...
Airbus and Uber will preview on-demand helicopter rides at Sundance Film Festival
Independent films aren’t the only things that’ll be previewed at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this week: Airbus Group and Uber Technologies are launching a pilot project that offers on-demand helicopter rides to the show. But if the project gets...
Up close with LeBron James: Reviewing the NBA superstar’s first virtual reality film
Last night, I was sitting next to LeBron James inside an SUV, listening to the NBA superstar talk about what basketball means to his family as his son sat behind us, playing on an iPad. Soon later I was inches away from the 6-foot-8, 250-pound beast, marveling...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a great starter film for a new generation
Ars Technica has taken pains not to reveal major and even minor spoilers in our review of The Force Awakens. Still, please note that our review does touch upon a few basic and previously revealed plot points and details
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Amazon’s first major film, Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ getting panned and praised by critics
It seems that critics are either loving or hating Spike Lee’s new movie Chi-Raq. In a review titled, “F**k you, Spike Lee,” The Stranger‘s film critic is not messing around. The Seattle alt-weekly’s writer loathed Lee’s film, the first for Amazon Studios, coming out this Friday. Chi-Raq is based on the ancient Greek play Lysistrata, in which women...
‘Star Wars’ breaks record with advance ticket sales, on track to be highest-grossing film ever
It’s probably not too surprising that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already set a new record for advance ticket sales, putting it well into contention to become the highest-grossing movie ever. Those are the early numbers being reported, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Most movies would be lucky to open to $ 50 million....
Tech Moves: Amazon hires film music vet Bob Bowen; Former PopCap exec Karla Horwitz joins 8Stem; and more
—Amazon hired Bob Bowen as head of music for the company’s Amazon Studios division. The film music veteran will oversee strategy, partnerships and licensing for original content as Amazon looks to create more of their own shows and movies. Bowen has a long history of building soundtracks for movies. Before coming to Amazon, he served as...