If you pay attention to what's going on in the world of cinema, you may have noticed news reports stating that the theatrical release of 'Alice in Wonderland' due on March 5th has been threatened by the pull out of 3 major UK cinema chains - Vue, Cineworld and Odeon.
This is mainly due to Disney being stubborn greedy bastards who want to reduce the time between the cinema and DVD release of the film. There is no other reason, and as a result they now stand to lose a big sum of money for their sins. Serves them right. I'm glad the cinemas are actually telling the house of mouse to fuck off. It's high time Mickey had his ears clipped.
I wouldn't panic about not being able to see the film though - as all 3 major exhibitors in the UK have threatened to pull the film, Disney will have no choice but to stick to the original release window of 15 weeks unless they want to lose millions of pounds at the UK Box Office.
It is funny that Disney are the only studio who keep trying to do this - they've done it twice before in recent memory with both 'Night At The Museum' and more recently 'Up'. They backed down with the release of 'Up' but stuck to their guns with 'Night At The Museum'... but only because the film had already been on general release and had made more than enough money at the Box Office.
As for my cinema; well, we'll be pissed if we can't play 'Alice in Wonderland' as it's been built into our March budget and if we don't get it I doubt our company will readjust trading figures to compensate and we will suffer. Plus I've been really looking forward to seeing the film myself.
Looks like just another fucked up day in the world of cinema.
Friday, 12 February 2010
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Favourite Films
- About Schmidt - "Jeanie might be a little past her prime, but I still think she could have done a lot better!"
- Frost/Nixon - "I'm saying if the President does it, that makes it legal!"
- Ghostbusters - "You don't generally see that kind of behaviour in a house hold appliance."
- Aliens - "Game over man!"
- Terminator 2 Judgement Day - "Why do you cry?"
- Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan - "Aren't you dead?"
- Run Lola Run - "I fucked up Lola!"
- Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix - "I must just have missed it, but by a happy coincidence I arrived at the ministry an hour early"
- Goldeneye - "How original!"
- The Fifth Element - "Anybody else want to negotiate?"
- The Royal Tenenbaums - "Eli just ran his car into our house."
- Kill Bill - "Blonde bitch!"
- Kung Fu Hustle - "Hey fatso. How about you?"
- The Incredibles - "We look like criminals Bob! Inept criminals!"
- Spiderman - "I hunch."
- Dirty Harry - "I see a guy chasing a woman screaming, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy."
- Gran Torino - "Get off my lawn!"
- The Bourne Identity - "How can I know all of that and not know who I am?"
- Dodgeball - "If you can dodge traffic you can dodge balls!"
- The Jungle Book - "Man village? They'll ruin him. They'll make a man out of him!"
- Role Models - "Kiss are great! All their songs are about fucking!"
- Up - "So long suckers!"
- All About Eve - "Eve, Eve, Eve!"
- The Usual Suspects - "Have you ever tried to shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"
- Star Trek - "Space, the final frontier..."
- American Beauty - "I think your parents haven't had sex in a long time!"
- Coraline - "It's Coraline, not Caroline!"
- Gladiator - "Strength and Honour"
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