Casablanca, the classic 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, turns 70 this year. To celebrate, Warner Bros. will be screening the film for free tonight, Wednesday May 16, 2012, on Facebook.
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James Erwin, 37, didn’t have Hollywood in mind when he started writing Rome, Sweet Rome. He was just taking a break from writing software manuals at his home in Des Moines, Iowa, when he saw this question posted on Reddit: “Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion or MEU [Marine Expeditionary Unit]?” His response led to a movie deal with Warner Bros.
It looks like Warner Brothers could be building another Instagram. According to Fusible.com, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. filed patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in December for variations on the name Out My Window to build what appears to be a photo-sharing social network.
YouTube plans to produce professional shows that will stand out against its all too familiar short videos of cuddly pets, crazy sport stunts and other recreational content that placed the platform in a prominent position on the Internet.
Warner Bros. will utilize the powerful Flixster brand and technical expertise to launch a number of initiatives designed to grow digital content ownership, which includes the studio-agnostic application.
The studios told Variety that premium VOD draws from audiences who rather not make the trip to the megaplex because of the size of their families or the expense to hire babysitters or pay for food and other concessions. On the serious side, if audiences get used to staying home watching movies, they might stay away from theaters all together. We will have to wait and see if that is true.
To rent a film, consumers simply click on the “watch now” icon to apply their Facebook Credits, and within seconds they will begin enjoying the film. This offering is presently available only to consumers in the United States.
Flixster, the social movie review site, is said to be in the final rounds of acquisition discussions with Warner Bros, according to All Things Digital. Yahoo and a few other early suitors, have left the table, leaving it to Warner Bros to zero-in on the deal.
Warner Bros. has announced that it will be using Facebook to distribute its movie titles. During the initial testing phase, Warner Bros will be offering a selected set of movies for sale or rent via its Facebook movie page. Facebook users would have to use Facebook Credits to buy/rent these movies.
Movie socializing becomes even more tantalizing while watching the film because moviegoers can connect with friends by sharing their favorite movie quotes through Facebook and Twitter. They can even watch a feed of social networking chatter directly related to the movie in real-time.
