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'Hateful Eight' producer joins Activision's film and TV division
Veteran Hollywood producer Stacey Sher is the latest executive addition to Activision Blizzard, the company behind major franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Skylanders, Hearthstone and Destiny. Sher is Co-President of Activision Studios, the company's new film and TV division, where she'll work alongside former Disney executive Nick van Dyk. Sher's credits make it clear that Activision Studios isn't exactly the Mickey Mouse Club: She's worked on Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Garden State, Erin Brockovich, Along Came Polly, Get Shorty and Reno 911, among others.
Pirates apologize for leaking Quentin Tarantino's new movie
Movie pirates aren't usually remorseful about their bootlegging, but one group appears bent on some contrition. The Hive-CM8 team has apologized to Quentin Tarantino for posting The Hateful Eight before it had even surfaced in theaters, claiming that it feels "sorry" for the trouble it created by spoiling the release. Supposedly, they just wanted to share the movie with people who are "not rich enough" to see the Western in theaters, and held the release back for a week to give the official release a "fighting chance." Aw, how kind!
Christopher Nolan goes to war in 'Dunkirk'
His last movie took audiences to the other side of a black hole, but director Christopher Nolan's next project is an altogether different trip back in time. Dunkirk tells the story of one of World War II's early battles, where Allied forces were trapped on a French beach. Remember, this was back in 1940 and they were surrounded by German soldiers -- it wasn't a vacation. As he's part of the lobby that pushed film studios to essentially keep celluloid company Kodak afloat, the movie's naturally being shot on large format 65mm film stock in addition to his favored IMAX 65mm.
Tarantino explains why he thinks 70mm is better than digital
Famed film director Quentin Tarantino is well-known for his purist cinematic tastes and revelry of antique movie production techniques. His fondness for old-school cinema is on full display in his upcoming release, The Hateful Eight, which is being captured only in 70mm and shown as glamorous "roadshows". While the rest of the industry films almost exclusively in digital these days (not to mention that movie houses have long since mothballed their 70mm projectors) Tarantino has been dead set to make this movie on film. In the Fandango featurette below, he explains his reasoning for this insistence and why it's good for the fans.
Quentin Tarantino's 'The Hateful Eight' will premiere on 70mm film
It's no secret that Quentin Tarantino prefers film over digital, and he's underscoring that point with the planned debut of The Hateful Eight. The director kicked off a San Diego Comic-Con panel with a video revealing that his Western was not only shot on giant 65mm film, but will screen in 70mm film before any other format. This will be a roadshow-style release where 100 theaters will put on a special show that might even recall the golden era of film, with overtures and intermissions. It'll expand to other formats after two weeks.
