Category Archives: Deals and Dealmaking

MGM Picking Up Adam Green’s Comedy Horror ‘Killer Pizza’

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Matt Raub

The art of the horror comedy is in danger of becoming extinct these days, if not for the zombie genre’s resurrection (pun not intended) with hits like Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. Now, rising star in the horror genre … Continue reading →

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AMC Renews ‘The Walking Dead’ For a Third Season

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Joe Gillis

As if it were any surprise really, after two of the most successful first-run episodes in cable TV history, AMC has graciously decided to give their zombie drama based on a comic by Robert Kirkman a third season. The second … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Qwikster, Netflix Loses Over 800,000 Subscribers

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Matt Raub

The internet business is a pretty tricky thing to keep one’s thumb on. Especially when you are in charge of hundreds of thousands consumers ready for their on-demand entertainment. That’s why it was especially puzzling when Netflix CEO Reed Hastings … Continue reading →

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ESPN to Carry ‘Monday Night Football’ Until 2021

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Joe Gillis

When I was growing up it was always ABC’s Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell, “Dandy” Don Meredith and Frank Gifford. Meredith would often sing ‘Turn out the Lights, the partys over” as one team or another dominated the proceedings … Continue reading →

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Starz To Discontinue Content Partnership with Netflix

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Matt Raub

If you’re as addicted to Instant Netflix as the rest of us, you’re probably glued to the New Releases feed to see what the benevolent Netflix gods will bring you to enjoy from the comfort of your bed/couch every night. … Continue reading →

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Spielberg, King and Showtime Going ‘Under the Dome’

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

In the interest of full disclosure, I have to reveal I’ve had Stephen King’s Under the Dome on my Kindle for about a year and still haven’t gotten around to reading it. Not that I think it won’t be good, … Continue reading →

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Disney May Cancel Production on ‘Lone Ranger’

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

Thought of as a pretty massive production for years, it seems that Disney is finally getting wind of the potential stack of cash it will cost to make the Gore Verbinski’s Lone Ranger and they aren’t too happy. Back in … Continue reading →

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Syfy’s ‘Eureka’ Officially Canceled, Getting Final Episode to Wrap Up Series

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Joe Gillis

It was less than a week ago that Syfy announced its long running series Eureka would get a six episode season six order and that those six episodes would be the last for the series. Then, Syfy apparently had a … Continue reading →

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