While it makes us uncomfortable when we hear that a new venture from movie legend Morgan Freeman is called Digiboo, we still love the concept . Those Redbox kiosks all over the place that rent movies (without having to interrupt some pimpled teen text'ing their BFF) has just gone digital. Digiboo, partnering with Freeman's Revelations Entertainment, is launching a digital self service system akin...
Received an email about Clint Eastwood 's Invictus this week. I'll have to share anonymously but I do know the person who sent it so it's legit. He's much more of an Clint fan than I am, but he wasn't too impressed. He sees a somewhat mixed Oscar response coming, but a big hit. Here's what he had to say: It’s very surprising in that it isn’t very well-made (and if Clint is anything, he’s...
Blockbuster recently announced their plans to do it; and now Morgan Freeman, being the business man he is, has decided to throw some of his wealth and resources behind a similar idea. I’m referring to the fledgling battleground in emerging film rental technology, which eliminates DVDs in favor of downloads that can be played on computers, [...]
Maybe letting people download, transport and then play movies using a USB drive will be the ticket to busting Hollywood’s DVD sales slump. That’s the logic behind studio-backed initiatives from DivX , CinemaNow and Widevine , and now, Digiboo , an L.A.-based startup that just got a cash injection from Revelations Entertainment, the production company founded by actor Morgan Freeman. Digiboo...
The Chateau Marmont hosted GQ 's Men of the Year Awards last night in LA. A few of the magazine's honorees, including Zach Galifianakis, Tom Ford, and Neil Patrick Harris joined forces with starlets like Olivia Wilde and AnnaLynne McCord. January Jones hit the carpet alongside Dexter 's Jennifer Carpenter as Alexander Skarsgard, who won a "Man Who Saved HBO" award, went from LAX to the bash...
Moving on from what I am assured is a big steaming pile of dog waste, Forever Strong, we have a REAL rugby movie being released – Invictus, and man does it have some big names in it. It is the story of the South Africa World Cup told from the perspective of Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) and Francois Pienaar (played, oddly, by Matt Damon). I haven’t see it yet, only the trailer...
Is Morgan Freeman the coolest dude in Hollywood or what? Not only is he always an awesome actor to watch, he's also a bit of a tech head and his own production company has been tweaking with emerging technologies for a while. And now he's looking to bring us the next level of movie rentals. Freeman's Revelations Entertainment is bringing a barrell full of money to help launch a new service called...
Tradecraft: Red Attracts Bigger Cast This movie Red seems like one to watch. The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog reports that one of the supposed finalists for the James Bond role in Casino Royale , Nip/Tuck 's Julian McMahon, has joined the cast of the Bruce Willis spy thriller based on the Warren Ellis comic book. Along with him comes some serious star power of yesteryear: Richard Dreyfuss,...
Front Page: Digiboo will offer kiosk rentals for flash drives -- Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary's Revelations Entertainment has backed a new venture that will allow consumers to rent films.
Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africas rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela...
Producer Patricia Aquino, Morgan Freeman, and writer/director Paul Saltzman. Photo by Jen Arron. Last Friday brought together Toronto filmmaker Paul Saltzman, producer Patricia Aquino, Academy Award–winning actor Morgan Freeman, and members of the city’s most well-to-do families at the Varsity Cinemas for a "VIP Screening" of Prom Night in Mississippi , Saltzman’s feature-length...
Filed under: News Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson ('Dreamgirls') has been tapped to play Winnie Mandela , the former wife of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela . Variety reports that the former American Idol contestant will play the title role in the film, 'Winnie.' Production is to begin May 30 in the South African locations of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Transkei and Robben Island, where...
Hudson, who won an Oscar for her supporting turn in 2006's Dreamgirls, will take the lead role in a new biopic of the former South African first lady and is also expected to sing the theme tune The Oscar-winning actor Jennifer Hudson is to play Winnie Mandela in a new biopic about the former wife of South Africa's first black president, Variety reports . South African film-maker Darrell J Roodt, whose...
While it may be pretty much assumed that Morgan Freeman is an Oscar-nomination lock for playing Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's upcoming INVICTUS, can the same be said of whomever would play his controversial wife Winnie? What if she was played by someone who nabbed an Oscar on her very first film role? South African director Darrell J Roodt will be handling a feature film based Mrs. Mandela's...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –Morgan Freeman is attached to star in and executive produce an untitled comedy feature previously dubbed "Dirty Old Men." The project revolves around an aging playboy who finally meets the love of his life, while his best friend and wingman of 40 years (Freeman) does everything to break up the new couple. The tone is described as similar to "Wedding Crashers" and "The...
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Summary: Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some implausible fighters during a period done in or up in the ring. The most meaningful schooling he teaches his boxers is the one that rules viability: atop each and every, evermore chaperon yourself. In the wake of a painful disaffection from his daughter, Frankie has been disinclined to let himself fall heir to close to anyone for a very lenghty hour....
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