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| The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apparently come up with solution that would allow studios to send screeners to all of its 6,000+ members without concern that they could be copied and uploaded onto the Internet by sending each of them a special DVD player containing a built-in "key" that can unlock a digital code incorporated into the screeners, which cannot be played on conventional DVD players. Additionally, the machines would record the date and time that the disc was played and identify the machine. However, providing each Academy member with such a machine could cost $2.4 million in addition to the costs of encrypting and distributing the screeners. In other news, hkrstud813 announced on his ICQ site that he has developed a crack for the special DVD players that AMPAS is planning to send out to its members. |
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The newest project from South Park creators Matt Parker and Trey Stone looks set for an October release. Team America, which can only be described as a political/action spoof starring marionettes, started filming early last month and Paramount is hoping to have the film out in October. The reasoning behind the aggressive release date would be to capitalize on any potential cross-marketing opportunity, as well as free media-driven publicity, generated due to the film being released just before the Presidential elections. Parker and Stone’s South Park continues to be a strong performer on Comedy Central as it hits on many social and political issues in an edgy sometimes over-the-line way. The last contribution the two had to a feature film was their animated short contribution to Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine. Team America is a satire focusing on America’s relationship with the rest of the world and will likely have a liberal slant. There’s being mocked, being mocked by a fat guy from Michigan and there’s being mocked by marionettes. Poor George Bush. |
| As if the list of heavy hitters participating in Ocean’s Twelve wasn’t big enough, Bruce Willis will now be making a cameo appearance in the sequel set to be released December 10th. Joining the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the Steven Soderbergh film is the follow up to the mega-hit Ocean’s Eleven. Willis’ exact role hasn’t been revealed and while no announcement has been made about the character he plays, we’re pretty sure it’ll just be Bruce playing Bruce again. |
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