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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/22/2008

Is Universal pulling Focus?

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Anne Thompson has a really good story in today's Variety breaking the news that Universal is nearing a deal to sell its Rogue Pictures label to Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media. The sale, Thompson reports, would give Kavanaugh Rogue's 30-title library...

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variety.com - 10/21/2008

Universal boards 'Transformers' ride - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media

— variety.com — New attraction to hit theme parks in 2011 The Transformers are taking shape at Universal's theme parks. Universal Parks & Resorts has paired up with Hasbro and DreamWorks Pictures to produce a “Transformers” attraction at its parks in Hollywood and ... (more) Universal boards 'Transformers' ride - Entertainment ...

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cinemastyles.blogspot.com - 10/19/2008

Beautiful Monsters

— cinemastyles.blogspot.com — I love Universal horror movies of the early thirties. Absolutely love them. And my wife and I (who also loves them - and me) have passed that love on to the youngest in our family, my wife's daughter of seven, who adores The Bride of Frankenstein ... (more) Beautiful Monsters

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variety.com - 10/21/2008

Universal in talks to sell Rogue - Entertainment News, Film News, Media

— variety.com — Studio negotiating deal with Relativity Media The current economic crisis is putting the squeeze on even thriving studios such as Universal Pictures. The studio is in talks to sell its Rogue Pictures label to Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media for $150 ... (more) Universal in talks to sell Rogue - Entertainment News, ...

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re: Focus
The Hot Blog — ... I figured I should get on the record, as I have been called a Universal-basher today, that I do not agree with Patrick Goldstein's guess about Focus Features being shut down shortly after this next awards season. ...

iW ROUND UP | Wednesday, October 22nd
indieWIRE Recent — indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Wednesday, October 22nd. Weinstein Execs Walking A steady stream of execs at The Weinstein Company, including many who date back to the old Miramax days, have left TWC or are leaving soon. They include Michelle Krumm, Maeva Gatineau, Michael Cole, Carla Gardini and Gary Faber. [HR] Focus Speculation Industry writer Patrick Goldstein thinks that the sale of Rogue Pictures means the end of the road for Focus Features. [LAT] David Gordon Green's ...

Studios in Flux: Redstone Struggles, Industry Speculates
Thompson On Hollywood — ... While I appreciate the shoutout from Patrick Goldstein, he's reporting uninformed speculation that because other latecomer studio specialty units have been downsized or shut down, or that Jeff Zucker is calling for $500 million in cuts across all of NBC Universal, that must mean that Universal's Focus Features, which launched Rogue, is next on the cutting block. ...

Stuff and Things: Predator Pumpkins and Killing Ashton Kutcher
Cinematical — ... -- Is the end nearing for Focus Features? Patrick Goldstein explores what, unfortunately, appears to be the demise of Universal's specialty division. ...

Nothing Definitive
Hollywood Elsewhere — Nothing Definitive Patrick Goldstein posted a belief/suspicion two days ago that "the days of Focus Features are numbered." For what it's worth, I've been told by a reliable fellow that this simply isn't true. Now and for the foreseeable future, he meant. Goldstein ...

Flux
Movie Marketing Madness — ... Rogue Pictures, the genre arm of its Focus Features division. As Patrick Goldstein says, that can’t be a good sign for Focus itself since Rogue is a major part of that label and this eerily mirrors the pattern for closures exampled by Warner Bros. last year. ...