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variety.com - 1/23/2009

Paramount ponies up 3-D deal - Entertainment News, Digital Cinema, Media

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Studios show exhibitors the money Anxious to see more theaters converted to digital 3-D screens before DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs. Aliens" opens in March, Paramount is offering to pay print fees directly to exhibitors who have the means to finance the conversion. The digital cinema ...

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/Film:  Paramount Offers To Pay Print Fees Directly to Exhibitors for Digital and 3D Conversions

TheBadandUgly.com:  Paramount Battles Recession In 3D Arena

:: The Playlist :::  The Economics Of Filmmaking? David Poland Drops Some Knowledge

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latimes.com - 1/23/2009

'Benjamin Button's' Oscar nominations may not pay off for Paramount - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — Merrick Morton / Paramount Pictures (more) 'Benjamin Button's' Oscar nominations may not pay off ...

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filmschoolrejects.com - 1/22/2009

Oscar Noms Stay Predictable, Snub The Dark Knight, Gran Torino

— filmschoolrejects.com — I really didn’t want to have the angle of this news be about The Dark Knight , but it really is the perfect backdrop for the larger story. I don’t share the same ire that many fanboys have about the Academy’s decision to pass ... (more) Oscar Noms Stay Predictable, Snub The Dark Knight, Gran ...

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Paramount Offers To Pay Print Fees Directly to Exhibitors for Digital and 3D Conversions
/Film — ... With more than a dozen digital 3D releases coming out this year (including James Cameron’s sure-to-be-megahit Avatar in December 2009), studios have a vested interest in making sure films can be viewed by the audience in the way they were intended. According to Variety, Paramount is now offering to pay “virtual” print fees directly to theater owners who convert at least 50% of their screens to digital, with a higher fee offered for screens converted to 3D. Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks Animation ...

Paramount Battles Recession In 3D Arena
TheBadandUgly.com — ... Paramount is offering to pay print fees directly to exhibitors who have the means to finance the conversion. Under its plan, Paramount will pay a specificed “virtual” print fee to a theater owner that converts at least 50% of screens to digital; the fee is higher for screens converted to 3-D, says Variety. ...

The Economics Of Filmmaking? David Poland Drops Some Knowledge
:: The Playlist :: — ... Surely Paramount doesn't stand to lose that much face. After all, they just made the audacious effort to provide print fees on their "Monsters Vs. Aliens" in exchange for theaters adding digital 3D projection, a move that immediately puts the eight-ball behind that $150 million co-production but also benefits competitors with 3D pictures as well. Those aren't the actions of a studio that's bleeding, are they? And yet, who can tell? If David Poland is to be believed, and his math is always sound, studios are ...