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Distribution
Mondo Media to make 3 more films
Producer Bill Schultz (The Simpsons, King of the Hill) will spearhead the slate based on web originals, with beefed-up budgets of up to $10 million.
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Film
Netflix takes on theater window with first day-and-date feature
The follow-up to Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will have its global premiere on Netflix and on select Imax screens next summer.
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Film
Crackle’s 2nd original feature to debut in December
Executive produced by Jeremy Renner, the spy thriller is currently shooting in Bulgaria.
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Film
Call of Duty tops YouTube’s first summer trailer leaderboard
The game trailer tracks 21 million views, while X-Men: Days Of Future Past comes in second on YouTube’s debut summer trailer leaderboard with more than 18 million views.
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Entertainment
Elizabeth Banks producing dorm comedy with Paramount Digital
The actress (30 Rock, Hunger Games) is executive producing the show with her husband and Brownstone productions partner, Max Handelman.
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Film
CollegeHumor’s Coffee Town matriculates to HBO
Electus Digital has licensed Coffee Town, CollegeHumor’s first feature film, to the pay cable channel for 18 months in the U.S. and territories.
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Film
Hulu extends agreement with The Criterion Collection
The multi-year exclusive agreement shows the SVOD service is serious about retaining film buff audiences. And to mark the extension of the partnership, Hulu Plus will exclusively stream Italian Oscar winning film The Great Beauty.
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Distribution
Laugh together, pee your pants together: More on CDS’ theatrical release
Collective Digital Studio is taking on a big undertaking and producing a film for theatrical release with YouTube pranksters. Gary Binkow, chief creative officer tells StreamDaily why the project is going to deliver in a big way.
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Awards
Oscars to stream live for the first time in the U.S.
Both the pre-show and the awards telecast will available on a variety of online and mobile platforms under the Watch ABC umbrella. But there’s a catch.
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Entertainment
Disney launches new cloud-based streaming service
Disney Movies Anywhere features a library of more than 400 titles and coincides with the digital release of Frozen, which will be offered on the service.