Home Media Magazine - October 21-27, 2007 - (Page 5)

www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY STEPHANIE PRANGE, EDITOR IN CHIEF www.homemediamagazine.com Extra, Extra — Part Deux received some response to my column on the need to con- reviewing the disc. tinue offering great extras on disc, some from those who The film included questions that popped up from time to time produce the extras and may have a vested interest in stu- about global warming, and my daughter, who obviously had dios continuing to finance them. studied the issue in school, chimed in with several answers. But it’s not just the entertainment industry that likes to see I know there are several innovative extras on HD DVD releasspecial features on discs. es as well. Case in point: Riding in the elevator last [INNOVATIVE EXTRAS ARE] THE That’s the kind of thing consumers have week I heard a consumer complaining about KIND OF THING CONSUMERS come to expect from our industry, not just the the lack of extras on DreamWorks Home En- HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM same old movie on a smaller screen as we saw tertainment’s Transformers. (Sorry to pick on OUR INDUSTRY, NOT JUST THE in the VHS era. one title, but that’s the truth.) I’m not kidding. DVD offered more. SAME OLD MOVIE ON A A guy in the elevator said he was disappoint- SMALLER SCREEN AS WE SAW DVD allowed consumers to engage themed in the extras on that disc. selves in a movie through ancillary informaIN THE VHS ERA. He didn’t work for our magazine or for our tion. After the feature was over, they could pecompany. He was just your average consumer chatting with ruse the making of the special effects or further explore issues friends in the elevator. raised in the film. I’ve begun to look more closely at these features, especially on I know when studios look at the budget for releasing a film Blu-ray Disc. (I’m still waiting for the HD DVD player that I on DVD, they are weighing the cost of (and time spent on) expurchased through the EMA show offer.) tras against the return. But don’t think consumers won’t notice On The Day After Tomorrow, the DVD producers included a when you skimp on extras. very interesting extra that engaged not just me and my husband, but my 9-year-old daughter, who happened by as I was Stephanie Prange’s e-mail address is sprange@questex.com PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange EDITORIAL Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Joni Wu For reprints, call 800-290-5460, ext. 100 or HomeMediaMagazine@reprintbuyer.com For direct-mail lists, call Ilene Schwartz, Kroll Direct, 216/371-1667 FAX 216/371-1669 ilene@krolldirect.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard Online Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Rosado IN THIS ISSUE OCT. 21-27, 2007 / VOL. 29 / NO. 42 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Blockbuster, Netflix and kiosk companies could benefit from Movie Gallery’s woes; Blockbuster names general counsel; “Mummy” DTV prequel rises. C ALE N DAR I FORBES MEET II FORUM The second annual Forbes MEET conference, Turmoil and Transitions: Building the Next Digital Revolution, addresses how the tech and entertainment industries will go digital. Oct. 24-25 The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. info: www.forbesconferences.com PRODUCTION Production Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Ling Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin-Nicholas Toyama 714/338-6765 Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brady Gallardo >> H I G H-D E F OFFICES 714/338-6700, 800/371-6897, FAX 714/338-6710 homemediamagazine@questex.com 201 East Sandpointe Ave., Suite 500 Santa Ana, CA 92707-8716 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Weinstein Co. co-founder Henry Weinstein says investors must be wary of Westernizing foreignproduced films; Sony prepares PlayStation Network. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including by photocopy, recording or information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by Questex Media Group, Inc. for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Dr., Danvers, MA 01923 phone: 978-750-8400 fax 978-750-4470; call for copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. For those not registered with the CCC, send permission request in writing to questexpermissions@reprintbuyer.com or call 800-494-9051 ext. 100. TV DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The creators of Scooby-Doo discuss the cartoon mutt’s journey; studios turn to fans to pick DVD art. Going Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize win doesn’t spell a rerelease for An Inconvenient Truth; green label City Lights/Green Owl takes root; environmentally friendly DVDs and packages are highlighted. Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable offer prime-time NBC and ABC TV shows on demand; MySpace offers Sony BMG music video. I HIGH-DEF 2.0 Home Media Magazine presents High-Def 2.0, a one-day event that will serve as a preview of what’s in store for the high-definition disc market in 2008, the year the studios have targeted as breakout time for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. Coming just weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show, the event will provide a sneak peek of studio announcements expected to be made at CES, along with an overview of plans for the coming year, from marquee titles headed to HD disc to advances in interactivity, technology and packaging. Dec. 4 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles info: www.homemediaconferences.com Printed in the U.S.A. Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Does Ratatouille serve up a feast for the eyes on Sony Pictures Home Entertainment rides the wave home video? How does Elvis move and shake on with Surf’s Up, topping both the DVD sales and the high-def versions of Jailhouse Rock? rental charts. Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Top 20 DVD Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Meet the Robinsons director Stephen Anderson Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts . . . . . . . . . 24 discusses his futuristic, heartfelt film; a second Joan Crawford boxed set debuts from Warner; City Lights enrolls us in Movies 101. Just Announced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Paramount shoots out Stardust. 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Home Media Magazine - October 21-27, 2007

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