Lionsgate Says Yes To Movies Burned to DVD October 27, 2006
Posted by Steve in : Weblog , trackbackI am a big film fan and the reality of first run movies being burned right to DVD is one step closer to reality. Yesterday, independent film studio Lionsgate agreed to have its movies available for burning to DVD the same day the titles are released in stores.
Online movie service CinemaNow on Wednesday said independent film studio Lionsgate had agreed to have its movies available for burning to DVD the same day the titles are released in stores. CinemaNow is the first movie service to provide a burn-to-DVD service for Hollywood movies, although rival Movielink has announced plans for a similar service. CinemaNow offers films from major studios for burning, but the selection remains very limited at about 100.
The first Lionsgate movie to be available on CinemaNow and in retailers at the same time will be “An American Haunting,” which is set for release this week. Older Lionsgate titles that will be available include “Reservoir Dogs” and “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder.”
Lionsgate is the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, winning this year’s Best Picture Academy Award ® for Crash, and the Company is a premier producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library of more than 9,000 titles is a valuable source of recurring revenue and a foundation for the growth of the Company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.
During the past year, Lionsgate earned four Academy Award nominations for THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING and THE COOLER, giving the Company 17 Oscar nomination nods in six years, more than any other independent studio. This year, Lionsgate enters awards season in particularly strong shape with Michael Moore’s incendiary Palme d’Or-winning documentary FAHRENHEIT 9/11, STAGE BEAUTY, starring Billy Crudup, Claire Danes and Rupert Everett, BEYOND THE SEA, featuring perennial Oscar contender Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth, and FIERCE PEOPLE, starring Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland, all positioned to be award contenders.
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