Revamping the Movie Distribution Chain

ianscot writes "Steve Soderberg's latest film will be released in a manner that directly challenges the traditional Hollywood distribution chain. Soderberg's been influenced by Mark Cuban, the dot-com billionaire who owns the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, and Todd Wagner, another dot-commer whose ideas about the movie business are radical departures. Wagner's financing this one. The movie, Bubble, is the first of six that Soderberg will film in HD video; all will be released simultaneously in theaters, as HDNet movies, and on DVDs." From the article: "As independents, Soderbergh and Wagner are willing to talk openly about subjects that are being hotly debated behind closed doors elsewhere in Hollywood. When Disney chief Robert Iger recently brought up the concept of shortening the window between theatrical release and DVD, he was fiercely criticised by the National Association of Theatre Owners."

NATO

[AKAImBatman]

he was fiercely criticised by the National Association of Theatre Owners.

You know, he should be really careful about pissing off NATO. Otherwise he may find a nuke landing square on his doorstep! :-P

(Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all night. Wait, no I won't. I'm going to bed.)

Re:Not a very good idea!

[Mancat]

Having a home theater at home, the only reason I go to theaters is just so I can brag about seeing it before everyone else

Oh, so you're that guy.

Re:Fast turnaround

[jetkust]

That's nothing. Back in the 1920s, we used to wait a whole 80 years before a movie came out on DVD. And we liked it. And nobody complained. Sure we'd be dead and burried by the time we saw it, but I'll be damned if it wasn't worth the wait. Ah, those were the days.

Slavery?

[Anonymous Coward]

Mark Cuban, the dot-com billionaire who owns the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, and Todd Wagner

Re:That brings up an idea

[Anonymous Coward]

Who goes to the movies by themselves?

Most Slashdotters?

Re:The truth about DVD movies

[Mr2001]

Every time you breathe out, you're releasing carbon dioxide--a greenhouse gas--into our atmosphere. The more you breathe, the more carbon dioxide you produce, warming the environment and leading to changes in weather patterns, eliminating animal habitats and increasing the deadliness of hurricanes and tropical storms.

And we all know sex involves heavy breathing.

So please... for the sake of humanity... don't reproduce. ;)

Re:Good!

[AllahsAvatar]

Wow, that's how its done?
*scribbles notes on hand