• Playing the ‘Hollywood Game’ Game

    You probably get dozens Twitter messages a week asking you to join somebody’s mafia. Game play may seem nothing like a pitch meeting, but ….

  • Memo From Bay to Paramount: Wassup?!

    FROM THE DESK OF MICHAEL BAY To: Viacom, Paramount, General Haters, Philistines, McGDate: 23 June 2009Re: Where’s the love? Dear Non-believers, Under-miners and Facilitators of Negative Public Zeitgeist, So, what’s the deal? Do you think "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is like, say, "The Hurt Locker" or "Surveillance"? A little movie that people have to…

  • ‘Transformers’ Huge … Hits $200M in U.S.

    Sequel on pace to outgun original’s $708M global grab.

    ‘Transformers’ Huge … Hits $200M in U.S.
  • Yes, Indie Filmmakers Can Use Big Effects

    “They can do anything in movies these days.”   The technology to create a backyard “Lord of the Rings” has been around for years, but only recently the community & filmmaker support has reached a level where, yes, anything is possible.   My 11-minute short “Rain Rain” had three days of on-set photography and one…