Warner Bros. to impose delay on Redbox, others

Warner Bros. on Thursday joined studios Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox in demanding shipments be delayed to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosks like Redbox in an attempt to preserve demand for higher-priced disc purchases.

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Warner Bros. bids for Midway Games assets

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. has made a $33 million bid for the majority of U.S. assets held by "Mortal Kombat" video game franchise owner Midway Games Inc., which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

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Warner Bros. brings film vault into digital age

Warner Bros. is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs, in a move it hopes will goose sales of a vital product in a downturn.

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'Dark Knight' swings past $500 million mark

Batman's rich alter-ego Bruce Wayne has added half a billion dollars to his riches. "The Dark Knight" on Sunday became the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros.

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Warner Bros. pushes shows online with 2 new Web sites

Warner Bros. is launching two Web sites to capture new ad revenue and a younger generation of viewers, the company said Monday.

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Warner Bros. is hoping to bring some Harry Potter magic to its DC Comics brand.

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Hollywood really never learns, does it? Following 20th Century Fox's decision to try to stop Redbox from getting movies to rent via its kiosks (to which Redbox has responded by suing Fox), Warner Bros. has joined in as well, but isn't just trying to stop Redbox, but Netflix, too.

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According to SEC filings, bankrupt publisher Midway, which is in the process of closing after selling most of its assets to Warner Bros for $49 million, has sold its San Diego studio to THQ, and its French and German divisions to smaller entities.

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Midway Games has cut 46% of its 520 employees in the last few days, including about 100 developers in its San Diego office who have been working on a wrestling game under a license with TNA.

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Despite his guilt - I don't think this is funny, but more like justice being served, as no man is exempt from The Universal Law of Karma.

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The Warner Archive Collection is making thousands of rarely-seen, archived studio films available to consumers via on-demand DVD purchases.

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The prosecution has dropped the most serious charges against the irreverent Swedish filesharing service The Pirate Bay on only the second day of its trial for assisting widespread copyright infringement.

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Fox couldn't have tried and suing earlier? Did they really have to wait until the movie was in Post-production before throwing this massive wrench in what was shaping up into a good movie?

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In case you didn't know, iiNet is being sued for not doing anything to stop its users from downloading stuff off the Internet.

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The Australian film and television industry has launched a major legal action against one of Australia's largest internet service providers for allegedly allowing its users to download pirated movies and TV shows.

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'I Am Legend' prequel in development. Warner Bros. is developing a prequel to "I Am Legend," with Will Smith on board to return.

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The Dark Knight worked on so many levels as it easily moved from Batman Begins and into the Joker's narrative. It was as if the two films were made as one and like Empire Strikes Back and The Godfather Part II, The Dark Knight became a better film than its predecessor.

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Bollywood film "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors" is the subject of an attempted injunction by Warner Bros. over the title being easily confused with "Harry Potter" films. The film is actually a loose knock-off of a different blockbuster, "Home Alone" with Macaulay Culkin.

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Film studio Twentieth Century Fox has applied to a Los Angeles court to block the release of Watchmen, based on the comic books written by Alan Moore.

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"What does that mean? If you get a newsfeed from someone you haven't spoken to in years who "totally loved Dark Knight!" it's probably because Warner Bros. paid to have it broadcast to you.

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Uh-oh. Nikki Finke broke the news last night that a federal judge has denied a Warner Bros. motion to dismiss 20th Century Fox's legal battle over the rights to develop, produce and distribute a film based on Watchmen.

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Fan outrage is boiling online over the delayed release of the next installment in the Harry Potter film franchise.

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I knew they would do this take on the Terminator series someday!.CHRISTIAN BALE stars as John Connor in Warner Bros. Pictures' action/sci-fi Terminator Salvation.

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Last year, Will Smith starred in an update of Richard Matheson's future shock novel I Am Novel, which became the second-biggest non-sequel of 2007, and ever since then, there's been a lot of rumors and speculation and curiosity whether Warner Bros.

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Up until now, the comic properties had been undergoing a hodge-podge development process.

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Warner Bros is offering a 7 minute sneak peak at Get Smart, exclusively on iTunes. Universal has also made 7 minutes of Wanted available online, which you can watch by following the link.

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Warner Brothers announced that it would shut two troubled film divisions, a cost-cutting move rooted in the changing economics of the specialty film business.

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The WSJ reports: In the latest sign that Hollywood studios are gun shy about the art-house movie market they once coveted, Warner Bros. said it is shutting down its two specialty film labels as part of a broader effort to streamline costs.

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Rapper-actor Common joins Christian Bale and Sam Worthington.

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Police officer Jim Keyzer, the leader and key witness in the Pirate Bay investigation was recently employed by Warner Bros, one of the plaintiffs in the ongoing case against the Pirate Bay four. Undoubtedly, this will seriously hurt the credibility of the ongoing court case.

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