Stx Entertainment has come on board to co-produce “Warriors,” one of the highest-profile movies being developed by Alibaba Pictures. “Harry Potter” producer David Heyman and Stx board member Gigi Pritzker will produce the live action-and-CGI hybrid, which is based on a series of young-adult books and targeted at children and the Ya crowd.
Award-winning Hollywood pair Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger have signed on as screenwriters. Their credits include the three installments of “Kung Fu Panda,” “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.”
“Warriors” is based on books by Erin Hunter, the collective pseudonym of three U.K.-based writers – Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland – along with an editor, Victoria Holmes. Published by Harper Collins since 2003, the books feature clans of forest-dwelling cats caught up in stories of adventure, forbidden love, and faith.
Stx and Alibaba Pictures, the film offshoot of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba,...
Award-winning Hollywood pair Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger have signed on as screenwriters. Their credits include the three installments of “Kung Fu Panda,” “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.”
“Warriors” is based on books by Erin Hunter, the collective pseudonym of three U.K.-based writers – Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland – along with an editor, Victoria Holmes. Published by Harper Collins since 2003, the books feature clans of forest-dwelling cats caught up in stories of adventure, forbidden love, and faith.
Stx and Alibaba Pictures, the film offshoot of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba,...
- 5/14/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
A Web site looming large in the shadow of YouTube is getting seen by Hollywood in a whole new light.
DailyMotion, a Paris-based video hub second only to Google's prize purchase in online traffic among sites specializing in video sharing, has locked a deal to license programming from production company RDF USA. It is one of the first such pacts DailyMotion has made as it seeks to supplement its massive stash of user-generated content.
How RDF USA -- best known for supplying TV shows like ABC's "Shaq's Big Challenge" to broadcast and cable channels -- is getting in business for the first time with a Web site reflects the changing dynamics of Internet video. And DailyMotion is leading the charge, having launched officially in the U.S. several weeks ago with a staff of handpicked old-media veterans from the likes of Viacom and Time Warner.
Consider DailyMotion the most popular Web site you've never heard of: The site had 37.5 million unique users worldwide and 3.2 million in the U.S. in May and topped YouTube in its home base of France. YouTube dwarfs DailyMotion in the U.S., but its 4.7 million streamers (which translates to people who actually watch videos as opposed to just visiting) in April led other indie dot-com comers, including MetaCafe and Break.com, according to comScore Media Metrix.
"While it will clearly be very difficult for any video site to replicate what YouTube has accomplished, DailyMotion.com is stating the strongest case at the moment, both domestically and internationally," said Erin Hunter, executive vp media and entertainment solutions at comScore.
DailyMotion, a Paris-based video hub second only to Google's prize purchase in online traffic among sites specializing in video sharing, has locked a deal to license programming from production company RDF USA. It is one of the first such pacts DailyMotion has made as it seeks to supplement its massive stash of user-generated content.
How RDF USA -- best known for supplying TV shows like ABC's "Shaq's Big Challenge" to broadcast and cable channels -- is getting in business for the first time with a Web site reflects the changing dynamics of Internet video. And DailyMotion is leading the charge, having launched officially in the U.S. several weeks ago with a staff of handpicked old-media veterans from the likes of Viacom and Time Warner.
Consider DailyMotion the most popular Web site you've never heard of: The site had 37.5 million unique users worldwide and 3.2 million in the U.S. in May and topped YouTube in its home base of France. YouTube dwarfs DailyMotion in the U.S., but its 4.7 million streamers (which translates to people who actually watch videos as opposed to just visiting) in April led other indie dot-com comers, including MetaCafe and Break.com, according to comScore Media Metrix.
"While it will clearly be very difficult for any video site to replicate what YouTube has accomplished, DailyMotion.com is stating the strongest case at the moment, both domestically and internationally," said Erin Hunter, executive vp media and entertainment solutions at comScore.
- 7/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Web site looming large in the shadow of YouTube is getting seen by Hollywood in a whole new light.
DailyMotion, a Paris-based video hub second only to Google's prize purchase in online traffic among sites specializing in video sharing, has locked a deal to license programming from production company RDF USA. It is one of the first such pacts DailyMotion has made as it seeks to supplement its massive stash of user-generated content.
How RDF USA -- best known for supplying TV shows like ABC's Shaq's Big Challenge to broadcast and cable channels -- is getting in business for the first time with a Web site reflects the changing dynamics of Internet video. And DailyMotion is leading the charge, having launched officially in the U.S. several weeks ago with a staff of handpicked old-media veterans from the likes of Viacom and Time Warner.
Consider DailyMotion the most popular Web site you've never heard of: The site had 37.5 million unique users worldwide and 3.2 million in the U.S. in May and topped YouTube in its home base of France. YouTube dwarfs DailyMotion in the U.S., but its 4.7 million streamers (which translates to people who actually watch videos as opposed to just visiting) in April led other indie dot-com comers, including MetaCafe and Break.com, according to comScore Media Metrix.
"While it will clearly be very difficult for any video site to replicate what YouTube has accomplished, DailyMotion.com is stating the strongest case at the moment, both domestically and internationally," said Erin Hunter, executive vp media and entertainment solutions at comScore.
DailyMotion, a Paris-based video hub second only to Google's prize purchase in online traffic among sites specializing in video sharing, has locked a deal to license programming from production company RDF USA. It is one of the first such pacts DailyMotion has made as it seeks to supplement its massive stash of user-generated content.
How RDF USA -- best known for supplying TV shows like ABC's Shaq's Big Challenge to broadcast and cable channels -- is getting in business for the first time with a Web site reflects the changing dynamics of Internet video. And DailyMotion is leading the charge, having launched officially in the U.S. several weeks ago with a staff of handpicked old-media veterans from the likes of Viacom and Time Warner.
Consider DailyMotion the most popular Web site you've never heard of: The site had 37.5 million unique users worldwide and 3.2 million in the U.S. in May and topped YouTube in its home base of France. YouTube dwarfs DailyMotion in the U.S., but its 4.7 million streamers (which translates to people who actually watch videos as opposed to just visiting) in April led other indie dot-com comers, including MetaCafe and Break.com, according to comScore Media Metrix.
"While it will clearly be very difficult for any video site to replicate what YouTube has accomplished, DailyMotion.com is stating the strongest case at the moment, both domestically and internationally," said Erin Hunter, executive vp media and entertainment solutions at comScore.
- 7/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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