The 8 Film Startups You Should Know From SXSW
If you’re a film person on the SXSW Interactive trade show floor, it’s easy to leave with a complex. Film, to put it mildly, is not a priority for tech people — and these people, easily identified by...
View Article5 Daily Tech Stories That Filmmakers (and Film Fans) Must Read: Disney Nabs...
1. Disney Acquires Maker Studios: It’s not surprising that Disney wants to get a piece of YouTube in the form of Maker Studios, the leading network of online video content on YouTube. The Walt Disney...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch Answers Your Questions in Live Fandango Q&A
Benedict Cumberbatch is already an Oscar frontrunner for his role as Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game." Now, Fandango is adding the star to their Frontrunner online series to share a special...
View ArticleElena Ferrante’s ‘Neapolitan Novels’ Being Made Into TV Series
Good news for the many admirers of Italian author Elena Ferrante’s so-called ‘Neapolitan Novels.’ The four-part book series, which has recently become a hit with U.S. readers, is set to be adapted for...
View ArticleBox Office: ‘Deadpool’ Lures Advance Ticket Buyers
Fox is so high on the irreverent, R-rated Marvel property, which played well to fans at Comic-Con, that the studio green-lighted the sequel before "Deadpool" opens wide on February 12. That’s because...
View ArticleOnline Ticketseller Fandango Acquires Digital Movie Brands Flixster and...
In a major shift in the online movie space, digital consumer platform and ticketseller Fandango, a unit of NBCUniversal, is acquiring from Warner Bros. Flixster, the largest movie community on the...
View ArticleWatch: These ‘Reel Kids’ Make This Year’s Oscar Nominees Sound Like A Lot of Fun
READ MORE: Review: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is the Best Action Movie of the Year Kids sure do have wild imaginations. And Fandango Movieclips takes full advantage of their outrageous lateral logic...
View ArticleFandango Launches Own On-Demand Video Service, FandangoNOW
Fandango announced today their planned March 30 launch of FandangoNOW, billed as the company’s "first-ever premium on-demand video service, offering a massive library of new release and catalog movies...
View Article‘Rogue One’ Deleted Scenes: Director Gareth Edwards Explains Why We’ll...
It has been well-documented that the recent “Star Wars” spinoff film “Rogue One” underwent some drastic reshoots before its release, and this has fans salivating over the thought of an alternate cut....
View ArticleHow Rotten Tomatoes’ New Facebook Show Is Holding Film Criticism Hostage
Earlier this year, Brett Ratner declared that “the worst thing we have in today’s movie culture is Rotten Tomatoes,” an argument that seemed petulant and self-serving even before we learned that one of...
View Article‘Black Panther’ Selling More Fandango Advanced Tickets Than Its Superhero...
“Black Panther” is moving more advanced tickets through Fandango’s website than any other superhero film to date, the company reports. Directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler and set in the fictional...
View Article‘Black Panther’ Giveaway: Win a $25 Fandango Special Edition Gift Card
After stealing our hearts and snatching our wigs in “Captain America: Civil War,” T’Challa has finally landed on the big screen with his own highly anticipated and critically acclaimed solo film,...
View Article‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Giveaway: Win a Prize Pack Including $25 Fandango...
It’s all been leading to this. The past ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have finally come together in one big epic movie, “Avengers: Infinity War.” The Avengers have assembled to fight one...
View Article‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Giveaway: Win a Prize Pack Including $25 Fandango...
One of the most charming scoundrels in the galaxy is finally getting the spotlight in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” See where it all began for Han Solo, including his first ride on the Millennium Falcon,...
View ArticleMoviePass Competitors, Ranked: AMC, Cinemark, and the Other Ticket...
On June 20, the battle was joined: The biggest name in discount movie ticketing, MoviePass, received a full-bore challenge from the world’s largest exhibitor, AMC. Starting today, the companies offer...
View Article‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Giveaway: Enter to Win a $25 Fandango Gift Card
‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ has roared into theaters, taking the top spot at the box office with its promise of even bigger and scarier dinosaurs. The latest entry in the franchise, which stars...
View Article‘Avengers: Endgame’ Breaks Ticket Sale Record in Six Hours, Fandango ‘Has...
Just how much money is “Avengers: Endgame” going to make on opening weekend? While we’re still a few weeks away from finding out the answer, the movie is already breaking records as Fandango has...
View Article‘Avengers: Endgame’ Didn’t Just Break Ticket Records, It Forced Fandango to...
“Avengers: Endgame” doesn’t open until the end of April, but it’s already proving to be an unstoppable box office force. After breaking the Fandango record for most tickets sold on the first day of...
View ArticleWould You Like to Watch 3-D Movies on Oculus VR Headsets? FandangoNOW Thinks...
FandangoNOW now offers movies and TV shows for rent or purchase on Oculus VR headsets, including some in 3-D. Oculus Go and Quest headset users can now access the 90,000 movies and TV shows already...
View ArticleIs That Movie Worth Paying For? Vudu Offers ‘Rental Redo’ For the...
Amazon, AMC, and Apple may have an alphabetic advantage, but they’re just the first three of many outlets that all do the same thing: offer identical opportunities to rent thousands and thousands of...
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