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"This strategic partnership between Annapurna and Remedy is an important milestone and an exciting opportunity for us," wrote Virtala. "This ensures we can develop Control 2 into the best game possible, allow us to move into self-publishing for selected titles and expand our fra...
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This looks like a great film. The premise is transmedia. Is the film in your opinion? https://deadline.com/2024/08/cloud-review-kiyoshi-kurosawa-venice-film-f......
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Sam Sokolow I love Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s films, Sam. My favourite is ‘Pulse’.
I remember "choose your own adventure" books when I was a kid and have tracked interactive story telling ever since. VR and AR have tried to find storytelling at scale. I am looking forward to seeing how this project works and feels for the audience. What are your thoughts on the future of interacti...
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I think we're gonna see more VR and AR projects, Sam Sokolow. I'd like to write one. I've been practicing writing VR with short scripts. I'm self-taught though, so it'd be nice to take a webinar or cl...
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Fingers crossed on this one. The biggest issue I've seen is that storytellers don't completely understand the technology and pros/cons of the different mediums they're using to branch their stories. T...
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Ok, thanks, Will Maurer!
In my humble opinion, this is, without question, going to be one of the most powerful revenue streams film and TV has ever seen. I am fascinated by this. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netflix-google-advertising-emily-in-par......
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Tom Lapke I suppose it’s a different take on merchandising, just with bigger hitters!
WOW! I couldn't agree more, Tom Lapke. This concept has been brewing for decades - I saw "see it, buy it" tech at a Yahoo conference in 2000 and developed something with eOne with this as the goal in...
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This is fun. 20 years later, the film that single-handedly tanked the Merlot market is back in the news. https://variety.com/2024/film/food/sideways-20th-anniversary-hitching-po......
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There seems to be no end of new initiatives and companies getting into the Transmedia space.
PANICK Entertainment, a "new horror and science fiction content venture," launched at San Diego Comic Con with executives from DC Comics and Heavy Metal. They plan to begin with comics and graphic novels befo...
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My favorite Transmedia world is Resident Evil, Geoff Hall. RE is fun and action-packed! My favorite things in the RE universe are the games and animated movies.
Geoff Hall Anything that involves heavy metal gets my stamp of approval.
Heavy Metal Magazine has been a favorite since 1981's animated feature HEAVY METAL. Totally interested in what Longo and this team cook up.
Interesting to see digital platforms and music companies continue to find working business models after the existential threat to some musicians that digital created years ago. I hope this is a good deal for the artists. https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/universal-music-meta-expanded-agre......
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Its gotten super competitive like most things but Podcasting, which Stage 32 has education on, is still a monster business with creative opportunities galore. Are you listening to anything you love right now? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-people-podcasting-......
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Sam Sokolow I’m listening to a podcast called ‘Turning to the Mystics’, which has nothing to do with the industry, but everything to do with my personal wellbeing.
Sam Sokolow I just wrapped season 3 of my Locker Room for Growth podcast. I've wound it down because it's time for a change. I put a lot of work into research and more into the post-production. Had so...
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With so many of our accounts interconnected, I have a feeling we are going to be seeing things like this a lot more.
https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/beetlejuice-2-movie-tickets-roblox-virtual-box-office-1236094529/
I agree, Tom Lapke. Games have utilized embedded purchasing for a while, and often for in-game items or advantages, but this could be a very cool trend. The goal is selling movie tickets and, as the s...
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That's smart marketing, Tom Lapke. Roblox is huge! I also saw soda promo for Beetlejuice 2.
When it comes to marketing and PR, one cannot ignore the reach and power of TikTok. It's here where you can find the local stories that syndicated corporate media have sacrificed for the advertising dollar.
To hone the point, in February 2024, SproutSocial put out a report that TikTok generated 2.7 b...
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Jed Power There is a popular 90 something Holocaust survivor, a headbanging 70 year old who goes to a gazillion live concerts every year and frequently does lives with Shinedown, and other s**t talkin...
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Debbie Croysdale It took me a while to post. Once you get into the hang of it...it's also a great place to test what content/angle "sells" the best.
Thanks for the share and data, Debbie Elicksen - TikTok definitely cannot, and should not, be ignored.
Debbie Elicksen On the other hand, I have seen "content creators" leave it in big numbers in the last few months, due to TikTok's perceived avariciousness and perceived manipulation & hiding of stats...
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Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg that’s good to know. Thanks for the information.
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I've never played Control, Geoff Hall, but I've seen gameplay of it. The game looks incredible! It'd be great as a movie or movie series!
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Annapurna started moving in this direction about a year ago and its good to see their focus and efforts making things happen. Will be interesting to watch how this all unfolds. Thanks, Geoff Hall!...
Expand commentAnnapurna started moving in this direction about a year ago and its good to see their focus and efforts making things happen. Will be interesting to watch how this all unfolds. Thanks, Geoff Hall!