European moviehouses are having problems retaining quality staff members as higher-quality workers are turned off by the hours and other facets of the job that make it less than appealing. That means the people who do work there are unenthusiastic and poorly trained.- Disney has announced the Pirates of the Caribbean MMOG won’t be released until fall. The game was initially scheduled to come out in support of At World’s End’s theatrical release but now will likely be released around the time of the movie’s DVD debut.
- Retailers are working to not favor one next-generation home video disc over another as HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats slug it out for market dominance. The retail outlets don’t want to put their bets on the wrong horse and don’t want to honk anyone off.
- BusinessWeek does a power-ranking of sorts for movie studios and other major film industry players, putting them in order based on box office success and draw.
- Cinematical has a round-up of what movies are going to be including Comic-Con as part of their marketing campaigns, with panels, sneak-peeks and more for a number of films that are either direct comic adaptations or otherwise are likely to appeal to the geek crowd.
Quick Takes 7/9/07
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