London - BSkyB's launch of standalone online video service Now TV this week will allow the U.K. pay TV giant, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. owns 39 percent, to take on online streamers Netflix and Amazon.com's LoveFilm. But it will also expose the satellite TV firm to such risks as cord cutting, a la carte pricing and a potential cannibalization of its established customer base, according to analysts. Ted Hall, analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, said that the Now TV launch comes with opportunities, but also built-in risks. "As a product for the post-10-million-
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- 7/16/2012
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matt Osterman's directorial debut Phasma Ex Machina, retitled Ghost From the Machine for its stateside DVD release, is getting remade by Universal Pictures.
Gary Shore will direct this new version of the story, with Nathan Parker penning the screenplay. The original sci-fi thriller tried to bridge the grey area between life and death as a young man is forced to raise his younger brother after both of his parents die in an accident. The young man becomes obsessed with bringing his mother and father back from the dead, and creates a machine for the task that threatens his life and the lives of those around him.
Gary Shore will make Phasma Ex Machina before embarking on an adaptation of the James Patterson novel series Maximum Ride.
Phasma Ex Machina was released in 2010 and stars Sasha Andreev, Michelle Bergh, Lynette Biunno, Matthew Feeney, Emily Fradenburgh, Bill Gorman, Ted Hall, Mari Harris.
Gary Shore will direct this new version of the story, with Nathan Parker penning the screenplay. The original sci-fi thriller tried to bridge the grey area between life and death as a young man is forced to raise his younger brother after both of his parents die in an accident. The young man becomes obsessed with bringing his mother and father back from the dead, and creates a machine for the task that threatens his life and the lives of those around him.
Gary Shore will make Phasma Ex Machina before embarking on an adaptation of the James Patterson novel series Maximum Ride.
Phasma Ex Machina was released in 2010 and stars Sasha Andreev, Michelle Bergh, Lynette Biunno, Matthew Feeney, Emily Fradenburgh, Bill Gorman, Ted Hall, Mari Harris.
- 8/11/2011
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
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