Tag: "Sony Pictures"
Sony Pictures looks to have acquired rights to Turok film according to domains
Back in March, Deadline reported Sony Pictures closed a deal to acquire Bloodshot, the Valiant Comics series.
Now it looks Sony Pictures has landed another deal for a comic book character that once appeared in Valiant Comics: Turok.
On May 3, 2012, Sony Pictures registered domain names hinting at the movie like Turokthemovie.com (Whois).
Here’s a look at the full list of domain names:
turok-movie.com
turok-movie.net
turok-themovie.com
turok-themovie.net
turokthemovie.com
turokthemovie.net
Turok has a long publishing history, going back to the 1950s when he first appeared in Four Color Comics #596.
At the time of this story, Sony Pictures hasn’t officially announced anything regarding a Turok film.
Underworld 5 to be called Underworld: Battle? Sony Pictures registers domain
Though no official word is yet available on Underworld 5, it’s pretty certain the next film is in the works given the success of Underworld: Awakening which has been the highest-grossing film in the series so far.
While it’s purely speculation, it appears the next film could be called Underworld: Battle, according to a new domain name registration this week by Sony Pictures.
On April 24, 2012, Sony Pictures registered UnderworldBattle.com (Whois).
At the time of this post, Sony Pictures has not made an announcement about Underworld: Battle, but the domain does redirect visitors to the Sony Pictures home video page for Underworld: Awakening, which is set to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 8th.
While Underworld 5 would be no surprise, it looks more likely that UnderworldBattle.com is part of Sony Pictures’ online marketing campaign for the release of Underworld: Awakening on home video, and less likely the title of the fifth film in the series.
The name could also hint at a new video game, as well.
At this point, we’ll just have to wait and see if Sony Pictures announces anything official.
Talking about this story: /FILM and WhatCulture!
Sony working on ‘Van Helsing and Dracula’ movie according to domains
Sony Pictures appears to be working on a new film based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel called “Van Helsing and Dracula” or “Dracula and Van Helsing”.
This week, Sony Pictures registered a slew of domain names through the brand protection company MarkMonitor that revealed the movie’s possible titles.
At least eight domains were purchased, all on January 17, 2012.
Here’s a look at the registrations:
http://whois.domaintools.com/draculaandvanhelsing-movie.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/draculaandvanhelsing-movie.net
http://whois.domaintools.com/draculaandvanhelsing.net
http://whois.domaintools.com/vanhelsinganddracula-movie.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/vanhelsinganddracula-movie.net
http://whois.domaintools.com/vanhelsinganddracula.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/vanhelsinganddracula.net
http://whois.domaintools.com/vanhelsinganddraculamovie.com
Last June, Pajiba reported that Universal Pictures was developing another Van Helsing movie based on the Bram Stoker character.
At the time of this post, Sony Pictures has not made an official announcement, nor do any of the domains resolve to a web page.
Discussion: Movieline, Celebrities.com and I Watch Stuff
(Image of Gary Oldman as Count Dracula via Bram Stoker’s Dracula)
Top 10 Stories of 2011: #9 Sony confirms next James Bond title will be Skyfall
Number 9 in this year’s Top 10 stories is the story of the upcoming James Bond film Skyfall, which will land in theaters in November 2012.
On October 3, more than a dozen domain names having to do with Skyfall were registered.
Though privately registered initially using DNStination Inc., what made these names special was that they were all registered through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor, which is used by more than half the Fortune 100.
The list of registrations, which today now show Sony Pictures as the owner in WHOIS records, included names like jamesbond-skyfall.com and skyfallthefilm.com.
Simply referred to as ‘Bond 23′ at the time, shortly after I published my story speculating the next Bond film would be called Skyfall, well over a dozen news sites mentioned my article including Access Hollywood, IGN, The Hollywood Reporter, and X17, to name a few.
On November 3, Sony officially confirmed the title as Skyfall.
Here’s a look at the full press conference, marking the start of the production.
Sony Pictures registers ‘Bring Them to Justice Game’ domain names
Sony Pictures has tipped its hand on a forthcoming game called “Bring Them to Justice”, after registering several domain names on December 22, like bringthemtojusticegame.com (Whois).
All the domains were registered through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor.
The game, which hasn’t been officially announced, may simply be a mobile game published by Sony Pictures Digital, part of Sony’s US mobile phone games division.
The domain names, five in total, include:
bringthemtojusticegame.com
bringthemtojusticegame.net
bringtojustice.net
bringtojusticegame.com
bringtojusticegame.net
At the time of this story going online, none of the domains resolve to a web page.
Following Sony Pictures, Ubisoft gets its own domain for Assassin’s Creed movie
Back in October, shortly after Variety broke the news that Sony Pictures was in the final negotiations with Ubisoft for an Assassin’s Creed film, I wrote about Sony Pictures registering more than a dozen related domains like assassinscreedfilm.com and assassinscreedthefilm.com.
There still is no official website for the film, which could be released as early as 2014, but now Ubisoft has secured ownership of the web address: assassinscreedthemovie.com.
The domain name exchanged hands earlier this week, after Ubisoft contacted the previous owner by e-mail and informed them that they had rights to the name.
Wanting to avoid legal troubles, the owner (whom I spoke with by e-mail) quickly transferred the domain to Ubisoft, saving Ubisoft the hassle of filing a domain dispute.
To date Ubisoft has filed only one complaint over a domain.
In 2010, it won a case (Claim Number: FA0912001298869) for princeofpersia.com, after filing a dispute with the National Arbitration Forum.
Also this past week, Ubisoft Entertainment filed three separate trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Serial Number: 85482572, Serial Number: 85482583 and Serial Number: 85482580.
Here’s a quick look at the goods and services covered in the trademark filings.
“Entertainment services, namely, continuing television programs and interactive television programs featuring comedy, drama, live-action, and animation, broadcast over television, satellite, audio, and video media; presentation of live stage show performances, presentation of live show performances by costumed characters, and presentation of live theatrical performances; production and distribution of motion pictures”
“Audio and video recordings featuring live-action entertainment; audio and visual recordings featuring live-action entertainment; Pre-recorded DVDs, digital versatile discs and digital video discs featuring live-action entertainment”
“printed matter, namely books featuring works of fiction; printed matter, namely comics featuring works of fiction”
As of the time of this story going online, assassinscreedthemovie.com doesn’t resolve to a website.
(Photo of the short YouTube movie Assassin’s Creed: Lineage via Ubisoft)
Assassin’s Creed movie a done deal, according to Sony Pictures’ domains
Several tech blogs and news site have been buzzing for the last 24 hours since Variety broke the news that Sony Pictures was in the final negotations to develop a film franchise based on Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed” videogame series.
While the deal hasn’t been officially confirmed by Sony or Ubisoft, that didn’t stop Sony Pictures from registering over a dozen “Assassin’s Creed” movie domain names such as assassinscreedthefilm.com.
All of the domain names were registered on October 20, a day before the Variety story was published.
Here’s a look at the full list of domain names:
assassins-creed-movie.com
assassins-creed.net
assassins-creedmovie.com
assassinscreed-film.com
assassinscreed-film.net
assassinscreed-movie.com
assassinscreed-movie.net
assassinscreed-thefilm.com
assassinscreed-thefilm.net
assassinscreed-themovie.com
assassinscreed-themovie.net
assassinscreedfilm.com
assassinscreedfilm.net
assassinscreedthefilm.com
assassinscreedthefilm.net
assassinscreedthemovie.net
Although the domains were registered before either company has even announced a partnership, Sony Pictures must have been pretty confident that the deal was certain.
That, or the deal was already done.
Discussion: Kotaku, WhatCulture!, Game Rant, CVG, N4G, VG247, In Entertainment, Factornews, Hobbynews, GamingBolt, Joystiq, Game Informer, MeriStation, The Sixth Axis, G4, Jeux Video.fr, Cine Premiere, Videogameszone, Play.tm and Digital Trends
Sony Pictures to produce John Burdett crime novels? 29 domains registered
It looks as if Sony Pictures has struck a deal with British crime novelist John Burdett to produce as many as four films including Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts, The Godfather of Kathmandu, and his next novel set to be released in 2012 in the UK, Vulture Peak.
Sony Pictures registered nearly three dozen domain names this past Friday, like BangkokHauntsmovie.com, TheGodfatherofKathmandu.com, BangkokTattoomovie.com, and VulturePeakmovie.com.
Bangkok 8, the first book in the murder mystery series, was optioned by Millennium Films back in 2007, but filming was apparently cancelled.
While the domain registrations are certainly an indication of upcoming plans, as of yet, neither Sony Picture nor John Burdett have officially announced a partnership.
I’ve reached out to John Burdett for comment on this story through his web site at John-Burdett.com, and will update this post if I hear back.
Here’s a look at the full list of domain registrations.
bangkok-haunts.com
bangkok-haunts.net
bangkok-tattoo.com
bangkok-tattoo.net
bangkok-tattoomovie.com
bangkokhaunts-movie.com
bangkokhaunts-movie.net
bangkokhaunts.net
bangkokhauntsmovie.com
bangkoktattoo-movie.com
bangkoktattoo-movie.net
bangkoktattoomovie.com
godfatherofkathmandu-movie.com
godfatherofkathmandu-movie.net
godfatherofkathmandu.com
godfatherofkathmandu.net
godfatherofkathmandumovie.com
kathmandugodfather.com
kathmandugodfather.net
thegodfatherofkathmandu-movie.com
thegodfatherofkathmandu-movie.net
thegodfatherofkathmandu.com
thegodfatherofkathmandu.net
thegodfatherofkathmandumovie.com
vulture-peak.net
vulturepeak-movie.com
vulturepeak-movie.net
vulturepeak.net
vulturepeakmovie.com
Update 1, October 16th, 4:14pm EST: John Burdett replied by e-mail: “Sorry, no comment at this stage.”
Discussion: WhatCulture! and Dark Horizons
Film on Apple’s co-founder will be titled Steve Jobs, according to registrations
Sony Pictures recently acquired the rights to the biography on Apple’s late co-founder and chairman simply titled ”Steve Jobs”, by Walter Isaacson.
Originally called iSteve: the Book Of Jobs, Isaacson eventually persuaded his publisher Simon & Schuster to change the book title.
It now appears the film will keep the same title of the non-fiction book when it’s released in theaters, according to eight recent domain name registrations by Sony Pictures made on October 11, 2011, that include domains like SteveJobs-film.com and SteveJobs-thefilm.com.
The full list of registrations include: stevejobs-film.com, stevejobs-film.net, stevejobs-movie.net, stevejobs-thefilm.com, stevejobs-thefilm.net, stevejobs-themovie.net, stevejobsfilm.net, and stevejobsthefilm.net.
Sony Pictures did not secure the domains for SteveJobsfilm.com or SteveJobsmovie.com.
Both of those domains were registered back in late August by Stoneport LLC, a web design company out of Virginia, shortly after Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple. Each web address resolves to an empty business profile page provided by Network Solutions.
Discussion: Yahoo! News, WhatCulture! and 9to5mac
(Photo of Steve Jobs showing off iPhone 4 via Matt Yohe)
Sony Pictures registers “The Forging of Zorro” & “The Legend Begins” domains
Deadline.com reported last week that Sony Pictures had hired Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia to write the studio’s reboot of the Zorro franchise, which will be an adaptation of the 2005 Isabel Allende novel.
Now it looks like the untitled Zorro film, may have a name.
Either “The Forging of Zorro” or “Zorro: The Legend Begins”, according to 21 domain names registered by Sony Pictures on October 10, 2011, that include domains like TheForgingofZorromovie.com and ZorroThelegendbeginsmovie.com.
Zorro: The Legend Begins was the title of a pilot TV movie for the 1990 revival of Zorro.
Check out the full list of registrations below.
theforgingofzorro-movie.com
theforgingofzorro-movie.net
theforgingofzorro.com
theforgingofzorro.net
theforgingofzorromovie.com
thelegendbegins-movie.com
thelegendbegins-movie.net
thelegendbeginsmovie.com
zorrobegins-movie.com
zorrobegins-movie.net
zorrobegins.net
zorrobeginsmovie.com
zorrothelegendbegins-movie.com
zorrothelegendbegins-movie.net
zorrothelegendbegins.com
zorrothelegendbegins.net
zorrothelegendbeginsmovie.com
zthelegendbegins-movie.com
zthelegendbegins-movie.net
zthelegendbegins.com
zthelegendbegins.net
zthelegendbeginsmovie.com
Discussion: Moviehole, WhatCulture!, Dark Horizons and /Film
