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Underworld 5 to be called Underworld: Battle? Sony Pictures registers domain

Post author By J.B.
Post date April 26, 2012
3 Comments on 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!

Tags featured, Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures domains, Underworld, Underworld 4, Underworld 5, Underworld Awakening, Underworld Battle, Underworld film, Underworld series, UnderworldBattle.com

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Sony working on ‘Van Helsing and Dracula’ movie according to domains

Post author By J.B.
Post date January 19, 2012
2 Comments on 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)

Tags Bram Stoker, Dracula, MarkMonitor, Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures domains, Van Helsing, Van Helsing and Dracula, Van Helsing and Dracula movie

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Following Sony Pictures, Ubisoft gets its own domain for Assassin’s Creed movie

Post author By J.B.
Post date December 5, 2011

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)

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Assassin’s Creed movie a done deal, according to Sony Pictures’ domains

Post author By J.B.
Post date October 22, 2011
11 Comments on 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

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