AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

By Lynn Smith, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
As most Angelenos know, the crosstown rivalry between Bruins and Trojans isn’t limited to football. Each camp of alumni wants to help its own get ahead — in sports, in law, even in writing. In the case of screenwriting programs where bundles of money are at stake, [...]

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Variety
DreamWorks nabs rights to adventure series
DreamWorks has acquired screen rights to “The 39 Clues,” a multiplatform adventure series to be launched in the fall by Scholastic Media. Steven Spielberg is eyeing the project as a directing vehicle.
DreamWorks co-chair/CEO Stacey Snider struck the deal with Scholastic Media president Deborah Forte.
Forte and Spielberg will produce; Spielberg is [...]

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Tech Crunch
More details on Steven Spielberg’s upcoming ghost and UFO based social network, which we first wrote about in early March and followed up with additional details a week later. The site will reportedly be called “Rising” or “The Rising” (our understanding is that they have acquired both .com domain names), and the logo above [...]

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Spielberg building ‘Blox’ with new partners at EA - The Hollywood Reporter
Family game due in spring for Wii
Steven Spielberg and leading game publisher Electronic Arts have announced the first title in their partnership, “Boom Blox,” which will be coming to the Nintendo Wii in the spring.
The family-friendly game features more than 300 levels, dozens [...]

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