Disney gets access to “5,000 characters” in the Marvel universe, at what might seem like a bargain price for the comic book empire.

Source:Disney's $4 billion gamble–that we won't tire of comic book heroes or comic book movies (Orlando Sentinel)

Film and television critic Philip Wakefield assesses the best movies on offer on the box this week, for Tuesday, September 1 to Monday September 7.

Source:Best films on the box: September 1-7 (Stuff)

Best known for his roles in La Bamba and the Young Gun movies, actor Lou Diamond Phillips will next be seen as Colonel Telford in Syfy’s highly anticipated new series Stargate Universe . “The landscape of the television and film industry is different these days,” notes Phillips. “It used to be if you were a film actor, you were exclusively a film actor, and you didn’t do television. I think …

Source:Why Lou Diamond Phillips can't wait for Stargate Universe (Sci Fi Wire)

With more than 2600 total entries, how do you find the proposals that most interest you on the 2010 SXSW PanelPicker? One good strategy is to use the "search options" button, which allows you to browse ideas by name, title, business name, category or comments. Another approach is to use the new "Hot" button located at the top left corner of the PanelPicker interface.

Clicking on this button will give you a list of 60 proposals that are currently scoring well with other users in Interactive, Music and Film . Click on this button again and you will get 60 more ideas that are getting lots of buzz. Whatever your favorite method for filtering, please don't delay too much longer. PanelPicker voting ends on Friday, September 4.

• Congratulations to SXSW 2009's Burma VJ, on winning Denmark's coveted Roos Award
  From DFI
• Article on Josh Harris, subject of SXSW 2009's We Live In Public
  From New York Times
• Disney snaps up Marvel in a $4 Billion deal
  From Variety
• SXSW alum Mike Judge on his new film Extract
  From New York Times
• The Hurt Locker - changing the face of modern warfare?
  From The Guardian
• "Really something wonderful" - Cinematical on SXSW 09's Beeswax
  From Cinematical
• "The key to a digital future resides in the relationship with audiences"
  From ScreenDaily via Power to the Pixel
• In praise of the letterbox - the great widescreen vs pan-and-scan showdown
  From YouTube

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at least in the movies I’ve seen — Harry Potter takes a train from London back to his preparatory school. And the train is pulled, of course, by an old-fashioned steam locomotive.

Source:Hogwarts 101: Old ways sometimes work best (Tulsa World)

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