One of the deciding moments in the making of the neo-exploitation, ultra-violent-comedy thriller “Machete” came when star-to-be Danny Trejo was doing an autograph signing in England. “These guys came up and they had pictures of ’Machete’ tattooed on their backs,” Trejo said. “Talk about responsibility.”
“He took pictures and e-mailed them to me,” laughed director Robert [...]

Movie Prodoucer Joel Silver has produced some of the biggest action hits of the last 20 years, including the ‘Lethal Weapon’ and ‘Matrix’ movies. Accustomed to big budgets and huge egos, Silver now faces the music along with the rest of Hollywood as movie budgets get cut and producing deals are scarce.
JOEL SILVER stands on the Warner [...]

Machete - a movie that is as dangerous as it is explosive upon watching it.
Danny Trejo, the craggy-faced, tough-guy character actor who has appeared in almost 200 movies and TV shows, was in the middle of an autograph session in London in 2007 with director Robert Rodriguez to promote the release of Grindhouse when he encountered [...]

The entertainment industry can be a legal minefield.  And while the legal issues that face documentary filmmakers may not be unique, documentarians — who typically work on shoestring budgets, rely heavily on preexisting copyrighted materials, and often say things that moneyed and powerful interests don’t want to hear — are uniquely [...]

Apple’s iPad is being used for many different things but it is starting to get traction with filmmakers who are using it for a multitude of reasons.
Apple’s iPad might not seem to be a logical addition to Final Cut Pro, but it’s being used extensively on a new feature film being shot on [...]

The digital revolution is under way around the globe when it comes to making films. Digital filmmaking is allowing many filmmakers to chase their visions with less money and obstacles.
From mobile apps for zombie films to web-only prequels for documentaries, digital filmmaking is establishing itself as integral to both Hollywood blockbusters and small indie films.
At [...]

Back in 1997, “Colin Fitz Lives!” was the darling of the Sundance film festival. The low-budget comedy was praised by Roger Ebert and Harry Knowles. It went on to win a slew of film fest awards and looked poised to be another breakout indie hit like Kevin Smith’s “Clerks”, Quentin Tarantino’s [...]

For its new gangster series “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO built a $5 million, 300-foot-long boardwalk on the Brooklyn waterfront to recreate Atlantic City circa 1920. The set required 150 tons of steel and includes historical elements like the Baby Incubator, an actual nursery where tourists could gawk at tiny, premature infants.
The 12 episodes produced for the [...]

Just a few weeks ago, the buzz on director Christopher Nolan’s new film Inception was that it might be too complex and too difficult to become a true blockbuster hit with mainstream audiences. Today, the buzz on the helmer’s puzzle-box thriller about thieves who steal ideas from dreams is that audiences can’t get enough of it. [...]

John Bauerlein is sworn to secrecy.

As an extra in “Transformers 3,” which is filming in and around Chicago through August, he can’t reveal exactly what he’s been doing on the movie shoot this week because he has signed a confidentiality agreement.

A fan of “Transformers” since he was a kid, Bauerlein, 35, decided to check out [...]