“We're currently not in that mode where we're building salespeople and filling the desks...We're in that growth phase where we're just trying to build as much as possible.”
...its user base has surged to more than 4 million from 170,000 at the end of 2009. The company is adding features to fend off a threat from rivals, including Facebook and Twitter Inc., which are creating their own location-based services...
While it's mainly focused on attracting users, Foursquare is also working on tools that would help it make money from local merchants.
7 months later: "10 Million"
Sunday, November 14, 2010
BubbleWatch: Superhero Movie Franchise Frenzy
1. January 2011: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegreenhornet/
Fast Five (5th Fast & Furious: 2001-2011)
2. May 2011: http://thor.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
Priest
Kung Fu Panda 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 4
"Starting with this issue, 2011 becomes the year of Green Lantern..."
DC Comics' Super Hero GREEN LANTERN will focus the might of his Power Ring at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2011...
3. June 2011: http://greenlanternmovie.warnerbros.com/ (cross fingers)
"In the eighties and early nineties, the movie star was the brand," explains Simon Kinberg, producer of X-Men: First Class. "Then in the nineties, visual effects became the brand. Now, the brand is the brand."..."I wouldn't even pitch an original idea anymore," says Christopher McQuarrie, who, lest we forget, won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1995 for The Usual Suspects. Most recently, he wrote the Wolverine sequel at Fox. "What [studios] want is — through no fault of their own — a piece of pre-existing material that's survived some sort of a litmus test, like a graphic novel...it creates a visual template on which the movie is based. Someone in marketing can look at that, and say, ‘We're selling this.’ An original piece of material is a complete gamble."...Kinberg’s X-Men: First Class is a more tangible case of casting downward while maintaining a healthy brand.
4. June 2011: X-Men: First Class (5th via Fox)
2015: The Lost Years of Merlin (via Warner Bros.)
Fast Five (5th Fast & Furious: 2001-2011)
2. May 2011: http://thor.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
Priest
Kung Fu Panda 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 4
"Starting with this issue, 2011 becomes the year of Green Lantern..."
DC Comics' Super Hero GREEN LANTERN will focus the might of his Power Ring at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2011...
3. June 2011: http://greenlanternmovie.warnerbros.com/ (cross fingers)
"In the eighties and early nineties, the movie star was the brand," explains Simon Kinberg, producer of X-Men: First Class. "Then in the nineties, visual effects became the brand. Now, the brand is the brand."..."I wouldn't even pitch an original idea anymore," says Christopher McQuarrie, who, lest we forget, won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1995 for The Usual Suspects. Most recently, he wrote the Wolverine sequel at Fox. "What [studios] want is — through no fault of their own — a piece of pre-existing material that's survived some sort of a litmus test, like a graphic novel...it creates a visual template on which the movie is based. Someone in marketing can look at that, and say, ‘We're selling this.’ An original piece of material is a complete gamble."...Kinberg’s X-Men: First Class is a more tangible case of casting downward while maintaining a healthy brand.
4. June 2011: X-Men: First Class (5th via Fox)
Cars 2
5. July 2011: http://captainamerica.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
6. July 2011: http://www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com/
Transformers 3
5. July 2011: http://captainamerica.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
6. July 2011: http://www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com/
Transformers 3
Harry Potter 7/8 (finale: 2001-2011)
Zookeeper
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2nd reboot)
7. August 2011: Conan (reboot)
The Three Musketeers (# reboot)
8. December 2011: Sherlock Holmes 2
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (4th via Paramount)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Adventures of Tintin
- - - -
January 2012: Underworld 4
March 2012: John Carter (John Carter of Mars)
March 2012: Wrath of the Titans (Clash of the Titans reboot 2; wrapped July 2011)
March 2012: 21 Jump Street
March 2012: The Hunger Games
March 2012: Brothers Grimm: Snow White (via Relativity)
March 2012: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (via Paramount)
9. May 2012: The Avengers
...the release of the first promotional image from The Avengers. It is, without question, the most exciting picture of four empty chairs that the world has ever seen...There's nothing wrong with studios wanting to build up a bit of buzz around their films, but isn't buzz supposed to be, you know, buzzworthy? At least more buzzworthy than a photo of some chairs.
10. May 2012: Men in Black 3
Battleship
Prometheus (Alien reboot)
Snow White and the Huntsman (via Universal)
June 2012: R.I.P.D. (via Universal)
11. July 2012: Spider-Man (reboot)
12. July 2012: The Dark Knight Rises (3rd directed by Nolan & 7th via WB)
Zookeeper
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2nd reboot)
7. August 2011: Conan (reboot)
Real Steel
The Three Musketeers (# reboot)
Twilight 4
Happy Feet 2
8. December 2011: Sherlock Holmes 2
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (4th via Paramount)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Adventures of Tintin
- - - -
January 2012: Underworld 4
March 2012: John Carter (John Carter of Mars)
March 2012: Wrath of the Titans (Clash of the Titans reboot 2; wrapped July 2011)
March 2012: 21 Jump Street
March 2012: The Hunger Games
March 2012: Brothers Grimm: Snow White (via Relativity)
March 2012: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (via Paramount)
9. May 2012: The Avengers
...the release of the first promotional image from The Avengers. It is, without question, the most exciting picture of four empty chairs that the world has ever seen...There's nothing wrong with studios wanting to build up a bit of buzz around their films, but isn't buzz supposed to be, you know, buzzworthy? At least more buzzworthy than a photo of some chairs.
10. May 2012: Men in Black 3
Battleship
Prometheus (Alien reboot)
Snow White and the Huntsman (via Universal)
June 2012: R.I.P.D. (via Universal)
11. July 2012: Spider-Man (reboot)
12. July 2012: The Dark Knight Rises (3rd directed by Nolan & 7th via WB)
Twilight 4/5
Total Recall (remake)
Meanwhile, in London... london2012.com
August 2012: The Expendables 2
13. December 2012: Superman: Man of Steel (2nd reboot)
Total Recall (remake)
Meanwhile, in London... london2012.com
August 2012: The Expendables 2
13. December 2012: Superman: Man of Steel (2nd reboot)
Monsters Inc. 2
14. 2012: The Wolverine (2nd via Fox)
15. 2012: Judge Dredd (reboot)
2012: Ghost Rider 2
2012: Star Trek reboot 2 (12th total via Paramount -- America's oldest existing film studio; 1912-2012)
2012: G.I. Joe 2 (Paramount)
14. 2012: The Wolverine (2nd via Fox)
15. 2012: Judge Dredd (reboot)
2012: Ghost Rider 2
2012: Star Trek reboot 2 (12th total via Paramount -- America's oldest existing film studio; 1912-2012)
2012: G.I. Joe 2 (Paramount)
Red Sonja (reboot)
December 2012: The Lone Ranger (# reboot)
December 2012: The Hobbit
2012: One Shot (Jack Reacher)
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March 2013: The Host (set June 2011)
16. May 2013: Iron Man 3
2013: How to Train Your Dragon 2
May 2013: Fast & Furious 6 (set April-June 2011)
2013: The Hunger Games 2
July 2013: Thor 2 (set June-July 2011)
2013: Die Hard 5
2013: WarGames (remake)
2013...2014: Ant-Man
2013: Daredevil (reboot)
December 2012: The Lone Ranger (# reboot)
December 2012: The Hobbit
2012: One Shot (Jack Reacher)
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March 2013: The Host (set June 2011)
16. May 2013: Iron Man 3
2013: How to Train Your Dragon 2
May 2013: Fast & Furious 6 (set April-June 2011)
2013: The Hunger Games 2
July 2013: Thor 2 (set June-July 2011)
2013: Die Hard 5
2013: WarGames (remake)
2013...2014: Ant-Man
2013: Daredevil (reboot)
RoboCop (reboot)
Nov. 2010: "... will rely on DC Comics superheroes ... owned DC Comics since 1969, made the unit part of its film division last year in a move that highlighted the importance of the characters for future films. “We’re doing our best to get the DC properties lined up like airplanes taking off from the runway" ... and movies based on Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Arrow and Aquaman, Horn said [Alan Horn, Warner Bros. president and chief operating officer]."
Pack in all the thrills and excitement you can with The Flash Pass...
...the world has changed...It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war...It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!
2013: The Flash
2013...(TV '11 - not via NBC)...2015: Wonder Woman
2014: Green Arrow
2014: Aquaman
2014: The Hunger Games 3
May 2014: Spider-Man reboot 2 (set August 2011)
May 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Ant-Man?] (set August 2011)
June 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Captain America 2?] (set August 2011)
Meanwhile, in Brazil... fifa.com/worldcup
2014: Avatar 2 (Fox Films -- founded in 1914 -- and 20th Century Pictures -- founded in 1933 -- merged in 1935 to form 20th Century Fox)
2014: Godzilla (reboot via Legendary/Warner Bros.)
2014: Tarzan (reboot via Warner Bros.; others reboots include Lethal Weapon, Westworld, The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen)
2015: Avatar 3
Nov. 2010: "... will rely on DC Comics superheroes ... owned DC Comics since 1969, made the unit part of its film division last year in a move that highlighted the importance of the characters for future films. “We’re doing our best to get the DC properties lined up like airplanes taking off from the runway" ... and movies based on Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Arrow and Aquaman, Horn said [Alan Horn, Warner Bros. president and chief operating officer]."
Pack in all the thrills and excitement you can with The Flash Pass...
...the world has changed...It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war...It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!
2013: The Flash
2013...(TV '11 - not via NBC)...2015: Wonder Woman
2014: Green Arrow
2014: Aquaman
2014: The Hunger Games 3
May 2014: Spider-Man reboot 2 (set August 2011)
May 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Ant-Man?] (set August 2011)
June 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Captain America 2?] (set August 2011)
Meanwhile, in Brazil... fifa.com/worldcup
2014: Avatar 2 (Fox Films -- founded in 1914 -- and 20th Century Pictures -- founded in 1933 -- merged in 1935 to form 20th Century Fox)
2014: Godzilla (reboot via Legendary/Warner Bros.)
2014: Tarzan (reboot via Warner Bros.; others reboots include Lethal Weapon, Westworld, The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen)
2015: Avatar 3
2015: The Lost Years of Merlin (via Warner Bros.)
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