People in the News: Nice work if you can get it: $20 mil a film
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The Associated Press reports that Julia Roberts tops The Hollywood Reporter&#39;s annual list of the highest-paid actresses with a $20-million-per-film paycheck.
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Making your first million really isn't as hard as it seems.
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A prequel to the original classic, it made $18 million.
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Regarding your Dec. 10 story "Wooing Hollywood at a price": I would like to mention a few things that were left out that will help Rhode Islanders understand how the state benefits from the movie tax credits.
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Tech-savvy DIY filmmakers help finance and distribute their films using the web -- and make money showing it for free.
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Working for The Man may never have been an overpaid joy, but it has offered a decent way to make a living.
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Pay up, Frodo. So says Saul Zaentz, a Hollywood producer who has sued New Line Cinema for &#36;20 million in royalties from the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
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Different business models, same path to success -- make good movies.
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Sure, maybe Auburn got jobbed. But so were Utah, Boise State, California, Paul Newman at the '61 Academy Awards and most working Americans when the income tax came along in 1913. Hey, you've just got to take it like a man -- like I do, remote in hand.
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In open-source software and new media, there's big money in unpaid labor
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The road to riches can go through the eye of a needle.
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It's damned tough for  even big-name filmmakers to get a movie made these days.
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Why haggle over writer residuals when fresh content could make you unbelievably rich?
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When you hear about someone's dream project, run from the box office fast. Those films branded "labors of love" more often turn out to be love's labors lost.
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Even at a hefty cost of around &#36;165 million to make "The Polar Express," director Robert Zemeckis thinks an innovative new animation technique he used may have saved the Warner Bros. studio and the film's producers about &#36;835 million.
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Description: The Dreamworks studio has had recent success with films like Shark Tale, which took in almost $50 million this weekend.
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A Hollywood producer is suing the makers of The Lord of the Rings movies for $20m (£10.9m) in royalties.