Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Artisan, Intertainer.com Go Digital
Artisan Entertainment and Intertainer.com have signed an agreement to jointly develop, produce and distribute five features that will be shot and edited using only digital technology. Artisan will retain domestic rights to each picture, which will be budgeted in the $500,000-$600,000 range. Intertainer will distribute the features on-demand following their theatrical and video release through its Web site, Intertainer.com. The partnership has yet to announce any of its projects. ""This is a new paradigm for the film business,"" Artisan President Amir Malin said. ""Digital technology allows us to reduce production costs, and with a strong script, a production can find an audience. We proved this with 'The Blair Witch Project.' "" Intertainer is a broadband entertainment-on-demand site that offers music, movies and TV from companies including Warner Bros., DreamWorks SKG, Sony Music and Columbia TriStar TV. Company co-CEO and Chairman Richard Baskin produced the soundtracks to such films as Robert Altman's ""Nashville"" and Alan Rudolph's ""Welcome to L.A.""