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According to Variety Magazine (subscription), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has purchased the rights to the 15 Oz (the fantasy land, not the prison) stories of L. Frank Baum from Ted Turner. In partnership with Village Roadshow Pictures, the company's Warner Bros. division plans to bring the world back to the big screen. Among those involved in the project are Todd McFarlane of "Spawn" and screenwriter Josh Olson.

The movie industry has found a great deal of success with franchises such as Batman and Spiderman, as well as Lord of the Rings, so reaching into the past for another iconic work seems like a shrewd move.

McFarlane and Olson are looking to bring the cinematic version closer to the tone of the original series, which were darker than the Judy Garland classic. Variety quotes Olson as saying "I want this to be 'Harry Potter' dark, not 'Seven' dark.

Not as dark, I hope, as the vision behind McFarlane's 2003 McFarlane Toys Twisted Land of Oz Action Figures, a disturbing reimagining of the world featuring Dorothy in bondage and other gruesome scenes and characters.

Nonetheless, I'm counting the days, my pretty, until flying monkeys return to the screen.

Thanks to SliceofSciFi for the lead.

Time Warner (TWX) to return to world of Wizard of Oz originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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At Time Warner's annual stockholders meeting last week in Atlanta, the buzz was all about Ted Turner's Garboesque I-vant-to-be-alone speech.

What you may have missed was TWX's new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report.  The report addresses Time Warner's role as good corporate citizen in a variety of areas, including diversity, journalistic integrity, child protection online, content accessibility, consumer privacy, ethics and governance, employee growth and development, public policy, the environment, supply chain management, and philanthropy.

All of that is well and good, but I want to ask: who is going to take responsibility for the Warner Bros./Matt Leblanc vehicle Joey?

[image from CBS News]

TWX is now "Socially Responsible" originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 23 May 2006 12:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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dick parsonsIn an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Time-Warner's CEO, Dick Parsons, said the "whole media sector right now is in a little bit of a malaise."

The whole sector?  That doesn't seem to be the case with companies like YouTube.com.  Then again, these companies are creating their own categories in media. 

So it's ironic that today Ted Turner left the board of Time-Warner.  Of course, he's legendary in media.  He did things that many thought were absolutely crazy - such as launching a 24-hour news channel.

No, the media industry is not in a funk.  It's just the "malaise" of CEOs like Parsons.  They don't have the guts - like Ted Turner - to make big bets. 

As for Parsons, he is doing the typical things:  small acquisitions, stock buybacks, division sell-offs, and so on.

Why not try something daring?

Continue reading Ted Turner is gone with the wind: where does that leave TWX?

Ted Turner is gone with the wind: where does that leave TWX? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 19 May 2006 17:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"Good night and good luck" were Ted Turner's final words to Time Warner shareholders Friday, paraphrasing legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow, as he left the board of directors, severing his ties to the media conglomerate.

Was it sour grapes?  Here's what  we know:
  • Turner did not stand for re-election to TWX board of directors
  • He didn't stay for the video montage in his honor
  • He disappeared before former CNN chief Tom Johnson gave a long tribute to him
What happens to TWX now? What are we to make of Turner's homage to Murrow? Is Ted Turner, like Murrow, a man who was wiser than his era?

Or is Turner simply hoping George Clooney will make a movie about him, as Clooney did for Murrow in the recent biopic Good Night, and Good Luck?

Ted Turner says goodnight to TWX originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 19 May 2006 14:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As if $7 beers, steroid scandals, and terrible haircuts (oh, Johnny Damon, what happened?) weren't enough of a challenge for the beleagured game of baseball to overcome, now there's an even bigger threat to worry about: changes in corporate ownership.

The Atlanta Braves are up on the auction block (as they have been for quite a while), and it looks like Time Warner may finally get out of the big leagues by selling them to Colorado-based Liberty Media Corporation.

Ted Turner had long held a soft spot for the Atlanta Braves, acquiring them three decades ago. When Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, it also picked up the Braves. But rather than seeing the Braves as a perk, TWX has long viewed the Braves as an albatross around its neck.

Third baseman Chipper Jones, echoing the sentiments many Braves, is worried about the corporate switch-up pitch. "I don't know what [Liberty Media's] intentions are as far as salary structure, but the bottom line is: They're from out of town."

If TWX can sell the Braves, will it finally get back on base?

TWX tries to sell Braves, desperate to get out of slump originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 02 May 2006 20:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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