Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Six Hollywood Studios Now Have Agreements with Kodak.

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Posted by Alan Gouger (Member # 543) on 06-04-2013, 05:40 PM:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/kodak-reaches-motion-picture-film-150000177.html

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Kodak has concluded a new agreement with 20th Century Fox to supply motion picture film to its movie and television studios.

“This is great news for our business,” said Andrew Evenski, president and general manager of Kodak’s Entertainment & Commercial Films Division, which includes the motion picture film business. “This agreement shows that this medium remains vital for studios and artists creating a variety of content for a global audience. Kodak is honored to continue supporting Fox and their content creation, distribution and archival needs.”

With the signing of this agreement, Kodak has now completed new contracts with six major Hollywood studios in the last year. The company previously announced agreements with Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., NBC Universal Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp. and Sony Pictures.

Kodak continues to manufacture billions of linear feet of film every year, and the Entertainment Imaging division continues to be the largest driver of film manufacturing volume for Kodak into the future.

Posted by Jonathan Wood (Member # 4614) on 06-05-2013, 02:00 AM:

That's great news for those of us who still prefer the film look for image capture. Wonder how much print stock they're making!? [Wink]

Posted by Jim Henk (Member # 3628) on 06-05-2013, 02:55 AM:

I don't get it.

There is also a post here made at almost the same time as this thread called "No more 35mm Tr's" which says that Fox isn't making any more 35mm trailers.

???

Posted by Jock Blakley (Member # 6552) on 06-05-2013, 04:35 AM:

I'd imagine that these agreements will mainly concern camera negative, selected intermediate, and archival films (such as those used to create separation masters).

Stock for trailers and prints on the other hand will almost certainly be wound down to much smaller volumes, even if not entirely discontinued.

Posted by Carsten Kurz (Member # 5396) on 06-05-2013, 05:54 AM:

Yep - the message SOUNDS like a great deal, but in fact, it is just another framework agreement on quantities, as they existed before. Only that this will have dramatically scaled down numbers for print materials, and these had been the really big amounts previously. Though this allows for proper production planning, I don't think anyone at Kodak is really happy with the numbers in there.

- Carsten

Posted by Brent Francis (Member # 5008) on 06-10-2013, 12:58 PM:

So where is it going to get processed?