Variety has reported that the DGA (Directors Guild of America) has struck a three-year deal with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture of Motion Picture & Television Producers). The agreement will boost the residual rate of TV and film Internet downloads for Directors.

From Variety:

The DGA, which will send the pact to members for ratifications after its Jan. 26 board meeting, highlighted a trio of new-media gains:

Establishing DGA jurisdiction over programs produced for distribution on the Internet

Boosting the residuals formula for paid Internet downloads (electronic sell-through) by double the current rate

Establishing residual rates for ad-supported streaming and use of clips on the Internet

Call me crazy, but isn’t that deal essentially what the WGA wants? Read more

It’s a drag race reunion for Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, as both actors have signed on to star in the next Fast and the Furious.

Wait a minute - aren’t Diesel and Walker a little too…uh…”famous” to revisit their roots, especially when those roots are a bit dried up (Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift wasn’t exactly a showstopper)? Diesel in particular even made a short cameo in Tokyo Drift; who goes from that cinematic “favor” to a starring role in the next part of a dying franchise? Read more