Ted Hope, Ira Deutchman, Tilda Swinton and others are part of a new independent film production company called DF Indie Studios. Here's a link to the indiewire.com and Variety articles. Off the top of my head, here are a few reasons why the venture might or might not work.
Might:
Reputation of all those involved
Implied vertical [...]
From Ted Hope's twitter feed. Industry executive Barry Diller talks about charging for online content.
An excerpt:
"Anything of any value…is going to get paid for" online, Diller said during the event, which was co-hosted by Internet juggernaut IAC and Digital Hollywood.
Diller said the switch to more paid offers is "absolutely inevitable" in order for content producers [...]
The changing face of media distribution has gotten everyone in the film business (both studio and "independent") scared. If you think about it, media as we know it is quite young and has been constantly evolving over the past century. As this evolution accelerates in the digital era, everyone naturally tries to frame the future [...]
This is the original promo trailer we shot over a couple of days in November 2006. Seems like ages ago. Though it may not capture the exact tone of the resulting feature, I'd like to think it stands on its own as some kind of odd creature.
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Shot by Chuck DeRosa on a Panasonic DVX-100.
Production sound [...]
A man comes to terms with a critical part of himself.
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Shot on 16mm with an Eclair NPR.
Briefly featuring Hadrian Santos.
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