Variety reported the following interesting article concerning movie-based Internet websites. I have posted a clip below:
If next year’s “Batman Begins” is a hit and this summer’s “Catwoman” flops, execs at Warner Bros. can’t say nobody warned them.
On fan sites across the Internet, users are giving rave reviews to images of the new Batmobile and casting decisions like Christian Bale.
But the initial looks at Halle Berry’s Catwoman costume drew near-universal jeers; fans have since complained about tightly restricted access to the film’s visuals and story.
As fan sites like chud.com, joblo.com and Aint It Cool News have sprung up in the past five years, studio honchos have either feared their power or dismissed them as silly geek diversions.
