MoPix Update from WGBH- July 2

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MoPix Update from WGBH- July 2

Happy 4th of July Everyone!

1. MoPix Films Opening this Week

2. Inception – Delayed Availability of Captions and Descriptions

3. New DVD and Blu-ray Discs Released with DVS Tracks

4. Background – Captions and Description for Digital Cinema

5. MoPix Films Now Playing

6. MoPix Films Coming Soon

7. Credits

1. MoPix Films Opening This Week

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse from Summit Entertainment

(cc dvs) (rated PG-13)

As a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle, Bella, whose high school

graduation is fast approaching, is forced to choose between her love for

vampire and her friendship with werewolf .

The Last Airbender from Paramount Pictures*

(cc desc) (rated PG)

The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line

of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation

from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

2. Inception – Delayed Availability of Captions and Descriptions

It doesn't happen often--and in fact we can't recall the last time it

did--but the director of the upcoming film Inception will not provide

advance work materials for the film so that we can create captions and

descriptions in time for its debut. We'll work as fast as we can once we

get the film on July 16, which is the date it debuts in theaters. To be

safe, and because once we caption and describe the film it still needs to go

to another company for creation of access discs for theaters, we're

estimating the availability of captions and descriptions for Wed. July 28.

Hopefully it will be sooner. We'll plan to issue a special MoPix Update

when we have more information.

3. New DVD and Blu-ray Discs Released with DVS

It's been a few weeks since we've updated folks on the movies out now on DVD

and Blu-ray discs that have an optional DVS track. Here are a few new

titles available now in stores, online and through our always up-to-date Web

page http://www.describedmovies.org

Green Zone from Universal Pictures Home Video, rated R. Star Matt Damon is

an Army officer in Iraq who becomes increasingly suspicious of the existence

of weapons of mass destruction, cited as the reason the U.S. invaded the

country. Reunites Damon with Greengrass, director of The Bourne

Identity and its sequels.

Percy and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief from Twentieth Century

Fox Home Video, rated PG. A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a

Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between

the gods. Currently the #1 bestselling DVD on amazon.com.

4. Background: Captions and Description for Digital Cinema

The Media Access Group has been working with film industry standards groups

for over two years to ensure captioning (open and closed) and description

are available to theaters and their patrons as the theaters transition to

digital cinema projection of films. Several theaters that are projection

digital film are also displaying Rear Window Captions, and more are

literally coming online each week. Learn more from this resource we

maintain:

Access to Digital Cinema Systems/Frequently Asked Questions:

<http://tinyurl.com/y9h2k9p>

5. MoPix Films Now Playing

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