Saturday Hot Links
Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links.
Today: The Alfred Hitchcock Interview Edition.
Re the Disney deal to buy Lucasfilms.
More Disney-Lucasfilms.
George Lucas’ next act: Bill Gates type philanthropy.
The Looper effect: More time travel movies on the way.
In 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson answered the question: How should we pronounce “Dr. Jekyll”? [HT to Shaula Evans for the link].
TotalFilm: 50 cruelest movie bosses.
Apple has doubled its ad budget to $1B per year.
Studios beginning to release VOD sales figures.
William Shatner announces new poetry iPhone app: Shatoetry.
Billy Wilder in his office in 1964.
Playboy Club to open in India.
Producing The Shining: An interview with Jan Harlan.
11 NaNoWriMo books that have been published.
Did Hurricane Sandy sink Noah’s Ark?
More Hurricane Sandy: What happened to all the subway rats?
Yet more Sandy: How much it’s costing Hollywood.
15 offbeat holidays you can celebrate in November.
Global online TV, video revenues to hit $28B by 2017.
Top 10 ways to smash a pumpkin.
Village Voice names Scott Foundas as chief film writer.
Chuck Wendig: 25 motivational thoughts for writers.
Ridley Scott in bed with low-budget genre films.
THR: Real estate notes.
A power shift at AFM: More A-list titles as studios scale back.
A brief history of the Ouija board.
Tim Burton’s original poem that became The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The 10 greatest “Mad” magazine covers.
Nicholas Sparks sets up three TV dramas.
What the Random House-Penguin merger means for authors.
BRIC news: India biz set to grow 17% by 2016.
13 epic pumpkin carvings.
Sony chief: Studio not for sale.
Famous novelists on symbolism in their stories.
Jeffrey Katzenberg signs a new deal to stay at Dreamworks Animation through 2017.
How do hurricanes get their names?
10 best horror movies of the last 2 years.
Comic-Con staying in San Diego until 2016.
Awesome! A Levon Helm documentary.
Why do we get shivers up our spine?
Don’t call Cloud Atlas a box office flop just yet.
How Cloud Atlas is a little like The Dark Knight.
Six keys to Cloud Atlas.
Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono didn’t break up The Beatles.
Home entertainment spending up for the first time since 2007.
Steven Jobs’ secret yacht revealed.
NBC Sports acquires rights to the English Premier League.
Creativity Post: At what age will your creativity peak?
DARPA’s robotic challenge marches on.
The island where people forget to die.
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: How to market your script and build your career? Take Tom Benedek’s Network Hollywood class. Starts November 12.