So it's Friday night, May 1.  I'm leaving for Korea at 12:30pm on Saturday.  Our company, Mars Entertainment, is releasing Terminator Salvation this coming May 21 in Korea.  It's our biggest project by far and we've got everything on the line-- so I'm a little nervous, anxious, excited.

From everything we've pieced together, this should be the best Terminator ever made.  We're having a special screening on May 7 in Seoul.  If you're reading this blog and you're in Seoul, comment on it and I'll invite you to the screening.

Then on May 11, I'll be heading to the Cannes Film Festival to check out what films are coming up and to buy some films.  Despite having to cram in meetings while being jetlagged, it's always fun to see what product is out there, and to meet up with old colleagues.  If you ever want to understand the film industry, learn about distribution and attend a film market.  What's a film market?  Well... that's exactly it.  It's a place where sales companies will sell films to domestic and foreign distributors.   Or sales companies will try to pick up new films to represent.  Producers will also promote their films or try to get them picked up by sales companies.  Some producers will sell their films directly to foreign distributors or buyers.  What are buyers?  Buyers are companies or individuals that will claim or purchase exclusive rights to their territory so they can release the film there-- which is what Mars Entertainment does.  So at Cannes, you have the film festival, where you celebrate films and have a competitions.  And you have the film market, where buyers, sellers, distributors and everyone else in the chain converge to make deals on film properties.  Wish me luck on this year's Cannes!  Hopefully we can come away with a Terminator-like blockbuster!