You may remember our prevous preliminary post on a new book showing up on Amazon titled, George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success by Alex Ben Block and Lucy Autrey Wilson. At that point all we really knew was that it will be a paperback with a tentative page count of 944 and a listed release date of January 5, 2010. Well, Amazon has recently updated the page with a new page count of 992 and the following review and description:


"Review
"This is a fascinating and carefully documented examination of the art and business of American moviemaking and its evolution over time - how our most popular pictures were made and received, how the landscape of film has shifted through the years. An invaluable historical tool." -- Martin Scorsese

Product Description
Film students, business majors, movie fans, industry insiders, and all those who appreciate human ingenuity will be fascinated and inspired by "George Lucas' Blockbusting" - a comprehensive look at how 300 of the most successful motion pictures of all time were made and financed despite seemingly insurmountable economic, cultural, and political challenges. Even in the face of war, the Great Depression, blacklisting, and more, every era has enjoyed movie blockbusters. Included here are sure-fire successes, complete surprises, movies made on scant budgets, others that were leveraged to the hilt, films celebrated upon release that have since lost their glow, those that have become more popular with time, and a few that remain inexplicably unheralded by the awards community today. In its detailed examination of each film's costs and revenues as well as each era's prevailing production, distribution, exhibition, marketing, and technology trends, this book provides a truly unique perspective of the movie-making business. Filled with essays, charts, and graphs drawn from diverse sources - not the least of which is the exhaustive Lucasfilm library - it ultimately presents the compelling story of the medium's evolution, from inception through its continuing reinventions. No true movie lover should be without it."


As always, we'll keep you posted as we hear more.

Thanks to Eddie of StarWarsTimeline.com for the update!



UPDATE: Our buddy Eddie, from the original post above, updates us that the cover is now diplayed at the Amazon.com listing and that a HarperCollins ebook will be available as well. Both are listed for a January 5, 2010 release.


Thanks again Eddie!