Can Mark Cuban sing and dance?
The technology industry is populated with brilliant mathematicians, entrepreneurs with Ph.D.s and futuristic designers. But are these people capable of coming up with the next “Happy Gilmore”? The convergence of technology and entertainment has spawned a new breed of executive: the tech film producer. Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has helped bring “Good Night, and Good Luck,” touted as an Oscar contender, to the big screen, and soon you’ll see his name in the credits on “The World’s Fastest Indian,” about an aged motorcycle racer played by Sir Anthony Hopkins. Cuban’s production company will also release “Bubble,” a Steven Soderburgh movie, simultaneously to the Web and to his Landmark theater chain this week. eBay founder Jeff Skoll, meanwhile, put up some money for “Syriana” and “North Country.” Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will invest in “Broken Arrows,” a sci-fi thriller written and directed by their Stanford pal Reid Gershbein. In some ways, the trend is inevit
