Man, you are right about that. THAT is significant news. Once more companies realize they can be in the film business (now that the cost of making movies has gone way done, as has the cost and trouble of distribution, and fewer projects are star-driven), the studios are goners.
Look at those films made by that little church in Georgia. One was called “Fireproof,” I think. All the actors except one lead were just folks in the congregation, and the film was quite good. It certainly didn’t come off as amateurish compared to a lot of studio drivel.
Fireproof wasn’t A-list material, but for direct to video it was a good film, although our kids hated the scene where the husband blasts his wife shouting at her. We don’t do that at our house. They made us stop it right there. We finished it later without them.