Saturday, November 18, 2006
Harry Potter New Mini Bust Images
As excitement grows for the new Harry Potter film, the Order of the Phoenix, images are surfacing of product on the net, check of these 3 Mini Bust designs available from Entertainment Earth. Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy and Cho Chang.
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix Website Online
Check out the new website from Warner Bros. for the next installment of Harry Potter.
The Website features images, synopsis, the movie poster & a link to Harry's 4th year site.
Click here to view
The Astronaut Farmer Poster
Dismissed from NASA's space program, former astronaut-in-training Charles Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) pursues his lifelong dream by building his own rocket in the Polish Brothers' family film "The Astronaut Farmer." On the eve of his launch, he must battle foreclosure on his ranch, a small-town community of disbelievers, the FAA, and FBI agents who want to shut him down in the name of Homeland Security - but remains determined to reach his goal and instill in his children the courage to pursue their own dreams, no matter the odds.
The Astronaut Farmer opens nationwide on February 23, 2007.
The Kiss you Harry Potter Fans have been waiting for
Well here it is, the kiss we have all been waiting for big screen magic.
Special thanks goes to the Harry Potter Fan Zone site for the fantastic image, be sure to check them out for more promotional images sent to them by the wonderful Warner Bros.
Friday, November 17, 2006
BSkyB Buys into ITV in the UK
Rupert Murdoch has finally grabbed the slice of the U.K.'s terrestrial TV market that he's coveted for years.
His BSkyB, Europe's leading satcaster, on Friday acquired a 17.9% stake in ITV for £940 million ($1.78 billion), making it the commercial broadcaster's biggest shareholder.
The paybox has bought 696 million shares at $2.54 each in a move that is being interpreted as a ploy to block Nasdaq-listed cabler NTL's plans to merge with ITV.
Full story over at Variety
Casino Royale beats other Bonds
Casino Royale shook up the U.K. box office during its first day of release on Thursday, earning more than any other film in the James Bond franchise, reports Reuters.
The 21st 007 installment, which marks the debut of Daniel Craig, sold 1.7 million pounds ($3.2 million) worth of tickets, a 54 percent increase over comparable sales for the previous Bond film and first-day record-holder, 2002's Die Another Day.
In all, two-thirds of all movie tickets sold in Britain were for Casino Royale.
Batman: The Dark Knight Release Date
According to ComingSoon.net, Warner Bros. Pictures has scheduled a July 18, 2008 release date for the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight.
Batman and Gordon find alliance with a newly appointed DA Harvey Dent to stop a vicious killer with a warped sense of humor known only as The Joker, a threat to both the good, and the evil of Gotham City.
Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine & Gary Oldman
That same summer, Iron Man opens on May 2 and The Incredible Hulk on June 27.
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C&C 3: Tiberium Wars heading to the 360
Actiontrip reports that EA Games have recently announced Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for the Xbox 360 platform. In addition to the multiplayer game there will be additional downloadable content on Marketplace. They estimate a vague 2007 release date.
Pierce Brosnan Just Loves Being a Spy!
Hollywood Reporter - The former James Bond is going back to the spy world, signing on to star in "Spy vs. Stu," a comedy for New Line Cinema. Brosnan also will produce the movie though his Irish Dream production shingle.
Based on an original screenplay from the writing team of Keith Mitchell and Allie Dvorin, the comedy centers on Stu, a commitment-phobe who plans to propose to his girlfriend during an island vacation. Unbeknownst to him, a handsome, debonair spy (Brosnan) is on the other end of the island, having just finished saving the world. When the bored spy takes a serious liking to Stu's girl, Stu is forced to compete with the ultrasuave superspy in order to win the heart of his true love.
No director is on board yet.
PS3 hits America
Patient American gamers are buying Sony's new PlayStation 3 console after queuing in some cases for many days.
Four hundred thousand machines have gone on sale, following its debut in Japan last week.
Many shops opened at midnight to sell the console, which costs $499 (£264) to $599 depending on the model.
Kaz Hirai, chief executive of Sony's American games division said: "We're going to try and get as many units into the North American market as possible."
Some gamers cued for the sole purpose of selling their console for profit. "I'm gonna sell mine," Mr Salterio said, estimating he would make anywhere between $1,500 (£794) and $4,000 (£2,119).
The Thing set for Remake
Variety reports that Strike Entertainment and Universal Pictures will remake John Carpenter's classic frightner 'the Thing' The script will be written by Battlestar Gallactica exec producer Ronald D. Moore.
Carpenter's film continued the storyline of the Howard Hawks-directed "The Thing From Another World." That 1951 film starred James Arness as an alien monster that wiped out workers at an Army radar station.
Carpenter's film opened with a team arriving to find that encampment has been wiped out. The alien moved from the body of one team member to another, so it was never quite clear who the villain was.
The producers said they consider the new film to be more "a companion piece" to the Carpenter film than a note-for-note remake.Thursday, November 16, 2006
Great Music Video - Modest Mouse - Float On
Don't you just love a music video with a little thought behind it? Great song too!!!!
Ebay bans Imported PS3s
eBay.co.uk has banned listings in Europe of Japan or US model PlayStation 3s, declaring that only consoles bought within the European Union can be re-sold there.
Last month, Hong Kong-based import game seller Lik-Sang closed down after losing a law suit against Sony for selling Japanese PSPs to European consumers.
Sony announced shortly afterwards that it would be move to stop any other "grey importing" of its products into Europe, which led to another major online importer, Play-Asia.com, suspending all orders of Sony products to the EU.
Almost as soon as pre-orders of the PS3 became available in the US, ads from re-sellers started popping up on eBay, some asking for as much as $100,000 for the console. eBay removed the ads, telling GameSpot, "the seller must have legal ownership of the product. As such, pre-ordered items cannot be sold on the site."
Thanks to Gamespot
Borat defends himself
In a recent magazine article for the Rolling Stone, Sacha Baron Cohen has said "The joke is not on Kazakhstan," he said. "I think the joke is on people who can believe that the Kazakhstan that I describe can exist -- who believe that there's a country where homosexuals wear blue hats and the women live in cages and they drink fermented horse urine."
He said he always had faith in the audience to realize this was a fictitious country and the mere purpose of it was to allow people to expose their own prejudices.
"I think part of the movie shows the absurdity of holding any form of racial prejudice, whether it's hatred of African-Americans or of Jews," said Baron Cohen, a devout Jew who keeps Kosher and observes the Sabbath when he can.
More over at CNNBond beats China's film censor
Variety reports an amazing turn of events - James Bond appears to have won over one of his toughest adversaries yet - China's film censor. The Film Board has passed 007's latest outing "Casino Royale" for release in China - the first time Ian Fleming's master spy has been seen in Chinese cinemas.
Pic will screen on January 30th, according to Sony Pictures in China.
"We are extremely pleased that the film has passed and expect it to be one of the highest grossing films next year in China," said Li Chow, Sony Pictures' general manager in China.
Chinese auds are familiar with 007 through pirated copies, but none of the earlier films in the franchise have had a bigscreen release and getting approval for the pic marks a major success for Sony in China.
Wikipedia open for business in China once more
China's year-long block on the US-based online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has been lifted, activists say.
The Chinese-language version of the website was reported to be fully accessible this week.
The press freedom group Reporters without Borders praised the bosses of Wikipedia, who they said had "always refused to go in for self-censorship".
Other internet giants have been criticised for censoring their services or complying with strict Chinese rules.
Wikipedia - which allows users to add to and edit the website's information - was becoming increasingly popular in China until it was blocked in late 2005.
China has strict laws on internet use and blocks content it deems a threat, including references to the Tiananmen Square massacre and notable dissidents.
It also blocks the BBC News website.
Play.com's Halo 3 Release date
Play.com have the much anticipated Bungie game, Halo 3 as a 24th November 2007 release date, i wonder what truth there is to this?
take a look at the screen shot, what does everyone think? id say that was fairly late in the day for a release date!
I hope it comes sooner, but maybe we have a release date to look forward too? i wouldn't count your chickens!
Michael Jackson Booed on Return
Michael Jackson made his return to the London stage last night (November 15) - but fans were left disappointed.
The star was widely tipped to perform his classic 'Thriller' at the World Music Awards event at Earls Court, but only managed to sing a few lines of his charity hit 'We Are The World'.
Jackson was at the ceremony to collect a Diamond Award for selling more than 100 million albums, as well as a Guinness World Record award for sales of his 1982 album 'Thriller'. But fans outside the venue were left fuming when Jackson failed to greet them and then revealed he wouldn't be performing - despite many reports stating he would sing live in the British capital for the first time in nine years.
In the end, Jackson did make it onstage to join a gospel choir performance of the 1985 UK Number One he co-wrote with Lionel Richie as a US response to Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. But he only sang a couple of lines, leading to boos from the half-full arena.
Thanks to the NME
Star Wars HD Marathon
Owners of a Sky HD box will be grinning like cream-soaked cats right now as Sky has announced some decent telly for New Year’s Day. Even better, it’s all in high-definition.
Starting at 6am on News Year’s Day, Sky will show all six Star Wars movies in glorious high-definition. You can choose from two schedules – one that follows how the movies were released in the cinema, and the other which will show them chronologically.
Sounds like a beautiful new year.Thanks to Gizmodo
Ghost Rider International Site Online
The international Ghost Rider site is now online.
Theres a nice new trailer online with some new footage, it still looks......cheesy but 'hell' i'd watch it.
Once you have entered the main site you will find a very nice, very clever site, its very pretty to look at and theres a fair bit of content too.
View it here
Queen top of the best sellers!
VH1 has compiled a list of the 100 best selling albums in the UK.
Queens 'Greatest Hits' is at number one with the Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' close behind. Robbie Williams has the most albums in the chart with 6.
1. Queen, Greatest Hits (5,407,587)
2. The Beatles, Sgt Pepper (4,803,292)
3. Oasis, What's The Story Morning Glory (4,304,504)
4. Dire Straits, Brothers In Arms (3,946,931)
5. Abba, Gold Greatest Hits (3,932,316)
6. Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of The Moon (3,759,958)
7. Queen, Greatest Hits II (3,631,321)
8. Michael Jackson, Thriller (3,570,250)
9. Michael Jackson, Bad (3,549,950)
10. Madonna, The Immaculate Collection (3,364,785)
Read more
Last Ever Rocky Trailer online?
Yahoo Movies have posted what may be the final ever Rocky trailer, looks good.
'let's start building some hurtin' bombs'
View it here
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Wii have 400,000 units!
Nintendo will offer four times as many machines as Sony when it launches its Wii console in Japan on 2 December.
The Japanese video game maker said it will ship almost 400,000 units of its Wii console, compared to 100,000 for Sony's PlayStation 3.
However Nintendo has not said how many consoles it will make available in the US where the Wii debuts on 19 November.
The launch of the Wii will see the big games makers Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo going head to head.
The Wii, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 will compete for attention on the shelves this Christmas.
Wireless Electricity?
Madness I say, why can't they invent me hover boots?
US researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players without wires.
The concept exploits century-old physics and could work over distances of many metres, the researchers said.
Although the team has not built and tested a system, computer models and mathematics suggest it will work.
More over at the BBC
Borat makes glorious cover of Rolling Stone Magazine
Borat's creator has made the next cover of the Rolling Stone Magazine. This from Rolling Stone
The next issue of Rolling Stone features the first major interview with Sacha Baron Cohen, star of the ubiquitous new comedy Borat. You’ve seen the movie . . . time to meet the comic genius behind Borat, Ali G., and fabulous fashionista Bruno. Rolling Stone’s got the first major interview with Sacha Baron Cohen out of character. Come back Wednesday for our exclusive excerpt . . . in the meantime, here are some verra ni-i-ice teasers.
Prepare yourself for:
* The inside scoop on how Baron Cohen dupes his guests
* What his grandmother thought of the movie
* The hilarious 80s hobby that got his comedy groove cooking
Need a cheap, small DVD player? Don't buy a Wii... yet!
Digital media company Sonic is working on a software-based DVD playback engine that will be included in a version of the Nintendo Wii due out in 2007.
However, that means early versions of the Wii purchased this year won’t have the DVD playback function.
The CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator is already licensed by companies such as Adobe and Microsoft, and the software is used in everything from consumer electronics, PCs, kiosks and automotive entertainment systems, to music download services.
Bungie's Halo Announcements
Bungie promised they would make some special announcements to coincide with Halo's 5th Anniversary and so here they are - and, frankly, they are a little... disappointing.
Maybe you were expecting in-game footage of Halo 3, or the launch of Bungie's Marathon on Xbox Live Arcade, or possibly even a playable demo of Halo 3. Don't hold your breath.
The first announcement is of the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta Test. Next Spring, Bungie opens the Halo 3 multiplayer beta to Xbox 360 gamers, allowing fans to try out an unspecified number of maps and game modes and to help Bungie make the strongest online game possible.
The second announcement is of a new Map Pack for Halo 2 on Xbox 360. These maps will be released exclusively on the Live Marketplace in the Spring.
And finally, there will be a new 60-second teaser of Halo 3 shown during an American Football game (ESPN's Monday Night Football game featuring the Panthers against the Eagles, to be precise) on December 4.
And, er, that's it.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Console War Propaganda Video!
The console wars are getting bitchy 'we're better than you because we are!!!'
Work for Bungie!
I'd love to work for Bungie, but i can't because i live in the UK, but for all you American viewers check out the Bungie work section, seems like there requiting a lot of people, i wonder what they're up to?
Current Openings:
PRODUCTION - Associate Producer, Production Planner
DESIGN - Senior Designer, User Interface Lead
ART - Lead Character Animator, Multiplayer Environment Artist, Environment Artist
View this page for more info and how to apply
Apple Integration with Airlines
Apple team up with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM & United to deliver iPod integration.
“There is no better traveling companion than an iPod, and now travelers can power their iPods during flight and even watch their iPod movies and TV shows on their seat back displays,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “We’re excited to work with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to offer iPod users an even better in-flight experience.”
See the full press release here
Gervais vs Merchant for same award
Extras creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant must face each other for the best TV actor category at the British Comedy Awards.
Peep Show double act David Mitchell and Robert Webb are also in the running for best actor, and their show is listed with Extras under best comedy.
Catherine Tate is up for best actress while Ant and Dec, Harry Hill and Paul Merton compete for top personality.
The awards will be presented in London by Jonathan Ross on 13 December.MGM Talk Film
MGM have the following to say about its top Licenses.
Steve Martin has delivered his script for the proposed The Pink Panther sequal, shooting is expected to start in February.
The next Thomas Crown movie is expected to start shooting in March with a budget of $100 million.
Daniel Craig is expected to return in the sequel to Casino Royale.
Rocky Balboa is likely to the last Rocky film as they fear Sylvester Stallones age may get the better of him.
The Hobbit will be made, advanced talks with Peter Jackson is currently happening. They hope to make two Hobbit Films, one would be a direct adaption of the book and the other would be drawn from 'footnotes and source material connecting the 'Hobbit' and the 'Lord of the Rings'.
Thanks to Variety
$200 Million is no Wii Budget!
Sorry for the blatant Scottish Pun, but Nintendo have announced their advertising budget for the next year as $200 million for the Wii alone, a massive 20% larger budget than they spent on the Gamecube.
They will also produce adverts portraying grandparents playing the wii with their grandchildren.
The console war continues...
Halo 3 Goodies coming?
On the company's most recent Weekly Update, which is posted every Friday, community manager Frank O' Connor says the following: "A bunch of stuff is going down to celebrate the fifth anniversary of a little game we like to call Halo... Next year, Halo 3 will conclude the story arc begun all those years ago and next week, we'll take a long lingering look at the series to date. There will also be some pretty BIG surprises and maybe announcements. Who can say?"
New trailer perhaps, ingame footage? maps? Official release date?
I want to see the packaging design, i bet its going to be special this year after teasing us with a semi-nice metal tin for Halo 2.
Wii have Locked down Wikipedia! and other Consoles!
Web encyclopedia Wikipedia--which allows anyone to write or edit its entries--has locked down its pages relating to Sony and Nintendo's next-generation consoles after continued vandalism.
A series of less-than-impartial edits over the last few weeks has led to the temporary lockdown to "protect" the entries, in the hope that the virtual vandals will lose interest by the time the pages are reopened to changes.
Users have been hijacking the site's entries to add what Wikipedia refers to as "funny" edits. Top of the list is the Nintendo Wii--a name that pranksters seem to find especially entertaining.
Last week the complete Nintendo company page was replaced with the phrase "Nintendo Sucks!!!!!!!!!" briefly before the Web site reloaded the original entry. Previous vandalism efforts include someone doodling on a Hitler moustache and horns on the photograph for the entry for Bill Gates, and the sentence "Microsoft is Zomg T3h Suck0r!!!!!!" briefly replacing the computer software company's page. via: Gamespot
The Queen due to attend Casino Royale Premiere
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will attend the world premiere of the James Bond film Casino Royale in London's Leicester Square later.
The movie is an adaptation of Ian Fleming's first Bond novel and is one of the few without gadget-maker Q or much-loved secretary Miss Moneypenny.
Early reviews have been positive, with many critics impressed by Daniel Craig's performance in the lead role.
The 38-year-old has said all Bond films have "something special about them".
Dr No and From Russia with Love were two of his favourite movies, he told BBC News, and he had particular respect for one of his predecessors, Sir Sean Connery.
Thanks to the BBC
Cohen is Sweeney Todd's Nemesis
Variety reports that Sacha Baron Cohen has confirmed his role in Tim Burton's next flick 'Sweeney Todd' Sacha will play the nemesis of Sweeney Todd, Signor Adolfo Pirelli.
Todd's the barber who teams with the murderess Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) to kill people, grind them up and use them in her meat pies.
Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are producing with Richard D. Zanuck and John Logan. Logan wrote the script.
Cohen's next project will of course be another one of his characters, 'Bruno'
Monday, November 13, 2006
Tonight NECA dine in Hell - 300 Action Figures
In 480 BC the Persian empire was poised to conquer all of Greece. While their countrymen turned and fled from their invaders, a band of 300 Spartan warriors faced off against the largest army the world had ever seen. Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans would show an empire what it meant to be truly heroic.
From Warner Bros. comes 300, an action-packed epic inspired by Frank Miller's award-winning graphic novel. Starring Gerard Butler as Leonidas, 300 is a ground breaking special effects masterpiece. For those in doubt, just check out the trailer at The Official 300 Website.
NECA is pleased to announce we will be releasing action figures for this awesome film, including: King Leonidas, Immortal, Queen Gorgo, Ephialtes
NECAonline
Radiohead's Thom Yorke's artwork to go on show
Artwork allegedly by Thom Yorke and collaborator Stanley Donwood is set to be exhibited.
Held in Barcelona from November 23 to December 16, the exhibition is entitled "Stanley Donwood & Dr. Tchock: Paintings, Etc."
Although not confirmed by Yorke, it is commonly held that 'Dr. Tchock' is in fact a pseudonym of the Radiohead frontman. Other pseudonyms believed to have been used by Yorke for artwork purposes include 'Tchocky''The White Chocolate Farm'.
The exhibition will feature artwork from the Radiohead's "Kid A'', "Amnesiac" and "Hail To The Thief"', among other pieces.
The paintings, created between 1999 and 2005, are accompanied by the publication of a full-colour book entitled "Dead Children Playing: A Picture Book".
The exhibition is held at Iguapop Gallery in Barcelona. More information can be found on Stanley Donwood's website, Slowly Downward.
Simpsons Trailer Debuts on Apple.com
I've really gone of the Simpsons but this trailer rules, Homer is a god.
Check out the new Simpsons Movie trailer here
PS3 Grey Market Madness
Hurrah the madness has began again, the PS3 has started selling for almost 4 times their market value price on auction websites and in various shops in Japan, there are reports people paid the homeless to cue for them and now the owners are selling them on at sky high prices.
Theres lots on ebay right now, one PS3 console is going for £921 at the moment!!!
Don't you just love retail madness!!!!!!!
Borat is a 'great' global 'success'
Sacha Baron Cohen's hit film Borat has now taken over $110 million in the worldwide box office according to sources.
With a reported budget of $18 million Borat seems to be sitting on a cash cow!
Sunday, November 12, 2006
5 top UK Albums you probably never knew about
All very 90's... but all very good!
Click here to read the full story
When Push comes to Shove, were Sold Out, Sorry!
I remember some ba**ard pushing me out of the way at the 360 launch, they didn't have any then either, what a fool he must of looked running towards the John Lewis games counter only to get rejected, i walked - naturally.
The CP Borat Review
I've been a fan of Borat for a long time and hearing that Sacha Baron Cohen was turning his comic creation into a movie was just incredible. I thought it would be a movie that would never make it to the Cinemas and only survive on DVD but luckily for us the hype was intense and made the movie a 'great success'...
Click here to read the full review
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