30Sep
Comic-Con International: San Diego (Comic-Con), the largest comics convention of its kind in the world, today announced it will be staying in San Diego for the foreseeable future. Comic-Con reached a self-imposed attendance limit at the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) in 2007 and has had to cap attendance at approximately 125,000 people each year [...]
Tags: Comic-Con, Kayden Kross, San Diego, San Diego Convention Center, Supergirl
30Sep
Ree-Yees must be psyched!!! THR reports that 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm are zeroing in on a February 2012 release date to launch the first of the “Star Wars” movies to be converted to 3D, “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.” George Lucas hopes that releasing the film early in the year, outside [...]
Tags: 3D, Episode I, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace
29Sep
LA TIMES — Trent Reznor says HBO and BBC Worldwide Productions are moving forward with the development of “Year Zero,” the grim sci-fi epic that Reznor has chronicled in his music as well as in a celebrated Alternate Reality Game (ARG). “We are in [the development phase of] pre-production with HBO and BBC [Worldwide Productions] [...]
Tags: HBO, Nine Inch Nails, trent reznor, Year Zero
29Sep
What better way to spend a day of your Halloween season then visiting Jack and the gang at Haunted Mansion Holiday and then finishing the day off with Nightmare Before Christmas in 4D!? From Disney’s El Capitan Facebook Page… “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas returns to the El Capitan theater 10/21, but this time [...]
Tags: Disney, El Capitan, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton
28Sep
I love my iPhone, but this new Star Wars phone is really grabbing my attention. The new Droid 2 will be issued with a limited edition R2-D2 Droid phone in a carbonite box, and include custom Star Wars-ified wallpaper, dock, etc. as of September 30th. What’s great for Star Wars fans is that the R2-D2 [...]
Tags: droid, r2-d2, Star Wars, verizon wireless
28Sep
Grab the entire soundtrack by Trent Reznor to THE SOCIAL NETWORK now exclusively on Amazon for $2.99 for two days only. Get it HERE! Check out some thoughts from Trent on the score HERE.
Tags: Soundtrack, the social network, trent reznor
28Sep
Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski spoke with Collider about how he got the job as director of TRON: LEGACY (his first feature), how his background in architecture was instrumental to his visual concept of the world and how, at its heart, even with all of the action and technology, Tron: Legacy is a father-son relationship [...]
Tags: Disney, Joseph Kosinski, Oblivion & Black Hole, Tron: Legacy. Tron
27Sep
From BTTF.com — Back to the Future fans’ hopes and wishes for a U.S. theatrical re-release similar to that in the U.K. are finally coming true, courtesy of AMC Theatres, which will exclusively present the digitally-remastered film in more than 150 theatres across 40 different markets this October. Advanced tickets for this very limited engagement [...]
Tags: Back to the Future, Bob Gale
27Sep
Daft Punk’s soundtrack for Tron: Legacy has a release date. Look for it in stores on November 22nd where it will include a special, exclusive poster to be unveiled on the soundtrack’s official site twelve days from now. Pre-order your digital version or full CD with poster and extras now! I am very happy that [...]
Tags: Daft Punk, Disney, flynn, Flynn LIves, Ikea, Kevin Flynn, Sam Flynn, Score, Soundtrack, Tron, Tron Legacy
27Sep
Walt Disney Imagineering conducted what they call a “playtest” of a prototype animatronic character at Disneyland on September 24 and 25, 2010. The character, a test of the latest in WDI’s Living Character Initiative program, is called Destini (which seems to be Pepe the Prawn from the Muppets playing the role). After inserting a quarter [...]
Tags: Disneyland, Living Character Initiative, Muppets, Pepe the Prawn, Walt Disney Imagineering
27Sep
From The Disney Blog – The original idea Walt Disney had for his Florida project was to create a whole new type of city. A place that would be on the cutting edge for environmentally friendly technology, mass transit and urban planning. While the Disney company did eventually build the community of Celebration, it didn’t [...]
Tags: Celebration, Epcot, Masdar, walt disney
27Sep
Disney California Adventure plans to debut an exclusive 3D clip from the upcoming “Tron: Legacy” movie during its new entertainment feature next month. “Tron: Legacy Exclusive 3-D Sneak Peek” will be shown in the theater where Muppet*Vision 3D usually appears, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman. The movie clip was created specifically for Disney [...]
Tags: Disney, ElecTRONica, Tron Legacy
27Sep
The latest from director Spike Jonze, I’m Here gives an interesting look at an alternative world, where robotic humanoids live and work alongside the regular population…
Tags: I'm Here, Robots, Short Film, Spike Jonze
27Sep
Wow… this is an amazing compilation of the best 80s action movie soundtracks, mixed by two DJs with a mission to create an epic journey. Featuring themes and songs from Rocky IV, Transformers, Berry Gordon’s The Last Dragon and Iron Eagle, Blood Bros. Vol 1 is triumphant. This 40-minute mix is perfect for anyone looking [...]
Tags: 80s, blood bros, compilation, Soundtracks
27Sep
The upcoming TRON: Legacy game tie-in, TRON: Evolution, will be getting a deluxe edition to take up a substantial amount of space on a shelf. You’ll get the game for either PS3 or Xbox 360, a LightCycle replica toy from Sideshow Collectibles, and a display case for the lightcycle that includes a drawer for the [...]
Tags: Flynn LIves, Kevin Flynn, Tron, Tron Evolution, Tron Legacy
24Sep
AC-34, or ACE, and “Aly San San” have been officially revealed by Disney at their “Destination D” event today. Remember, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue is actually a prequel to the Star Tours we all knew, which took place after Episode VI. Since ACE would be flying between the events of Episode III and IV, [...]
Tags: George Lucas, star tours, star tours 2, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
24Sep
From Disney Parks Blog: As part of ElecTRONica, the new nighttime experience at Disney California Adventure park beginning October 8, we’re excited to share the new marquee for an exclusive 3D sneak peek of Disney’s upcoming film “TRON: Legacy.” Guests will be the first to “rez in” for a special look at the film before [...]
Tags: california adventure, Disney, Disneyland, ElecTRONica, Tron, Tron Legacy, world of color
23Sep
EE Virtual Worlds™, an entertainment company developing a virtual reality universe of connected planets tied to licensed franchises, today announced a collaborative deal with the Michael Jackson Estate to publish Planet Michael™, a massively multiplayer online virtual world set to launch in late 2011. Planet Michael will offer fans around the globe an innovative, first-of-its-kind [...]
Tags: Michael Jackson, Planet Michael
22Sep
MovieWeb recently spoke to Corey Feldman about Lost Boys: The Thirst, which features the long-awaited full-length return of Edgar and Alan Frog, A.K.A. the Frog Brothers, played by Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander. From Movieweb: While Feldman reprised his role in Lost Boys: The Tribe, Edgar was reduced to a supporting character, actor Corey Haim [...]
Tags: Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Lost Boys: The Thirst, warren the ape