Weta Limited, under the brand Weta Originals has revealed its show exclusive piece for 2007, that will be available this years San Diego Comic Con. The piece is a miniature version of the Weta Originals ManMelter from the Rayguns range, titled, the ‘Mini ManMelter’. The Mini ManMelter is a quarter sized replica of its larger brother, the ManMelter. The Mini ManMelter weighs approximately 120 grams (not including packaging), is slightly larger than a matchbox and is priced at $30US. [More]
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Kristin Thompson writes: After several months of raised and dashed hopes, the question of who will direct the film of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit remains open. I first weighed in on the question back on October 2 of last year, when this blog was in its infancy. MGM had just announced that they would be making The Hobbit and hoped that Peter Jackson would direct. At that point I was trying to sort out Peter Jackson’s large number of film projects and to explain how his schedule might include time to direct The Hobbit. Subsequently there was a clarification. MGM, which owns the distribution rights to any film version of the novel, would co-produce with New Line, which produced The Lord of the Rings and owns the filmmaking rights for The Hobbit. [More]
Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! There are a whole slew of amazing DVDs out tomorrow, take a look at some TV goodies like; ‘Deadwood – The Complete Third Season’ & ‘Welcome Back Kotter:First Season’. Some new collection DVDs include ‘James Stewart: Screen Legend Collection’ & ‘John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection’ The big releases of of the week include; ‘Ghost Rider’, ‘Primeval’ & ‘Breach’. The HD DVD crowd get a few good titles this week with ‘Born on the 4th of July’ & ‘Bruce Almighty’. The Blu ray gurus get ‘Music and Lyrics’ and others. Check out the whole list here! [More]
Weta Limited will open pre-ordering for the F.M.O.M. Industries Wave Disrupter Gun to their VIP members on Friday 15 June. Pre-ordering for members of the public will open exactly one week later, on Friday 22 June. [More]
Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! There are a whole slew of amazing DVDs out tomorrow, take a look at some TV goodies like; ‘CHiPs – The Complete First Season’, ‘Cosby Show: Season 3 & 4’, ‘Dark Angel: The Complete First Season & Second Season’, ‘Dead Zone 5th Season’ & ‘Doctor Who: Castrovalva, Keeper of Traken, Logopolis’. There is a new steelbook movement out there, or at least the studios seem to want to push them on us, ‘Fight Club’, ‘Cast Away’ & ‘Platoon’ all get the steelbook treatment. The big releases of of the week include; ‘Ghosts of Abu Ghraib’, ‘Norbit’ & ‘Seinfeld – Season 8’. The HD DVD crowd get a few good titles this week with ‘Trading Places’. The Blu ray gurus get ‘Blood Diamond’. Check out the whole list here! [More]
Sideshow Collectibles has just revealed their next Lord of the Rings diorama: Aragorn VS Uruk-hai – The Walls of Helms Deep. This piece looks to be rather large in comparision to the first diorama (Frodo and Gollum – The Crack of Doom), but we’ll have to wait and see! If you didn’t hear about this announcement via email, make sure to join the Sideshow Collectibles newsletter, or, of course, you can just check TORn a lot too! [View Preview]