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Sony To Begin Selling 3D TVs In June
On March - 9 - 2010
Sony will start selling 3D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms.
The Japanese electronics giant, known for its PlayStation 3 game consoles and Bravia flat-screen TVs, will offer its fully capable 3D TV model in four sizes this summer.
The 40-inch and 46-inch versions will go on sale on June 10 in Japan, while the 52- and 60-inch TVs will be available starting July 16.
Although the company did not release a global launch date, Sony Senior Vice President Yoshihisa Ishida said the new TVs will hit stores in other countries around the same time.
The 40-inch 3D will cost about 290,000 yen (NZ$4,631) and the biggest 60-inch will retail at 580,000 yen (NZ$9,258). Read the rest of this entry »
Oscars Live
On March - 8 - 2010
Follow us Live as we sit back armed with Coke and Popcorn and enjoy the 82nd Oscars live from Hollywood. Check back with us as we collate the winners and high lights of this massive event.
Recent Update :
(5:59 pm nzst) It does.. The Hurt Locker takes out the Best Picture
(5:57 pm nzst) Is it going to be a final sweep for The Hurt Locker… The clock ticks on…
(5:55 pm nzst) WOW… Kathryn Bigelow wins the Directing category. Taking it away from other amazing directors.
(5:54 pm nzst) Interestingly Sandra Bullock has won both a Razzie and an Oscar in the same year. I think this is the first for an Actress or Actor.
(5:50 pm nzst) Sandra Bullock wins Best Actress for The Blind Side.
(5:35 pm nzst) In true Academy Style, the Oscars are now offically running late. TV Stations will be frantically shuffling programming.
(5:28 pm nzst) FANTASTIC… Jeff Bridges takes Best Actor for Crazy Heart… Epic..
(5:22 pm nzst) Now were into the business end of the Awards.. The big awards left now.. Whos going to come out on top..
(5:21 pm nzst) Best Foreign Language Film heads off to an Argentinian Flick called The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
(5:15 pm nzst) Were starting to wonder if District 9 will come away with anything at this rate.
(5:13 pm nzst) Hurt Locker picks up another with Best Film Editing.
(5:09 pm nzst) Never seen The Cove… I hear its about Marine Animals… Should take a look me thinks..
(5:07 pm nzst) The Cove takes Best Documentary.
(5:03 pm nzst) Although it would have been nice to see District 9 get that one.
(5:02 pm nzst) Avatar wins Best Visual Effects. Again no surprise there considering the nature of the movie.
(5:00 pm nzst) As we head into the final straight, Hurt Locker leads the Oscar race with 3 while Avatar, Precious and Up follow closely behind.
To read the history check out the rest of this entry….
Guillermo del Toro Confirms Hobbit 3D Discussions
On March - 1 - 2010
Last year it was rumored that the Peter Jackson-produced Guillermo del Toro-directed two-film adaptation of The Hobbit would be filmed in 3D. del Toro was quick to deny the claims, stating “we are not talking about 3D, we are NOT writing the screenplay for 3D right now- we are hiring my DoP Guillermo Navarro to shoot the film and we are not discussing 3D with him either or with WETA digital or WB or anyone else.” Guillermo noted at the time that “after Avatar the market may change and” they might “start discussing 3D down the line.”
He promised that if a day should ever come around, he would inform the Lord of the Rings fan community on the TORN forums. Well, Avatar came and went, taking over $2.5 billion worldwide, and that day has come…
del Toro wrote the following on TheOneRing.net forums:
I wouldn’t read much on it just yet, but now, after all this time, after AVATAR doing the Box Office it did, we have had enquires from above about The Hobbit being in 3-D. No impositions or heavy leaning. Just enquires. Just fulfilling my promise to let you all know if discussions ever started. Cheers, GDT
I’m assuming that MGM/Warner Bros will decide to shoot the film in 3D, or at very least, create the 3D in post production. [/film]
Animated Zombies Want to Eat You
On February - 5 - 2010
Given the fact that zombies evidently can’t be stopped as the subject of live-action films, I’m fairly surprised that we haven’t yet seen much in the way of animated walking dead. That might change if the film A.D. is given a chance to get off the ground. Here we have a teaser trailer that also seems to be acting as a fundraising effort. The folks behind this project definitely have the visuals down, and they’re hoping to spin this concept and world into a feature. Read the rest of this entry »
Is Facebook Afraid of Moon Nazis?
On February - 4 - 2010
Iron Sky Fan Page Closed Down
This morning the creators of the science fiction movie Iron Sky were in for a rude surprise: their Facebook page, which has gathered thousands of fans, was closed down by the administration without any warning. Apparently Facebook considers the idea of a movie about Nazis having escaped to Moon in 1945 and coming back to invade Earth in 2018 as “hateful, threatening or obscene”.
Iron Sky is a Finnish-German sci-fi comedy with a budget of over five million euros. Over three million people have seen the teaser of the movie which was published in YouTube in spring of 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
