Cosby Show Season 1

Grab a jello pudding and sit back and remember the good times with the Huxtables..
The Cosby Show - Season 1
4 Disc DVD boxset
IN STORES AUGUST 2
UrbanWorks Entertainment

OFFICIAL TRAILER: click here

Nike "One Muscle" short film

For those haven't seen this short film, I came across this a few days ago online while randomly searching for stuff. Created for Nike's Art of Speed series, Gregory Brunkalla created this short entitled "One Muscle".
Check it out at nikelab.com along with 14 other films by Honest, Tronic Studios, David Ahuja, and more. If you want to go directly to this short film, go here.

God of War Hits the Big Screen

For all you PS2 fans of the smash hit God of War, Variety, the entertainment industry's journal, has announced the Universal Pictures has secured the films rights to Sony's blockbuster hit. Although there is no director and writer in mind yet for the adaptation, Mosaic Media Group's Charles Roven and Alex Gartner will produce the feature.
For those that have never heard of the game, God of War tells the story of a Spartan bloke named Kratos. In the opening cinema, God of War shows Kratos hurling himself down a mountain because the gods of Olympus have abandoned him. You get to play the game and learn what made Kratos switch from a brutally efficient mass murderer to a suicidal cliff diver. Given to you by the gods, your mission is to find Pandora's Box to kill that pesky and titular god of war, Ares.

New PSP color

Getting tired of your black PSP? Well, SCE has announced that a new PSP color will be available. Called "Ceramic White", the second PSP color is a soft white-colored system, with trimmings all adjusted to fit the color scheme.
According to IGN, the PSP's new sunny disposition, a new Ceramic White version of the PSP pouch are being made to go along with the system, and a special new PSP accessory pouch (a mini-pouch for holding your UMDs and assorted odds and ends) will also be made available separately.
For more pictures, go here.

PSP finally gets a worthy update

Just announced in Japan today, Sony will be releasing a 2.0 update for Sony PSP owners. Keeping the past few minor updates in mind, 2.0 will finally allow current owners to utilize an "official" web browser in the PSP operating system. The browser will support standard 4.01 HTML, but will not currently support flash.
In addition to the browser feature, the update will also include several updates to the photo and video features of the PSP. These additions will include wallpaper feature(customizing the background of the PSP), picture sending via ad-hoc from PSP to PSP, MP4(AVC)Playback allowing the unit to play videos at a higher quality h.264 codec, and more viewable photo formats such TIFF and GIF files. To get more speicifics on the 2.0 update, go here.

Live Action Transformers Film to release summer '07

From the official press release:

“TRANSFORMERS” WILL BE MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE AT THEATRES NATIONWIDE ON 07-04-07

The live-action “Transformers” movie has been set to open nationwide on 07-04-07, it was jointly announced today by DreamWorks Pictures, Hasbro, Inc., and Paramount Pictures.
The feature, based on the globally popular Transformers franchise, will be directed by Michael Bay (upcoming “The Island,” “Armageddon”) from a screenplay being written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (upcoming “The Island”). Tom DeSanto (“X-Men” and “X2: X-Men United”), Don Murphy (“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”) and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (upcoming “Four Brothers”) are producing the film, with Steven Spielberg (“War of the Worlds”) and Hasbro’s Brian Goldner executive producing, and Ian Bryce serving as line producer.
In making the announcement, DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp stated, “Under the direction of Michael Bay, and with Steven Spielberg executive producing, we know that ‘Transformers’ is going to be the kind of explosive action movie that is perfect for the height of the summer movie season. By staking our claim on the 4th of July, 2007, we ensure that we not only have the time to make this movie the way it should be made, but also to build excitement and awareness leading up to its release.”
“Fans around the world have wanted a Transformers live-action movie for a long time and we are thrilled to work with DreamWorks and Paramount to bring this legendary saga to life on the big screen,” said executive producer Brian Goldner, President of Hasbro’s U.S. Toy segment. “With some of the entertainment industry’s best talent on board for this film, fans will experience Transformers in a way that is incredibly powerful.”
DreamWorks will distribute the film domestically, while Paramount will handle the international release. Hasbro will work with the production team and DreamWorks on all aspects of the film’s creative development, marketing and promotions, and will manage merchandising in conjunction with the release of the film.
This week, DreamWorks is launching the official “Transformers” movie website (www.transformers.com) at Comic-Con International, being held from July 13 – 17 in San Diego, California. “Transformers” will also be making its presence at the convention known in a big way, with a huge 18-wheeler truck sporting the instantly recognizable Transformers logo dominating the area near the DreamWorks booth—and much of the convention floor—letting thousands of fans know that “Transformers” is coming to the big screen on 07-04-07.
Introduced in 1984, the Transformers brand took the world by storm with its compelling saga of the Autobots versus the Decepticons. The innovative “Robots in Disguise” resulted in a tremendously successful toy line from Hasbro and Takara, comic book series, television program and an animated feature film. More than 20 years later, a new generation has discovered the excitement of the Transformers brand and its legendary characters, including the two leaders of the opposing sides: Optimus Prime and Megatron. Today, the franchise features a popular toy line, an animated series on the Cartoon Network and a chart-topping comic book series from IDW Publishing.

Pioneers video

For those who haven't seen the Pioneers (Bloc Party) music video, here it is. Credits go to UK's Minivegas.

Willy Wonka's Backstory

With only about a week left until the release of Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I thought I'd post this article on why he decided to give Willy Wonka a backstory.

"In the movie, Wonka flashes back frequently to his childhood with his stern father, a dentist played by Christopher Lee. "You try to work out your issues, but then you realize those kinds of traumatic issues just stay with you forever," Burton said. "Somehow they just keep reoccurring. No matter how hard I try to get them out of my head, they sort of stay there." Read more here.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in theaters July 15th. Visit the official Charlie and the Chocolate Factory website for more information.

Short film with TV On The Radio score

Check out this awesome short film with "dreams" as the score. Go here.

RENT coming to a theatre near you...

For those that have seen the musical, this might be something interesting to see in it's transformation from stage to film. Check out the trailer here.