As reported a few days ago (see “HD Format War Developments“), Warner Bros. Entertainment will be releasing its high-definition titles “exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year”. A few days later the Financial Times reported on rumors that Paramount was set to follow suit (see FT.com, “Paramount in HD blow“), though Bloomberg.com (see “Paramount Denies Report It Will Drop Toshiba’s HD DVD (Update2)“) reported shortly after that Paramount was denying those rumors, though the official statement was carefully worded: [Read more…]
Archives for January 2008
Weta Workshop Chosen for Justice League of America Costumes
Per stuff.co.nz, Weta Workshop (famous for costume and weapon design on the Lord of the Rings trilogy) has been selected to create the costumes for the upcoming Justice League of America film. [Read more…]
Speed Racer’s Mach 5 Debuts at Detroit’s Autoshow
Per Edmunds, the Mach 5 prop vehicle from the upcoming Speed Racer film will be on display at the 2008 North American International Auto Show. [Read more…]
Deactivated Firearms & UK Restrictions – Update
This is a follow-up to an article posted a few days ago, “More Potential Restrictions in the UK – Deactivated Firearms May Be Banned“, which referenced an article from the Press Association reporting on the Home Secretary commenting about outlawing deactivated firearms.
Also of interest are previous reports about restrictions in the UK – “Research & Dialogue About Importing Firearms to the UK” and the “Update” to that article – which raised issues and questions related to the implementation of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 in the UK and the affect of that legislation on prop collectors and dealers.
Stephen Lane of The Prop Store of London has provided some additional information today in regards to these developments, and a request of UK-based original prop hobbyists that have deactivated firearms in their collections: [Read more…]
HD Format War Developments
As one who has supported both of the new high definition formats (see “High Definition Screencaps: Overview of Blu-Ray Disc, HD-DVD, & Initial Experiences“), I’ve always thought that both Blu-Ray Disc and HD-DVD, from a user/consumer standpoint, have thus far appeared equal to me in terms of quality of the products released thus far. As far as the “format war” has gone, I’ve generally picked up the Blu-Ray version for dual release products, and not hesitated to buy HD-DVD exclusives for those films that interest me. My own guess as to how this would play out is that both formats would succeed to varying degrees and it was more likely that electronics companies would manufacture equipment that support playback of both formats. [Read more…]
fans4writers.com Charity Auction in Support of Writers
There is a website holding charity auctions of Hollywood memorabilia in support of writers during the current writer’s strike.
Here is a link to the web page and current auctions: fans4writers.com [Read more…]
Heritage Auction Galleries: Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Signature Auction – Dallas, April 4-6, 2008
Heritage Auction Galleries next Music & Entertainment Memorabilia auction will be held in Dallas, Texas on April 4-6, 2008. [Read more…]
More Potential Restrictions in the UK – Deactivated Firearms May Be Banned
This is an pertinent to the prior articles (Research & Dialogue About Importing Firearms to the UK, the Update to that article), which raised issues and questions related to the implementation of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 in the UK and the affect of this legislation on prop collectors and dealers. Thanks to Simon Lee of DieHardProps.com for the heads up on this new development. [Read more…]