Every year AMC Theatres presents the Best Picture Showcase, an all-day event showcasing the five films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. But with this year’s bump to 10-nominated films, I didn’t expect the traditional event to take place. I was wrong. AMC will be showcasing all ten movies nominated for best picture at a two day event, split over two Saturdays: February 27th and March 6th, 2010. Here are the ticket options, all of which include a free large popcorn and unlimited refills:
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Universal Studios will air the first television commercial for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the new theme park section of Universal’s Islands of Adventure which will launch in Spring 2010. The 30 second television spot is now available online, and is embedded below. But you didn’t expect it to feature any real footage of the still-in-construction park, did you?
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Last night the full feature line-up for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival was announced, which includes the premiere of the Star Wars fan documentary The People vs. George Lucas. With that announcement, we have also been given a new teaser trailer, embedded after the jump.
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The Universal Studios backlots were set ablaze in June 2008, destroying sets and one of the park’s signature attractions — King Kong. The ride has been part of the park’s tram tour for over 20 years. But when the fire destroyed the attraction many speculated that Universal would replace it with a ride based on a more recent movie property. Last year we got word that Universal would be teaming with Peter Jackson ro rebuild King Kong.
At the time we were told that the new attraction would involve guests wearing “special glasses as they enter a darkened sound stage” containing “the world’s largest 3D Surround Digital projection system” aboard the famous Studio Tour trams. The attraction would transport guests to Peter Jackson’s version of Skull Island where they’ll “survive a close encounter with a swarm of monstrous bats, only to be” put in the middle of “a ferocious showdown between” an “enormous, ravenous 35’ tall dinosaur” and King Kong.
We have finally gotten an update on the attraction, formally titled “King Kong 360 3-D, created by Peter Jackson“.
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Universal Studios Orlando have released the first official photo of Hogwarts Castle, the centerpiece of their upcoming new park section The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Click after the jump to see the complete uncropped photo. And click on that image to see it in super high resolution.
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Planning a break to South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province in 2014? Fancy seeing an animatronic King Kong while you’re there? You might just be in luck.
Deadline Hollywood Daily are carrying some details of the Universal Studios Park and Resorts complex set to be built in Korea. We can expect it to contain “a state-of-the-art Universal Studios theme park, Universal CityWalk, a retail, dining and entertainment complex, a championship 18-hole golf course, themed hotels, a water park, premium retail outlet and hypermarket, as well as condos”.
This is arguably a wonderful demonstration of globalisation as cultural imperialism. I wonder how many circles of hell would have to freeze over before we’d see a resort in Kansas themed around the trademarks and IP of Korean studio Sidus FNH? Or maybe one could argue that they’re called Universal and have the globe as their logo for good reason…?
Existing Unversal theme parks are in Hollywood, Orlando and Japan with Singapore and Dubai also in the works.
Disney Parks has confirmed that Honey I Shrunk The Audience will be closing sometime in the next few weeks to make way for the the return of the Francis Ford Coppola-directed/George Lucas-produced Michael Jackson sci-fi action 3D musical short film Captain EO. The original film will return to Disneyland’s Tomorrowland beginning in February 2010.
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It had to happen eventually. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will debut next spring at Universal’s “Islands of Adventure” park in Orlando, and the recent release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on DVD and Blu-ray offers a sneak peek at the park’s offerings. Attractions Magazine has a full list of the details, and some of the more interesting ones can be found after the break.
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Ronie Midfew Arts and DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com are proud to announce the LOST Underground Art Project, an art show at Gallery1988: LA celebrating one of the greatest television programs of all-time. This event, opening December 15th 2009 from 7-10 PM will mark the first time that all 16 prints, released and SOLD OUT over the past 3 months at DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com, will be seen in one room. In addition to the prints, over 20 artists will be creating original LOST-inspired paintings and sculptures (all available for purchase) to commemorate the event. These artists include:
Alex Pardee - Ben Strawn - Carlos Ramos - Chris Ryniak - Dan Lydersen - Dan May - Danielle Buerli - Edwin Ushiro - Eric Fortune - Jeff McMillan - Jeremy Asher Lynch - Julian Callos - Ken Garduno - Kirk Demarais - Lauren Gregg - Leontine Greenberg - Luke Berliner - Mark Bodnar - Mark Brown - Martin Wittfooth - Misha (from the mind of Paul Scheer) - Ralph Cosentino - Scott Campbell - Wade Schin - 64 Colors - Brent Nolasco - Dave Pressler - Jason Limon - Jeremiah Ketner - Jesse Hernandez - Jon Burgerman - KaNo - Leah Palmer - Lunabee - Motorbot - Nathan Spoor - Nemo - Pocketwookie - Reactor 88 - Scribe
This night will also have some surprises, and I’ve been told you might want to line up early for this one. Watch an announcement video from comedian/Lost-inspired velvet painter Paul Scheer, after the jump.
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In late 2007, United Arab Emirate-based Al Ahli Group and Marvel Entertainment, Inc. announced a partnership that would bring Marvel’s full library of Superheroes to Dubai for a new theme park destination, which is now set to open in 2012. Disneyandmore has posted concept art from the planned theme park designed by the Chimera Design company.
While information on the individual rides is not available, it is assumed that most of the major Marvel superheroes will have their own attractions. The L.A Times recently reported that “Off-site testing has already begun on three of the planned attractions: “Flying with Spidey”, “Fantasticar” and “X-Men: Danger Room”. If the actual theme park is even a tenth as cool as this concept art (and it wouldn’t surprise me, this is Dubai after-all), then I’ll book a plane ticket half way around the world, just to go to a theme park. Check out the concept art after the jump.
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