Posted on Friday, October 1st, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
Chop Shop has a new t-shirt designed by Timo Meyer which takes 22 classic 80′s films reduced to symbols and arranged into the form of an eight. Hit the jump to see the full design in larger resolution. T-shirts are available for $20 on ChopShopStore.com.
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Posted on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
Some of the items we feature in Cool Stuff are so expensive, we’re not sure who can actually afford them. This is one of those items. Sideshow Collectibles has put up for preorder version 2.0 of their life-size Terminator T-800 Endoskeleton.
From the sci-fi classic ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’, Sideshow Collectibles is proud to bring Terminator collectors the T-800 Endoskeleton – Version 2.0, standing atop an impressive display base littered with human skulls and debris. Standing over 6 feet tall, the T-800 Endoskeleton is high quality polystone, fiberglass, metals and other materials, complete with light-up eye features (power cord/plug-in). The T-800 Endoskeleton – Version 2.0 is a stunning and imposing piece, sure to become the centerpiece to any collection or display.
The life-size figure is being released in a yet-to-be-numbered limited edition sometime in quarter one of 2011 for $5,999.99. A non-refundable, one-time deposit of $1200 is required at the time of order placement. And if you thought this thing was big, the estimated shipping weight is 366 pounds. Check out some more photos after the jump.
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Posted on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
Do you remember those Little Golden Books? They were a staple from my childhood. Pixar Animation Story Artist Josh Cooley (Cars, Ratatouille, Up, George & AJ) is working on an awesome “Lil’ Inappropriate Golden Book” titled Movies R Fun.
Cooley has been working on this compilation of movie art for two years and will be publishing the collection in a book which will be available at Comic-Con this year and APE Expo San Francisco in November. And don’t worry, the books and prints will also be available on Cooley’s Blog. High quality, “classy” prints will also be available as well.
Illustrations reference film classics such as The Professional, Terminator 2, Godfather, Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, Se7en, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Graduate, Terminator, Silence of the Lambs, and The Big Lebowski. Check out some of the art embedded after the jump.
A Chinese filmmaker made this short 4-minute video which features a Terminator panhandling outside of a Apple Store in Beijing China. You’ll have to watch the video to find out what might happen if the Terminator gets enough money to recharge his batteries.
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Posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
USA Today got a chance to chat with filmmaker James Cameron who filmed the unannounced Black Eyed Peas concert with 3D cameras in New York’s Times Square on Wednesday night. Cameron dropped a few interesting news tidbits, including information on the 3D release of Titanic, a possible extended cut rerelease of Avatar this Fall, more critical comments on how Hollywood is doing 3D wrong, and his thoughts on authorship of older catelog titles.
Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
Now that Santa Barbara-based hedge fund Pacificor has gained the rights to the Terminator Franchise, everyone is wondering what the future of the franchise might hold. William Wisher, the uncredited co-writer of Terminator and credited co-writer of Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (shared with James Cameron) has written a detailed 24-page treatment for Terminator 5, and a 4-page concept outline for Terminator 6. Mike Fleming, a self-confessed Terminator fanboy, has read both treatments and calls it a “a satisfying conclusion” to the six-film storyline.
Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
The Terminator rights sale saga just keeps on going. At the beginning of this week, Sony and Lionsgate were jointly bidding for the rights to the Terminator franchise. They lost out to Pacificor, the hedge fund that had loaned money to Halcyon to buy the Terminator rights in the first place, before calling in the debt which caused the rights to go up for sale.
If you think about that for a second, it looks kinda fishy. Sony and Lionsgate think so. Lawyers for Sony say that their bid was the best one, but that Halcyon and Pacificor had struck a deal last Friday, essentially rigging the sale in favor of the hedge fund. But now there’s a new wrinkle. After some negotiation, Sony and Lionsgate have been given an option to negotiate to produce and distribute the next Terminator film. Read More »
Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
The Terminator movie rights went up for auction today, and Sony Pictures and Lionsgate were bidding frantically back and fourth from 3:00pm to 8:00pm tonight. But as the dust cleared, neither movie studio came out the winner. Halcyon accepted a $29.5 million bid from a Santa Barbara-based hedge fund Pacificor, the debtholder which pushed the company into bankruptcy.Of course, this is subject to the approval by the bankruptcy court.
