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Marking their third project together, LAIKA and Focus Features, the two companies behind the current Academy Award-nominated animated feature ParaNorman, announced today that LAIKA has begun production on The Boxtrolls. The new movie will be released nationwide by Focus on October 17th, 2014. Focus CEO James Schamus and LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight made the announcement today.
Universal has released a high-res image of Jim Carrey in his Colonel Stars and Stripes get-up from the upcoming movie adaptation of Kick-Ass 2 by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.
With government work a thing of the past, Arnold Schwarzenegger continues his return to motion pictures in a big way. Schwarzenegger is set to reprise his role as Conan, the character and movie that launched the muscle bound Austrian to superstardom.
Diamond Select Toys has released a new series of toys based on Universal Studios famous monsters. If you like action figures and Minimates, DST has you covered.
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Working Title Films and Big Talk Productions have commenced filming on The World’s End, the third installment of Edgar Wright’s trilogy of comedies, following the successes Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007). The new movie is filming in the U.K. As with the first two movies in the trilogy, Universal Pictures International (UPI) will distribute The World’s End internationally and Focus Features will distribute it in North America.
Why am I sharing this? I know a number of you are The Big Bang Theory fans, and there are also a number of you who like actress Kaley Cuoco. Combine that with a keyword like Spider-Man, and promoting Universal with more Universal news coming soon, and you have this.
Diamond Select Toys is set to release a third series of Minimates based on the classic Universal Monsters – and they are only available at Toys R Us.
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg’s magical adventure, celebrates its 30th Anniversary with its first-ever release on Blu-ray™ this October. Featuring an all-new, digitally remastered picture that delivers six times the resolution of DVD, as well as all-new 7.1 surround sound, the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Anniversary Edition Blu-ray™ Combo Pack includes the 1982 theatrical movie, an all-new interview with director Steven Spielberg, and “The E.T. Journals” featuring never-before-seen footage from the set of the film. The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack also includes UltraViolet™, a DVD and a Digital Copy of the film, offering fans a chance to relive the mystery, laughter and wonder of the iconic movie anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice.
Diamond Select Toys has announced a new wave of classic monster action figures with the soon to be released Dracula, Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein, all modeled after the famous Universal monsters.
Universal Pictures has announced it is very interested in the LEGO Hero Factory line. The studio likes the line so much that is is ready to make a Hero Factory movie.
Vin Diesel has released another image from the set of Riddick, currently shooting in Montreal.