Thursday, March 13, 2008

Dentmobiles! Trains! Robots! Snacks!


George A. Romero wants to do a stage version of Christian Nyby’s The Thing From Another World (Which John Carpenter later remade as The Thing)… In a freezing theater.

The Harvey Dent centric viral marketing for The Dark Knight continues with campaign buses called "Dentmobiles" in select cities.

After ADV Films closed its London branch, Lace Digital Media Sales picked up their titles. Lace has announced they’ve rescheduled release dates for all ADV releases in the UK for spring. Hugh David will stay on as marketing consultant.

March 16, Leiji Matsumoto will serve as Seibu Ikebukuro line's stationmaster for one day to mark the Neritan Anime Project in Oizumi event and the Tokyo International Anime Fair later this month.

According to University of Sheffield's Professor Noel Sharkey, a Terminator-ish war could be upon us within ten years.

Robot Dextre goes into space. And so the enslavement of the human race begins.

"Japan's Imperial Enterprise mail-order company is offering a 1-million-yen (about US$9,000) pure-gold figure of Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) to mark the 80th anniversary of his creator Osamu Tezuka's birthday. Only 80 figures will be made, each from 80 grams (2.8 ounces) of gold and a natural diamond."

Futurama's addictive secretion drink, Slurm, may become a reality. Hopefully there won't be actual secretions…

Starting March 25, Japan's am/pm company will be selling official Macross Frontier Cream Puffs. "Lanka's Delicious DekaruCha Puffs" are filled with green tea flavored cream and whipped cream, and "Sheryl's Galaxy Cream Puffs" with custard and whipped cream. This is to celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary and the April 4 premiere of the Macross Frontier sequel.

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