Thursday, June 03, 2004
Besides earlier connections to the movie versions of Spy Hunter and Metroid, John Woo has apparently been picked by Paramount to direct an adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel Rainbow Six, with its obvious video game tie-ins.
From Ferrago, "Entertainment rag Variety reports that said film rights have been acquired by Paramount Pictures, who have enlisted Woo's directorial talents to turn this promising licence into an action-packed blockbuster. Woo's involvement in all things gaming-turned-cinematic first began a couple of months ago when the director's own studio acquired the rights to create a Metroid Prime film, which was closely followed by news a few weeks ago informing us that Woo has also been signed to direct a Spy Hunter film for Universal. Spy Hunter will star The Rock in lead role."
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Sunday, May 23, 2004
Do-it-yourself ringtone software encroaching on potential profits, some record labels say.
From Kansas.com, "New software that lets anyone create unique cellular phone rings for free has some record labels worried it will kill the cash cow that is the ringtone.
The software, called Xingtone, evokes the same 'oh wow, oh no' reaction from the labels that greeted the original Napster. The fear is that people will make ringtones out of pirated songs, thus compounding the file-sharing problem while robbing the music industry of a new source of revenue.
The quest for a distinctive cell phone ring has created a $3 billion global market for everything from computer-generated renditions of such classics as The Temptations 'Just My Imagination,' to near-CD-quality snippets of popular songs like OutKast's 'Hey Ya!.'"
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Thursday, May 20, 2004
Action genre director John Woo is currently in negotiations to direct a film based on the Spy Hunter video game franchise, starring The Rock.
From The Hollywood Reporter, "John Woo is in negotiations to direct "Spy Hunter," an action-adventure film that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is attached to star in for Universal Pictures. Chuck Gordon and Adrian Askarieh are producing."
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This raised the ire of the DVD's distributer, Warner Home Video, which has since halted all their shipments of their products to the retailer.
From Reuters, "Reports came to WHV from competing retailers large and small, complaining that EB was effectively stealing their business, [Warner Home Video senior VP of domestic sales Jeff Baker] said. 'The callers told us that the DVDs were blowing out the doors at EB, and we have verified several of these reports.'"
"Without question, the 'King' DVD is a prime release for EB's core consumers: video game buyers. 'Obviously this title is right up their alley,' Baker said."
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004
The latest update on The Carling Weekend 2004 (Update: 11th May)
The Line up so far:
Reading: Friday 27th August - Leeds: Saturday 28th August
Main Stage
The Darkness
The Offspring
Ash
The Hives
Jurassic 5
Hundred Reasons
Reel Big Fish
Taking Back Lunch
Goldie Lookin' Chain
BBC Radio 1 Stage
Graham Coxon
Reading: Saturday 28th August - Leeds: Sunday 29th August
Main Stage
The White Stripes
Morrissey
The Libertines
Franz Ferdinand
The Vines
The Roots
Thursday
BBC Radio 1 stage
Funeral for a Friend
Dizzee Rascal
Reading: Sunday 29th August - Leeds: Friday 27th August
Main Stage
Greenday
50 Cent
Placebo
Lost Prophets
The Streets
Dropkick Murpheys
The Rasmus
Thrice
Yellow Card
BBC Radio 1 stage
Supergrass
The Von Bondies
Reading Weekend Tickets sold out in record time. Only Day tickets are available. Day and Weekend tickets are still available for Leeds.
For regular updates and all news and information, check the Reading or Leeds websites.
I'll update this article no more than once a month. Rely on the websites - not me.
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