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TRON LEGACY WATCH THE TRAILER!Tuesday, 09. March 2010 by Elfsar
Disney has released online the first official look at “Tron: Legacy,” the sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic. A Disney film that was waaaaay ahead of it’s time. I admit, I have been waiting for a sequel since I was 7 years old. Tron Legacy stars man-of-the-moment Jeff Bridges who reprises his role as Kevin Flynn, the computer hacker trapped in a digital death match. The new trailer reveals the new-look and feel to the Tron computer world. It seems that although remaining true to it’s predecessor the world has grown and evolved over the years along with its trademark light cycle races and flying disc fights. It will be interesting to see how our video game culture responds to this visual experience. The entire soundtrack has been designed by Daft Punk! And yes this film will be in 3D. Check out a larger version here: http://program-glitch-esc.net/ SONY KILLED SPIDER-MAN 4!Tuesday, 12. January 2010 by Elfsar
Sony/Columbia has decided to pull the plug on the drain and wash the Spider out on Spider-Man 4. Signs of trouble appeared last week when the studio announced that the production was put on hiatus. Now the studio has decided to fire director Sam Raimi who was responsible for all three of the highly successful Spider-Man films and ditch Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and any of the other high priced talent as well. In a successful series such as Spider-Man all the key players generally get raises for each subsequent film, which naturally drives up production costs. The studio is under the ‘use it or loose it’ license agreement, which means they could risk losing the rights to the Spider-Man character if it doesn’t produce a new film. The rights would fall back to Marvel/Disney. But they have a contingency plan just in case there were problems with the Raimi-helmed Spider-Man 4. The plan involves a “reboot” script by James Vanderbilt that takes Spidey back to high school in a version that will feature all new younger actors and cost the studio far less to produce thus giving them a hight profit margin. Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin, who have been involved in the production of all 3 Spider-Man movies, will be producing the new Spider-Man film. The new teenage Spider-Man movie, which has no stars or director attached at present, is slated to debut in the summer of the end of the world…er… I mean… 2012. Spider-Man 4 had originally been scheduled for early May of 2011, thus it was a very bad sign for the film when, in the wake of stories about delays in the production of the next Spider-Man film, Marvel Studios moved the debut of its Thor movie into the Spidey 4 slot, which just happens to coincide with Free Comic Book Day Though the studio will save a potentially huge amount of money in production costs by rebooting the series, Sony/Columbia is messing with a billion dollar franchise. Let’s hope the studio is not jettisoning the character-driven approach that made the first two films in the series so compelling. THE LAST NEWS OF 2009Wednesday, 23. December 2009 by Elfsar
Okay first lets deal with the formality of reminding everyone that orders are due today, December 23rd. Then we will get to the good stuff… DECEMBER ORDERS ARE DUE TODAY WEDNESDAY the 23rd! So if you have not done so already, please send us your order changes ASAP. Not sure what to order? Want us to venture deep into the minds of the Elfsar staff and find out what they think about the stuff coming out in 2010? We have our handwritten Elfbytes up to help you: http://www.elfsar.com/Elfbytes Articles/Elfbytes.htm
************************************************* Okay now that that part is out of the way… I swear it is hard to make it sound exciting month after month… We can get to January ’s goings on.
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THE NEWS AT ELFSARWednesday, 25. November 2009 by Elfsar
NOVEMBER ORDERS ARE DUE TODAY WEDNESDAY the 25th! ************************************************* ELFSAR IS NOW ON TWITTER! ************************************************* BACK ISSUE 50% OFF SALE! Make plans to check out all the new comics in our back issue bins the next time you visit the store. ************************************************* FCBD HALLOWEEN PICS AND RAFFLE RESULTS! ************************************************* YALETOWN CHRISTMAS SHOPATHON HAPPENING DEC 5th! ************************************************* CALLING ALL COMIC BOOK ARTISTS! POP CULTURE COLLECTIBLES FAIR DEC 5th! ************************************************* 2ND LEVEL WIZARDS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! To learn more about the available opportunities, and to tell us how you’d like to be involved, contact Chris Slater at ************************************************* THE ESCAPISTS CONTEST! I highly recommend you take advantage of this rather generous offer from Steve Rolston. An original drawing is a one of a kind item and a personal gift from an artist – furthermore the Escapists is a fantastic book based on the Amazing adventures of Cavalier and Clay. You would be silly to pass this up. ************************************************* GET THE ELFSAR EXCLUSIVE COVER! NOTE: The Comicspriceguide.com has this valued already at $10.00USD! Wow that was fast! ************************************************* WHAT IS THE VETALA? The Vetala is a supernatural thriller about a hostile, yet conflicted spirit from the pages of Sanskrit mythology, and the succession of people it travels through. Ethan’s design for the Vetala will premiere in this Thursday’s episode on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/user/thevetala A photo gallery of the making of the Vetala (including Ethan’s concept artwork) will go on-line Friday here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vetala/99040508197 Spread the news! *************************************************
MEET THE REAL EMILY THE STRANGEMonday, 14. September 2009 by Elfsar
We meet all kinds of people here at Elfsar. We meet geeks, freaks, nerds, jocks, hipsters, preps, artists, writers, musicians, techs, animators, programmers, actors, film makers, bloggers, celebrities, pseudo-celebrities, office workers, city workers, government workers etc… …And occasionally we meet someone who has never set foot in a comic book store before. A strange girl named Emily came to visit us on September 10th via orders by a complete stranger who told her that she needed to spend 1 hour at a comic book store and to engage in geek-like conversations with the customers or staff. Why? Emily is involved in an unusual project that requires her to follow the directives of new and different people each and every week. She reports her experiences in a online blog called livedby.com She basically incorporates these objectives into her weekly routine still remaining “Emily” but bravely subjecting herself to a puppet master who guides her on a journey that maybe out of her comfort zone. This was week 10 and has been appropriately dubbed “Geek Week” as the person Emily is living by is a self proclaimed “Geek” who likes Comics, Role-playing games and is almost completely fluent in Klingon. The first thing on his to do list was go to a comic book store and get the Sandman or Transmetroplitan series. Naturally Emily searches the internet and types “Comic Book Store & Vancouver” in any given search engine and Elfsar Comics & Toys is somewhere at the top of the list. Now I dubbed her “Emily the Strange” (This is a term of endearment and I mean strange in a good way). Normal people are often so boring. I think she is doing something incredibly brave and I know not many people are able or willing to basically give up a year of their lives or consistently restrict their freedom of choice. Go to: http://livedby.com/2009/09/11/week-10-day-1/ and see her adventure and her first day as a fellow Geek. She had a blast here at Elfsar (I know, how could you not?) and the long of the short of it is she is moving in. We have a cozy spot in the backroom between the back issues and the Simpsons Duff Beer drinks. Haha that was a joke. For all you stalkers out there she is not moving into Elfsar Comics. However if you do want to send her something she has set up a mailing address here: Emily Zinnemann And now because I have a weakness for free self promotion, here is an excerpt from Emily’s blog “Livedby.com” “I figured the comic book store might close at 5:00 so I rushed on over to make it there shortly before four. After all, I had to 7. spend at least a full hour there! Made it by about 3:40 & thus began my education at ELFSAR. Not quite sure what I was supposed to be doing, I approached the guys at the front desk, Ethan (owner & proprieter) & Omar. Told them I’d need to hang out for an hour. First, did they have the 8. Sandman series? Second, did they need help with anything? Like unpacking boxes? I mean what else would I do in an hour? I could tell from their responses they thought that was pretty weird. They explained that people hang out in comic book stores all the time. Oh. I never realized that these places are hang outs. I thought they were just places where you buy things! I was kind of at a loss as to what to do. I asked them about role playing games & Klingon. I don’t know what kind of geek Mr. Trafford is, but he said that role playing games last 4-8 hours normally. These guys said they can be as short as an hour! & that four hours is a long time. Relief! I’ve got to do one of those games tomorrow. Sounds like it won’t be the chunk of time I thought. Then Omar politely showed me where the Sandman was.
 He pretends to show me for the very first time.
WHAT? It was four enormous volumes that would’ve taken up almost my entire budget. Ridiculous! No way! But wait… I pulled up Trafford’s directives & consulted Omar very seriously about them. There must be a loophole. There must. There must. Omar & I discovered we both love e.e. cummings. Where is the loophole? Omar & I discovered we both like Yeats. Where is the loophole? Omar & I debated the grammar in Ben’s phrasing: You must get either Neil Gaiman’s Sandman or Warren Ellis’ Transmetropolitan series of graphic novels. I hold that I was not legally required to get the Sandman series & thus could get only one book. Omar thinks that for my case to stand up in court a comma would be needed somewhere. Hmmm. Then he hit upon it! There are lots of Sandman series.  Them’s just jokes, baby.
I picked up TWO, because I am a kind & generous overachiever. Omar & Ethan, fluent in all things geek, assured me my logic was airtight! I just had another half an hour or so to kill. Not so bad! But what else was I to do. Suddenly it struck me. Did they have cartoon pornography? YES! Omar helped me find some erotic comics, exactly to my taste!! One of them is by a local artist called Cinema Sewer. Adults Only! I got the “Shocking Times Square Special!” — can’t wait to break that out of the plastic. & then, THEN I found out that there are erotic comics based on fairytales! Be! Still! My! Heart! I picked up some sort of preview edition of Beyond Wonderland. Perfect for the project.  I’m sorry there’s gum on it.
Omar also showed me a delightful book, wrapped in plastic, that was very thick & fancy looking. It’s called Lost Girls & it’s banned in the UK. It’s full of the pornographic exploits of various fairy-tale characters like Dorothy Gale & Jack (of Beanstalk fame) & Alice & so on. Wow! I kind of lusted after it, but it was over $50 & I hadn’t even seen inside. So I reluctantly set it aside. Comics ARE fun. At this point, euphoria set in. I experience a lot of euphoria lately. Omar & Ethan were my very first mentors! They guided me through my conversion experience & once I was one of them we were ready to have fun.  We celebrated with lightsaber fights!
 By George! I think she’s got it!
 Only the good (comic book store proprieters) die young!
It was so fun I could barely stand it! We started to talk about the exact nature of the project & this week’s participant (After explaining, I said: 9. “Hey, you sass that hoopy Ben Trafford? There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is!” — whatever that means). Then we hit on a great great idea. They could comment on my blog from the store, right before my eyes! In my very presence.  Wonderful!
& they then composed a comment more masterful & hilarious than my wildest dreams. You’ll see it under this week’s schedule. But I want it preserved for posterity here:
These guys have blown all other gold star candidates out of the water. I paced around the store laughing hysterically for around half an hour. (”Like the laughter of children” said Omar). By now I’d spent much longer there than required. It was past 5:00! Ethan headed out & I decided I’d leave too, but first… oh I was very dizzy. I faint sometimes. & last night took a lot out of me! I just needed to… sit down for a moment & catch my breath. I sat down with my head on my knees. But even the chair seemed awfully high. I crawled to the ground. “This is so embarrassing!” But Omar assured me that he sees much stranger behavior all the time. He fetched me a little cup of water & an Ugly Doll for a pillow. Oh, Omar. He’s so dreamy. I’m not sure if it’s a Geek Week version of Stockholm Syndrome or what, but I think Omar is seriously dreamy. He’s probably taken, but ladies, if not– RUN, don’t walk, over to Elfsar & try to pick him up! I lay on the ground for awhile.  Today I am all funny faces
At first I would try to sit up when people came into the store but then I realized that a comic book store is the absolute best place to behave like a weirdo. Even though I was doubled over on the ground laughing quietly to myself & using a doll as a pillow, most people did not even give me a single glance! Have I found my people? Well, not exactly… but maybe I will stop by Elfsar every now & then for naptime. I also have another project related idea that incorporates the store. But we’ll see. When I sat up, Omar treated me to a blue Powerade (yuck, but good for me? “Do geeks drink this?” I asked. & he said yes & told me about the history of Gatorade). Then, he even took the aforementioned Lost Girls out of the plastic! & I read it while I recovered. It was VERY obscene!  Storytime comes after naptime.
So fun. I can’t believe I got to spend so much of the day sitting on the floor of a store with a stuffed animal, reading pornography & being waited on by handsome men! I recovered around 6:45 & left just before closing at 7:00pm. The only problem is that I don’t really like comic books. Why can’t other stores be as fun as this one? Anyway, I hope the men at Elfsar know they can help me exploit my loopholes anytime.” HA! I love good sexual innuendo! A commenter named Ptolemy (who subsiquentley was the puppeteer for week 2) decided to write (as his name implies) a one act play with the aforementioned scenario in mind. Here was his post: Geek Week A Play in One Act Scene: A comic store Clerk One: Jesus, it sure is a boring day here at the comic store. Clerk Two: Yeah, it really is. One: I sure wish something unusual would happen. Two: Like what? One: Like, instead of the usual male clientele, some hot girl came in. Two: You’ve been watching Ghost World too much. I suppose this girl would look just like Thora Birch? One: Sort of, but a little older, a little thinner, and with a less studied wardrobe. And, like, maybe with a just slightly oversize nose. Two: Dude, that’s never going to happen. One: Yeah, but wouldn’t it be cool if it did? Two: So, like, if you’ve really fine-tuned this little fantasy, why would she be coming in here? One: I don’t know. Maybe she’s part of some, like internet art project, where she has to do whatever people tell her to do. Each week, she does different stuff. CRAZY, f_cked-up, totally ridiculous stuff. She likes doing it. She’s kind of messed up in the head, see? So, like, one week this geeked-out comic book dude gives her her orders, and she has to follow them. Naturally, he tells her to go to a comic shop. Two: And she does? One: She has to! It’s the rules. She has to do whatever her master for the week tells her to. Two: That’s totally unbelievable. I can’t believe you even wasted your time thinking that sh_t up. One: No, no, I can totally see it. She’d come in and just, like, ask us about different comics and tell us how great we are for working here. We could show her around and introduce her to all the classics, and she’d be really impressed with our knowledge. She’d be, like, oh my God, you guys know SO much! Two: You’re making her sound like a total idiot. It would be more interesting if she were at least smart. One: She WOULD be smart. She’d just be, like, playing dumb because she’s never been in a comic store before, and it’s all just so overwhelming and new. Anyhow, after we introduced her to the merchandise, we’d break out the light sabers and horse around with them. Two: Light sabers. One: Yeah! Can’t you just see it? And, you know, maybe at some point she’d ask, in this really innocent kind of way, whether we had any porn around. Two: Oh yeah, of course. Naturally she’d ask that. You’re an idiot. One: Listen, it’s just a scenario. Nothing wrong with using one’s imagination. Two: So how does this memorable fancy of yours end? One: I was thinking about that. I think it would be really cool if after a while, she just, like, LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. Two: And then what? One: Nothing! That’s what would be so cool. She’d just kind of lie there and not do anything. The customers wouldn’t even notice her when she came in, like she was our cat or something. Two: Fine. Great. Whatever you say. But I still think you’ve been watching Ghost World too much. …And Scene! How did Elfsar react? As soon as we read it, with Geek-like passion we acted out the scene and Emily recorded it. In the words of Emily, “There must be a word for this kind of psychic phenomenon.” Yes, occasionally we meet someone who has never set foot in a comic book store before. Our mission, and we choose to accept it, is to give them a reason to come back. I received an email not to long after we met Emily. She wanted to thank us and tell me that she is absolutely loving the Sandman. Now that she has set up a mailing address here, I am sure this will not be the last time we see her. I look forward to seeing the future little comic strips of her putting her hands on the packages at Elfsar. Ha! See what I did there? That was for you Emily. I am happy you found your inner-geek. Being a geek is simply about being passionate about something. If a someone loves sports, even if they don’t want to admit it, and they are memorizing stats they are a sports geek. If someone loves food and wants to constantly learn more about how to make new and tasty things, they are a food geek. There is truly an inner geek in all of us and one should never be afraid to let it out. Emily is a sweetheart (oh by the way, she also writes some wicked poetry) and is fearless. I hope everyone will follow Emily at livedby.com DC AND WARNER BROTHERS CREATE “DC ENTERTAINMENT”!Thursday, 10. September 2009 by Elfsar
Wow, in the fight for supremacy between “The Bunny” and “The Mouse”, it looks like we now have two superpowers gearing up to go head to head. In fact, the ink is not even dry on the Disney /Marvel deal before DC Comics decided to announce some major overhauling on their own. Deadline Hollywood Daily broke the news that Warner Bros had indeed taken over DC Comics and created a new brand called “DC Entertainment”. DC Comics’ president Paul Levitz will step down, and Diane Nelson will head up this new DCE. She’s a name you probably wouldn’t know, but we all know her results, as she’s the other woman behind the scenes of the worldwide phenomenon, Harry Potter. Is this simply a knee-jerk reaction to what Marvel and Disney just did? The truth is that Warner Bros and DC have been working on this revamp for a very long time. That’s apparent in the steady changes we’ve seen lately, like the studio reaching out and bringing in notable DC writers on board their movie developments and even television shows like Smallville. According to Variety, one of the ongoing problems with Warner Bros developing DC titles was that they didn’t have an executive “inside the comic book company with the right sensibility for producing tentpoles, or at least the experience of managing all aspects of a major franchise.” Finke notes that the uneven relationship between the two companies produced all those pre-production stops and starts that annoy fans so much, and caused the Watchmen lawsuit that nearly delayed the film this past spring. So, what does this mean for DC comic readers and movie fans? Well, first off, there’s a lot of potential! The publishing end, (just like Marvel) DC will remain the same, with Levitz remaining on the in the editorial department. When it comes to the movies, all films and characters that have been in development hell for ages (Wonder Woman, Superman, Justice League, The Flash) have been “called back” from producers like Joel Silver who were actively developing them. Warner Bros’ Jeff Robinov is determined to see them up and into production pronto! Basically, what you’re about to see is DC Entertainment becoming an actual rival and box office threat to Marvel Entertainment. You’ve actually started to see the first steps down this bigger, better, “develop it all!” road with The Green Lantern, Jonah Hex, The Losers, Deadman, Lobo, and Fox’s Human Target series. Levitz will also be helping Warner Bros untangle those tricky Superman rights, undoubtedly so the studio could get a movie into active development by that 2011 deadline.
Here is the Official Press Release (Dateline – Burbank, CA) Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI) has created DC Entertainment Inc., a new company founded to fully realize the power and value of the DC Comics brand and characters across all media and platforms, to be run by Diane Nelson, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, and Alan Horn, President & COO, Warner Bros. DC Entertainment, a separate division of WBEI, will be charged with strategically integrating the DC Comics business, brand and characters deeply into Warner Bros. Entertainment and all its content and distribution businesses. DC Entertainment, which will work with each of the Warner Bros. divisions, will also tap into the tremendous expertise the Studio has in building and sustaining franchises and prioritize DC properties as key titles and growth drivers across all of the Studio, including feature films, television, interactive entertainment, direct-to-consumer platforms and consumer products. The DC Comics publishing business will remain the cornerstone of DC Entertainment, releasing approximately 90 comic books through its various imprints and 30 graphic novels a month and continuing to build on its creative leadership in the comic book industry. In her new role, Nelson will report to Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, in order to best capitalize on DC Entertainment’s theatrical development and production activities and their importance to drive its overall business with each of the divisions of Warner Bros. Nelson will bring her expertise and more than 20 years’ experience in creative brand management, strategic marketing and content development and production to ensuring DC Entertainment’s dual mission of marshalling Warner Bros.’ resources to maximize the potential of the DC brand while remaining respectful of and collaborative with creators, talent, fans and source material. Additionally, Nelson will continue to oversee the franchise management of the Harry Potter property, which she has done since 2000, and also continue to represent the Studio’s interests with the author of the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling. Nelson will segue from her post as President, Warner Premiere but maintain oversight responsibilities of that division. (An executive succession plan for Warner Premiere will be announced shortly.) Paul Levitz, who has served as President & Publisher of DC Comics since 2002, will segue from that role to return to his roots as a writer for DC and become a contributing editor and overall consultant to DCE. This transition will take place as expeditiously as possible without disrupting DC’s business operations. In his new role, Levitz will be called upon for his deep knowledge and more than three-decade history with DC Comics, both as a comic creator and an executive. Besides serving as a writer on a number of DC Comics titles, he will be a contributing editor and consultant to DC Entertainment on projects in various media. Additionally, he will consult as needed on the transition and integration of the DC Comics organization into DC Entertainment and will utilize his unique experience, knowledge and relationships with the comics industry’s creative community to help achieve DC Entertainment’s goal of maximizing the value of DC properties. Further, Levitz will advise DC Entertainment on creative and rights-holder relationships, in particular regarding the legacy relationships that have been a part of DC Comics for decades. Widely recognized and respected for his support of writers, artists and creators in the comics industry, Levitz is best known creatively for his work with DC Comics, having written most of the classic DC characters, including Batman, Wonder Woman and the Superman newspaper strip. At Comicon International in 2008, Levitz was awarded the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award as part of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the only industry executive ever so honored. “DC Comics and its super hero characters are truly touchstones of popular culture, and the formation of DC Entertainment is a major step in our company’s efforts to realize the full potential of this incredible wellspring of creative properties,” said Meyer. “Diane knows our studio as a creative executive, a marketer and a senior manager, and this varied background will help her effectively and creatively integrate the DC brand and properties across all our businesses. We’re also thrilled that Paul will remain involved with DC and we’ll be able to tap his expertise to help us reach our goals for this new business.” “It’s no secret that DC has myriad rich and untapped possibilities from its deep library of iconic and lesser-known characters,” said Horn. “While we’ve had great success in films and television, the formation of DC Entertainment will help us to bring more DC properties across additional platforms to fans around the world, while maintaining brand integrity and authenticity. Diane is a terrific choice to lead DC Entertainment, and with Paul in his new role as a valued consultant and contributing editor, both our company and comic fans win.” “Based on the great success we’ve had working with DC Comics to create some of the most popular and successful super hero films of all time, I’ve long believed that there was much more we could do across all of Warner Bros.’ businesses with this great body of characters and stories,” said Robinov. “The prioritization of DC and the creation of DC Entertainment is a great opportunity that reaches far beyond the film group. There are endless creative possibilities to build upon the many significant successes already achieved by my colleagues Kevin Tsujihara and the Home Entertainment Group in the videogame, home video and direct-to-platform arenas and Bruce Rosenblum and the Television Group in live-action, animated and digital series. Collectively, we have the ability to grow a body of properties highlighting the iconic characters and the diversity of the creative output of DC Comics.” “The founding of DC Entertainment fully recognizes our desire to provide both the DC properties and fans the type of content that is only possible through a concerted cross-company, multi-platform effort,” said Nelson. “DC Entertainment will help us to formally take the great working relationships between DC Comics and various Warner Bros. businesses to the next level in order to maximize every opportunity to bring DC’s unrivalled collection of titles and characters to life.” “After so many roles at DC, it’s exciting to look forward to focusing on my writing and being able to remain a part of the company I love as it grows into its next stage,” said Levitz. “It’s a new golden age for comics and DC’s great characters, and I hope my new position will allow me to contribute to that magic time.” DC Comics will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2010 (NEW FUN COMICS #1, the first DC comic, began publishing in 1935), at which time more explicit details regarding DC Entertainment’s corporate and management structure, film and content release slate, creative roster and business objectives will be unveiled at a multi-faceted anniversary celebration and press conference in the first quarter of the year. Current DC properties in development and/or production at Warner Bros. Entertainment include: – “Human Target” is being produced by Warner Bros. Television for a mid-season debut on Fox. – “Midnight Mass” is in series development at Warner Bros. Television for consideration for the 2010-11 season. – “Jonah Hex,” Warner Bros. Pictures’ supernatural Western starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox and John Malkovich, recently wrapped production in Louisiana. – “The Losers,” Dark Castle/Warner Bros. Pictures’ action-adventure drama starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans, began principal photography mid-July in Puerto Rico. – “The Green Lantern,” Warner Bros. Pictures’ next big superhero tentpole release, recently cast Ryan Reynolds as the titular character. The film has a projected second quarter 2011 release date. – “Lobo,” based on the DC Comics anti-hero, has Guy Ritchie attached as a director; Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman and Andrew Rona are producing for Silver Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures. – Warner Premiere’s direct-to-platform DVD animated release of “Green Lantern: First Flight” debuted July 28. – Warner Bros. Animation currently produces “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” which airs on Cartoon Network. – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released “Batman: Arkham Asylum” on August 25, a dark, action packed videogame adventure for Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows. Prior to being named President, DC Entertainment, Nelson most recently served as President, Warner Premiere since its founding in 2006. Warner Premiere is a Studio-based production company which develops and produces high-quality, direct-to-DVD and short-form digital content, including the highly successful line of DC Universe animated DVD titles, and also pioneered the development of the motion comics category. Under Nelson’s leadership, Warner Premiere functions as a full-service production entity with its own resources and release schedule, furthering the Studio’s mandate of being a destination for both established and up-and-coming talent to create stand-alone properties as well as experiment in new media. Before that, Nelson served as Executive Vice President, Global Brand Management, Warner Bros. Entertainment, with the primary responsibility of working cross-divisionally and throughout Time Warner to maximize and optimize all the various windows and outlets available to the Studio’s signature franchises, brands and event properties on a global basis. In this post, Nelson’s primary focus was the management of the Harry Potter brand, which she has overseen since the brand’s launch at the Studio in 1999. These efforts have helped drive the success of the brand to become the most successful film franchise of all time, as well as a respected consumer property that has generated billions of dollars for the Studio. At Global Brand Management, Nelson and her team of more than 15 employees worked in all media and platforms to support a number of other key franchise properties, including “The Matrix Reloaded,” “The Matrix Revolutions,” “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “Happy Feet,” “Polar Express” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” among others. Prior to overseeing Global Brand Management, Nelson had served as Executive Vice President, Domestic Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures. Nelson rose quickly through the ranks, having also served as Senior Vice President, Domestic Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures and prior to that, Senior Vice President, Family Entertainment, Warner Bros. Corporate Worldwide Marketing and Planning. She was also Vice President, Worldwide Corporate Promotions, a post to which she was promoted in March 1998, after joining the Studio in September 1996 as Director of Worldwide Corporate Promotions. Nelson came to the Studio from Walt Disney Records, where she served as Director of National Promotions. She is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications. ELFSAR COMICS AND CUSTOMERS ON CBC THE NATIONAL NEWS!Monday, 31. August 2009 by Elfsar
Here is the link to the Brodcast of CBC The National. The promo clip is between 00:40 – 00:50 seconds and then the segment is 23:06 – 25:34 Big ups to Elfsar customers Matheus Olmedo and Chris Stewart for making the cut.
Also a big thanks to Thomas Tan (who I know hates being in front of the Camera). THE BALLAD OF G.I. JOETuesday, 11. August 2009 by Elfsar
What do G.I. Joe and Cobra do during there spare time? Funny or Die has teamed with Cha-Ching Pictures to produce this music video about what all our favorite G.I. Joe characters really do at night when the day’s battle is over. The video stars Laz Alonso as Doc, Alexis Bledel as Lady Jaye, Billy Crudup as Zartan, Zach Galifiankais as Snow Job, Tony Hale as Dr. Mindbender, Vinnie Jones as Destro, Joey Kern as Tomax and Xamot, Chuck Liddell as Gung Ho, Julianne Moore as Scarlett, Henry Rollins as Duke, Alan Tudyk as Shipwreck, Olivia Wilde as The Baroness, Sgt. Slaughter as Himself, Jamin Fite as Cobra Commander, Frankie Kang as Storm Shadow, Geoff Mann as Buzzer, Andreas Owald as Snake Eyes, Daniel Strange as Torch and Kevin Umbricht as Ripper!
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NO ADVANCE SCREENING OF G.I.JOEThursday, 06. August 2009 by Elfsar
I found it odd that Elfsar did not get any advance screening passes for the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra movie. We normally do promotions with local theatres for summer releases and I being a nostalgic G.I. Joe fan wanted to do something with this film. Upon further research I discovered that Paramount is refusing to even screen this film for most critics in advance of release, which probably doesn’t mean that they think reviews will be good. However, Rotten Tomatoes has G.I. Joe at 91% positive, but it’s based on a very limited 11 reviews (10 positive) from a carefully selected set of reviewers that were allowed to see the picture. Other reviewers will have to wait to see the film until opening day. One wonders why Paramount execs think that bad reviews would matter. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, also tied to a Hasbro toy line, is rated 20% positive by Rotten Tomatoes (that’s 20% of reviews are positive) and as of yesterday was at $389 million domestic, $811 million worldwide total box office receipts. It seems Paramount wants everyone else to take a Snakeyes-like vow of silence. (that change still bugs me) Do they think that G.I. Joe will end up with less than 20% positive reviews, and that will turn the tide against it? G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra opens this Friday, August 7th with a wide range of merchandise associated with it, including comics and toys, and a heavy marketing campaign supporting it. Sadly, that marketing campaign does not include Joe Cola. Category: Movies | Comments (0)
TRANSFORMERS ROTF MOVIE REVIEWSunday, 28. June 2009 by Elfsar
This is the greatest movie review of all time: Oh, and I would warn you that there’ll be spoilers in this review — except that, really, since I still have no idea what actually happened in this movie, I’m not sure how much I can spoil it.”
I also loved the line, “LaBoeuf projects a pathetic, wall-eyed dorkhood, when he’s not babbling like a tumor removed from Woody Allen’s prostate that somehow achieved sentience.” Category: Movies | Comments (0)
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. Reports indicate that the studio was unhappy with the script for Spider-Man 4 and the villain (The Vulture) that Raimi had chosen for the film. Raimi, who obviously could have been a diplomat if he had wanted to, told Variety: “While we were looking forward to doing a fourth one together, the studio and Marvel have a unique opportunity to take the franchise in a new direction, and I know they will do a terrific job.”
