Displaying items by tag: Prelude to Axanar
Blu-ray News – Ant-Man official, plus Quay Bros shorts, Force Awakens & Prelude to Axanar wins a Geekie!
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Before we get started today, I wanted to say a big word of congratulations to my fellow Team Axanar members and friends, who won the Geekie Award last night in L.A. for Best Short Film for Prelude to Axanar! You can read my Blu-ray review of the film here (it’s now available for just $35 via the link in the review). If you guys think Prelude is great, just wait until you see what we’re cooking up for the full Axanar feature film next year!
Now then... we’re closing out the week with one more Halloween Hangover Blu-ray review for you: Tim’s look at the AIP Version of Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath (1963) from Kino Lorber. And Tim’s got a great BD review coming on Monday too that just might get you Army of Darkness fans excited. So be sure to check back for it. [Read on here…]
- A Bucket of Blood
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Tim Salmons
- Halloween Hangover 2015
- The Bat
- AntMan
- Axanar
- The Geekie Awards
- Prelude to Axanar
- Team Axanar
- Army of Darkness: Collector's Edition
- Black Sabbath: AIP Version
- Bound to Vengeance
- The Quay Brothers: Collected Short Films
- The XFiles: The Complete Series
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- The Guardian
- Sonny Boy
- Yongary Monster from the Deep
- Seeso
- NBC Universal
A Comic-Con 2015 update with a Bits panel report, new Die Hard set, X-Files, Marvel TV titles & MUCH more!
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Comic-Con 2015 is a wrap and there’s plenty of good geek news to report for you today!
First though, our own Mario Boucher posted a new Inside Cinema column back on Thursday (in case you missed it) looking back at The Terminator films. Do check it out.
Now then... our Digital Bits Comic-Con panel went very well on Thursday afternoon! We had a packed room with lots of Bits readers asking great questions about Blu-ray. Our friend Charles de Lauzirika revealed that he’s officially working on the forthcoming Blu-ray of Ridley Scott’s The Martian. Cliff Stephenson is busy working on the Hannibal: Season Three Blu-ray for Lionsgate. And of course Robert Meyer Burnett has just completed the Prelude to Axanar Blu-ray for backers of that project on Kickstarter. Rob is also working with executive producer Alec Peters and myself on the full Star Trek: Axanar feature film – Rob is going to direct the film and I’m co-writing it with Alec. (As it happens, Charles de Lauzirika is helping to produce the film, and Cliff is going to produce the forthcoming Blu-ray special features, so quite literally everyone on our Bits panel is involved in the Axanar project.) You can view the project’s IndieGoGo page here (it launched during Comic-Con). More on that in a moment. As the panel wound on, we discussed the future of Blu-ray and indie studio releases on the format, we talked a little about Ultra HD Blu-ray (we’ll have more on that later this month), and we took questions from the audience. [Read on here…]
- Digital Bits Bluray Sneak Peek: Star Trek Axanar
- Mario Boucher
- The Iron Giant: Signature Edition
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Inside Cinema
- The Terminator
- The Martian
- Star Trek: Axanar
- Prelude to Axanar
- Hannibal: Season Three
- Lost in Space: The Complete Series
- Nakatomi Plaza: The Die Hard Collection
- A Good Day to Die Hard unrated version
- Die Hard
- Die Hard 2: Die Harded
- Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Live Free or Die Hard unrated edition
- Decoding Die Hard
- Vikings: Season Three
- Marvel's Agent Carter: Season One
- Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: Season Two
- Good Kill
- Grimm: Season Four
- Army of Darkness: Collector's Edition
- Chris Carter
- The XFiles
- Human Centipede
- Lambert and Stamp
- Zatoichi
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Berkeley Breathed
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Bloom County 2015
- Omar Sharif RIP
- Pluto
- New Horizons
Blu-ray News – Walking Dead: S5 official for 8/25, plus Bits Comic-Con panel & welcome Jim Hemphill!
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We’ve got a bit of good Blu-ray release news for you today, and a new Bits staffer too! First the news…
Anchor Bay Entertainment has set The Walking Dead: The Complete Fifth Season for Blu-ray and DVD release on 8/25 (SRP $79.99 and $69.98). That’s the regular edition and, as always, there will be another McFarlane Toys Limited Edition too that will be announced shortly. [Read on here…]
- Alec Peters
- Cliff Stephenson
- Digital Bits ComicCon 2015 panel
- Prelude to Axanar
- Star Trek: Axanar
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Charles de Lauzirika
- Jim Hemphill
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Walking Dead: Season 5
- Star Wars Rebels: Season One
- State of Grace
- Twilight Time
- The Seventh Dwarf
- The Affair: Season One
- What We Do in the Shadows
Official details on The Bits’ Comic-Con panel, plus Inside Out, Star Wars: Rebels – Season One & more!
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We’re closing out the week today with official details about our Digital Bits panel down at San Diego Comic-Con! As many of you know, the Con announced the Thursday (7/9) program schedule yesterday, and we’re on it. Here’s our official panel description:
1:00-2:00 (Thursday, 7/9/15) Digital Bits Blu-ray Sneak Peek: Star Trek: Axanar
Join Digital Bits editor Bill Hunt, veteran Blu-ray/DVD producers Charles de Lauzirika (Twin Peaks, The Martian), Cliff Stephenson (Hannibal, The Hunger Games), and Robert Meyer Burnett (Free Enterprise, Star Trek: The Next Generation Blu-rays), and executive producer Alec Peters (Star Trek: Axanar), as they discuss major upcoming Blu-ray titles and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray developments, and explain the groundbreaking process of creating studio-quality independent Blu-ray releases, including the new Prelude to Axanar: Special Edition. We’ll have audience Q & A and lots of great giveaways – don’t miss it! Room 23ABC [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Star Trek: Axanar
- Prelude to Axanar
- Digital Bits ComicCon 2015 panel
- Cliff Stephenson
- Alec Peters
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Charles de Lauzirika
- Saturn Awards
- Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery
- Inside Out
- Star Wars: Rebels Season One
- Better Call Saul: Season One
- Breaker Morant
- A Room with a View
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Criterion
- Mister Johnson
- Blind Chance
- The Honeymoon Killers
- Patrick Macnee RIP
Blu-ray News – Fabulous Baker Boys, Son of Kong, Space 1999: S2, Them, Hammer BDs & Axanar: Day 1!
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We’re starting things off today with a new Blu-ray review from our own Tim Salmons, this time featuring Fox’s new Kingsman: The Secret Service, which just arrived in stores last week. Turns out, it’s a pretty fun little film that’s well worth your time.
We’ve also got a bunch of new title announcements to talk about… [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Tim Salmons
- Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Axanar Production Day One
- Prelude to Axanar
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Alec Peters
- Gary Graham
- Vulcan
- Special Effects Collection
- Son of Kong
- Mighty Joe Young
- Hammer Horror Collection
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- Them
- Free Enterprise
- Space: 1999 Season Two
- Network
- Batman 66 replacement program
- Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
- Tales from the Crypt
- Demon Night
- Bordello of Blood
- Scream Factory
- Twilight Time
- Kino Lorber
- F/X2
- The Fabulous Baker Boys
- The World of Henry Orient
- Places in the Heart
- A Month in the Country
Blu-ray News – Mad Max Anthology, Masterworks of Avant-Garde Film, Empire 35th & The Bits at Comic-Con!
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We’ve got a couple things for you today to close out the week. First though, I wanted to direct you all to our own Michael Coate’s latest History, Legacy & Showmanship column, which we posted yesterday, which features a great look back at The Empire Strikes Back in celebration of the film’s 35th anniversary (which was yesterday). Michael offers lots of extensively-researched details about the film’s initial theatrical release, as well as production trivia, a summary of critic reviews, and even a great new roundtable interview with cinema historians about the film. Do give it a look – I think you’ll really enjoy it. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Mad Max Anthology
- The Empire Strikes Back 35th Anniversary
- The Bits at ComicCon
- Star Trek: Axanar
- Prelude to Axanar
- Masterworks of American Avantgarde Experimental Film 19201970
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
Blu-ray News: Prelude to Axanar, I Love Lucy: Ultimate S2, People Under the Stars & more
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Are any of you guys Star Trek fans? Of course, you are! Well, we have something awesome to report for you today. I’m sure many of you are familiar with Prelude to Axanar – we’ve mentioned it here before. It’s a professionally-produced and original fan film, directed by Christian Gossett (of The Red Star fame) and set in the Star Trek universe. It’s sort of an in-world documentary production, as if produced by Memory Alpha and the Federation Historical Society, that looks back at the so-called Four Years War between the Klingons and the Federation. Remember: This is an entirely non-profit effort, completely funded by fans through Kickstarter. It was so successful that a full feature-length dramatic film called Axanar is now deep into pre-production that tells the actual story of that war. [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Axanar
- Prelude to Axanar
- I Love Lucy: The Ultimate Season Two
- The Duff
- The People Under the Stairs: Collector's Edition
- Strange Msgic
- Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
- Spike Lee
- Ganja & Hess
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Pulverizer Power
- The Crimson Field
- Vampire Dairies
- Elliot Smith: Heaven Adores You
- Some Call It Loving
- Slash at the Roxy
Comic-Con 2014 Round-up! Batman details, new Scream, UHF, X-Files update, LOTR: Super-Extended, Hobbit 3 & Fury Road trailers & MUCH more!
Okay… we’ve got a good bit of ground to cover for you guys today as the dust begins to settle from another Comic-Con, so let’s get right to it.
First let’s talk about the titles that were officially announced at (or around) the show, and then we’ll get to the latest rumors and other news on those that weren’t. We’ll start with Batman… [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- UHF: 25th Anniversary Edition
- Chris Carter
- XFiles reboot
- XFiles: The Complete Series on Bluray
- Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition
- Peter Jackson
- Mad Mad: Fury Road trailer
- The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies trailer
- Free Enterprise The TV Series Kickstater
- Prelude to Axanar
- Star Trek: Axanar
- Star Trek Into Darkness: Deluxe Edition soundtrack
- Weird Al
- Batman: The Complete Television Series Limited Edition
- Adam West
- Batman: The Complete First Season
- Dolls
- The Dark Half
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh
- Scarecrows
- Phantom of the Opera
- New Years Evil
- Invaders from Mars
- Max Max: Collector's Edition
- Escape from new York: Collectors Edition
- The Doctor and the Devils
- Hellhole
- Dog Soldiers
- Monkey Shines
- Lord of Illusions: Collector's Edition
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- Peewee's Playhouse: The Complete Series
- True Lies
- The Abyss
- Cowboy Bebop
The Invisible Woman, Here’s Lucy, Prelude to Axanar & more, plus Alain Resnais RIP
So... how’d you guys do in your Oscar pools? Here’s hoping you’re all sitting on a few extra bucks today and the sweet satisfaction of out-picking all your office pals. ‘Cause really, that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?
We’re kicking off the week with Todd’s weekly Doogan’s Queue rundown of all the biggest and bestest Blu-ray and DVD releases hitting stores tomorrow, so do check it out. A certain Best Picture-winning title is among them, as well as Gravity. Don’t miss it! [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Invisible Woman
- Mischief Night
- Regular Show: The Complete Third Season
- Star Trek: Axanar
- Prelude to Axanar
- Alain Resnais
- Here's Lucy: The Complete Series
- The LEGO Movie
- Family Plot
- Frenzy
- Marine
- Topaz
- Torn Curtain
- Alfred Hitchcock BD singles
- Todd Doogan
- Doogan's Queue
- Gripe Soda
- Release Dates & Artwork update