Archive for: December, 2012

ILM Takes You Behind the Scenes of The Avengers in a New Featurette

Industrial Light & Magic has released a new featurette that shows off some of the complicated effects that went into building The Avengers‘ epic finale. Written and directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel’s The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Cobie Smulders, Clark […]

Design Forward – The Story of German Designer Hartmut Esslinger and His Apple Prototypes

A new book by the founder of Apple’s first “in-house” design contractor, frog design, brings back memorable photos of many early Apple prototypes, including a (corded) phone with an LCD display that could also send email, a stylus-driven tablet, a dual-flatscreen workstation and a MacBook portable notebook — all designed in the early 80s. German […]

Amazon Giving One Month of Prime to New Customers

Amazon has announced that it will now be offering a free one month trial of its Prime service to new customers. Amazon Prime provides access to instant streaming of thousands of different movies and TV shows through Prime Instant Videos, and entitles users to one free book from the Kindle library each month. In addition, […]

NBC Gives Munsters Reboot a Final “NO”

NBC has decided not to order to series the reboot of The Munsters, which had been shepherded by Bryan Fuller of Pushing Daisies fame. “I tweet with a heavy heart,” Fuller said on Thursday. “NBC not moving forward with #MockingbirdLane. From producers and cast, thank you all for enthusiasm and support. The Mockingbird Lane pilot — which […]

iOS and Android Set Activations Records – Up More Than 4x Over Daily December Average, 2.5x Over Last Xmas

Christmas Day 2012 saw some 2.5 times the number of Android and iOS devices activated compared to the same day last year, analytics firm Flurry reports, with a staggering 332 percent increase in the number of activations on that day compared to the usual average daily activations for the rest of December. Compared to some […]

Alex Zamm Releases Test Footage From Hong Kong Phooey and Marvin the Martian

Cartoon Brew (via Bleeding Cool) has uncovered attached director Alex Zamm’s test footage for both Hong Kong Phooey and Marvin the Martian. Hong Kong Phooey when was first announced last year had Eddie Murphy attached to play mild-mannered dog Penry who, after stumbling into a mystic ceremony, is accidentally granted mystic powers, including the ability […]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Surpasses $500 Million in Worldwide Ticket Sales

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has surpassed the $500 million benchmark at the worldwide box office. To date, the blockbuster has earned an estimated $179.7 million domestically. In addition, on the heels of its record-breaking release in Australia — the biggest Boxing Day opening of all time — The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has grossed […]

Lois Lane Gets Her Own Street in MA

A comic book store called That’s Entertainment in Worcester, Massachusetts was able to get approval to have a private road that runs alongside their store renamed to Lois Lane. On Sunday, December 30, 2012, That’s Entertainment will hold an event to celebrate the recent installation of the Lois Lane street sign for the road. Taking part […]

Samsung Will Launch Revised Smart Hub for Smart TVs at CES 2013

Samsung has started to disclose what it will be demonstrating at CES 2013 by detailing its new Smart Hub interface. The new hub for Smart TVs has an updated initial screen design that shows a range of different accessible content divided into sections, in an attempt to make navigating the available content easier for its […]

Watch Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate Link Play in Action Between 3DS and Wii U

The Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate video below showcases Wii U and 3DS link play. Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate will be released for 3DS in March 2013 and you can link the consoles so you can have co-op battle with one player on the handheld and another on the Wii U.

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