G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra will hit DVD and Blu-ray on November 3, 2009, Paramount Home Entertainment has announced.

In G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra the G.I.Joe team travels the world from the Egyptian desert to the polar ice caps and the streets of Paris in a high stakes pursuit of Cobra, an evil international organization threatening to use a technology that could bring the world to its knees. Armed with the coolest hi-tech gadgets and weapons the G.I. Joe’s are the world’s last line of defense.

The popular Stephen Sommers directed flick, which grossed almost $300M worldwide at the box office, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray as a two-disc set and also as a single disc DVD.

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Tim Daly provides the voice of Superman in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Tim Daly is undisputed as the iconic voice of the Man of Steel having voiced more than 52 episodes and several animated movies as Superman. Now he returns to reprise his role in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.

In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite asteroid to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his “partner in crime,” Batman. Heroes and villains alike launch a relentless pursuit of Superman and Batman, who must unite to battle the action-packed onslaught, uncover Luthor’s agenda, and ultimately stop the asteroid from destroying the world.

Daly kindly found time in his busy schedule to answer a few questions regarding his longstanding connection with the Man of Steel…

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DC Comics to get a push from 'DC Entertainment'

Hot on the heels of Disney’s move to acquire Marvel, Warner Bros. has issued a press release announcing that they’ve created ‘DC Entertainment’, a new company whose mission is to “fully realize the power and value of the DC Comics brand”.

The move is sure to fire up movement on many DC Comic to film adaptations and accelerate action on those that have been in limbo, such as The Flash, Wonder Woman and of course the sequel to Superman. All good news for super-hero fans!

Full press release after the jump.

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War of the Worlds: Goliath is billed as a “retro-futuristic steampunk war epic” that acts as an unofficial sequel to H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi story War of the Worlds.

A trailer has just been released and I like it.  Check it out after the jump.

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Edward James Olmos has passionately broken the news that the Battlestar Galactica UN panel has resulted in the United Nations amending their 1947 constitution.

Olmos made his announcement exclusively to the comedy show Attack of the Show. He stated that three weeks ago the UN changed their charter to ensure that they will never use the word ‘race’ to identify a specific culture. According to Olmos, the word ‘race’ will now only be used in context of one race – the human race.

Watch his appearance on Attack of the Show below:

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Paramount have issued a press release confirming the DVD and Blu-ray release details of Star Trek.

The highly successful film will received three separate releases:

• A single disc DVD — $29.99
• A double disc DVD — $39.99
• A three disk Blu-ray — $39.99

all of which will hit the stores November 17, 2009.

Here is the complete official press release:

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To help promote and give Ghostbusters fans something to drowl over, Sony Home Entertainment have launched an official website for their upcoming Ghostbusters Blu-Ray release.

Egon, eh, Harold Ramis, is featured in a short introductory clip where he is asking fans to help with some “pretty interesting assignments”. Although there isn’t too much content right now (it only went live today) make sure to stick the site in your bookmarks for future visits if you want to find out what those “assignments” will be.

In the meantime the site is hosting a ’sweepstakes’ contest to win a trip for two to San Diego for Comic-Con 2010, a $5 off coupon for the Blu-Ray and a place to upload your photo to prove that you are worthy to be part of the Ghostbusters team.

Also, be sure to nose around – there might be some hidden features.

Personally, I haven’t made the leap into getting a Blu-Ray player but this just might make me put my shoes on. Check out the neat stuff:

Special Features:
Cinechat (use logo)
Slimer Mode: Picture-in-Picture and Pop-Up Trivia Track (BD Exclusive)
Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car
Making of Ghostbusters – The Video Game
Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery
Ghostbusters: The Video Game – Preview
Commentary w/ Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis & Joe Medjuck
Deleted Scenes
1984 Making-Of Featurette
Cast and Crew Featurette
SFX Team Documentary
SFX Before & After (Multi Angles)
Storyboard, Split-Screen Compare

Ghostbusters will be available on Blu-Ray on June 16th. Preorder it here.

Source: Sony Home Entertainment

Christopher Showerman stars in 'The Land That Time Forgot'

On the 28th of July American film studio and distributor The Asylum will release director C. Thomas Howell’s remake of The Land That Time Forgot.

Based on the famous 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel and the 1975 feature film of the same name, The Land That Time Forgot follows a group of castaways shipwrecked on a mysterious island in the Bermuda Triangle who must battle for survival against man-eating dinosaurs and a stranded German U-Boat crew while trying to escape.

One of the stars of the new movie is Christopher Showerman.  Showerman, who is perhaps best known for his role as George in George of the Jungle 2, kindly set aside some time from his unbelievably busy film schedule (he’s attached to a dozen new films in various stages of production) to answer a few questions by email about his role in The Land That Time Forgot and a few of his other upcoming projects.

Q. In The Land That Time Forgot you play a character named Stack. Can you tell us a bit about him.

CS: My character, Stack, is the first mate on the boat that gets lost at sea and eventually drifts to the land that time forgot.  He has a lot of experience island hopping and surviving out there so he’s the guy you hope will save the day.

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