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Staz Johnston, who is returning to Transformers comics with the artwork for Titan Transformers UK comic series, has posted some artwork from next months issue.
Issue #8, which features the Autobot Ironhide, takes place after the events of the movie and is written by Simon Furman.
Just continuing the rumours of Paramount switching over to Blu-ray is news from long running DVD site The Digital Bits, who have often predicted correctly future news.
Apparently, Paramount is preparing an announcement about switching away from HD DVD with Universal also in discussion. Paramount will release the films that were packaged and ready for retail, and this includes Transformers.
Well… we’ve had SOME confirmation this morning of the details of the Financial Times story from last night. While the studio isn’t yet commenting, reliable industry sources are telling us that Paramount is indeed preparing to end their HD-DVD support and announce a return to the Blu-ray fold. Details are currently being finalized, and an announcement is expected as soon as they’re complete. Paramount’s first new Blu-rays will almost certainly include many of those titles that were cancelled last year, but that were already packaged and ready for shipping, so you could see them in stores very quickly once the studio announces.
Meanwhile, sources are telling us that Universal has also been talking with the BDA, and is looking to follow Paramount and Warner’s lead as soon as possible.
In some good news for Paramount’s Home Entertainment department, Transformers has been revealed as the top selling DVD of 2007 in the USA. The disc sold 13.74 million copies in just under 3 months. It beat out Happy Feet, released early in the year, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, released in December.
In the high-def formats, Transformers came third, primarily due to it being HD DVD exclusive. 300 on Blu-ray was the top seller with Planet Earth from the BBC second.
Top-selling DVDs of 2007
1. Transformers (Paramount/DreamWorks): 13.74 million units
2. Happy Feet (Warner): 13.48
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Disney): 13.20
4. 300 (Warner): 12.91
5. Ratatouille (Disney): 12.06
6. Shrek the Third (Paramount/DreamWorks): 11.84
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner): 10.14
8. The Departed (Warner): 8.94
9. Night at the Museum (Fox): 8.66
10. The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal): 7.36
Top-selling high-definition discs of 2007
1. 300 (Blu-ray/Warner): 472,400
2. Planet Earth: The Complete Series (both formats/BBC Video): 294,300
3. Transformers (HD DVD/Paramount/DreamWorks): 239,100
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Blu-ray/Disney): 219,300
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (both/Warner): 179,500
6. The Departed (both/Warner): 171,800
7. Casino Royale (Blu-ray/Sony): 169,800
8. Bourne Ultimatum (HD DVD/Universal): 162,300
9. Spider-Man 3 (Blu-ray/Sony): 145,300
10. Ratatouille (Blu-ray/Disney): 117,500
Source: USA Today
With Warner Bros. choosing a side in the format war, it seems that HD DVD could be dead within months. Last year, Paramount signed a deal with the HD DVD group to go exclusive, however, according to the Financial Times, there was a get out clause, which stated that if Warner went to Blu-ray, Paramount could move as well.
This is all good news for Transformers fans, as the film will eventually be released on Blu-ray.
In the best news of 2008 (so far), director Michael Bay has confirmed that Jazz, the Autobot who was ripped in half by Megatron, is dead and is staying dead. It had been rumoured that jazz as returning after a website had a reported McCrary being in talks about the sequel.
In a message on his forums, Michael confirmed that the Autobot is not coming back and that many new unique and cool robots are on their way.
No Jazz is dead. We have way more cool robots to come.
Bay
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reduced the number of films from 15 to 7 in the category for Best Visual Effects at this years Oscars. The list will be reduced again to 3 official nominations on 22nd January with the winner being announced on 24th February.
The full list of films remaining are:
300
Evan Almighty
I Am Legend
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Golden Compass
Transformers
It seems Transformers are very popular in the UK, with the movie making $50 million at the box office, and the DVD and HD DVD releases making the top 10 selling list for the year, according to the latest news from the British Video Association.
The DVD reached number 7, being beaten out by Casino Royale, Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix, Pirates Of The Caribbean At World’s End, The Simpsons Movie, Shrek The Third and Hot Fuzz. The top 3 all sold more than 2 million copies.
The HD DVD release did not fair better with it coming only 8th and being beaten out by 5 Blu-ray exclusive titles.
Today is the release of issue #7 of Titan Magazines Transformers comic series, exclusive to the UK.
This issue marks a change for the comics, with the stories moving from prequel stories to the Transformers movie to sequel stories, set after the end of the film. This issue is focused on Starscream and what happens once he has left Earth.
The comic includes a free holographic TF notebook and pen and a profile of Decepticon Frenzy.
nightwish2 of auction site taobao.com has posted some pictures of 2 new Transformers movie Fast Action Battlers repaints in his auctions. Night Attack Megatron is a repaint of regular FAB Megatron and Desert Blast Brawl is a repaint of regular FAB Brawl.
These items are coming out within the next couple of months.
The first pictures of another Transformers movie Allspark repaint have appeared on ebay. The item is called FAB Rally Rocket Bumblebee and from the picture, only has the most minor of differences to the original paint scheme.
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