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Digital Deal: ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan’ Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:36 PM PDT Amazon is offering up Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan director's cut for purchase for only $3.99 through their Video On Demand service. This digital deal is only for today, Tuesday, September 7, beginning at midnight PST and runs for 24 hours, so grab it while you can. The digital version is regularly $9.99, and the 24-hour rental is $2.99. Visit the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan product page to purchase the film. The movie is the second in the Star Trek film franchise and sees the return of William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as his first officer Mr. Spock, along with other members of the original cast. Ricardo Montalban reprises his guest role from the television series as Khan, and the film introduces a young Kirstie Alley as Lt. Saavik [...] |
‘Halo’ Movie Might Still Happen… Maybe… Possibly… Do You Even Still Care? Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:53 AM PDT A movie adaptation of the massively popular Microsoft video game franchise, Halo, has been talked about for a good five or so years now. At one point it was rolling forward steadily with Neil Blomkamp (before anyone had a clue who he was) attached to direct and Peter Jackson set to produce. At the time, things weren't quite what they are now and a rising budget forced backers Universal and Fox to pull out and everything to fall apart around the project. Little did they know at the time, that soon it would be much easier to do big budget effects with less cost. And in a cruel twist of ironic fate, it was Jackson and Blomkamp who left Halo and went on to make a little movie called District 9 on a minor $30 million budget, which received critical praise, over $210 million at the box office, and even a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. Knowing this knowledge, we probably would already have at least one Halo movie, and judging by how popular the games are, more would be on the way. [...] |
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