Ghostbusters Blu-ray to Include Making-Of Game!
Sony's upcoming Ghostbusters Blu-ray will include a making-of featurette for Atari's upcoming Ghostbusters videogame coming to Xbox 360 and PS3!!
The Blu-ray version of Ghostbusters will arrive in 2.4:1 1080p video and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD lossless audio key for replicating firing up a Proton Accelerator Pack.
Ghostbusters the movie on Blu-ray and Ghostbusters the game are set for a simultaneous June 16 release. The Blu-ray bonus features are as follows.
NEW: Digitally Mastered Audio and Video
NEW: Slimer Mode: Picture-in-Picture Graphical Viewing Experience with an examination of the spook-hunters firehouse headquarters, an in-depth exploration of the creatures in the Ghostbusters mythology, behind-the-scenes discussions of making the movie, new cast, crew and special effects artists interviews and much more! (Blu-ray exclusive)
NEW: Featurette: Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car (Blu-ray exclusive)
NEW: Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery (Blu-ray exclusive)
NEW: Making of Ghostbusters The Videogame (Blu-ray exclusive)
Filmmakers' Commentary with Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis and Joe Medjuck
Featurette: 1984 - The Making of Ghostbusters - Interviews with the cast and crew
Featurette: Interviews with Cast and Crew
Featurette: SFX Team - Includes Before and After Multi-Angle Explorations
Scene Cemetery - 10 Deleted Scenes
Storyboard Comparisons
Billy Bob loves Canada, but not so keen on Jian
A day after Billy Bob Thornton said Canadian audiences were like mashed potatoes without gravy, the actor professed his love for the Great White North.
Thornton talked briefly to reporters before going into Toronto's Massey Hall on Thursday night for a performance with his band, the Boxmasters. The group was opening for Willie Nelson.
"I love Canada, absolutely," said the 53-year-old actor, clad in a sleek black suit and puffing on a cigarette.
The proclamation was a sharp contrast to comments Thornton made Wednesday when he was an unco-operative guest on CBC's Q radio program.
During that appearance, the Oscar-winning star of Sling Blade sparred back and forth with host Jian Ghomeshi and found time to insult Canadian crowds.
"Canadian audiences seem to be very reserved," he told Ghomeshi. "We tend to play places where people throw things at each other. Here, they just sort of sit there. And it doesn't matter what you say to 'em… It's mashed potatoes but no gravy."
On Thursday, Thornton was asked why he made the negative comment about Canada.
"I was talking about the guy who was interviewing me," he said. "I don't know his name."
Taped interview gets 600,000 hits
The actor's belligerent appearance on the show has already become a viral sensation.
More than 600,000 viewers had watched the clip on YouTube by 8 p.m. Thursday, while a CBC spokesperson said the network had received roughly 3,700 blog responses and emails regarding the appearance.
Meanwhile, media around the world delighted in the story.
"If you can't wait for the next season of Curb Your Enthusiasm to start, this video clip should briefly satisfy your hunger for achingly, all-too-real situation comedy," wrote a New York Times blogger.
Entertainment Weekly's website ran the headline, "Billy Bob Thornton: What's his problem?" and the L.A. Times was similarly damning with its own headline, "Billy Bob Thornton, crazier than Joaquin Phoenix — is that possible?"
Indeed, Thornton seemed to have at least temporarily swiped Phoenix's mantle as the most erratic actor-turned-musician.
Phoenix, who abandoned acting to pursue a career in rap music, made headlines when he sulked his way through an interview on Late Show With David Letterman earlier this year. Wearing a heavy beard and dark sunglasses, the uncommunicative Walk the Line star prompted Letterman to crack: "Joaquin, I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight."
Took issue with Ghomeshi's intro
While Phoenix was aloof in that interview, Thornton managed to be both obtuse and openly antagonistic with Ghomeshi.
Thornton, who was interviewed alongside his Boxmasters bandmates, took issue with Ghomeshi's introduction, which included references to the star's career as a Hollywood actor, director and screenwriter.
For much of the interview, Thornton refused to answer any of Ghomeshi's questions directly, mumbling: "I don't know what you're talking about."
Things came to a head when Ghomeshi mentioned Thornton's passion for music.
"Would you say that to Tom Petty?" Thornton questioned.
Thornton said Ghomeshi's producers had been instructed ahead of time not to talk about his film career at all.
When the radio host suggested that Thornton's past was relevant to provide context for listeners, Thornton fired back: "There's plenty of context without all that."
Thornton mainly seemed sensitive to any comment that implied that his band — which plays what he described as "cosmic cowboy music" — was not his full-time passion.
When pressed for details on his musical influences, Thornton elliptically provided a non sequitur about a magazine he subscribed to called Famous Monsters of Filmland and a model-building contest he once entered.
Kanye says 'South Park' put him in check
NEW YORK – "South Park" may have accomplished the impossible — getting Kanye West to check his ego.
The Comedy Central show skewered the famously self-important rapper on its show Wednesday night, painting him as a narcissistic figure so out of touch with reality he couldn't even take a (very politically incorrect) joke.
West's love of himself and his work has been almost as integral to his image as his music: Just last year, he told The Associated Press that he was the "voice of this generation." Also recently, he was quoted as saying his greatest regret was not being able to see himself perform live.
Yet, on his blog Thursday, West appeared chastened, and ready to turn over a new leaf.
In typical all-caps mode, he wrote: "SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT'S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER."
West said that he started stroking his ego long ago to build up his self esteem — but he now realizes he needs to "GET PAST MYSELF."
In the self-reflective post, he said that people won't take him seriously if he keeps it up (perhaps referring to his well-documented meltdowns at awards shows when he didn't win what he expected).
"I JUST WANT TO BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM," he said.
And perhaps to show that he's really serious about making that change, he provided a link to one of the most biting moments from the "South Park" show, and thanked the writers as well.
Neeson to star as Zeus in `Clash of the Titans'
LOS ANGELES – Liam Neeson is set to begin work on his first film since the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson.
Neeson will play Zeus, king of the gods, in a remake of "Clash of the Titans" opposite Ralph Fiennes as Hades, ruler of the underworld. Louis Leterrier ("Transporter 2," last year's "The Incredible Hulk") will direct the film, which is scheduled to begin production in the United Kingdom later this month, Warner Bros. said Thursday.
Longtime friends Neeson and Fiennes haven't shared the screen since 1993's "Schindler's List." Also among the cast are "Casino Royale" villain Mads Mikkelsen, Sam Worthington of the upcoming "Terminator Salvation" and Alexa Davalos ("Defiance").
The original "Clash of the Titans" from 1981 starred Laurence Olivier as Zeus.
This marks the first project for Neeson, 56, since Richardson's death in a skiing accident. The 45-year-old actress died March 18 after falling and hitting her head during a lesson at Quebec's Mont Tremblant two days earlier. He had signed on to star in the movie before her death.
Neeson's most recent movie, the kidnapping thriller "Taken," became a surprise hit with nearly $140 million at the domestic box office earlier this year. He just finished work on the Atom Egoyan film "Chloe," which he was in the middle of shooting when his wife died.