May releases from Diamond Select Toys include Ghostbusters, Predator, and a zombified Jay and Silent Bob. Also in our latest round-up: 20 Seconds to Live, a Captain America vs. Iron Man infographic, and new Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World stills.
Diamond Select Toys: Press Release -- "The new Previews catalog is in comic shops now, and inside is a litany of new products coming your way from Diamond Select Toys! Due out this fall, the new offerings include items from the Batman Classic TV Series, Batman The Animated Series, Gotham, Ghostbusters, Jay and Silent Bob, Marvel Select, Predator, Pulp Fiction, Star Trek, Universal Monsters and more! It’s the best of all worlds! Read on for more info, and pre-order today through your local comic shop, your favorite online retailer, or diamondselecttoys.com! Find your nearest comic shop at comicshoplocator.com!
Ghostbusters Movie Select Action Figures Series 1 Asst.:
A Diamond Select Toys release! After years of producing a variety of quality Ghostbusters products, DST is finally tackling 7-inch-scale Select action figures! With 12 releases planned in the line, the first three will be Ray Stanz, Winston Zeddemore and Louis Tully, each with detailed sculpts, exacting likenesses and character-specific accessories. Each figure will also include a diorama piece – collect all twelve to build the rooftop battle scene from the end of the film! Each figure features approximately 16 points of articulation and comes packaged in the famous display-ready Select packaging, with spine art for easy shelf reference. Sculpted by Gentle Giant! Coming in Series 2: Peter Venkman and Egon Spengler! (Item #MAY152168, SRP: $24.99/ea.)
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/ghostbusters-movie-select-action-figures-series-1-asst
Ghostbusters Logo Bottle Opener
A Diamond Select Toys release! You have the tools, you have the talent… but do you have a bottle opener? When you’ve defeated an invasive supernatural entity, and it’s time to celebrate with a cool beverage, be sure you have this 3” metal bottle opener handy. Scultped in the shape of the Ghostbusters logo, this opener has magnets on the back so it will stick to your refrigerator, containment grid or the hood of the Ecto-1. Packaged in a full-color slipcase. (Item #MAY152169, SRP: $18.00)
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/ghostbusters-logo-metal-bottle-opener
Jay and Silent Bob Minimates Zombie 2-Pack
A Diamond Select Toys release! Jay and Silent Bob will never die! Literally! This all-new 2-pack of Minimates mini-figures features undead versions of America’s favorite comedy team, as seen in the movies, comics and cartoons of writer/director Kevin Smith. This set includes zombie-specific accessories, including a hunk of meat and the severed heads of four familiar victims. Each 2-inch Minimates mini-figure features 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable (and removable) parts. Packaged on a full-color blister card. Designed by Art Asylum! (Item #MAY152176, SRP: $9.99)
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/jay-and-silent-bob-minimates-zombie-2-pack
Predator Minimates Foil Bag Counter Display Asst.
A Diamond Select Toys release!! Get to the chopper! It’s a whole new line of Minimates mini-figures, based on the cinematic world of Predator! This first blind-bagged assortment features Billy and the Jungle Predator (masked, unmasked and thermal) from the first film, the City Predator (regular and battle-damaged) from Predator 2, and Edwin and Cuchillo from Predators! There are eight different figures in all, with a full set in every display case of 18 foil bags, but Edwin is the rarest figure, with only one per case! Let the hunt begin! Each 2-inch Minimates mini-figure features 14 points of articulation as well as interchangeable parts and accessories. Designed by Art Asylum! (Item #MAY152178, SRP: $5.99/ea.)
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/predator-minimates-foil-bag-counter-display-asst
Universal Monsters Select Mummy Version 2 Action Figure
A Diamond Select Toys release! Response to DST’s revisited Creature and Frankenstein figures has been so positive, we’re going back to ancient Egypt for our next release! Not seen since the first series of Universal Monsters Select action figures, the Mummy returns in an all-new edition, completely resculpted by Jean St. Jean with approximately 16 points of articulation, as well as an all-new diorama base depicting the inside of an Egyptian temple. The figure comes packaged in the famous Select-style display packaging, with spine artwork for easy shelf reference. (Item #MAY152180, SRP: $24.99)
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/universal-monsters-select-mummy-version-2-action-figure
Universal Monsters Select Wolfman Version 2 Action Figure
A Diamond Select Toys release! Clap for the Wolfman! One of the first figures made in DST’s Universal Monsters toy line, the Wolfman has not been seen in several years… until now! This all-new sculpt by Jean St. Jean features approximately 16 points of articulation, and comes with an all-new diorama base featuring the ruins of a tomb, including skulls and a broken columns The figure comes packaged in the famous Select-style display packaging, with spine artwork for easy shelf reference. (Item #MAY152179, SRP: $24.99)
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/universal-monsters-select-wolfman-version-2-action-figure"
20 Seconds to Live: Press Release -- "Today ArieScope Pictures announced their second original on-line series 20 Seconds To Live which will premiere on www.ariescope.com along with the Season 1 finale of Adam Green’s Scary Sleepover on Friday June 5, 2015. Directed/co-created by Ben Rock (Alien Raiders), written/co-created by Bob DeRosa (Killers), and produced by Cat Pasciak (Atari: Game Over), 20 Seconds To Live is a scripted anthology series where characters meet their untimely demise in various twisted, fun, and oftentimes gory situations. "Bob and I have been doing dark, short, creepy late-night theater projects together for years and we've wanted to channel that sensibility into a web series,” says Rock. "Because this is an anthology we can let the series wander anywhere - natural or supernatural, violent, sexy, funny, gory, or lots of things at once. The audience won't know what's about to happen when they click to watch, except that somebody they're about to meet is about to take a dirt nap." The 7 episode series will be released consecutively each Friday through July 17th and is free for fans to enjoy.
20 Seconds To Live follows ArieScope’s first original series Adam Green’s Scary Sleepover, a 14 episode series where icons and celebrities from the horror genre join the filmmaker for a slumber party and open up about their honest real life fears. “Given the popularity of our annual Halloween short films that we’ve done for 17 years now, the idea of creating more episodic content seemed like an obvious direction to go with ArieScope.com,” says Green. “While we’re already planning a second season of Scary Sleepover after the response we’ve received to this first season, 20 Seconds To Live is the perfect next series as it shares the same sensibility of fun that our brand has come to be known for. There are so many styles and sub-genres to horror, and while our various films and television shows have explored almost all of them so far, one thing we’ve never been about is punishing the audience with any kind of mean spirited depravity. 20 Seconds To Live is tonally right in step with what we do and shares our philosophy that it’s OK to enjoy yourself while watching horror genre content and perhaps even laugh or smile sometimes.”
While Scary Sleepover episodes are also offered in shorter, censored versions on ArieScope’s Youtube channel, 20 Seconds To Live will initially be exclusive to the website. “With over 3 million views to our YouTube channel, we felt that we’d be remiss to not initially offer a taste of Scary Sleepover there in order to raise awareness for the full episodes on ArieScope.com,” says Green. “But if we were to try and shorten or censor 20 Seconds To Live to be suitable for all audiences it would be a disservice to what Ben, Bob, and Cat have created. So we’ll only be putting a trailer for the series on our YouTube channel for the interim.” A first look at 20 Seconds To Live will be included as part of tonight’s new episode of Scary Sleepover: Episode 110 “Zach Galligan”.
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Founded in 1998 by writer/director Adam Green, cinematographer Will Barratt, and producer Cory Neal, ArieScope Pictures is a feature film and television production company that has produced 2 seasons of the sit-com Holliston and 9 feature films including the Hatchet trilogy, Frozen, and this year’s Digging Up The Marrow. The company’s website ArieScope.com offers over 60 free short films, news on their upcoming projects, trailers and information for their films, Adam Green’s blog, an on-line store, and now two original on-line series with more in development."
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Captain America vs. Iron Man: From NeoMam Studios comes a new infographic breaking down the super-powered matchup between Captain America and Iron Man that we could see in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War film. To learn more, visit:
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Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World: Press Release -- "Surrealist artist H. R. Giger (1940-2014) terrified audiences with his Oscar-winning monsters in Ridley Scott's ALIEN. Sci-fi, horror, music, album covers, tattoos and fetish art have been influenced by his dark, intricate paintings and sculptures depicting birth, death and sex.
Both a mesmerizing introduction to Giger's oeuvre and a must-see for Giger devotees, Belinda Sallin's definitive documentary DARK STAR: H. R. GIGER'S WORLD shares the intimate last years of the artist's life and reveals how deeply he resided within his own artistic visions.
Behind the shuttered windows and ivy-covered walls of his residence in Zurich, Switzerland, DARK STAR brings viewers into Giger's mysterious realm: from the first skull he was given by his father at the age of six, to macabre dinner parties with his close-knit team, to the grisly souvenirs from his time spent on the ALIEN set and reminiscences about model Li Tobler, Giger's one-time muse, whose suicide reverberates throughout his work.
The film also addresses Giger's complex relationship to the art world, where he defied traditional categories and embraced commercial projects for musicians including Debbie Harry, Korn, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and the Dead Kennedys. Fittingly enshrined in a museum dedicated to his work, Giger's output includes sculpture, painting, drawing, film and architecture, integrating meticulous technique with a instantly-recognizable sensibility that has inspired generations of nightmares.
Opening theatrically in the U.S. and Canada in over 30 cities:
May 15-21 - New York, NY - Landmark Sunshine
May 15-21 - Los Angeles, CA - Landmark NuArt
May 15-21 - San Francisco, CA - Landmark Opera Plaza
May 15-21 - Berkeley, CA - Landmark Shattuck
May 15-21 - Providence, RI - Cable Car Cinema
May 22-28 - Long Beach, CA - The Frida Cinema
May 22-28 - San Diego, CA - Landmark Ken
May 22-28 - Dallas, TX - Texas Theatre
May 23-26 - Austin, TX - Alamo Drafthouse
May 23-28 - Houston, TX - Alamo Drafthouse
May 28 - June 4 - Washington, D.C. - Landmark E St
May 28 - June 4 - Vancouver, BC - The Cinematheque
May 29 - June 4 - Denver, CO - Landmark (TBD)
May 28 - June 4 - Columbus, OH - Gateway Film Center
May 29 - June 4 - Philadelphia, PA - Landmark Ritz
May 28 - May 31 - Fort Worth, TX - Fort Worth Museum of Contemporary Art
View additional theatrical dates here:
http://icarusfilms.com/playdates.html#dk
Running Time: 95 minutes
http://icarusfilms.com/new2015/dk.html"
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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