| ‘Mad Max’ Game Release Date Announced; Xbox 360, PS3 Versions Canceled
The upcoming video game based on George Miller’s post-apocalyptic Mad Max universe has been announced, though it won’t be making its way into the homes of some players anymore. Mad Max will be released for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on September 1st. It will not, however, be released for Xbox 360 and PS3 anymore. That’s the same day that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is currently schedule for release. This is the second notable game to abandon the last-gen consoles prior to its release after the recent first-person zombie game Dying Light made the decision this past October. You can read more about what to expect from the game and watch a behind-the-scenes preview of the game below.
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| Digital Wire Blu-ray Releases: Mad Max, Into The Woods & More!
It’s weeks like this that make writing the latest edition of The Digital Wire DVD and Blu-ray releases news column worth the time and effort. Keep scrolling down and behold yet another funky round-up of major studio titles, resurrected cult favorites finally getting their high-definition due, and a few that even I can’t believe are getting released. Below you’ll find info on several future home video releases complete with technical specs, release dates, and links to pre-order at Amazon, as well as a list of titles coming out this week.
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| ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Trailer: The World Goes Mad and Cars Blow Up Good
Today, Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for next summer’s highly-anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road, and just in time for Christmas too. Ah Warners, but I didn’t get you anything. Watch the new trailer here below. Over the Summer, the George Miller-directed sequel stormed San Diego Comic-Con and unleashed the first footage and posters. The results nearly shattered the Internet that wonderful July day. The studio later released an edited version of the Comic-Con sizzle reel that has been viewed over twelve million times on YouTube. I was responsible for perhaps a quarter of that amount.
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| Shout! Factory To Release ‘UHF,’ ‘Escape From New York,’ ‘Mad Max,’ and More On Blu-ray |
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A week ago I wrote a retrospective article on the 25th anniversary of “Weird Al” Yankovic‘s supremely silly cult classic UHF and ended it with these words: The movie may one day see a release on Blu-ray and now that Yankovic’s career is hotter than ever thanks to the success of his latest album Mandatory Fun it wouldn’t be inconceivable for a company like Shout! Factory to distribute an HD edition. I automatically assumed at the time that Shout! would pick up the license to release UHF on Blu-ray because it’s an MGM title and they typically distribute that studio’s lesser-loved catalog entries. Plus this year would be the most appropriate time for a UHF Blu because the movie celebrates its silver anniversary in 2014 and anniversaries always look good on a Blu-ray/DVD cover. But I had no idea that when Shout! announced its upcoming home video release slate over the weekend at the San Diego Comic-Con they would be including a new 25th anniversary edition of UHF among some of their better-known titles.
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| Watch Now: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Comic-Con Trailer Unleashes A World Of Fire and Blood
After being in production for what felt like an eternity Mad Max: Fury Road‘s promotional campaign is revving its engines hardcore for release next summer. The latest film in director George Miller‘s post-apocalyptic action saga has in recent days had a teaser poster and four character posters unveiled to the world. Yesterday Miller came to the San Diego Comic-Con for a panel in the fabled Hall H to present the first footage from Fury Road and what the gathered masses saw brought down the house. Today the Comic-Con trailer for Fury Road has been made available to be watched by all courtesy of Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow, albeit in a slightly shorter form but in shiny high-definition. You can watch it here below.
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