by Stone Marshall | Nov 28, 2015 | Awesome Book News |
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes refuse to give in to Loki’s demand in a new clip from “Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!” Check out the clip below and get your copy digitally on December 11.
In “Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!,” the holiday season gets extra chilly as Loki and the frost giant, Ymir, plot to conquer the world. A team of Marvel heroes must stop the villains from stealing Santa’s power – if anyone can actually find the mysterious Mr. Claus. Fortunately, Rocket Raccoon and Groot are also hot on Santa’s trail. Heroes, villains, elves and cosmic bounty hunters collide in an epic quest that leave the fate of the holiday and the world itself in the balance. Check out a clip from the upcoming special above!
Pre-order your copy of “Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!” now! Stay tuned to Marvel.com for all the latest news and updates on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
by Stone Marshall | Nov 27, 2015 | Awesome Book News |
This wimp is no pushover, as the latest installment in the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” franchise sold 1 million copies worldwide in its first week on sale.
Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks about 80 percent of the US market, said it had sold just under 314,000 copies in its first week on sale, making it by far the No. 1 selling book in the US last week. Second place went to Stephen King’s “Bazaar of Bad Dreams,” which sold a robust 60,000 copies.
The serial chronicles middle schooler Gregory Heffley and his troubles with family, friends, and school.
Author Jeff Kinney, with 164 million copies in print, is a reluctant author, having first aspired to be a newspaper cartoonist, but it did not work out.
“That is actually a regret that I have, that it never worked out,” said Kinney.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled that I became a bestselling author,” he said sitting in the bookstore that he owns and built in his home town of Plainville, Mass, midway between Providence and Boston.
With so much of its sales coming from overseas, Kinney did something rare and started his book tour overseas. A day after he spoke with The Post, he was jetting off to Madrid then to London, Lisbon and Paris before returning home for Thanksgiving.
His first US stop will be at his own bookstore the weekend after Thanksgiving — then it will be on to Athens, Istanbul, Bucharest, Amsterdam and Riga in Latvia. He’s already visited Tokyo, Beijing and Sydney, Australia.
In China, Kinney has more than 60 million books in print.
The hardcover book lists for $13.95. Don’t wait for the paperback to come out. Aside from the Scholastic edition available through the school book-fair market, there has never been a paperback sold at retail.
“I think if we had put the books out on newsprint, there would have been a different reaction,” said Kinney. There is a sort of weightiness to it. It asks that the books be taken seriously. Part of the conceit is that this is a kids’ diary.”
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ boasts strong worldwide sales
by Stone Marshall | Nov 27, 2015 | Awesome Book News |
Star Wars fans: the Force has been freed!
That’s right. As of 12:01 AM this Friday, April 10, you can stream Star Wars anytime you want. The original and prequel trilogies will be available for purchase on digital platforms like Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, and Vudu. You can buy all six films individually, but some retailers are offering bundled deals.
Having the Star Wars films available on streaming gives fans the ability to watch these films whenever and wherever they want. There’s a big added literal bonus for hard core Star Wars nerds. Lucasfilm has released a list of all the potential bonus features and deleted scenes that are available. These include famous lost moments like Threepio unleashing the wampa on the Stormtroopers in The Empire Strikes Back, all the Rebel pilots cut from Return of the Jedi, and extra scenes from the prequel trilogy. There are also trailers, documentaries, and special effects reels. Of course, these press releases came with the caveat that not all retailers will have all of these bonus features. Which means, you might not get that extended take the of “Aunt Beru’s Blue Milk Scene.”
So, the question is: which platform is right for you? Personal preferences aside, here are what all the major streaming retailers are promising.
Amazon Instant Video’s Deal
Amazon is giving customers a sweet deal if they pre-order what they’re calling Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection. You get all six films on streaming, plus unspecified bonus material, for $89.99. The films are individually available for purchase in either High Definition or Standard Definition for $19.99.
Google Play’s Deal
Google Play is offering the films individually for $19.99 or all six together for $99.00. However, they have also upped the ante (since their press release last night). You can pre-order the six films together for $89.99. Google Play is the only platform to confirm so far that you will get all 72 pieces of bonus content (and 12 are brand new to Star Wars fans). While it’s probable you’ll get the same content with the other platforms, it’s worth noting that Google Play is the only one so far to confirm it.
Vudu’s Deal
If you pre-order on Vudu, you save $10 on the bundle deal. This means you get all six films for $89.99. Vudu promises “all new digital extras,” but of course, isn’t explicit on which ones you get. (Maybe the famed Toschi Station scenes?) But, Vudu is sweetening the deal by offering an additional $10 credit to new subscribers. So, if this is your first Vudu purchase, you’ll not only get the best deal on the six films, but an extra $10 to spend on Vudu titles to boot.
M-GO’s Deal
You can also pre-order the six movie bundle at M-GO for $89.99, but all individual films are available for a slightly discounted rate of $19.77. That’s also the VOD platform’s nod to the year the original Star Wars was released. In fact, you can pre-order Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope for $14.99. In addition to these price cuts, M-GO is giving customers who purchase the whole bundle 1138 Rewards Points that you can redeem on future M-GO purchases.
iTunes’ Deal
At this time, iTunes doesn’t appear to be offering the films in any sort of bundle. You can pre-order each film individually for $19.99. iTunes also promises “never-before-seen footage and deleted scenes.” Maybe one of them will be a glimpse of a deleted scene from The Phantom Menace featuring Adrian Dunbar as the original Senator Bail Organa?!?!? So, why would you want to buy all the films outside of a bundle on iTunes? Because you have Apple TV. iTunes will be the only place Apple TV viewers can buy the films.
These deals are subject to change, and many are contingent upon pre-order.
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‘Star Wars’ Is Coming To Streaming — Which Platform Is Right For You?
by Stone Marshall | Nov 26, 2015 | Awesome Book News |
David Heyman, producer of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, says the movie is most comparable of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth film in the original Harry Potter franchise.
Heyman notes that even though Goblet of Fire was directed by Mike Newell and the new film is from David Yates (who helmed the final four Harry Potter movies), it is Newell’s entry that comes closest to Beasts, reported Entertainment Weekly.
“Fantastic Beasts has got the charm of the fourth. It’s like the fourth. Mike talked about the fourth as being like an Indian musical and it’s not that, but it’s got the humour of of that film. It has the romantic comedy, that fish-out-of-water humour, that very human, natural character comedy.
“And now David is always looking for truthful, human moments, it’s never just a gag, he’s grounding (the storytelling moments) in a reality. Beasts is very funny, it’s got a big heart, and there’s darkness too,” Heyman said.
‘Fantastic Beast’ has charm of ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ says producer David Heyman
by Stone Marshall | Nov 26, 2015 | Minecraft News |
For years, those of us wanting to drink our fill of butterbeer had to travel all the way to Orlando, Florida.
Thanks to Universal Studios Hollywood, fans will soon have their own Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal City, California.
If you can’t wait until spring, when the theme park is set to open, you can get a peek in a video posted Thursday on YouTube.
A Hogwarts Express conductor takes you on a tour of Hogsmeade village, where you can visit some of the wizarding world’s best shops like Zonko’s Joke Shop and Dervish and Banges.
There’s the Owl Post so you can send letters home with the official Hogsmeade mail post. Hogwarts castle and Hagrid’s hut both get a shoutout for fans hoping that Hollywood’s Harry Potter attraction has the same enchanted destinations as its Florida counterpart.
If you’re hungry from all that magical shopping, there are eateries like Three Broomsticks and Hogshead Pub. Honeydukes candy shop is on hand to replenish our supply of chocolate frogs. Ollivanders wand shop is there too, of course.
The new park also promises rides like the immersive “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” and “Flight of the Hippogriff.”
I’m counting down the days till I can wave my new wand and get hopped up on butterbeer.
