Day: August 13, 2008

Coca-Cola environmental Champions film doc premieres today at Olympic Games

The personal stories and achievements of seven “environmental champion” torchbearers selected by Coca-Cola for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay are the subject of a new documentary film premiering August 13 in Beijing. The movie makes its debut at 8:30 p.m. inside the Coca-Cola Shuang Experience Center, within the Olympic Green complex of sports and ….

Cartoon Network and Adult Swim on your phone

ICO Global Communications announced today that it has reached agreements with Turner Broadcasting to provide content from the Cartoon Network and Adult Swim for use in ICO’s alpha trials of its mobile interactive media service, known as ICO mim. ICO mim is a fully interactive mobile video, navigation and emergency assistance service powered by the ….

360 LIVE unveils robust database for San Diego film and meeting industries

In Hollywood, it’s all about who you know. In San Diego, knowing the right people just got a whole lot easier. After several years of planning and development, 360 LIVE has launched its unique database of film, television, meeting and event professionals in San Diego. A grassroots effort spearheaded by film industry veteran Richard Crow, ….

Veteran swimmer to be new face of veteran game character Lara Croft

Eidos Interactive revealed yesterday, that seasoned gymnast Alison Carroll will be the new face of famed videogame character Lara Croft. The company also released the attached photos of Carroll in her new role. Carroll will portray the internationally recognized heroine for the next year, with her first appearances to be made promoting the latest installment ….

AMD launches world’s fastest graphics card

AMD announced the world’s fastest graphics card, the ATI RadeonTM HD 4870 X2, advancing visual computing ever closer to eye-definition computing gaming and cinematic experiences and delivering a whopping 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power. Also announced today is the ATI RadeonTM HD 4850 X2 graphics card, delivering blistering performance at a compelling price point. These ….

Three tense scenes from Don Cheadle’s upcoming spy thriller

Overture Films released three additional clips from Don Cheadle’s upcoming spy thriller Traitor. The movie follows FBI agent Roy Clayton (played by Guy Pearce) as he heads up the investigation into an international conspiracy. Clues lead to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn (played by Don Cheadle), who has a web of connections to ….

New Outlander film trailers

I haven’t seen James Caviezel on screen since his dark turn as terrorist Carroll Oerstadt in the Denzel Washington thriller Deja Vu. Now Caviezel has three films in the pipeline, including Outlander, Only in New York and Long Weekend, plus he has signed on to play Number Six in the updated The Prisoner TV series, ….

R-Rated trailer for The Informers

Somehow The Informers is reminiscent of the 1987 film Less Than Zero for me. At least visually and musically. The story however doesn’t revolve around sex and drug-addicted, wealthy college grads. This time, it’s sex and drug-addicted, wealthy movie executives, rock stars and vampires. The original story comes from a collection of loosely connected short ….