Tag archive: Sin City

Miramax has officially launched a new Facebook app, which will allow users to watch a variety of trailers and rent streaming feature-length films though the social network, reports paidContent. The deal is the largest such streaming offering on Facebook, to date. As of today, the Miramax Experience app, which is still in beta, lets US Facebook users choose from 20 feature film titles, which they can stream through Facebook for 30 Facebook… Read More

Ok, so Frank Miller’s last directorial outing, The Spirit, wasn’t what many would consider to have been traditionally “good”, but the style that he used that he and Robert Rodriguez developed for Sin City, is certainly distinctive and visually appealing. So much so that Gucci has hired Miller to film a new ad for the upcoming perfume, Gucci Guilty. The ad stars Chris Evans and Evan Rachael Wood, who will be part of a widespread campaign.  It… Read More

When Mike Richardson was a kid, he used to walk into the same store in Milwaukee, Oregon, a suburb of Portland, and buy comics off the rack. It was a weekly event, one that many can relate with, and one that began a life-long love of the industry. As an adult, Richardson returned to that exact location and fulfilled a dream when he bought the land to open what would become the headquarters of Dark Horse Comics. It wasn’t quite that simple, there… Read More

Games creation company Ubisoft has announced that it’s acquired visual effects company Hybride Technologies, the Canadian company that added visual effects to movies like 300, Sin City and the Spy Kids series. Ubisoft plans to share technology to up the quality of effects for games and, through Hybride, to hopefully brings its intellectual properties to the screen. Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft’s CEO, said: “The acquisition… Read More

Game publisher Midway is getting a little out in front of announcements tied to next week's E3 video game trade show, announcing a slate of titles it plans to show off…along with their anticipated ship dates. "These games truly reflect our product strategy to develop top quality titles in a wide range of genres that appeal to all segments of the market," said Midway's interim president and CEO Matthew Booty in… Read More

Red Mile Entertainment has been flying low under radar since it first announced development of a Sin City game back in May, but fans eager for information on the game got a fresh dose of info on Thursday: It will use the Unreal Engine 3. Epic Games’ engine-for-hire is the same core technology behind games like Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, and BioShock. It includes a suite of content creation tools, along with support for… Read More

The online social-networking site MySpace, already a purveyor of videos, music, and even jobs,  announced Friday that comics will be the next site’s next offering. At the annual Comic Con in San Diego, MySpace revealed that Dark Horse Comics would revive its Dark Horse Presents anthology as an online feature for the site. Originally, Dark Horse Presents ran as a hard copy comic book published between 1986 and 2000. In the comic… Read More

Las Vegas’ Chapel of Love has attracted many a lovebird, and two organizations with vested interests in seeing the ‘home of the future’ become a reality were also smitten in Sin City.   The National Association of Home Builders, or NAHB, and CEDIA, an international trade association of companies that specialize in designing and installing electronic systems for the home, announced on Thursday a cooperative… Read More

So, what was the blogosphere talking about in 2005? The results are in, according to a year-end review from Intelliseek's BlogPulse.com. In summary, Intelliseek's BlogPulse.com noted some of the following trends amongst bloggers: Michael Jackson and Britney Spears topped the entertainment chatter. Boing Boing and Engadget were the two most popular blogs. Sin City was the most talked about movie. The online encyclopedia… Read More