BEYOND THE MARQUEE

A Survivor’s Guide to Waiting Until the Next HOBBIT Movie…You Can Do It!!!

March 4th, 2013

Julia Miranda

From Living Room to Live – How Gaming Got This Social

It’s time to suit up in your Mithril vest and return back to middle Earth with some of your favorite characters. As The Hobbit trilogy has opened with its first of three movies, Lord of The Rings fans, avid readers, gamers, and Peter Jackson lovers are counting the days until the second movie is released. Jackson’s 500 million endeavor has received both good and bad criticism, but still performed well at the box office. The next two movies might bring in more crowds like the LOTR trilogy, but until then, there are plenty of fantastical ways to get your middle Earth fix. Click ahead for a list of suggestions!

LOCATION, LOCATION, Location? #8

March 4th, 2013

Kevin Stern

Can ‘ya Guess It?

CONTEST: Win Disney’s OZ the Great and Powerful Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

March 1st, 2013

Beyond the Marquee

The original soundtrack to Oz the Great and Powerful

The original soundtrack to Oz the Great and Powerful will be released by Walt Disney Records on March 5, 2013, just 3 days before the film hits theaters on March 8th. Our good friends over at Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures have offered a chance for one lucky Beyond the Marquee fan to win a copy of Danny Elfman’s original motion picture score before it hits nationwide retail. If you love great film scores then this one won’t disappoint and if you love Danny Elfman, then you’ll be doubly entertained. The score sounds as epic and magical as his score for Disney’s Alice in Wonderland from just a couple years back.

Click ahead for a track listing and answer our Oz themed trivia question and you could be enjoying the sounds of Oz in time for the film’s release next week.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE GAME Arriving in the Near Future on the iPhone…

March 1st, 2013

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Back to the Future: The Game coming to iPhone

Back to the Future fans, if you’ve got your replica Mattel Hoverboard and your 1:43 scale Hot Wheels car, all is great in the world right? Well hold onto your Flux Capictor’s and get ready for Temporal Displacement because Telltale is bringing Marty and Doc into 2013 as Back to the Future: The Game comes to iPhone on Thursday 7th March! The new universal app will run on iPhone 4 and up as well as iPad, and is in fact the FIRST Telltale app to support the 16:9 display on iPhone 5. The new universal base app (Episode 1) will be FREE at launch for a limited time only – grab it while you can! All 5 episodes in the season will be available at once, so there’s no need to wait for the next installment. The base app (Episode 1) features an in-game menu where you can purchase Episodes 2-5 individually, or save by getting the Episodes 2-5 multi-pack for the special introductory price of just $9.99. This new in-game menu means that instead of existing as separate apps on your device, all your BTTF goodness is contained in one handy package. We think it’s pretty cool that Beyond the Marquee’s own staff member AJ Locascio is actually the voice of Marty McFly in the Telltale Back to the Future games, so we’ll hopefully be getting the inside scoop from him on any updates or promotions tied into this release in the next month.

STAR WARS Blu-Ray Trilogies to be Released in Limited Edition Steelbook Packaging

February 28th, 2013

Steve Czarnecki

Star Wars Eps 4,5,6 Steelbook (Rebellion Edition Cover)

Star Wars fans, get a load of this! If you have held off on purchasing the original Star Wars trilogy on Blu-ray, this may be a reason to hold out a little longer. Since their release in 2011, the Star Wars trilogy collections have become two of the bestselling Blu-ray Disc catalog releases of all time. Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced this week that these beloved Star Wars sets, presenting the classic films in stunning HD, will be re-released in limited edition steelbook packaging at select retailers in the UK, Australia, Japan, and Spain. There is no US release currently planned. Release dates for the steelbook sets will be announced shortly. Kinda upsetting that the US is left out of the main re-release in this cool packaging, but who knows, perhaps something even more fun is in store for the domestic market? With two different versions to choose from, a Yoda or a Darth Vader, it adds a nice choice for those who either support the Empire, or those who side with the Rebellion. Click ahead to see both covers and let us know, would you buy these or hold out for another re-release in years to come, which at this point seems inevitable with new films coming out.

OZ the Great and Powerful Collection on HSN, Starting Tonight Thru Saturday!

February 28th, 2013

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Oz The Great and Powerful Collection on HSN

If you’re as excited as we are for next week’s release of Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful, then get a jump start on an event that brings you one step closer to the epic film. Starting tonight at 8:00pm PST through end of day Saturday, March 2nd, HSN Network presents Oz The Great and Powerful Collection. This is a unique chance to shop one-of-kind designer fashion, jewelry, home decor and more created in the spirit of the Oz The Great and Powerful. Gary Jones, Costume Designer for the movie, will make a guest appearances on Sat, 3/2, at 9am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 3pm PT. If you can’t make it to a TV, no worries, view HSN.com on your computer or mobile phone!

Check Out the Awesome Motion Poster for Dreamwork Animation’s THE CROODS

February 28th, 2013

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The Croods in theaters March 22nd 2013

Next month Dreamwork Animation’s newest project THE CROODS hits theaters and Beyond the Marquee follower Amber S. from Ohio who sent us a link to this cool THE CROODS Motion Poster. Amber who claims she’s a fan of animated movies, says she hasn’t seen it out anywhere yet and wanted to share with her fellow BTM readers. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, THE CROODS is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world’s first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures – and their outlook is changed forever. Could be fun, and who doesn’t like dinosaurs and pre-historic mayhem? The poster boasts that there’s an App you can download that allows you to hold your phone over the poster in theaters that bring them to life as well, we’ve got to try that out! Click ahead to see the static one-sheet poster and the motion poster below and let us know what you think. And if you have a lead for us, drop us a line at the BTM Tip Center at mail@beyondthemarquee.com. THE CROODS are in theaters March 22, 2013