As a not insignificant number of you probably know, Apple’s iPad hit stores on Thursday and sold more than a half million units its first weekend. What you might not have known is that the very same iPad you might be holding serves as a highway to the danger zone.
On Friday, Paramount Digital Entertainment released its Top Gun app for the iPad, which expands on the popular game for the iPhone and iTouch. The display on the iPad is bigger, and the new game incorporates new graphics and controls.
We love the movie Grease. And we love shopping. Now, we can have the best of both worlds.
From licensee Styles Checks, the latest edition to the checkbook product line based on the Paramount film Grease has been expanded. Fans can now go back to the summer nights of Rydell High with the latest addition to the Grease personal check and accessory collection. The expanded line includes wallet-sized checks, address labels, leather checkbook covers, and contact cards.
Next time you go shopping, do it in style with the Pink Ladies.
If you’re like most people, you can sing and speak every word in the Paramount film Grease. You remember watching it when you were 10, 15, 20, 25…and you still watch it when it shows up on TV. Now, 505 Games will bring this timeless film to new generations in a format that speaks to them…video games.
505 Games has selected two developers to work on the Grease video game. Based on Paramount Pictures’ classic film, UK developer Zoë Mode will develop the Wii version and Big Head Games will develop the DS version.
“For this project we knew we had to employ developers of a certain calibre in order to really bring the Grease magic to the world of video games,” says Ian Howe, Managing Director, 505 Games.
Zoë Mode is best known for its work on the Singstar series as well as Eye Toy: Play and Disney Sing It. Formed in 2007 out of Kuju Brighton, the company now boasts a London arm as well as a newly announced studio in San Francisco.
Since its formation in 2008, Big Head Games has steadily built a strong reputation for producing quality handheld titles.
Check out one of our favorite Grease moments here:
I’m not a NASCAR fan, per se, but I’ve watched raced here and there (usually Daytona) and I absolutely loved Days of Thunder when it came out. To this day, my brother and I still yell “ICE CREAM?!?” at each other in reference to the scene were Robert Duvall tells Tom Cruise he can’t make a pit stop because they’re enjoying dessert.
So naturally I was pleased as punch this morning to see that Paramount and Ripple Junction’s line of Days of Thunder T-shirts will be available at Kohl’s in the spring. There will be three different designs, and the shirts will have an MSRP of of $18.99 each.
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Target Corp. has partnered with Marvel Entertainment, LLC to bring merchandise from Marvel’s The Avengers to its shoppers. Through this deal, Target will offer an assortment of Marvel’s The Avengers-themed toys, clothing, and bedding, as well as a selection of Marvel Super Hero movies in stores and online at Target.com/Avengers. [...]
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Sandow Media announced its recent acquisition of the worldwide rights to the iconic Fred Segal brand. The acquisition includes the rights to all intellectual property, the development of a new e-commerce platform for fredsegal.com, new retail stores worldwide, and the development of Fred Segal-branded apparel and products. Leveraging its global [...]
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products has named entertainment marketing executive Nabil Kazi to the position of vice president, and global promotions and digital marketing expert Morgan Chess to the position of vice president of digital strategy and commerce. In his new position, Kazi will define and set the global licensed [...]
I’m not a NASCAR fan, per se, but I’ve watched raced here and there (usually Daytona) and I absolutely loved Days of Thunder when it came out. To this day, my brother and I still yell “ICE CREAM?!?” at each other in reference to the scene were Robert Duvall tells Tom Cruise he can’t make a pit stop because they’re enjoying dessert.