Batman 3 Cast

The biggest blockbuster movie this summer is definitely The Dark Knight. Breaking record for the highest gross for opening week, defeating last year's Spiderman 3. So, as to almost every Hollywood movie that success, another sequel is a sure thing.

Speaking with MTV, actor Michael Cain who played the role Alfred the butler in Batman Begins and its sequel The Dark Knight said, "They've already got the villains in mind. It's Johnny Depp as The Riddler and The Penguin is Phillip Seymour Hoffman." Johnny Depp is widely known as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney's trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean. While Phillip Seymour Hoffman is known for his role in Capote, Mission Impossible III, and Red Dragon. Michael Cain also said, "I was with Warner Bros executive and I said, 'Are we going to make another one?' They said yeah. I said, 'How the hell are we going to top Heath Ledger as The Joker?' And he says I'll tell you how to top Heath. Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin. I said 'They've done it again!'". Both Johnny and Phillip said that nothing was set yet and they're not saying no, but also not saying yes because the deal hasn't been made and the opportunity is wide open.

Batman is not my favourite superhero. But The Dark Knight is sure a masterpiece. I was captivated by the storyline and Heath Ledger's performance. It's a long movie by today's standard. A full 150 minutes. I hope they can deliver the third one better.

D3P's Games on Playstation Store

D3 Publisher (D3P) will bring its classic PSP titles for download via Playstation Store in North America starting this September. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords and Cube will be available on September 18 for $14.99 and $9.99 respectively. Then on October 2, D3P will release WTF: Work Time Fun for $9.99 alongside PQ: Practicall Intelligence Quotient also for $9.99. And on October 16, PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient 2 and Dead Head Fred will be made available for $14.99 each.
It is great to have games available for download like this. But, I think the limited capacity of the memory stick duo (the memory card that's used by PSP) will affect this scheme. Question like can we transfer it to multiple PSP not once the game's downloaded occurs to mind. Beside, it would be annoying to transfer games we want to play, and delete the ones on the memory card because there's not enough space left. But I still think that this is a step forward. It's great to have the options even if I might never use it.

Nintendo Release Wifi Network Adapter

Being connected to the network wirelessly is common thing nowadays. That's why all three current generation console have a wifi feature, although only Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 have the feature built in. Microsof Xbox 360 owners need to buy it seperately.
I dont understand as to why Nintendo want to releare a network adapter in the first place. But Nintendo actually will release it on September 18 in Japan. The card will be priced at ¥5800 or roughly equal to USD $53.
The card has two modes: Router and Bridge. As router, the card can communicate with any number of Wifi enabled devices including other gaming consoles and PCs. The range and wifi network have yet to be announced. Bridge acts as a technological interpreter between a user's existing wifi router and Nintendo system. North America availability has yet to be announced.

Square Enix's TGS Line Up

I bet all gaming enthusiast want to go to Japan early next month. Why? Because the largest gaming event will be held there. Yeah, I'm talking about the annual Tokyo Game Show. Usually, the event is held in mid September, but this year, it will be started on October 9.
Many publishers, game developers, and game related companies will show off their latest and coolest games and products. And today, Square Enix just announced their line up for this year TGS. The announcement came in the form of a special Japanese TGS 2008 website. They will be showcasing a lot of games in the form of playable or video-only.
The list of games that will be in the playable form are as follow:
Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book
Chocobo Mysterious Dungeon DS
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest Battle Road
Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road
Final Fantasy IV The After
Itadaki Street Mobile
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
Pingu's Wonderful Carnival
Snoopy DS
Valkyrie Profile DS

And here's the list of games that will be in video form only:
Chrono Trigger
Dragon Quest IX
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Final Fantasy XI
Infinite Undiscovery
Kingdom Hearts Coded
The 3rd Birthday

There are 3 other games, but whether they will be in playable form or just video only is not stated yet. The games are Last Remnant, Star Ocean 4, and Ellark. I was hoping that all three Final Fantasy XIII would be playable. But I guess it's not happening.

Tom Cruise in Shrek 4

Hollywood is all about franchises nowadays. Sequels coming every year. It's okay when it's a trilogy I guess, but almost all studios just want to milking some characters or stories until there's nothing left. There's only a few sequels that's better from the original one. I won't name it because it's not the same for everyone.
So, just yesterday I posted about yet another Spiderman's sequels. And now we're talking about another sequel also coming in 2010. It's the successfull animated movie Shrek. The fourth installment might have Tom Cruise's voice. Although nothing has been confirmed yet, Cruise may be set to play one of the film's villain collaborating with the previous film's cast members, Mike Myers, Eddy Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and Anthonio Banderas.
I don't know if I'm going to watch the fourth installment or not. To me, it's among the movies that it's sequel's worse than the original. While the second and third installment were still enjoyable, but they were no match for the first movie that was entertaining, brilliant, and full of fresh jokes. I guess we'll see if the fourth can surpass that.

AMD's Q4 Roadmap

We've been told about Intel's plan for their processors for the next 4 years. So what AMD's response is? Revealing their plan for the last three month of 2008, that is.
New AMD processors are in bound starting on October 8. AMD will introduce the Athlon X2 5050e Brisbane based CPU running at 2.6 GHz and Phenom X3 8850 running at 2.5 GHz.
In November, AMD will come up with Ultra Value Client (UVC) solutions that are direct OEM products only. They also will announce a new Lima based 1.6 GHz Athlon X2 2650e together with a 1.5 GHz Athlon X2 3250e.
And last in Desember, AMD will announced several Phenom processors. The Toliman based Phenom X3 8850 @ 2.5 GHz will be unveiled. This processor will be multiplier unlocked. A Deneb based Phenom quad core, Phenom X4 running at 3.0 GHz and 2.8 GHz respectively will also be announced and will hit store early January.
There are too many processors to choose nowadays. And the model numbering Intel and AMD use is no help either.

2 Sequels For Spidey

Who doesn't know Peter Parker aka Spiderman? This web slinger building crawler has been the most popular character Marvel ever has. The comics are great, and the movies are summer blockbuster. I watched all three Spiderman movies starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst and I have all three on DVD. But storyline-wise, the movies got worse with each iteration. Spiderman 3 is by far the worst out of the three. Most expensive movie ever produced of all time? Yeah right! The CGI was average at best. I can see the computer generated character during Spiderman and Newgoblin fight scene with my naked eyes. The Matrix Reloaded and Revolution did a better job with the CGI.
But as any Hollywood movies that generate tons of money, sequels would be made over and over again until the public have enough of them. And in the case of Spiderman, he will get 2 sequels shot back to back a la The Matrix Reloaded and Revolution, The Pirates of Caribbean Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, and The Lord of The Rings.
Tobey Maguire have been reportedly reached deals to reprise his duties for not only Spiderman 4 but also the fifth installment alongside the director Sam Raimi. The decision to filming the fourth and fifth installment together is to minimize the problems in reassembling the cast, according to Sony. But no deal has been made for Kirsten Dunst yet. The story is pretty much still in development as well. Any guess on who will be the next villain? Discuss it in the comment area please.

LG KC910

Looks like the battle for bigger megapixels in camera phones is getting hotter. After Sony Ericsson announced the SE C905 first but Samsung I8510 INNOV8 launched first earlier this month (what an irony), now it's time for a company from South Korea known for it's home electronic devices like tvs, air conditionings and wash machines, LG, to come up with her own 8 megapixels camera phone KC910.
It's not only the camera that the phone has in its sleek design (remind me of LG Viewty). A Xenon flash compliments the camera along with a Schneider Kreuznach lens. It makes Samsung I8510 as the only 8 megapixel camera phone that's not have Xenon flash. Wifi, GPS, geotagging, 4 bands GSM and 3 bands 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, bluetooth, microSD slot, tv out, and Dolby sound for music, this phone sure has alot to offer. The phone also capable of recording VGA videos at 30 fps and slow motion 120 fps QVGA, a feature that the LG Viewty also has. You can enjoy watching Xvid and DivX video on its 3" 262K 240x400 screen. Expect to see it on the street this October.

Hancock on DVD, Bluray, UMD

I watched Hancock on a theatre near my house last week. Yes, I know that it's been awhile since the movie released this summer but I live in a suburban area in Indonesia. So here, we don't always get the latest movies released. It was enjoyable, not a great movie, but entertaining nonetheless. The movie's about a super power ignorant human being (Will Smith). He's no ordinary superhero. The citizens dislike him as he makes things worse when he's interfering fighting crimes. He battle the crimes wrecklessly, and leaves too much damage. He looks like a drunken homeless than a superhero. Until he meets an image consultant that changes him.
If you are a fans of Will Smith or just like this movies, you can choose at least three format to bring this movie home. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Hancock on DVD, UMD, and Bluray on November 25 for North America region this year.
A two disc special edition DVD will be retail for $34.95, the Bluray will be priced at $39.95. A single disc DVD will be available for MSRP of $28.96 while the UMD version run for $24.94.

PSN PSP Games Getting Released on UMD

It's been awhile since PSP gamers can download games on PSN (Playstation Network) store. But I think Sony executives might think it's not enough to just release the game on PSN. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced that they will release a range of themed collection games on UMD. It will be made available on PAL territories including UK, mainland Europe, and Australia.
The first batch of these collection games will be made available from mid-October to Euro gamers with Playstation Network Collection Puzzle Pack which combine Lemmings, Go! Sudoku, and Go! Puzzle on one disc.
Later on still in October, the second collection, a Power Pack will consist of Beats, flOw, and Syphon Filter: Combat Ops.
There will be other collections made available through out 2009. No price point yet though. And no luck for North American gamers too since SCEA said no release plans for the collection games yet.