Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Blu-ray & Game Collector's Set (Capcom)

We usually don’t do a lot of coverage for Anime or video game-type items, but since we’re a fan of Capcom’s Street Fighter game series, we decided to spread the word about this special collector’s set.

Commemorating 25 years of one of the most popular videogame franchises of all time, the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set is a must-have for Street Fighter aficionados.

Created as a celebration and tribute to its fans, the limited edition set is individually numbered and jam-packed with Street Fighter games, video, art, music, and exclusive collectibles. The items are housed in a specially created chest complete with a certificate of authenticity. Click here to pre-order for Xbox 360 or PS3. Also, be sure and check out the trailer.

Features:

Experience Past and Present Street Fighter Games: Gamers get a snapshot of Street Fighter with four critically-acclaimed games that represent important chapters in Street Fighter history.

Light-up Ryu Statue: Standing 8 inches tall, the highly detailed Ryu statue features the iconic character in mid- Shoryuken with flames that light up from below.

Blu-Ray Video Set: The exclusive Blu-Ray two-disc set includes a documentary that highlights the profound influence the franchise has had on fans – and vice versa – throughout the years.

Soundtrack: 11 discs worth of Street Fighter music spanning the past 25 years. Two of the discs include remixes and fan-created music inspired by past Street Fighter games.

Art Book: The 64-page art book pays tribute to Street Fighter fans from all over the world and includes fan pieces submitted by professional and aspiring artists alike.

Click here to pre-order for Xbox 360 or PS3.

"Deranged" Korean Theatrical Poster

Cityonfire.com has received the following press release:

CJ Entertainment brings the highly anticipated science fiction thriller Deranged to North America on July 27, 2012. Upon its release in South Korea, Deranged quickly beat out Hollywood blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man in the box office and sold more than 1.3 million tickets in 4 days.

There must be something in the water.

Just before dawn, skeletal bodies surface on the Han River in Seoul, Korea.  More bodies are discovered all over the nation. The cause of death is determined to be a mutated parasite worm that brainwashes its hosts, ultimately making them jump into bodies of water and to their death within days of infection.

As the number of victims rapidly increase, the government sets up an Emergency Response Task Force and puts all infected citizens into quarantine.  Meanwhile, pharmaceutical company salesman Jae-hyeok realizes that his family is infected, and becomes desperate to find the cure.   In his frantic search to save his family, he uncovers a frightening conspiracy behind the epidemic.

About Director Park Jung-woo

An accomplished screenwriter himself, PARK Jung-woo has established himself with acclaimed films such as Attack the Gas Station, Kick the Moon, Last Present, and Jail Breakers. Seeing the story of Deranged as a metaphorical mirror into our own society, Park portrays the catastrophe with horrifying realism, promising the audience a disaster film unlike any other.

Deranged is scheduled to release in select cities across North America, including Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Toronto.

For more information, please visit: www.derangedmovie2012.com

Theater List – Releasing on July 27, 2012

Los Angeles – CGV Cinemas
San Jose – AMC Cupertino **Pending
Seattle – AMC Alderwood
Dallas – AMC Grapevine Mills
Chicago – AMC Showplace Niles
Atlanta – AMC Colonial
D.C. – AMC Hoffman
Philadelphia – AMC 309
New York – AMC Ridgefield Park
New York – AMC Bay Terrace **Pending
Vancouver – Cineplex
Toronto – AMC Yonge & Dundas
Honolulu – Consolidated Pearlridge

"Total Recall" Theatrical Poster

THE MOVIE: Len Wiseman, director of the most contentious Die Hard sequel (Live Free or Die Hard), has his remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 film Total Recall. The original starred Arnold Schwarzenegger; this time around Colin Farrell headlines a cast that includes Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, and Jessica Biel. In theaters on August 3, 2012.

Updates: ComicBookMovie via Collider has a blurb from Beckinsale on how her Lori distinguishes itself from the Sharon Stone take. CBM has word from Len Wiseman that we’ll probably see the first trailer for the film in March. CBM also has a more detailed plot synopsis here. IMDB finally has a picture from the film and a plot summary.

AICN has the teaser for the trailer. Also, hop on over to Beyond Hollywood for the first poster for the movie.

The first full-length trailer is now online! The Playlist has posted new images of Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel & Kate Beckinsale. The Playlist has the newest trailer!

BREAKING NEWS: A new poster for the film, courtesy of AICN.

"Clandestine: Follow the Path"

Thousand Pounds Action Company are the creators of over 20 popular martial arts shorts, which are viewable on their YouTube page. Thanks to their intense fight choreography, fluid camerawork, and subtle special effects, their videos have earned them over 13 million views online.

Just check out this video game-inspired Street Fighter x Tekken video for a taste of what Thousands Pounds is capable of.

Now Thousand Pounds is turning to the popular crowd-funding website Kickstarter to ask their fans for help. Donate and you can help them realize an original supernatural-themed martial arts web series called Clandestine: Follow the Path.

The show will feature trained martial artists in the lead roles and tell the story of a young woman who wakes up one day to realize she’s at the center of a war between several mystical, super-powered warrior clans. Thousand Pounds Action Company already has 397 backers with more than 20 days to reach their goal so there’s a fair chance we’ll be seeing Clandestine in our future. There are rewards involved for backers who commit to donating $5 or more.

Thanks to regular Cityonfire.com reader TheBigLenano for bringing Clandestine to our attention!

The Raid: Redemption Blu-ray & DVD (Sony Pictures)

Cityonfire.com has received the following press release from Sony Pictures on July 9th:

Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim star as members of a rookie SWAT team tasked to infiltrate a safe house containing the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters in the hard-hitting, jaw-dropping, martial arts action extravaganza The Raid: Redemption (see our review), coming to Unrated DVD and Blu-ray™ with UltraViolet™ August 14th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

When the SWAT team’s cover is accidentally blown, they become stranded inside the dangerous high rise with no way out and must fight their way through the city’s worst criminals to survive their mission. The film also stars Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian and Pierre Gruno and features music by Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda.

The DVD and Blu-ray™ are loaded with bonus features, including commentary with Writer/Director Gareth Evans; six behind-the-scenes video blogs with Gareth Evans; a “Behind the Music” featurette with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and composer Joe Trapanese; “Inside the Score,” a trailer teaser for Mike Shinoda’s first feature score, and “An Evening with Gareth Evans, Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese” feaurette. Also included are four featurettes in “Conversation with Gareth Evans and Mike Shinoda” on the hard shoot, score, stunts, and themes, as well as “An Anatomy of a Scene,” in which Gareth Evans talks in detail about creating the hole drop scene. “THE RAID TV Show Ad (circa 1994)” is a spoof of a 1994 Japanese anime TV commercial created by Phil Askin, with the idea that Gareth Evans may have seen it as a child and set off to make a live action version one day. Finally, “Claycat’s The Raid” features Lee Hardcastle’s UK claymation short film with a Mike Shinoda music score.

“Makes most other genre movies look like they’re not even trying.” – Cityonfire.com

“Relentless–It’s second to no film.” – Indiewire

“The best action film in decades.” – Twitch Film

Bonus Features Include: Commentary with Writer/Director Gareth Evans, 6 Gareth Evans Behind-the-Scenes video blogs, “Behind The Music with Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese” Featurette, “Inside the Score” trailer teaser for Mike Shinoda’s first feature score, “An Evening with Gareth Evans, Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese” Featurette, “An Anatomy of a Scene” Featurette, “In Conversation with Gareth Evans and Mike Shinoda” Featurettes, “THE RAID TV Show Ad (circa 1994)”, “Claycat’s The Raid” Featurette and English Dub.

The Viral Factor Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

Cityonfire.com has received the following press release from Well Go USA on July 9th:

Rising superstars Jay Chou (The Green Hornet, True Legend) and Nicholas Tse (Shaolin, The Stool Pigeon) team up in award-winning Director Dante Lam’s (The Beast Stalker, The Stool Pigeon) all-action, bio-terror thriller The Viral Factor (see our review), debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital August 28th from Well Go USA Entertainment.

The film also stars Andy On (White Vengeance, Three Kingdoms) and Bing Bai (Shaolin) in the story of an International Security Affairs agent (Chou) who gets caught up in a deadly, international crime ring developing biological weapons. The release includes a new English dub.

Synopsis: IDC Agent Jon (Jay Chou) is on a dangerous mission to escort a criminal scientist to another country. En route, a member of his team turns out to be a traitor and shoots Jon in the head while kidnapping the scientist. When Jon wakes up in the hospital, a doctor tells him that within weeks, the bullet in his brain will cause complete paralysis. Jon returns to Beijing to see his mother, who confesses that Jon has a brother in Malaysia. On a flight to meet his long lost sibling, Jon forms a bond with Dr. Kan (Lin Peng), who promises to look into possible treatments for his condition. However, when they arrive, they are kidnapped. Jon soon realizes the kidnapper is his brother (Nicholas Tse), and they decide to work together in order to keep an international consortium of criminals from re-infecting the world with a disease long thought cured.

“Gunfights and explosions are audaciously played out in real urban locations swarming with people and vehicles, all unfolding with high tension, without losing sight of continuity.” – Maggie Lee, Variety

“… Chou and Tse have the chops for this brand of socky.” – Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix

Blu-ray & DVD Bonus Feature Include: “The Making of The Viral Factor” featurette and Cast & Crew Interviews