The legendary 1959 Cadillac ambulance that became the vehicle for the Ghostbusters is on the auction block.

Hemmings, an automotive auctioneer and marketplace, has the car listed as on sale starting at a reasonable $149,998(with no money down!). Currently residing in Volo, Illinois at the Volo Auto Museum, this car is not the actual car used in the filming of Ghostbusters or its sequel. This is the beat up vehicle Dan Akroyd’s character Ray purchases early in the first film and comically lists its shortcomings. It was simply leased for that scene to be filmed, and only after production of the movie had been completed did the studio go back and fund the conversion of the classic Miller-Meteor to the specifications of the ECTO-1.

Listing says everything inside is completely restored with leather seats, vintage air conditioning, and all the lights and the distinctive siren heard in the movie are working.

So… who wants to co-sign a car loan for me? I’m totally good for it.

Probably not. Like 99% probably not and that’s me being optimistic. Regardless this unreliable source is reporting that there is an English live action Sailor Moon movie in the works and that “one of the major movie studios” is trying to get Joss Whedon to direct. The article goes on to reveal the most absurb cast including a mix of people who are too good for such a role to people I’ve never even heard of. This cast sounds just like any other random idiot’s “Who would you cast in a live action Sailor Moon movie?” list which I must admit I’ve read and written far too many of.

This is not the first rumour of a live action Sailor Moon movie. About 10 years ago you couldn’t go long before hearing about Geena Davis‘s Sailor Moon movie she was set to star in as Queen Beryl. Since then such rumours occasionally resurface in one form or another.

So why am I telling you this? Because someone said it. Because it’s probably fake but it’s of interest. Because when they first announced the Japanese live action series I was 99+% sure it was fake.

I guess now we just have to wait for some idiot to ask Joss Whedon about this before that < 1% bit of doubt is put to rest.

For those metalhead fans out there, it seems as if the Wizard of Blizzard shall be hitting the road this summer for the newest rendition of “Ozzfest” on a pro-bono note. Tickets for this year’s Ozzfest, which are usually over $40 a pop, will be free for the 25-city tour as a “thank you” to fans for this, the 12th year of the annual roadshow.

“It’s not saying that I’m now Mother Teresa or that Ozzy is a saint, but you know what? He’s been doing this a long time and his audience has been really good to him,” Sharon Osbourne said. “So if he goes out one summer of his life and he doesn’t get paid, big deal.”

The tour starts on July 7th, with stops in Los Angeles, New York City, Denver, Dallas, and many other large cities. Sponsors have signed up to help generate the “free-ness” of the ticket cost. While other bands are slated to appear on the tour as well, no names have yet been released….but who really cares? It’s free! Read the whole article on Yahoo News.

Just when we’d all lost alot of hope for humanity after the idiocy in Boston recently, something like this comes along and slightly redeems things. Damn them for jerking our chains. Damn them!

The internet has gone absolutely crazy with toys leaks in the past couple weeks, but I won’t waste your time with all of them. Instead, I’ll cherry pick the best, and relevant news, and leave TFW2005 to gobble up every scrap.

First up the comics: The Movie “prequel,” which will be a 4 issue series set before the events of the live action movie. TFarchive has a nice review of the book, which is due on February 21st.

Cover B is something special, showcasing non-movie characters, Arcee, Inferno, and Shockwave (at least one of the hundred one-eye bots HAS to be Shockwave). Don Figueroa is handling the pencils, so it should be pretty interesting to see how the fans’ favorite artist handles some of the fans’ least favorite designs.

Speaking of designs, its about time Dreamworks, ILM, Paramount, or Michael Bay himself fired somebody. Not because the designs are bad (I personally like the fresh approach), but because we have even more spec sheets. This has to be the worst kept secret in Hollywood.
Here are Starscream, Frenzy, Bonecrusher, and Ironhide.

Ok, enough of this concept art, its time for merchandise. [Read the rest of this entry…]