New releases announced today, March 5:
HBO's Generation Kill (Blu-ray) will be coming out June 16
HBO's John Adams (Blu-ray) will be coming out June 16
Mad Men - Season 2 (DVD & Blu-ray) will be coming out July 7
Get Smart - Season 3 will be coming out June 9
The Transformers - The Complete 1st Season: 25th Anniversary Edition will be coming out June 16
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Coinciding with the July 3 release of the live-action film version of Transformers, Cartoon Network and Hasbro have announced a jointly developed 2-D animated series, set to debut in early 2008. Transformers Animated is the latest update of the beloved 1980s series about alien robots. The new characters will star in 26 half-hour episodes and a 90-minute special. Naturally Hasbro will release games, toys and other merchandise based on the series. — Reporting by Dani Dornfeld
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Cartoon Network Studios and Hasbro are coproducing a new Transformers series debuting in January 2008 and (hopefully) capitalizing on the buzz of this summer's upcoming live-action film. Transformers Animated will feature more humor, some never-before-seen characters, and a new premise that pits the Autobots against evil humans more often than the Decepticons.... Also per the Hollywood Reporter, Mark Burnett is teaming with the mixed martial-arts company ProElite to develop a reality series involving the combat sport.
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Before the Cineplex got hostile with Hostel, there was the equally chilling Turistas, in which a pack of young, nubile folk take a very bad detour down a very bad road while backpacking through Brazil. Thing is, Turistas is just hitting theaters now, though it's sure to slake any horror buff's thirst for a bloody, tense time. TVGuide.com spoke with Josh Duhamel, who stars in the pic, about his rumble in the bug-infested jungle, the fate of NBC's Las Vegas and, of course, his Fergalicious lady love.
TVGuide.com: I'm thinking the Turistas shoot was either sun-kissed and full of soft, warm sand, cold drinks and beautiful people, or bug-infested and dysentery-tainted. Or was it somewhere in between?Josh Duh
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