Oogieloves Failure: The Worst Wide Release Film Debut Ever

The worst news at this Labor Day weekend's domestic box office was for The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, featuring Toni Braxton, Christopher Lloyd, Chazz Palminteri, Cary Elwes, Jaime Pressly and Cloris Leachman.

The $20 million film opened in 2,160 theaters earning just $448,000 or a mere $207 per theater average, making it the new worst ever wide release opening. Yes, even worse than Creature or Delgo.

Behold the brightly colored, smiling faces of abject failure:

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure comes from Kenn Viselman, who, as the publicity materials proclaimed, is "the marketing visionary" behind The Teletubbies and Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

Viselman, who heavily promoted the film to exhibitors at this past spring's CinemaCon, doesn't see his film's record poor showing as a bad thing. "This was never about box office,” said Viselman in an interview with TheWrap. “It was about exposure. We’ve now got the notoriety we were trying to get for weeks before the film opened. ... The attention we’re getting as a result of this is going to help our video on demand and DVD campaigns, and it’s going to help the next films, whether they’re theatrical releases or video."

Spoken like a true producer!

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To the Moon Steam release date announced

Freebird Games has announced that their well-regarded adventure game, To The Moon, will be coming to Steam extremely soon. The official release date being revealed today is coming up in under a week on September 7, 2012.

To The Moon is one of those games that constantly gets brought up in the much-reviled "Games as Art" conversations. It's an adventure game that plays with the conventions of the genre while dealing with themes like death and regret.

It was originally released in November 2011 and was created using the RPG Maker engine. 

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The Cave from Double Fine coming to Wii U eShop

At a panel at PAX Prime 2012 Sunday, it was revealed that the upcoming Double Fine Productions adventure game, The Cave, will also be releasing on the Nintendo Wii U eShop in addition to several other platforms.

The title was originally announced for PC, Xbox Live Arcade, and the PSN.

The Cave stars a magical talking cave that is being explored by a group of adventurers drawn to the mystical location. At the beginning of the game, the player chooses three characters they'll use (out of a cast of seven,) to explore the cave in a Metroidvania-style experience.

As of right now, it's unclear whether the game will feature any additional functionality for the Wii U's unique tablet controller.

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Mini-Series Teases Doctor Who Premiere

The BBC has unveiled a new mini-adventure that will set the scene for Doctor Who's seventh season.

A new episode of the "Pond Life" mini-series will be released every day in the run up to the premiere of the latest season, which takes place on Saturday.

The first episode is already available, and future episodes will release at noon each day. The series promises to explore the domestic events that take place in between time travel, and will reintroduce the love triangle between Amy, Rory and The Doctor after the long break since the last series.

It culminates in the premiere of season seven, Asylum of the Daleks, on Saturday. Arthur Darvill, who plays Rory in the hit show, has revealed that the final episode of Pond Life will end in a cliff hanger that leads into the new batch of five episodes very nicely.

The Doctor's latest adventure kicks off on BBC One on Saturday 01 September at 7.20pm.

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Machinarium Arrives on PSN Next Month

Machinarium, the puzzle point-and-click adventure originally released on PC in 2009, will arrive on the European PSN next month.

While an official announcement is yet to be made, in a recent EU Playstation Blog update Sony's Ross McGrath teased there would be "two new titles as well in September, one brand new and one new to PSN – we’re spoiling you rotten for sure."

While he didn't name the games initially, after commenter Antares suggested the new game would be Double Dragon: Neon, and the game new to the PSN would be Machinarium, McGrath responded "Give the man a cookie, he's 100 per cent right!"

Hopefully an official announcement will be coming shortly, and we've chased up Sony for details on pricing and whether US gamers can expect both titles at the same time.

A posting last month revealed the title would be coming to Vita via the PSN. If you're not sure what all the fuss is about, check out our iOS review of the game to help you make your mind up.

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Jurassic Park 3D Gets Bumped Up to Spring

Universal Pictures has recently changed up several of its release dates for 2013, including Steven Spielberg's 3D release of Jurassic Park. The 1993 adventure film will now be hitting theaters in the spring, moving from July 18 to April 5.

Additionally, The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Ryan Reynolds' zombie flick R.I.P.D. will take over the July 19 slot, leaving behind its original June 28 frame.

The studio has also set release dates for About Time (May 10), Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall (June 28) and 2 Guns (August 16).

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Moonrise Kingdom Explores BD, DVD

Grab your scout handbook -- it's time for an adventure! Universal Studios Home Entertainment will bring the Focus Features hit, Moonrise Kingdom, to Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand October 16, 2012.

The film, directed by Wes Anderson and featuring an all-star cast including Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand and Bill Murray (among many others), was a surprise success, grossing nearly $60 million worldwide (on a modest budget) -- no small feat considering the crowded summer filled with big budget action flicks.

Moonrise Kingdom will arrive on Blu-ray presented in 1080p, preserving the film's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Audio will be mixed in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The DVD will include an anamorphic widescreen presentation, with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio.

Take a look at the box art for the Blu-ray:

Bonus features for the Blu-ray and DVD will include the following:

• A Look Inside Moonrise Kingdom
• Welcome to The Island of New Penzance: Bob Balaban narrates a series of guided tours from the locations of Moonrise Kingdom featuring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, and Wes Anderson
• Set Tour With Bill Murray: Bill Murray personally takes viewers on a tour of the Moonrise Kingdom sets.

The Blu-ray will also include a DVD, Digital Copy and UltraViolet cloud streaming copy of the film, in addition to Universal's standard BD-exclusives, from BD-live to pocketBlu.

Suggested retail for this release is set at $34.98 for the Blu-ray Combo Pack, and $29.98 for the DVD. Amazon has the Blu-ray Combo Pack currently up for pre-order for $23.99, and $19.96 for the DVD.

Stay tuned for more news regarding this release. Also, be sure to check out our glowing theatrical review of the film, or scroll through some interviews with the cast and crew, like this one:

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