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Since we fear that we will have to stop all visits to the movie theater soon, we all only have the home cinema left... Today, for example, our movie of the year 2019 is released as a preserve: JOKER. Of course, as usual on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K-Ultra-HD Blu-ray and for collecting enthusiasts as a limited Steel Book.

If you were hoping for a Director's or something like that, you will unfortunately be disappointed. Director Todd Phillips has a very clear opinion: "I hate f***ing extended cuts. I hate deleted scenes, they’re deleted for a reason. The movie that exists is exactly the movie I want it to be and I will never show a deleted scene."

The last week was not as full of new trailers. But there were a few real highlights in terms of game, cinema and TV series. We have these six productions that caused anticipation:

GHOST OF TSUSHIMA
Sony brings us »Ghost of Tsushima« on June 26, 2020 for Playstation 4. The trailer really makes you want to join this epic samurai adventure. Sharpen your katana!

BABA YAGA
With this production from Russia we are still a little torn. Definitely, the trailer scores with quite atmospheric pictures. We can only hope that the horror will not be exhausted in the now so tiresome jump scares.

GREYHOUND
In the war drama »Greyhound« based on the novel »The Good Shepard« by C. S. Forester, Tom Hanks leads a convoy of 37 allied ships that is threatened by German submarines in the North Atlantic. It looks exciting!

PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS
The »Penny Dreadfull« Spin-Off takes us to Los Angeles in the year 1938. The trailer looks very valuable and has a nice neo-noir atmosphere. Unfortunately there is no German TV channel yet - but surely something will be found there.

BLACK WIDOW
The final trailer for »Black Widow« offers a lot of action as well as a little more of Natasha Romanoff's family history. We look forward to see Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz and David Harbor. Will Hot Toys bring us a Red Guardian 1/6 scale figure?

MONEY HEIST SEASON 4
We hadn't expected the new season of the Netflix series so quickly... From April 3, the story about Tokyo, the Professor and the Inspectora continues. After seeing the trailer we are really hot for the sequel.

While we all eagerly await the sequel to the game »The Last of Us«, there was surprising news. The Hollywood reporter wrote, there will be a TV series adaptation of the game - and not just somewhere, but at the number 1 series manufacturer HBO!

The broadcaster is working on the series with game producer Naughty Dog and Sony Pictures Television. Game director Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, who stepped into the spotlight with his mini-series »Chernobyl«, are working on the scripts. We think that sounds very promising.

Comic, Disney live action and a lot of thrill and horror - these are our movie favorites in March. Curtain up for our top 5:

Number 5:
RUN | Theatrical release: 19.03.2020
The trailer really picked us up here. We hope that the film delivers what the trailer promised.

Number 4:
MULAN | Theatrical release: 26.03.2020
We look forward to Disney's visually stunning live action spectacle with Yifei Liu as a real bad-ass Mulan. The movie is in good hands with Niki Caro (Whale Rider).

Number 3:
A QUIET PLACE PART II | Theatrical release: 19.03.2020
After the success of »A Quiet Place«, a sequel was of course inevitable. Often, sequals are just brazen cash grabs, but in the case of »A Quiet Place« we have the feeling that there is actually still something to tell here.

Number 2:
COLOR OUT OF SPACE | Theatrical release: 05.03.2020
The response to the film is positive among the critics and the audience. And when director Richard Stanley takes on a Lovecraft story, there are two reasons for visiting the theater.

Number 1️:
BLOODSHOT | Theatrical release: 05.03.2020
The first reviews were rather mixed here. Let us surprise ourselves. As fans of the comic book, the film is a no brainer for us.

The S.P.A.C.E Crew wishes you good times at the movies!

Trailers advertise films, series or games. The best make you curious about the work without giving away too much. Ideally, the film, series or game will give us what the trailer promises or even exceed our expectations. But there are also trailers that tend to dampen our anticipation and we may go to the cinema with mixed expectations or perhaps prefer to stay at home. On today's Trailer Tuesday we have a little bit of everything.

BALDUR'S GATE 3
The opening cinematic game trailer, which is over five minutes long, actually looks like big cinema and makes us want to get involved in the world of »Baldur's Gate« for the third time.

THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
HBO's mini-series based on the novel by Philip Roth tells an alternative story in which Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the presidential election against Charles Lindbergh and the result is a fascist takeover in the United States. HBO stands for high quality series. So that could be very exciting.

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS SEASON 7
Fans of the Star Wars animation series get a taste of the final season of the series that will start on Disney+ soon.

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC | ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER
Speaking of Star Wars, after the end of the Skywalker saga, the Star Wars universe continues to expand. The authors of Lucasfilm make a leap in time into the past. 200 years prior to the events of »Star Wars: the Phantom Menace«, the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are at their height, serving and protecting the galaxy. Lucasfilm is currently exploring the narrative possibilities of the High Republic era. We think, this approach sounds really interesting.

THE ALPHA TEST
We actually love robot films. But this trailer looks more like trash. Even if the robot mask is quite creepy, the trailer looks quite cheap and sometimes involuntarily funny.

SAINT MAUDE
A brilliantly unsettling blend of body horror and psychological thriller, Saint Maud marks an impressive debut for writer-director Rose Glass, says Rotten Tomatoes. A current critic score of 92% and A24 behind the production let us hope for a great film.

ARTEMIS FOWL
Disney brings us Eoin Colfer's book series as an opulent, family-friendly and easy-to-digest blockbuster movie. The trailer offers a lot of show values. But as you can read, fans of the book series are shocked by the second trailer. We also have mixed feelings about it.

CANDYMAN
When it comes to reboots, we usually have mixed feelings, because they rarely match or even surpass the original. But maybe »Candyman« is one of the exceptions to the rule. The trailer looks quite promising.

For our product of the month March 2020, we decided to go for a high-end collectible by the manufacturer PURE ARTS for the first time: the YHORM statue out of the videogame hit »Dark Souls III«.

Although the Canadian studio PURE ARTS has been in the business for a couple of years, their activities were more behind the scenes (as producer for established brands like mainly SIDESHOW). One of their jobs for example was the »Court of the Dead« PVC statue series which was released last year and became very popular. Now, the Canadians want to go their own, direct ways and discover the collector-market as a new player in the game. We had the chance to meet the nice crew of PURE ARTS at Nuernberg Toy Fair and the quality of their products convinced us instantly.

One of their first, literally "big" highlight is the colossal YHORM THE GIANT from »Dark Souls III«. The version in 1:12 scale (sounds small, but it's huge!) comes with an extravagant LED light-up feature which really is the top of the cake of this statue. The consenting and very impressive overall picture, including the massive throne, the details in the base, the giant machete and the different materials (including art fur in the coat) will surely blow away all fans of the game and the character.

We are excited about how PURE ARTS will develop. Everything that we have been able to see (including the prototypes of their 1/6 scale figures on CYBERPUNK 2077) appeared really good in our eyes. Therefore we are happy to support this newcomer and gladly picked one of their pieces as our highlight of this month.

Because of this year's NEW YORK TOY FAIR being fully packed with highlights of all kind of brands, we will recap one more round today for you, with some more worth mentioning novelties:

* Dark Horse will extend their popular line of PVC statues by one of the year's hottest licenses: CYBERPUNK 2077!
* Kotobukiya revealed the next MARVEL ARTFX Premier Statue - Captain Marvel - and showed some (yet unpainted) prototypes of the upcoming super-sexy BISHOUJO chicks like Leatherface, Pennywise, Beetlejuice and Black Cat!
* Mattel somehow is making a huge secret around the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Origins line and finally showed the previously teasered line-up for 2020!
* The manufacturer Trick or Treat Studios will step into the 1/6 sector with - how else could it be - different horror icons. Already four »Michael Myers« figures on the HALLOWEEN movies are in planning, aswell as a »Art the Clown« on TERRIFIER!
* The design studio Mondo was displaying their MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE 1/6 Scale Man-At-Arms for the first time, in his whole glory and with mustache!

Some more infos and a bunch of photos can also be found on ACTION FIGURE DISTRICT. Really worth seeing and a lot better than the usual evening TV program are the videos from the legendary PIXEL DAN. Check out his booth tours and the interviews at NECA, DC or McFARLANE TOYS with the Toddfather himself!

On today's Trailer Tuesday we have another colorful mix for you, a game, a series and three films.

FORTNITE CHAPTER 2 - SEASON 2
In this »Fortnite« trailer, the music creates a real James Bond mood. We admit that none of us have played the game yet, but the weird characters make us want to.

MONOS
The press release for the film states: A Colombian “Lord of the Flies” that merges the madness of Werner Herzog with the technical perfection of James Cameron. It doesn't sound bad. The reviews are good too. And the optics definitely make us want to watch the film.

ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA
Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, »Escape From Pretoria« is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa. Daniel Radcliffe plays one of the leading roles. That looks promising.

RUN
They say you can never escape a mother’s love... but for Chloe, that’s not a comfort - it’s a threat. There’s something unnatural, even sinister about the relationship between Chloe (newcomer Kiera Allen) and her mom, Diane (Sarah Paulson). After the trailer for this suspense thriller, we're definitely on the hook.

WESTWORLD SEASON 3
We are of course particularly hot for the third season of »Westworld«. It will run on Sky Atlantic from March 30th. And hey ... Aaron Paul is on board.

The most important event of the new year for the toy industry and for us collectible junkies definately is NEW YORK TOY FAIR. Of course, Nuernberg International Toy Fair might be bigger, but especially American brands tend to reveal their most spectacular product novelties at home.

Since last Saturday, the Big Apple totally got into toy mode for four days. The show will last until tomorrow - but thanks to social networks many new stuff that's on display already is making the loop. We are going to round up a bunch of our personal highlights in the first step here:

* Hasbro goes on full speed with GHOSTBUSTERS: the completely new classy »Plasma Series« on the movie, a re-release of the Kenner figures of »The Real Ghostbusters« and a new line for the younger audience!
* Mezco Toyz is expanding their popular »One:12 Collective« series with ALIEN and PREDATOR figures!
* There will be LORD OF THE RINGS Select figures from Diamond Select Toys - and the first prototypes are looking damn good!
* New busts and statues by DST or Gentle Giant on STAR WARS: CLONE WARS and THE MANDALORIAN!
* Iron Studios has shown their very impressive 1:10 Wonder Woman statue in her golden armor on WONDER WOMAN 1984!
* Also very well done appears the 1:10 Harley Quinn statue with the hyena from BIRDS OF PREY!
* And Iron Studios will continue with their LORD OF THE RINGS license and is showing Gimli, Legolas and Gollum as 1:10 Art Scale statues!
* McFarlane Toys will bring two Wonder Woman versionen of the new movie within their DC MULTIVERSE line!
* Great Scott, Neca scored a BACK TO THE FUTURE license and is kicking off here with two versions of Marty McFly as Ultimate Figures: Marty and Darth Vader from planet Vulcan!
* The TURTLES line-up from Neca will be extended again with new animated figures and the first ones on TMNT2: SECRET OF THE OOZE: Super Shredder, Takka and Rahza!
* The GREMLINS will also keep on creating chaos at Neca. You have to see the diorama which a fan from St. Louis created for Neca and built that up at their booth - freakin' awesome!
* DC Collectibles of course is also there with a couple of great DC novelties, like for instance the Bombshells Black Canary & Green Lantern statue, the Red, White and Black Harley Quinn by Julian Tedesco statue and a whole new statue line which will only focus on the Joker: Clown Prince of Crime!

We will probably throw in some more on Wednesday, because the fair obviously was fully packed with interesting new products and the exhibitors put a lot of effort in their performances. Great coverages can be found with our friends of figures.com, Toyark or Exclucollective.

It's clear to everybody that the media giant DISNEY is grabbing the rights of countless movies or movie series by buying out other studios. This also happened with the latest "shopping tour" by the assimilation of »20th Century Fox«. A big and very popular franchise of Fox was »Planet of the Apes«. Disney CEO Chef Bob Iger already announced last year that the apes will go on somehow...

In the meantime, Wes Ball is confirmed as the director for the new project (since Matt Reeves is now more into bats) and he just made clear via Twitter that his »Planet of the Apes« film will definately not be a remake or reboot, but that Caesar's  legacy will rahter live on instead. Doesn't that sound pretty good? Surely it will keep us save from another warm-up. Perhaps Wes Ball will even be able to build a nice bridge between the trilogy of the prequel stories and the timeline of the old movies.

Speaking of »Planet of the Apes«: one of our absolute premium brands, TSUME ART from Luxemburg, seems to have forseen the news and hooked up by announcing the astonishing »Ape not Kill Ape« HQS+ Statue some days ago. Definately take a look at it - you can find it already listed for pre-order with us ;-)

»Battlestar Galactica« is a TV classic in two ways. Either the 1978 original with Lorne Greene as Commander Adama or the new edition from 2005 with Edward James Olmos, which also gained many viewers. The idea of a reboot, however, was not well received by the fans. If not superfluous, then at least much too early. But now there is an all clear...

Sam Esmail, creator of the new show in planning, explained on Twitter:
BSG fans, this will NOT be a remake of the amazing series Ron D Moore launched because... why mess with perfection? Instead, we’ll explore a new story within the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. So say we all!

This means that we can expect a kind of spin-off within the BSG universe. That could be exciting. We hope that the new series will rock and be more successful than the previous short-lived offsprings »Caprica« or »Battlestar Galactica - Blood & Chrome«.

A number of new trailers were released in the past week. For today's Trailer Tuesday we have put six titles on our watchlist.

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4
The first teaser for the fourth season of »Stranger Things« shows Jim Hopper as a prisoner in a Soviet gulag. What we all already suspected and hoped for: the sheriff survived the season 3 final. We are excited to see how the story continues.

DARK WATERS
The drama of a lawyer starting the fight with a corrupt chemical company, based on real events and with Mark Ruffalo in the leading role, has already started in the USA and achieved top ratings (IMDb: 7.6, Rotten Tomatoes: CS 89% / AS 95%) and got the predicate "Particularly valuable"

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell re-tell the famous Charles Dickens story. Costumes and set design alone are an incredible feast for the eyes.

THE HUNT
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they’ve been chosen... for a very specific purpose... The Hunt.
Manhunt films are nothing new, but the trailer suggests a few interesting twists. We have become curious.

THE GREEN KNIGHT
A Fantasy film about the legend of Sir Gawain, who - as a knight of the Round Table - dares to duel with the green knight. It's an A24 production, so that alone makes us pay attention.

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
The new film by Wes Anderson. As always, the stars line up for him: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson... to name just a few. Already the trailer shows Anderson's joy in telling wonderful strange stories. We marked the film in bold on our calendar.

Today »Sonic The Hedgehog« is opening in German theaters. In fact, we missed it in our cinema top 5 for February. Maybe that's because of his speed... or perhaps it's because the release date has been pushed back several times. The movie was supposed to be released in December, then there was talk of March and now it's already starting at the movies today.

What Mario is at NINTENDO is definitely the blue hedgehog Sonic at SEGA! SEGA used to be one of the biggest soft- and hardware developers in the world. After losing the game console market to Nintendo and Sony, the Japanese company limited itself to game publishing and still does.

After dozens of parts of the game series and interim TV series, it is now getting its super-fast appearance on the big screen after almost 30 years with the "real film". Dyed-in-the-wool fans will surely enjoy the movie - we are looking forward to your feedback!

After all the trailers that were released at the Super Bowl, we weren't blessed with so many new clips this week. That is why we are presenting only one new film and two game trailers on today's Trailer Tuesday.

SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW
Meanwhile the opinions differ on the Saw franchise. We are still a bit sceptical, but the trailer looks good. And maybe Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson will lure us to the cinema after all.

HELLPOINT
For all people who love the film »Event Horizon«, »Hellpoint« could be just the right game. The release date is April 16th.

SOMEDAY YOU'LL RETURN
»Someday You'll Return« is a first-person, story-driven psychological horror following the story of a desperate father in search of his missing daughter. When we saw the trailer we got in the mood for this adventure. The game will be released on April 14th.

Well, who of you spent the last night in front of the TV set and watched the Academy Awards live?

The gold boys for the best supporting roles went to Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD and to Laura Dern in MARRIAGE STORY. The leading actors awards went to Renée Zellweger in JUDY and Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER. All deservedly won and no surprises, as they were already treated as the big favorites in advance.

The big surprise was PARASITE! The South Korean film was first awarded for the best original screenplay and then received the Oscar for the best international film. We thought two Oscars were a great success! But it should get even better. Bong Joon Ho was awarded for best directing and gave a very sympathetic acceptance speech, in which he especially honored the other nominated directors. As the crowning achievement Parasite was also awarded as the best movie and wrote film history, because never before had a non-English-language film won in the top category. Those who have not yet seen the movie may now find the opportunity in one theater or another - or wait until the beginning of March, when the film of the year is released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Of the films, nominated for several awards, 1917 got three technical Oscars (Camera, sound mixing, visual effects). ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD got a second award for the best production design, JOKER for the best score. FORD V FERRARI won two Oscars. LITTLE WOMEN, BOMBSHELL and JOJO RABBIT each received one Oscar.

The big loser of the evening was Martin Scorsese's THE IRISHMAN. The film was nominated 10 times and unfortunately could not take home a single trophy.

An overview with all winners and nominees can be found here.

New month, new movies! We are very curious about the following flicks in February... So, curtains up for our top 5:

Number 5:
FANTASY ISLAND | Theatrical release: 20.02.2020
https://youtu.be/AuDROG1g6bM
The trailer is revealing a bit too much and we are a little torn... but let's hope that »Fantasy Island« will not make our darkest fantasies come true.

Number 4:
COMA | Theatrical release: 06.02.2020
https://youtu.be/ZyfeuyGKFcU
The incredible look of »Coma« reminds us a little of Christopher Nolan's »Inception«. Enough to lure us into the Russian Sci-Fi fantasy adventure.

Number 3:
THE INVISIBLE MAN | Theatrical release: 27.02.2020
https://youtu.be/ZGNWHKprtnY
»The Mummy« was pretty lame and ended Universal's "Dark Universe" dreams. Now they chose a different approach for the Invisible. Thanks to leading actress Elisabeth Moss, that promises to be quite exciting.

Number 2:
THE GENTLEMEN | Theatrical release: 27.02.2020
https://youtu.be/KlXsguV9g0E
Guy Ritchie returns to his cinematic roots. The trailer on »The Gentlemen« gives us hope for a very entertaining new flick by the popular filmmaker.

Number 1:
BIRDS OF PREY: AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN | Theatrical release: 06.02.2020
https://youtu.be/x3HbbzHK5Mc
We all love Harley Quinn - that's no secret. And even though »Suicide Squad« did not convince us all over, Margot Robbie did nail it in her role for sure. With »Aquaman«, »Shazam!« and »Joker«, DC finally stepped out of the poor form and the Marvel shadow. The first reviews on »Birds of Prey« praised the actors, the setting, the camera work and the fantastic fight-choreographies. We will be able to see that for ourselves from tonight.

The S.P.A.C.E Crew wishes you good times at the movies!

Although our new product of the month isn't really new anymore, it makes us really happy to be able to present you the 1/6 WONDER WOMAN - COMIC CONCEPT VERSION by Hot Toys as our highlight for February 2020!

We had to beg Hot Toys or Sideshow for months to finally get to grab at least some few pieces of this wonderful collectible. The craving and also the long wait paid off though! Hot Toys is definately giving all Wonder Woman and Gal Gadot fans a very special treat with this exclusive special release among the »Justice League« line-up. The popping color scheme in the comic style is really nailed iconically, the details of the costume and the armor are stunning anyways and the head sculpt turned out really great.

Our shipment with about 10 pieces of this great figure will arrive in a few days at the S.P.A.C.E headquarter. So you better don't wait too long of you want to expand your Wonder Woman collection by one more highlight ;)

So, who of you has the largest dark circles under the eyes due to boozing all football-night ;)

First of all, congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs, who made it with a clear 31:20 agains the San Francisco 49ers and took home the NLF title for the second time in their history!

As we all can imagine, the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami was quaking during SUPER BOWL LIV. The legendary halftime show was rocked by two mega hot Power Latinas - Shakira and Jennifer Lopez! Dude... the stage almost burned down!
https://youtu.be/pILCn6VO_RU

Of course, all fans and TV series fans were excited about all the new and mostly exclusive trailers which were shown. We got to see new material of the following titles:
MINIONS - THE RISE OF GRU
007 - NO TIME TO DIE
BLACK WIDOW
MULAN
THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDER / WANDA VISION / LOKI (als MCU/DISNEY+ Compilation Teaser)
TOP GUN - MAVERICK
FAST & FURIOUS 9
THE INVISIBLE MAN
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE - SPONGE ON THE RUN
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
A QUIET PLACE 2
HUNTERS

You can find all clips rounded up in one video under this link:
https://youtu.be/Kdgvxmcu0Pk

Almost a cult are also the commercials which are specially made for Super Bowl. Here's a compilation of the 10 best clips:
https://youtu.be/tzEM7fkWqS8
We liked the spots for »Bud Light Seltzer« and »Alexa« the most :)

Yesterday our annual trip to the Nuremberg Toy Fair was on the agenda. At 9 o'clock exactly, we passed the entrance of the exhibition halls, and then we walked around until the evening. In a total of 12 halls you make quite a few kilometers. ;)

Even if a large part of the exhibited products doesn't fit into our portfolio, there are still many interesting and new things to see. Besides, it's always nice to talk to manufacturers and to visit our partners. A highlight was the visit at the huge MATTEL booth, where we got to know the Baby Yoda.

As usual, we took a lot of pictures for you. You can find them in our Facebook album.

The last week was not exciting in terms of new trailers. The new clips for NEW MUTANTS and THE GENTLEMEN don't reveal much new, so we only mention them in passing by and present only three highlights on this Trailer Tuesday:

THE LAST THING HE WANTED
What makes us listen to this crime drama is especially the cast: Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe and Ben Affleck are three good reasons to watch the movie on Netflix from February 21st on.

HORSE GIRL
And another Netflix film. It's great how the trailer's drama keeps increasing. The horse girl has our attention and we have already noted February 7th in the calendar.

VIVARIUM
The trailer for VIVARIUM with Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots already impresses with great set design and fantastic camera work. It looks like an entertaining, crazy story. There is no German release date yet. We hope that the flick will find its way to our cinemas.