Just a little tidbit for you on Iron Man 2’s developments. Production Weekly are reporting that Iron Man 2 will be producing under the fake moniker of “Rasputin”, a name that will be for internal use – this is certainly not the title of the sequel.

Can’t say we didn’t see this one coming. Nikki Finke has the scoop on the sales numbers,

I just heard that Warner Bros’ Batman Blu-ray discs alone sold 600,000 copies on Tuesday, the first day of release. By contrast, Marvel/Paramount’s Iron Man sold 250,000 Blu-ray discs when it premiered on September 30th and ended up selling 400,000 Blu-ray units in its first week. But wait til you see what The Dark Knight sold in both formats, standard def and hi-def: 3 million copies bought by customers in the U.S., Canada and the UK on its first day in stores. That’s 3x the norm.

Reuters have the latest update on the DVD and Blu-ray sales, stating that more than 10 million units have been shifted:

Sales of the DVD, starring Christian Bale as Batman and the late Heath Ledger as the villainous Joker, totaled more than 10 million units worldwide since its December 9 release and are expected to remain strong throughout the holiday season, Time Warner Inc’s Warner Bros movie studio said. Ten million units translate into an estimated $175 million in revenues, according to Home Media Magazine Market Research.

The best selling DVD of all time is “Finding Nemo” with over 60m units sold.

In a turnaround it appears that the James Newton Howard/Hans Zimmer soundtrack is once again eligible for an Academy Award nomination. It had previously been ruled out (Nov 10th) because 5 composers were named on the cue sheet; which was deemed to be too many. In response the ‘affected parties’ submitted information to the contrary, leading The Music Branch Executive Committee to conclude that Zimmer and Howard had authorship of the score, putting the music back in contention for an Oscar.

Source: Variety

TF08 have snagged a back of packet image showing the Chey Volt’s robot mode and character name which is “Jolt”, appropriate considering the electric nature of the vehicle.

The robot comes with ‘electro whips’ which make him an ‘almost unstoppable whirlwind of crackling energy’. The detail on the robot image falls inline with the concept art and style of the Transformers movie franchise.

This is nigh on confirmation that the Volt is in fact a Transformer, as recently speculated.

He is chaotic and impulsive, always out for the next big adventure.

Transformers at the moon have heard from Paramount Pictures UK that the English release date for Revenge of the Fallen will be the same as the US date, June 26th 2009.

It’s good to see us Brits not being delayed again – it was pretty tough blogging about The Dark Knight release knowing that I had to wait one extra week to see it!

Looks like I forgot to post this one when it first came out, sorry folks. Michael Bay updated his Shoot For The Edit blog with some news about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,

Hey everyone. Back from Egypt and Jordan – we had a wonderful shoot over there. I will miss the crew they were an amazing bunch of people and a lot of fun.

I’m stuck in the edit room up to my eye balls – also finished producing Friday the 13th and The Unborn – coming out the after the new year. Our Trailer for Transformer you have been asking about – First there will be a teaser poster soon after the new year, and the teaser trailer will be out either in the theaters early Feb. or on the Superbowl. Cannot decide yet. I’m going to release some set stills on this site in a few weeks. I’ll keep you informed. Going back to do more selects now from my portable avid that I take home from work. It’s late, see you.

Dark Horizons have pointed out that on the upcoming release schedule for Germany a second Transformers sequel, which would be Transformers 3, has been scheduled for a June 29th 2011 release date.

The nominations for the golden globes were announced today, and as usual are being measured as a pre-cursor to the possible nominations for the Oscars.

Heath Ledger has picked up a nomination for the best supporting actor for his role as the joker, a very strong indication that he may be in the running for the same honor at the upcoming academy awards.

More shortly as I am posting this from a moving train on an iPhone.