The 1998 ReznHedz Model and Toy Show takes place Sept. 12 and 13 at the Hillside Holiday Inn and will feature a model contest and a number of famous people from the horror movie world.
Guests include Forrest Ackerman, the founder and editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, as well as special-effects men Tom Savini and Bob Burns, film stars Reggie Bannister and Brinke Stevens, and scream queens Deborah Dutch and Mandy Leigh.
The show runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 12 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 13. Tickets are $10 for one day, $15 for two days. Tickets for the Sunday night banquet are $35. For more information, call 800-878-9378.
– The video release of “Titanic” on Sept. 1 is fueling promotions at Blockbuster sure to be filed later in the “get-a-life” drawer. The video store chain is remaining open until 2 a.m. Sept. 1 so fans can buy or rent the movie at 12:01 a.m. The stores will then open again at 7 a.m., with free Dunkin’ Donuts, “to catch the early morning commuter crowd.”
The store at 1500 W. North Ave. will open at 5 a.m. “for early risers” and hold contests and games to win copies of “Titanic” videos, hats and T-shirts. If you want to sleep in, order the video without entering a store. The Reel.com Web site is offering the movie for $10.
– The flying squirrel and his moose friend are joining the world of software education. On Oct. 5 the first in a series of software programs, Rocky & Bullwinkle’s Know-It-All Quiz Game, will be released on CD-ROM for $30.
Geared for children 8 to 12, the game will feature the humor and style of the original cartoons, offering challenges in categories including U.S. and world geography, famous people, books and authors, history and recent events. It also will contain excerpts from the original shows. Call 800-829-7962 for more information.
– Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the last of the six major studios entering the DVD market. The debut releases, on Nov. 3, are “The Abyss,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Porky’s,” “Predator,” “Jingle All the Way” and “Marked for Death.” Each will sell for $30.
– John Cusack will star in and co-executive produce HBO Pictures’ “The Jack Bull,” which will be directed by John Badham. The story is about Myrl Redding (Cusack), a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl’s horses and their Crow Indian caretaker.
When the court throws out Myrl’s complaint, he wages a war to force Ballard to nurse the emaciated animals back to health. It begins filming Sept. 15.
– FX will celebrate the acquisition of “M*A*S*H” and “Beverly Hills 90210” with rerun marathons Labor Day weekend.
The final, 2 1/2-hour “M*A*S*H” will air at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6. The “M*A*S*H” marathon begins with the pilot at 8 a.m. that day and runs until 9 p.m. Shelley Long then hosts a 20th anniversary special from 10 p.m. until midnight. “M*A*S*H” will then air regularly beginning Sept. 8.
The “90201” marathon is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 7, beginning with the pilot. It begins airing regularly Sept. 9.
– Gunmetal, a 3-D high-speed action game of armored combat in the far future, comes to stores Sept. 1. The CD-ROM game for the PC is the first title published by Mad Genius Software. The Gunmetal creators previously have worked on the games Jackie Chan Stunt Master, NHL Powerplay ’98, Blood Bowl and Lion King.
– “Law and Order: The Unofficial Companion” is being published by Renaissance Books in September.
