Rush Hour director and Hollywood’s offical “Bad Boy”, Brett Ratner, wants to bring Guitar Hero to the big screen.  With talks of a God of War movie swirling around, Ratner is most def interested, but Activision may not be interested in him.  This is what Ratner had to say on the subject:

“I love ‘Guitar Hero’ and I think it’s a part of pop culture. I would love to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie, if Activision would ever let me. I’m trying to convince them, but why would you have a movie screw up such a huge franchise? Not that I would make a bad movie. So that would be cool, to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie. ”  “It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the ‘Guitar Hero’ competition. One of these dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts.”

Out of all the cutting edge directors out their now, I think Brett would be a great choice to direct the Guitar Hero movie.  Music video director, Joseph Kahn really dropped the ball on box office flop, “Torque” which starred rapper, Ice Cube.

Do you think Activision should do a Guitar Hero, The Movie?  Whether yay or nay, talk about it in the Guitar Hero Forums here.

Not!  Digital Praise is releasing their own version of Activision’s Guitar Hero called Guitar Praise.  No Black Sabbath here, but you will have a selection of Christian songs to choose from acts like Newsboys, Family Force Five and James Clay.  I’m not going to front, I am not familiar with any of those songs, but if this floats your boat, you can pick up your very own Guitar Praise for $99.99.

Will you be purchasing Guitar Praise?  If so, talk about it in the Guitar Hero Forums.

Although record labels already get paid a small royalty on licensing of songs for video games such as Guitar Hero, they are already clamoring for more money.  Warner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner music made Guitar Hero the success it is today.  Really! 

This is what Bonfman recently said on the subject:

“The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small,”  “There is what I would call a very paltry licensing fee per song. … I think the industry as a whole needs to take a very different look at this business and participate more fully and in a much more partnership way. And if that does not become the case, as far as Warner Music is concerned, we will not license to those games.”

What do you guys think?  Should the record labels get an increase in the earnings they are already receiving from video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band?  Speak about it in the Guitar Hero Forums.

As if ATT hadn’t monopolized the mobile phone industry enough with the iPhone, the mobile giant has just niched an incredible deal with Activision for Guitar Hero Mobile.
Guitar Hero III Mobile dethroned Tetris in mobile gaming on Verizon, a miraculous feat, by offering three popular songs per month taken straight from Activision’s console game. Users who subscribe by March 1 will receive the standard start-up song package and also the month’s playlist, including Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Freebird’, Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’, and Iggy Pop’s ‘Search and Destroy’. Dilly-dalliers who subscribe after March 1 will have to wait for April to get any bonus song releases.

Membership on AT&T-supported phones has other benefits, too. The Java platform has allowed for certain upgrades to the BREW version of the game currently out on Verizon phones. The graphics are slightly larger and clearer, and Hands-On Mobile has added a haptic dimension to a missed note: the phone vibrates in response to butter fingers.

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Guitar Hero metal lovers all across the land have some new tracks to rock out with this weekend.  Priced at 500 Microsoft Points ($6.25) and featuring master recordings of Deftones’ “Hole in the Earth,” Avenged Sevefold’s “Almost Easy” and Thrice’s “The Arsonist,” the Modern Metal Pack is now available for purchase from the Xbox Live Marketplace.  The exclusive metal music packs should be available in the XBOX marketplace later today for your enjoyment.

In case your tired of rocking out solo style with your Guitar Hero for Nintendo Wii, Activision has announced the new controllers will finally be available on February 27th.  However, be ready to pay the price for your Guitar Hero fame.  Controllers will sell for $67.99 each. You may be able to pre-order your controller today.

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Activision has just announced Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, a version of the bestselling title that features songs from the 38-year-old band, as well as a selection of music from bands that have either toured with or been inspired by them.  This is what Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler, had to say about Guitar Hero: 

“Any band that can go from ‘Don’t Want to Miss A Thing’ (Aerosmith’s #1 smash hit) to the ass-kicking ‘Sweet Emotion’ to the cheekiness of ‘Love in an Elevator,’ to the classic ballad ‘Dream On’ shows why Activision chose us to headline this game based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog. Not only is songwriting a bitch, but then it goes and has puppies.”

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The Wii™ version is being developed by Vicarious Visions. The PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system version is being developed by Budcat. The game is not yet rated by the ESRB.

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