Archive for October, 2008

It is with great sadness that I today deliver the news that David Tennant has announced he'd be stepping down as Doctor Who prior to the 2010 season. Tennant will be a part of the four specials which will air throughout 2009 beginning with the annual Christmas special this December. Who-vians will remember that the reason behind the decision not to ...
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Check out the all new trailer for the upcoming season 7 of 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland and the return of an assumed dead original cast member. If you don't already know, check out the video below to see who... or you can wait until the end of the 2 hour 24 special airing November ...
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I've got some good news and some bad news. Well, depending on who you are, the bad news is really good news because it pretty much results in the good news being able to happen. Understand? No? Anyway... The E For All Expo is no more (by the way, that's the bad ...
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 The international trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is now available online.  Of course it begins so very mysteriously but it ends with a chuckle.  It completely sucks that the film has been bumped to July 2009, but I don't doubt it will be worth it.  And, yeah, I've read the book... I ...
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BOOM! Studios will release a new comic series based on the SciFi Channel's See video below for more information.
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Here's the 1st official teaser for season 5 of Lost, coming in 2009. If you haven't seen season 4 yet, DO NOT watch this video as TONS of things are spoiled within its 1:16 minute run time. Be aware that it's entirely possible that ABC/Disney will pull this video off of YouTube soon ...
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Marvel Comics will release another Orson Scott Card adaptation this December. This time they'll take on Ender's Shadow, the parallel novel Card wrote to go along with his Ender's Game. The creative team of Mike Carey (X-Men: Legacy) and "rising star" artist Sebastian Fiumara will produce the book. Ender's Shadow: Battle School #1 will be on newsstands on December 3. A Jim ...
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Lucasarts and BioWare have teamed to create Star Wars: The Old Republic. This MMORPG will supposedly have a higher level of realism than the pairs previous collaboration, Knights of the Old Republic. See the press release below for details on the games storyline. LucasArts and BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the development of Star Wars®: The Old ...
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New England Comics pays tribute to the genius of Ben Edlund with the release of The Tick: The Complete Edlund. This book collects issues 1-12 of The Tick, which Edlund created, along with a bonus "Psuedo-Tick" issue. Extras include the first story featuring The Tick that Edlund creatred for the NEC Newsletter, rare backup stories, pin-ups, and commentary from the man himself The ...
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BlackVoices.com recently interviewed Samuel L. Jackson and inquired as to whether or not we'd be seeing more of Nick Fury in Iron Man 2. He replied with the following quote: "I saw Jon Favreau last night (at the Scream Awards), and he told me we were. I was standing next to George Lucas and he said to me, 'Hey! I hope you ...
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A while back the nerd blogs the world over were buzzing that actor Russell Tovey would become the next Doctor on BBC's Doctor Who once current star David Tennant decides to step down. This announcement was taken as gospel but now appears to be nothing more than a rumor. Paterson Joseph, a former Who guest-star, is said to now be in the ...
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Just a few weeks after the Star Trek Experience closed its shuttle bay doors for the last time at the Las Vegas Hilton on September 1st, there is renewed hope that it could return to Sin City in a completely new venue: Neonopolis. According to Wired, Neonopolis has struggled for years in it's ...
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox has seen fit to give Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles a full season after months of struggling in the ratings. But since the new lease on life, it calls into question the 2009 schedule on Fox's Monday nights. Originally, Fox Mondays were going to be anchored ...
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Marvel will release a one-shot entitled Super Hero Squad: Hero Up! in January. The book is based on Hasbro's Super Hero Squad line of toys which feature legendary heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe. Here's a bit of PR spin for ya: "Written by fan favorite scribe Paul Tobin (Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes) and featuring art by the can’t-miss team of Marcelo ...
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Aintitcool.com reports that the makers of Heroes have begun casting for season four of the series which has officially been dubbed "Fugitives". Zeljko Ivanek, known from his work with Ted Danson on Damages, has been hired to portrary someone called The Hunter. Fugitives? The Hunter? Sounds like next season will feature heroes on the run. I'd like to gauge our readers' opinions on the current ...
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