Geek News for Thursday, November 6, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

X-men Films is reporting that a trailer for Wolverine will run before The Day the Earth Stood Still.

IESB has some plot details of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie.

Comic book writer Grant Morrison may be writing the Flash movie. via MTV Splash Page

TELEVISION NEWS

Fox has released a new trailer for Joss Whedon's new series Dollhouse, premiering on February 13.



The Graysons, the proposed pre-Robin Dick Grayson, will not be made, so I can stop worrying about it now. via Variety

COMIC BOOK NEWS

DC Comics has announced that Robin, Nightwing, and Birds of Prey will end in their February issues. via Newsarama

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Jurassic Park and ER creator, Michael Crichton, has passed away at the age of 66 of cancer. via Slashfilm

Geek News for Friday, August 22, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

Warner Bros. has decide that they are going to, according to the Wall Street Journal, do the same thing Marvel is doing with their superhero movies, introducing the individual characters in their own movies and then do a team-up movie. They also revealed that they're going to reboot the Superman franchise, and they plan to follow what Batman Begins/The Dark Knight but not just by making it realist but also dark. Uhm... last time I checked, Superman is not a dark character, he 's a character that inspires and gives hope, that dark stuff is Batman and occasionally Green Arrow. They also announced plans to make 2 DC comic based movies by 2011, including Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Batman 3, Superman, and the Flash.

The new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, has had its release date pushed back a week, from November 7 to November 14. via Slashfilm.

TELEVISION NEWS

The Sci-Fi channel has greenlite a new Stargate series, Stargate Universe. via Ain't It Cool News.