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President of DC Comics, Paul Levitz, revealed in an interview with Latino Review that Brandon Routh will be reprising the role of Clark Kent/Superman in the next Superman movie,on which more will be announced after Warner Bros. signs Christopher Nolan to direct Batman 3 (which they hope to release in summer 2011).
Marvel may have cast Eva Longoria as Wasp in the upcoming Avengers movie (due out in July 2011). She was seen coming out of Marvel carying a stack of comic book and on top was an Avengers issue. via the LA Times.
Moviehole is reporting that David Boreanaz maybe playing Hal Jordan (the Silver Age Green Lantern) in the upcoming Green Lantern movie (due in 2010).
In other Green Lantern news, concept art for the movie has been released and can be viewed at Movie Web.
TELEVISION NEWS
CW has released a clip from this week's Smallville, the Season 8 premiere.
G4 has released a trailer for their upcoming Spaceballs: The Animated Series, due to premiere on September 21.
VIDEO GAME NEWS
WOW Insider has revealed what is coming with the collectors edition of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, which is to be released on November 13.
The new trailer for Saints Row 2 has been released and features the two presidential canidates, John McCain and Barack Obama. via Joystiq
COMIC BOOK NEWS
io9 has released the first picture of the new Batman and Robin. At this time there has been no identification on who is behind the masks.
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Best Buy has bought Napster for 121 million dollars, according to the Wall Street Journal, to try to compete with Apple.
The second Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld commercial has been released and can be viewed below.
It appears as though Micheal Caine was mistaken when he told MTV about the villains for the third Batman movie or at least the part about Phillip Seymour Hoffman being the Penguin as Mr. Hoffman told MTV that he has not even talked to Christopher Nolan or Warner Bros. about the role.
And while on the subject of false rumors from yesterday, Marvel has come out and said that they have never even thought about casting Will Smith as Captain America. via Slashfilm
Slashfilm has found out why William Shatner will not be in the eleventh Star Trek,and that reason is basically Shatner loves Shatner and will not do cameos.
The theatrical trailer for Quantum of Solace has been released and can be watched below or here in higher quality.
VIDEO GAME NEWS
Microsoft has confirmed the rumors that Ensemble Studios, the company that is making Halo Wars, is closing but a new company is being founded by the managers that will support Halo Wars. via Joystiq
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Apple announced quite a few things today so lets get started, iTunes 8 has been released and includes everything Kevin Rose said it would, NBC shows are back on iTunes, all TV shows can now be downloaded in HD for an extra dollar (via Engadget), Apple will put in-ear ear phones out for sale in October for $79 (via Engadget), the new ipod nano looks just like the picture Kevin leaked and comes in every color of the rainbow plus pink (via Engadget), the shuffle is also getting new colors (via Engadget), and finally the ipod classic will now only come in a 120 GB version (via Engadget).
Sony has signed Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi for Spider-Man 4 & 5 which they are planning to shoot back to back. Kirsten Dunst at this point in time is not signed on for the sequels but Sony hopes to get her. via Deadline Hollywood.
Micheal Caine may have possibly confirmed the rumors that Johnney Depp will be playing the Riddler and Phillip Seymour Hoffman will be playing the Peguin in the second Batman Begins sequel in an interview with MTV promoting his new movie Is There Anybody There?.
In one of the strangest pieces of movie news ever, Will Smith may be Captian America? That is what Derek Luke has said in an interview with MTV promoting The Miricle at St. Anna.
According to Latino Review, Russel Crowe may be playing Professor Moriarty in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movie. For those of you who do not read Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty was Sherlock's main antagonist, he was the Lex Luthor to Holmes' Superman.
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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to 1up.com, Eidos is making Batman: Arkham Asylum, for the X-BOX 360, PS3, and PC, in which you play Batman going through Arkham and recapturing the villains who broke free after Joker overtook the asylum.
This may or may not be a trailer for Halo 4 or another Halo game.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First up here is the leaked X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer from Comic-Con.
Next up, Omelete has quite a few new Watchmen posters from Comic-Con.
And finally, Entertianment News International has posted the Comic-Con trailer for the animated Wonder Woman movie coming to DVD and Blu-ray in February.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First, you can watch the trailer for Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the new Batman cartoon below or here in higher quality.
And in keeping with the animated superhero theme, you can watch the trailer for Black Panther below or here in higher quality.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two weeks ago Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, released on the internet Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and then he took it down but now it is back up, this time on hulu. So tonight I leave you with the complete epic musical that is Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Enjoy.
I haven't updated in awhile, because I got sick for a while last week, but now I'm back so here is your Geek News.
First up, Ain't it Cool News is reporting that Robert Downey jr. has been cast as Sherlock Holmes in the new Sherlock Holmes film. This Sherlock Holmes film should not be confused with the other Sherklock Holmes film starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell. No one has been cast as Dr. Watson yet.
Next up, Marvel has released a trailer for their next animated movie Hulk vs. Wolverine.
And in DC news, CHUD is reporting that Matrix Producer, Joel Silver, said on German radio the next film the Wachowski Bros. are making is Plastic Man, starring Keanu Reeves. For those of you who don't know Plastic Man click the picture below
There is another Gotham Tonight up that leads into the very begining of the movie that can be found here.
In TV News, Kryptonsite is reporting that the title for episode 3 of season 8 of Smallville will be titled Toxic. Season 8 premieres on September 18 according to TV Guide Magazine while The CW is saying October 2, so expect to be back on one of those dates. (Hoping for the 18th but it will probably be the 2nd)
First up, NBC has released the first Heroes webisode that introduces us to a new character, who seems a little like both an X-Man and Justice Leaguer.
And in other Heroes news, Digital Spy has some Season 3 Spoilers.
And now I will leave you with a Dark knight clip and trailer. (note the trailer contains a spoiler)
First up, there is a trailer up for the remake of the science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still can be found here, in better quality, or below.
Secondly, there are two new Hellboy TV spots that you can watch below that are pretty hilarious.
Next, TV Guide is reporting a couple of Clark's SUPER FRIENDS will be popping up in the Season 8 premiere of Smallville.
And finally, the first five minutes of The Dark Knight can be found online here.
First off, there are two new Gotham Tonights, one about Lieutenant Jim Gordon and another one about the Scarecrow. They can both be found here.
In other Dark Knight news, you may have a problem getting a ticket opening day, according to Superherohype, fandango is reporting that The Dark Knight is selling tickets faster than any other movie this summer and many theaters already, 18 days away from release.
Also from Superherohype is an exclusive interview with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the writers of The Green Hornet.
Next, Sal's Scripts has a review of the Magneto script.
And finally Brendan Fraiser gave MTV very few words about his G.I. Joe cameo.
Exactly twenty days after the first geek news, with two geek news posts in, and there is another slow news day. So here is the Geek News Today.
First up, there is a new Gotham Tonight, on the Gotham Cable News site, that tells the story of Bruce Wayne's life.
And lastly, in an interview with Hollywood.com, Brandon Routh said that filming for Man of Steel, the Superman Returns sequel, will begin early next year.
It has been 19 days since I posted the first and only Geek News post on this blog so I thought I'd do one. So without any further or do here is the Geek News for Monday June 23, 2008.
First up The Bad and the Ugly has some some spoilerish pictures of the Heroes Season 3 premiere.
And also in superhero teleivsion news, Kryptonsite has the press release from The CW of the casting of Davis Bloome *cough* Doomsday *cough* and Tess. Davis Bloome will be played by Sam Witwer and Tess Mercer will be played by Cassidy Freeman. Kryptonsite is also reporting that the title for Smallville Season 8 premiere will be Odyssesy.
Next, Louis Leterrier, the director of the Incredible Hulk, told MTV that he wants the fans to choose between the Leader and Doc Samson for the villian of the sequel to The Incredible Hulk.
And also in Marvel movie news the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Spider-Man producer, Laura Ziskin, has said that Spider-Man 4 will be out in 2011. At this it is unknown if Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, or any of the cast member will be returning.
And in other superhero movie news, there is a very big Dark Knight spoiler in the video on whysoserious.com/myhero.
And finally, some sad news, comedian George Carlin has died at the age of 71. Carlin was best known for his 7 dirty word routine. R.I.P George Carlin.
This being my first post on here, I decided to list my geeky goals of the summer. These geeky goals are things I have always wanted to, but just never got around to. So, in no specific order, here is my list:
See The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars in theaters opening weekend, opening day if possible.
Read Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy, considered by many to be closest thing to sequel trilogy of Star Wars there will ever be.
