Geek News for Thursday Febuary 19, 2009

MOVIE NEWS

According to Justin Chatwin, who is protraying Goku in the upcoming Dragonball Evolution, has stated in an interview with SciFi Now that the script for the sequel to Dragonball Evolution has already been written.

20th Century Fox released 3 TV spots for the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

TV Spot #1 Outcasts



TV Spot #2 Brothers



TV Spot #3 Legends



Warner Bros. has released quite a few scenes from Watchmen.

TELEVISION NEWS

Billy West, voice actor for Fry, Zoidberg, and the Professor on Futurama, stated at Anime Supercon in Florida that Fox is considering bringing Futurama back to television for a 6th season. via Ain't It Cool News

According to Variety, Cartoon Network has ordered twenty-six episodes of Marvel Super Hero Squad, a cartoon featuring Captain America, the Silver Surfer, the Hulk, Wolverine, and Iron Man.

VIDEO GAME NEWS

Joystiq is reporting that the Nintendo DSi will be released in North America on April 5 and will be sold for $169.99.

Dustin Browder, Starcraft 2's lead developer, posted on Battle.net, Blizzard's forums, that the beta for Starcraft 2 will be released sometime this year.

Geek News for Tuesday, November 18, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

Marvel has hired Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely to write the script for the upcoming Captain America movie, due to be released on May 6, 2011. The two have previously written the script for both Narnia movies. via The Hollywood Reporter

Fox has hired Gossip Girl creator, Josh Schwartz, to write the script for X-Men: First Class. via Variety

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Yahoo founder and CEO, Jerry Yang, is stepping down as CEO. via Yodel Anecdotal

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Today is Mickey Mouse's 80th birthday, so I thought what better way to celebrate than Steamboat Willie, the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon. Enjoy.

Geek News for Monday, November 10, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

Joe Johnston, director of Jurassic Park 3, has signed on to direct First Avenger: Captain America, to be released on May 6 2011. No one has been cast as Cap himself at this time. via The Hollywood Reporter

The Geek Files has a plot synopsis of X-Men Origins: Magneto, release date unknown.

McG, director of the upcoming Terminator Salvation and producer of Supernatural (the best show on TV), is rumored to be directing Wonder Woman, release date unknown. via IESB

Beyonce Knowles wants to play Wonder Woman. via The LA Times

Josh Brolin is still thinking of whether or not he should play Jonah Hex. via Collider

TELEVISION NEWS

Djimon Hounsou will provide the voice for the upcoming Black Panther cartoon, which is set to start sometime in 2009 on BET. via Variety

Michael Ausiello is reporting that a villian from a past season of Smallville may be returning this, and it is not Lex. WARNING CLICKING ON THE AFFOREMENTED LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO A WEBSITE THAT CONTAINS SPOILERS.

Geek News for Monday, September 29, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

First Showing talked to Donald De Line, producer of the upcoming Green Lantern film, who said that the film should start filming in spring of 2009.

Marvel has signed a deal with Paramount to have them distribute their next 5 self-produced films, Iron Man 2, Thor, First Avenger: Captain America, Avengers, and Iron Man 3. via IESB

Variety has revealed that Marvel is looking at Kenneth Branagh to direct Thor.

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

9 to 5 Mac has a rumor that the iphone may be coming to Verizon Wireless next year.

Geek News for Wednesday, September 17, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

Latino Review has debunked the rumors of David Boreanaz, star of Angel and Bones, playing Hal Jordan in the upcoming Green Lantern movie and has a review of the script.

The rumors a week or two ago about Will Smith playing Captain America, were definnatly not true as Will Smith has never evenheard of the rumors. via MTV Splash Page.



In what might be the WORST NEWS EVER, Warner Bros. is considering a sequel to Watchmen, according to Patrick Wilson in an interview with MTV News.

Geek News for Tuesday, September 9, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

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).

Geek News for Monday, September 8, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

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.