Geek News for Thursday, January 8, 2009

MOVIE NEWS

Jimmy Hayward, according to The Hollywood Reporter, has been hired to direct the film based on the DC Comics character Jonah Hex.

Shazam, the planned movie based on the DC Comics' Captain Marvel, has been shelved according to the the writer, John August, on his blog.

20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. have decided to let Judge Feess decide whether or not Watchmen will be released on March 6th. Judge Feess will make his decision on January 20th. via The Los Angeles Times

Some spy footage supposedly from the set of Ghostbusters 3 has surfaced online.





The trailer for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li has been released.



The poster for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has been released.

TELEVISION NEWS

A preview for the second season of Reaper has been released.



The Obama transition team is asking congress to delay the digital TV transitionto an unknown date as the government has run out of couponsa for the converter boxes. via The Washington Post

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

The beta for Windows 7 will be released tomorrow for download at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx.

Geek News for Friday, January 2, 2009

MOVIE NEWS

A LA Judge said last week, according to The New York Times, that Fox owns the rights to distribute Watchmen. The judge told both Fox and Warner Bros to look towards either an appeal or a settlement, but Fox's lawyers have said they plan to stop the release of the film, from Superhero Hype.

And in other Watchmen news, a video focusing on the characters has been released.

Watchmen Exclusive

Geek News for Tuesday, August 19, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

Warner Bros. does not know what to do with the Superman movie franchise, according to slashfilm at least. They want to do another movie be cause it has the potential to do good and make them a good bit of money but at the same time they were disappointed with Superman Returns, so they don't know whether to make a sequel or to star from scratch with a reboot.

Now in the words of Professor Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone", Punisher: War Zone is rated R and apparently was never going to be rated PG-13. via Ain't It Cool News.

If your a comic book fan, like me, your hopefully excited about the movie adaptation of Watchmen, which will come out March 6 as long as Fox doesn't have its way. It seems they are a little mad about Warner Bros. releasing this movie at all and is suing them, claiming they (Fox) own the rights to distribute a Watchmen film and at the same time Warner Bros. says that they own the rights. At this point in time Fox doesn't want to share profits with Warner Bros. and wants the production on the movie to stop. via Slashfilm.

In some happier Watchmen news, Kevin Smith has seen the movie and puts all of my worries to rest about the movie by saying, "It's fucking astounding.". The rest of what Kevin Smith thought about Watchmen can be found at Slashfilm.

TELEVISION NEWS

NBC has launched their new internet television show, Gemini Division, starring Rosario Dawson and Justin Hartley. Check out the first two Episodes below or go to the official Gemini Division website.

Episode 1


Episode 2

VIDEO GAME NEWS

Joystiq has the new Resident Evil 5 trailer. Check it out.