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 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 Wednesday, December 10, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

The casting for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender has been revealed and can be found over at Entertainment Weekly.

Christopher Nolan is working on the story for the third Batman movie according to an interview he did with USA Today.

A new trailers for Dragonball Evolution, Terminator Salvation, and Watchmen have been released and can be viewed below.

Dragonball Evolution



Terminator Salvation



Watchmen

Geek News for Monday November 17, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Smallville's former show runners, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have been hired to right the script for the film adaptation of the anime Robotech, set to be produced by Tobey Maguire.

New trailer for Star Trek and Watchmen premiered with the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.

Star Trek



Watchmen

VIDEO GAME NEWS

Latino Review has some pictures of Watchmen: The End is Nigh, an upcoming video game that will focus on Rorschach and Nite Owl.


Bemanistyle has some spy photographs of the upcoming Guitar Hero arcade game.

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

You can now order Domino's pizza from your Tivo. via Engadget

Geek News for Thursday, October 23, 2008

HAPPY MOLE DAY

MOVIE NEWS

New footage from the Watchmen was shown at the Scream Awards.



In other Watchmen news, a new poster has been released.



Elizabeth banks told CHUD that the only way she will return as Betty Brant in Spider-Man 4 & 5 is if the role is bigger than it was in the past.

VIDEO GAME NEWS

Zombie virus to be in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King? According to Joystiq, yes, and it is a contain and intentional reworking of the blood plague from 2005.

Lucasarts and Bioware have announced Star Wars: The Old Republic, a new Star Wars MMORPG (Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game). At this point and time there has been no say on what will happen to Star Wars Galaxies. via Joystiq

Capcom has stated that Street Fighter IV will come out this winter. via Joystiq

Nintendo of Japan has released a a video showing the new interface of the DSi.

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

In some of the wierdest news I've heard in a while, Scotch Tape can apperently produce x-rays. via Engadget

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 Thursday, September 4, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

Columbia pictures has hired Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, both are writers of The Office (American version), to write Ghostbusters 3. For those of you who have not yet seen the original two yet you can watch them here. via Slashfilm.

The trial to see who owns the rights to produce the Watchmen movie will be held on January 6 according to Variety.

New pictures of the Dragonball movie have been released and contain the first look at Piccolo, picture below. via DBthemovie.


During an interview for his new movie, Bangkok Dangerous, Nic Cage revealed that Ghost Rider 2 is in development and will have Ghost Rider in Europe. via Superhero Hype.

Aaron Eckhart revealed during an interview with Superhero Hype that Two-Face did die in The Dark Knight and will not return in the sequel. I still believe that they will have Two-Face come back in a future film somewhere down the line and he has just been in Arhkam this whole time.

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

The first Sienfeld/Gates Microsoft commercial has been released.

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.

Geek News for Monday July 28, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

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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.


Find more videos like this on ENewsi.com

TELEVISION NEWS

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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

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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.

Geek News for Thursday July 17, 2008

First up, the teaser trailer for Watchmen, based on the praised graphic novel, has been released and can be watched below or here in higher quality.



Next up, Variety is reporting that Paramount is developing a sequel to School of Rock. The sequel is currently titled School of Rock 2: America Rocks and Jack Black is returning.

And in other movie sequel news, Ain't It Cool News is reporting that Arnold is being replaced by an another Austrian bodybuilder named Roland Kickinger as the T-800 Terminator in Terminator Salvation.

Next up, NBC has released a new heroes Volume 3 trailer that can be viewed below.



And finally, Act 2 of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog has been released and can be found here.