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 Monday, January 5, 2009

MOVIE NEWS

After the dismal performance of The Spirit in the theaters, Frank Miller has decided to start working on Sin City 2 and the sequel to 300. via Digital Spy

The poster for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li has been released and can be seen below.

TELEVISION NEWS

A clip of the Battlestar Galatica prequel, Caprica, has been released and can be viewed below.



The new X-Men cartoon, Wolverine and the X-Men, has been given the release date of January 23. via Superhero Hype

The BBC has revealed that Doctor Who will be portrayed by Matt Smith starting in 2010. via io9

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

Happy Holidays

The holiday season is upon us, and we here at Geek News Today would like to wish you and your family and friends happy holidays, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Life Day. And now, as our gift to you, here is the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special that originally aired in 1978 that introdice Star Wars fans to Chewie's family and Boba Fett. We'll see you next year.

Subject of the Week!

Ha ha! you didn't think i would post something did you?! Well i remembered/got done with most of my work. The subject of the day is...why is my class always the Charity class. I mean my teacher always Volunteers all of us to do stupid shit that i guess every over class is to smart to volunteer to do. Like Stupid crap...Get away from working on our work to fudging sing happy birthday to someone...pretty sure that s useless...Organize the wolfgang candy orders by grade, then organize them in alphabetical order...I'm not sure our teacher wants us to pass... I accually heard that a girl is gettin her a christmas present...so she will pass...is that fucked up or what?...

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 Friday, December 5, 2008

Happy Day of the Ninja

MOVIE NEWS

Fox has, according to Superhero Hype, changed the name of Dragonball to Dragonball Evolution.

Will Smith confirmed in an interview with JoBlo, that Hancock 2 will be made sometime in the future.

The first review of Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder is up at Screen Jabber and contains spoilers so read at your own risk.

TELEVISION NEWS

A new trailer for the return of Smallville has been released and focuses on Doomsday.