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‘Doctor Strange’ DVD Site Goes Live 2007-05-15 20:19:21 The official DoctorStrange
animated DVD site is now live at www.marvel.com/doctorstrange. The site has the trailer, a first look at Steve McNiven’s Doctor Strange art, wallpapers, cast bios, and more content to come.
The animated movie revolves around Dr. Stephen Strange, a gifted surgeon in despair over losing the use of his hands after a car accident. Hoping to find a cure to his ailment, Strange travels to Tibet to train in martial arts and magic alongside Mystical Warriors under the instruction of the Ancient One. To fully embrace his destiny and protect the worlds of magic and reality, Strange must face betrayal, death, and the emergence of Dormammu, ruler of the Dark Dimension and one of the Ancient One’s oldest foes.
Doctor Strange, the fourth film in the Marvel Animated Features line, comes to DVD and BLU-RAY on August 14, 2007. The studio previously released two Ultimate Avengers titles as well as The Invincible Iron Man. Read more:lsquo
Opening the DAW 2007-05-15 19:31:54 A fairly intensive explanation of the intricacies of Digital Audio Workstations for the baffled, whose sole aim is to get more geeks making music.
Look it, If I can do this — Thistle Pinch — then there is surely hope for all!
D-A-W
You’ve seen that acronym before, haven’t you? (perhaps at the top of this page). A DAW is a dedicated piece of software built solely for recreating a professional recording studio in your computer. Go to any online music shop and type in “music recording software” and anything from 12 to 190 different options appear. Digidesign’s Pro-Tools 7.3 (HD and LE systems), Ableton’s LIVE 6, Steinberg’s Cubase 4, Propellerheads Reason 3, Apple’s Logic Pro, Cakewalk’s Sonar 6 — I would like to go on and on and on as the options are boundless, and the only limitations are your software platform and your wallet.
A DAW is the mastermind behind controlling and recording audio. It works just like an
NBC Fall Schedule Revealed 2007-05-15 04:57:35 NBC has released their complete Fall 2007-2008 schedule, which includes the return of its Must-See TV Thursdays sitcoms as well as the hit superhero drama Heroes and the new Bionic Woman remake.
The new season of The Office will have five one-hour episodes in their 30-episode run.
Heroes — also renewed for 30 episodes — returns on Mondays with the addition of six episodes of Heroes: Origins, a mini-spinoff introducing six new characters, one of which will be chosen by viewers to join the main series as a regular.
The complete NBC Fall schedule follows after the jump. ComingSoon has full descriptions for the network’s new shows. Read more:Schedule
New Fantasticar Ad 2007-05-15 03:57:12 Dodge began running an ad spot in cinemas this weekend for their latest creation — the Fantastic Four’s Fantasticar!
You can check out the ad on YouTube or watch it here after the jump.
The Fantasticar, which can be seen in action when the 20th Century Fox film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer hits theaters June 15, 2007, has a HEMI and can reach speeds of up to 550 mph and an altitude of 30,000 feet. The one-of-a-kind vehicle can separate into three sections. Each one has deployable wings and can maintain the same speed and performance as the entire craft.
For a behind-the-scenes look at the Fantasticar, check out the Reelz Channel feature on YouTube or see it here after the jump.
Bello Takes Over Weisz Role in ‘Mummy 3′ 2007-05-14 05:59:11 Maria Bello will replace Rachel Weisz
as the female lead in the Rob Cohen-directed Mummy
3, according to Variety.
Bello (A History of Violence) was chosen to take over the character of Evelyn Carnahan O’Connell after Weisz declined to reprise the role she played in the first two movies. Brendan Fraser will return to the franchise as Rick O’Connell and Luke Ford will play Rick and Evelyn’s now-adult son Alex.
In the upcoming third installment, the family will journey into the forbidden tombs of China and into the Himalayas, where they run into a new shape-shifting mummy, a former Chinese emperor (Jet Li) who was cursed by a female wizard (Michelle Yeoh).
The Mummy 3 (some reports list the title as The Mummy: Curse of the Dragon) was written by Smallville creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough. Shooting will begin in Montreal on July 27, and then move to China. The film will open in July 2008, just before the Olympics begin in Beijing. Read more:lsquo
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A Look at ‘Bionic Woman’ Remake 2007-05-13 17:47:41 In a recent Access Discovers column, Access Hollywood spotlights actress Michelle Ryan, the title star of NBC’s upcoming pilot Bionic
Woman.
The show, produced by Battlestar Galactica’s David Eick and guest-stars BG’s Katee Sackhoff, is a contemporary reimagining of the 70’s TV show which starred Lindsey Wagner in the title role.
In the NBC pilot, after a near-fatal accident, Jamie Sommers (Ryan) is transformed into a technological wonder with $50 million worth of bionic body parts.
Check out photos of Ryan as Sommers and a behind-the-scenes look at the show in this photo slideshow. Also, here’s an exclusive video with scenes from the pilot (full description of the show after the jump). Read more:lsquo
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‘Flash Gordon’ Series Gets Its Dale 2007-05-13 06:58:49 Gina Holden will play the role of Dale Arden in the SciFi Channel’s original series FlashGordon
, according to SciFi.com.
Holden, who appeared in Final Destination 3 as well as the upcoming Alien vs. Predator 2, will play the love interest to the title character, played by former Smallville actor Eric Johnson.
The 22-episode SciFi series, which will be a contemporary retelling of the 1934 comic strip created by Alex Raymond, began shooting this week in Vancouver, Canada, and will debut in August.
Others in the cast include Jody Racicot (Night at the Museum) as Dr. Hans Zarkov and John Ralston (Earthstorm) as the evil ruler Ming the Merciless, as well as Karen Cliché (Baylin), Giles Panton (Joe), Panou (Nick), Jonathan Walker (Rankol), Jill Teed (Norah), Carmen Moore (Jolie) and Anna van Hoft (Aura). Read more:lsquo
The Great Zombie Round-Up… The Sequel 2007-05-11 18:52:16 My Monstrous Militia,
Dead, nearly dead, and undead alike rejoice, ’cause it’s that time of the month again. Time take a look the latest group o’ gangrenous guts being gouged from the gullet and strewn about for all to see.
Zombie movies are the new black
Later is Now, Baybah!
In case you had forgotten, 28 Weeks Later opens today and ObZomb (that’s me) says ‘Yes, yehaw, and yahoo!’ I cannot wait to feast my rotting ocular nerves upon what’s sure to be an awesomely good rip ’em up. I’m hoping we’ll get to see glimmers of Robert Carlyle’s genius turn (IMHO) as Colqhoun in Ravenous show through a bit in 28 Weeks&hellip
; man, that movie creeped me out! Read more:Great
The Simpsons Movie Xbox 360 2007-05-11 00:19:30 FOX is hooking up with Microsoft to give away 100 limited-edition Simpsons
-themed Xbox
360 Pro consoles.
Starting later this summer in advance of the debut of The Simpsons Movie, the public will have a chance to win one of the yellow gaming consoles through a series of promotions and events that have yet to be revealed.
The Simpsons Movie, the big-screen adaptation of the long-running animated TV series, will hit theaters on July 27, 2007.
Electronic Arts will release a video game this Fall based on the movie, which will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii, DS, and PlayStation Portable. Here’s a preview of the game.
Tim Roth Cast in ‘Hulk’ Sequel 2007-05-10 05:19:58 “Mr. Orange” is gonna be donning CGI green for Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk reboot.
Variety reports that Tim &lsquo
;Pumpkin’ Roth is in negotiations to play Emil Blonsky — a KGB agent who purposely exposes himself to a double dose of the same type of gamma radiation that transformed Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk. These gamma RADS transform Blonsky into Abomination — a, um, green hulking monstrosity who has immense strength and healing powers.
Abomination is rated at more than two times stronger than the Hulk, but unfortunately for Blonsky that only holds true while *Hulk Actual* isn’t really that mad. Meaning that while Abomination may be twice as strong as happy Hulk, his strength is static, unlike the Hulk who’s strength increases perpetually as he becomes angry.
I think the formula is like:
A≠str 2x > HS @ r ‡ ≠ < HS x 2 :( ± :P
Rodriguez Considers ‘Jetsons’ and ‘Lost’ 2007-05-10 04:36:01 The Grindhouse director is in talks to helm film adaptations of two classic television shows.
Director Robert Rodriguez
in talks to direct feature film adaptations of classic TV’s The Jetsons
and Land of the Lost. Read more:lsquo
Movie Review: Spider-Man 3 2007-05-09 05:42:06 Right off the bat, I’ll tell you that Spider
-Man 3 is a two hour and thirty-six minute juggling act that is predicated on a series of hokey coincidences that are poorly edited together. There are a lot of characters in this movie and unfortunately they ALL suffer from the dopey structure of this script.
The audience learns very little about the film’s two new villains. To add insult to injury, The Sandman character (who looks as though he was made of clumping cat litter) is even given the most used up plot device that has become inherent in most comic book films. I’m talking about “Dance With The Devil In The Pale Moonlight” syndrome, as it is discovered that it was actually The Sandman who fired the gun that killed Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben. This was of course the event that defines Spider-Man. Read more:Movie Review
Movie Review: The King of Kong 2007-05-09 04:17:23 In the past five years or so gaming has been building momentum as an organized competitive sport. (Spare me, please, the debate about whether gaming is a sport.) Tournaments of real-time strategy games like Starcraft are nationally televised in South Korea, and there are even professional gamers who earn upwards of six figures per year from winnings and endorsements. But even as contemporary gaming becomes more mainstream, the gaming heroes of the past have slipped into obscurity. Truth be told, they never really climbed their way out of obscurity.
One of the biggest of these old school arcade champions is Billy Mitchell, a hot-sauce salesman who held the Donkey Kong high score for over 20 years. In the documentary The King of Kong, which was screened last week at the Tribeca Film Festival, Mitchell must face his first serious challenger for the Donkey Kong crown. Read more:Movie Review
Fiesta Week 2007 2007-05-09 00:15:45 Well, it’s the end of Fiesta
in good old San Antonio, TX. Fiesta is a 10-day city-wide annual event held in April when the city goes crazy with parties and music and food.
The city closes down for one day — usually the 1st day of Fiesta which usually falls on a Friday — so the people can go nuts for this party with festivals are held throughout the area in different venues.
My favorite part of Fiesta is the last day and the Fiesta Pooch Parade. This is when all the dog lovers all over San Antonio come out and bring their dogs dressed up for this event. To me, this is the best venue or event of Fiesta, because if you are a dog lover like myself you get to see all types of dogs and get to meet all types of people.
Fantastic Four 2 International Banner 2007-05-08 04:57:49 The image of a new international outdoor banner has been posted on the international portion of the Fantastic
Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer official site. The banner features a standoff between The Human Torch and The Silver Surfer. (See image below, click for larger view.)
Fantastic Four
: Rise of the Silver Surfer hits theaters June 15, 2007. Read more:International
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‘Sky High’ Director for ‘Shrek 4′? 2007-05-07 20:34:18
Mike Mitchell is in talks with DreamWorks Animation to direct a fourth Shrek
film, according to SciFi.
Shrek 4, written by Tim Sullivan with a recent rewrite by Josh Klausner, continues the adventures of the orge Shrek. The franchise is based on the children’s book Shrek! by William Steig.
Mitchell’s credits include the superhero family adventure Sky High and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.
People magazine has five exclusive photos with descriptions from Shrek 3, which hits theaters May 18, 2007. I do believe the photos are SPOILERS, so the link along with thumbnails of the photos are here after the jump. Read more:lsquo
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The LEGO Testament 2007-05-07 07:54:05 If choosing between Sunday School and LEGO blocks was difficult for you as a child, The Brick Testament
may just be the Web site for you. The premise is simple. Take passages of the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible and act them out in series of dioramas of LEGO blocks.
Be warned: this is not a wholly reverent interpretation. The author, The Reverend Brendan Powell Smith, is actually an artist, author, and atheist, although he does hold a degree in Philosophy & Religion from Boston University. Some of the humor in the site is meant to be slightly controversial, no doubt.
Mostly, it is all just good clean LEGO fun… well except for the sex, the violence, and the nudity (all according to the text of the Bible). Some of the material is probably not what was usually covered in Sunday School. As LEGO art, however, it is simply amazing.
New Stardust Poster 2007-05-07 05:30:57 Kung Fu Rodeo has posted a new poster/ad for Stardust that appeared in this weekend’s LA Times.
In the film, based on the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman (and I strongly suggest you read it!), the young Tristan (Charlie Cox) goes on a mysterious quest to a magical realm to retrieve a fallen star to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller) and encounters dangers of the most unusual kind. Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, and Claire Danes also star.
And that’s all I’m going to say about the premise, because truthfully, I don’t understand why all the official descriptions give away a major reveal. With that, for more info and a look at the trailer and production photos, visit the movie’s Yahoo! page or the official Stardust Web site.
Stardust opens in theaters August 10.
Thanks for the heads up, /Film. Read more:Poster
‘Spidey 3′ Breaks Box Office Records 2007-05-07 02:14:36 As expected, Spider-Man 3 smashed multiple box-office records this weekend.
Three-day opening (domestic): $148 million
UPDATED 5/7/07: $151 million
Previously held by last summer’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, with $135.6 million.
Three-day opening (foreign): $227 million
UPDATED 5/7/07: $351 million
Previously held by 2005’s The Da Vinci Code, with $155,000.
Worldwide weekend opening: $375 million
UPDATED 5/7/07: $382 million
Biggest opening day (domestic): $59.3 million
Also previously held by Dead Man’s Chest, with $55.8 million.
Biggest IMAX opening (domestic): $4.8 million
Previously set by 300 in March, with $3.6 million.
Read more:lsquo
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‘Transformers’ News Update 2007-05-06 08:44:56 Lots of info about the live-action flick — 45 new images released, trailer news, article on director Michael Bay, and more!
Paramount/Dreamworks have released 45 new images from the upcoming live-action Transformers
movie. The folks over at /Film were ambitious enough to collect all the images from various sources into one place (it’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it — glad it wasn’t me).
New movie poster released (click image at right for larger view).
Theatrical trailer to be attached to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (opens May 25), tentatively with Shrek the Third on May 18, and during the third weekend of Spider-Man 3. Read more:lsquo
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Free Comic Book Day 2007 2007-05-05 05:23:34 Tomorrow is Free Comic
Book Day, the annual event where participating comic book shops offer to the public designated comic book titles for FREE!
There are 43 free books being offered this year, though keep in mind, not every shop will be supplying all the books available. The freebies will most likely be housed in a designated area of the store and will have the FCBD logo printed on the covers. There is a limited number of free titles available per person, determined by the individual shop owners. Read more:Free Comic
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Liv Tyler is Hulk’s New Love Interest 2007-05-04 21:59:50 The actress will take over the role of Betty Ross in the upcoming Hulk sequel.
Liv Tyler
will play Betty Ross, long-time love interest and fellow scientist to Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk, in the Louis Leterrier-directed The Incredible Hulk.
In the sequel, Tyler — best known for her portrayal as the elf Arwen in the Lord of the Rings trilogy — takes over the role of Ross from Jennifer Connelly, who played the character in the 2003 movie Hulk directed by Ang Lee.
In the movie, scripted by Zak Penn, Ross will be estranged from Banner, but will find herself back in his life after Banner (played by Edward Norton) goes on the run to avoid capture and to try to cure his condition as The Hulk.
Filming on The Incredible Hulk is scheduled to begin in the summer in Toronto and will open in theaters June 13, 2008.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter Read more:Interest
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Office Space Night 2007-05-04 20:44:37 Are you having a case of the Mondays?
Well, if you live around Bowie, Maryland, on Monday May 7th you’ll be able to get rid of that feeling, and show your pieces of flair at Office SpaceNight
.
This is a unique promotion that will allow baseball fans and software engineers to become one and the same. The BaySox are also doing something good, as they are inviting fans to smash printers, computers, fax machines, and other technological gremlins with all proceeds going towards the families of the Virginia Tech massacre.
So…yeah…if your boss wants you to come in on Saturday…mmkay…and makes you give up your red Swingline…yeah…then be sure to attend! Otherwise, you could end up like this printer… Read more:Office Space
02.03.04.05.06.07 2007-05-04 19:33:24 Prophetic numerations?
Geeks, hear me now. On Sunday the sixth of May, in the great year of our G.o.D two thousand and seven, at the best moment of the party - that being two hours, three minutes, and four seconds in the good old Ante Meridiem (as apposed to Amplitude Modulation) — this is what the date and time will look like:
This will never ever ever ever ever happen again (except elsewhere in the world where the day comes before the month as one describes the date — and I guess in 100 years).
Mind you, you could say that about any date and time down to the very second, but it will not seem half as interesting as this, will it geeks? (he said, rhetorically)
10.10.10.10.10.10 is the one I’m really waiting for!
Star Wars Day ‘07 2007-05-04 16:52:22 Hey Y’all,
It’s May the 4th, and you know what that means, don’t you?
It’s Star Wars
day!
Can I get a Hoorah!! ?
Today is the day when geeks like myself turn to geeks like yourself and say “May the Fourth be with you.”
So, Mace and I are sending out a very happy Star Wars Day wish to all our geeky brothers and sisters on the &lsquo
;net!
May the 4th be with you!
Also, today is Geek of Doom, Disco Volante’s Birthday. So go show him some well deserved B’Day lovin’!
Happy Birthday, Disco!
Cheers,
Dave3
New Silver Surfer Photo 2007-05-04 05:09:29 Superhero Hype has an exclusive photo of The SilverSurfer
from the upcoming film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Visit SHH to view the full-length high-res image.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is in theaters June 15, 2007. Read more:Photo
‘Unfortunate’ Series Comes to Paperback 2007-05-04 04:41:15 The popular hardcover Lemony Snicket books to appear for the first time in softcover with all-new artwork and bonus material.
The first two books of the best-selling children’s series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket will be available for the first time in paperback on May 8, 2007.
With covers drawing inspiration from the pulpy penny dreadfuls of the 19th century, the paperback editions — renamed No. 1: The Bad Beginning or, Orphans! and No. 2: The Reptile Room or, Murder! — feature all-new artwork from series illustrator Brett Helquist. Read more:lsquo
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Golden Compass Teaser Poster 2007-05-03 23:53:24 Here’s a first look at the teaser poster for The GoldenCompass
, the New Line Cinema film based on the first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.
Set in an alternative world where people’s souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist, the movie centers around 12-year-old Lyra, who starts out trying to rescue a friend who’s been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as the Gobblers - and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well.
The Golden Compass, which stars Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Ian McShane, and Dakota Blue Richards, hits theaters December 7, 2007.
Visit ComingSoon.net to view the high-resolution image. Read more:Poster
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Star Wars Robot Chicken Trailer 2007-05-03 03:59:29 StarWars.com has posted the trailer for the upcoming Star Wars
: RobotChicken
30-minute special, to air on the Adult Swim network on June 17 at 10pm.
The creators of the original Robot Chicken
series, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, will be appearing at Star Wars Celebration IV on May 26 and 27 to offer a sneak peek of the special. On May 26, the show’s writing and “toys & sets” teams will hold separate panels to discuss how they produce the show in general, and how they did the Star Wars show in particular. Read more:Trailer
First Look: Iron Man Mark III Suit 2007-05-02 19:08:15 EW has a sneak peek at the Iron Man
cybernetic Mark III suit, which Robert Downey Jr will don in the Jon Favreau-directed feature film.
Downey bulked up to wear the red and gold armor, created by Oscar-winning F/X master Stan Winston. Favreau said of the star wearing the restrictive, sweaty costume:
“Robert was very bullish on wearing the suit whenever possible … Now I don’t know if he’s such a fan of that idea.”
In Iron Man, Downey plays millionaire industrialist Tony Stark, who creates the high-tech armor to fight villains after suffering a life-threatening heart injury in war-torn Afghanistan. (See photo of Downey forging the armor and the resulting Mark I gray suit.)
The film, which will feature the Marvel superhero’s Mark I gray armor as well as the red and gold suit, opens in theaters May 2, 2008. Read more:First
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