Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Digital Deal: ‘Mad Men’ Season 1 For $9.99

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:15 AM PDT

Mad Men

Amazon is offering up the complete first season of Mad Men for purchase for only $9.99 through their Video On Demand service. This includes all 13 episodes of the AMC drama starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, and January Jones.

This digital deal is only for today, Thursday, August 9, so grab it while you can. The digital version is regularly $19.99, and sold separately, each episode is $1.99. (The HD version is $23.99 or $2.99 each episode.)

Visit the Mad Men Season 1 product page to purchase the entire season in standard definition for only $9.99 [...]

Liam Neeson Joins The Cast Of Peter Berg’s Board Game Movie ‘Battleship’

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:04 PM PDT



Seasoned veteran actor Liam Neeson has joined the cast of Battleship, the movie based on the popular board game of the same name that sees players calling out locations in hopes of striking and sinking their opponents strategically placed fleet.

Neeson will play a Naval officer named Admiral Shane, whose daughter (played by model Brooklyn Decker) is engaged to a young officer played by lead Taylor Kitsch (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, John Carter of Mars). Also starring in the film is Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, Zoolander), who will play Kitsch's brother, and pop star Rihanna.

The movie is directed by Peter Berg, who also brought us The Rundown and The Kingdom. It will tell the story of a naval fleet who finds themselves having to deal with an invading alien race who plans to mine Earth of its resources for their own use.

Battleship just started filming this week in Hawaii with plans currently set for a release on June 18, 2012. [...]

Ron Howard & Akiva Goldsman To Help Adapt Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ Into Film Trilogy AND TV Series

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 06:55 PM PDT



Here we have some news that's so massive, it almost seems made up; like there's no possible way the whole plan will come together as they want it to. In any case, if this announcement even partially plays out, it could be one of the most exciting book-to-film/TV adaptations we've ever seen.

It's been announced that Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television have closed a juggernaut of a deal that will see them backing an adaptation of Stephen King's seven-book series and prequel comic book, The Dark Tower, into not only a movie but a whole trilogy of films and a full TV series. Imagine Entertainment's Ron Howard will direct and Akiva Goldsman will write the first film and first season of the series.

The deal is unheard of, and the strategy to produce it is even more unheard of. Their current plan is to film a lot of it at the same time, much like Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. The first film will be released, and will be followed by the first season of the TV series which will bridge to the second film. [...]

Comics Of Doom: Episode 16: Wolverine #1

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:27 PM PDT



Recorded September 6, 2010.

Our September Doom Of The Month will be Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly's All Star Superman! If you want to read along with us, head on over to Instocktrades.com or DCBService.com to pick up volumes 1 and 2 for some super prices! Be sure to check back at the end of September for our special episode.

Check out Episode 16 of Comics of Doom, the official comics podcast of Geeks of Doom. Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window.

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Dragon*Con 2010: Adult Swim Panel: New ‘Aqua Teen & ‘Squidbillies’ In 2011 (Feat. Puppet Carl)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 01:49 PM PDT



Whenever Adult Swim hosts a panel at Dragon*Con, it's safe to assume they've brought their "A" games -- and by that I mean those in attendance will get an exclusive performance and most likely will leave laughing their asses off.

Specifically, I'm referring to the team behind Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies, who's panel opened with show creator and voice actor Dave Willis taking stage to recite a monologue performed by a puppet version of Carl. Soon there after, voice talent Dana Snyder joined with a Master Shake puppet.

The puppets -- presumably from the ATHF live action show tour Willis and Snyder did earlier in the year -- were actually a genius idea to associate the voices with the characters (since voice actors aren't always easy to identify) [...]

Title Change & New Synopsis For ‘Judge Dredd’ Surface

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:00 AM PDT



We've been hearing quite a bit about the brand new Judge Dredd lately, starting with the news that Karl Urban would be starring in the lead once filled by Sylvester Stallone and the recent announcement that Juno star Olivia Thirlby was joining him as Cassandra Anderson.

The latest bit of news is a minor title change. Instead of going with the name Judge Dredd, and risking more association with the 1995 movie they're trying so hard to separate themselves from, this new take will now simply be called Dredd.

The movie will be a dark and gritty R-rated new take on the original comic series, which debuted in the late '70s as part of the UK's 2000 AD magazine.

SYNOPSIS DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega City One, the lone oasis of quasi-civilization on Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot - if necessary. [...]

Comic Evolution Needs Your Help

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Comic Evolution logo card

We all love comics, right? I mean, you wouldn't even be reading this if you didn't enjoy the unique experience of the pairing of words with pictures that comics offer. It's a form of storytelling unlike any other. The juxtaposition of the action on the page with the dialog. The power of a caption box giving us insight into a characters thoughts. The raw imagination we display (without even realizing it) to fill in the blank spaces between the panels.

Yeah, we love comics.

But saying we love comics is very different from proving we love comics. Sure, we all use the internet as our forum to discuss the books and characters we love. We feel a sense of ownership over them. We feel our opinions should matter, dammit! And we're furious when it appears that the comic companies blatantly ignore those opinions. It hurts.

If you REALLY want to prove that you love comics, and that your opinion should matter, then you'll listen to me now and help out a dear friend of mine.

There's a comic shop called Comic Evolution in Puyallup, Washington (that's just outside of Seattle) that is owned and operated by Chuck Messinger. Chuck is one of us. He loves comics. And not just tights and capes. All comics. He champions the indie creator. He gets it. He takes the time to know his clientele to the point where a recommendation from him is pretty much a guarantee that you're going to enjoy whatever he's telling you to read. His shop is free of the stereotypical comic store pretension. It's a place for comic lovers to go and let their geek flag fly with pride. He gives back to the community and the surrounding businesses [...]

Gearbox Revives ‘Duke Nukem Forever’

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 06:44 AM PDT



Just when I thought the vapor ware watch was over, Duke Nukem Forever is actually going to be released!

Announced Friday at PAX (Penny Arcade Expo), Duke Nukem Forever will be released in calendar year 2011 for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and the PC.

The game has been switched to game developer Gearbox, makers of the game Borderlands. The new Duke Nukem had been in development hell since first being announced in 1997, which for those bad at math was a long time ago. The original developer 3D Realms was sued over the LONG development period for the game, which never came out. Gearbox now flat out owns the Duke Nukem IP, so they are free to make lots of other Duke games, should Forever sell well [...]

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