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Disney Cruise Line Adds Ports In New York, Seattle & Galveston
Gollum Actor Andy Serkis To Be Peter Jackson’s Second Unit Director On ‘The Hobbit’
‘Silent Hill 2′ Adds Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell; Image Released
Archaia Teams With Relativity for ‘Immortals’ Graphic Novel
Real Or Fake: Gamer Takes On 4 ‘Super Mario’ Speedruns At Once
TARDISblend 21: Interview With Neil Gaiman

Disney Cruise Line Adds Ports In New York, Seattle & Galveston

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:51 PM PDT

Disney announced today the addition of three new ports and unique itineraries for the Disney Cruise Line that will open in 2012.

The new port cities are New York, NY; Seattle, WA; and Galveston, TX. The Disney Magic will sail 20 cruises from NY beginning on May 25, 2012 and will have three itinerary options. The Disney Wonder will sail 7-night Alaskan cruises from Seattle beginning May 28, 2012; and beginning September 22, 2012, the Disney Magic will sail 7-night cruises from Galveston to the Western Caribbean.

See below for more details on the itinerary options. Bookings for the new 2012 itineraries open on April 8, 2011 by phone [calling Disney Cruise Line at (888) DCL-2500] and through disneycruise.com [...]

Gollum Actor Andy Serkis To Be Peter Jackson’s Second Unit Director On ‘The Hobbit’

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:56 PM PDT

Andy Serkis had many people screaming for him to be nominated for an Academy Award for his performance capture work as the creature Gollum in director Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also went on help Jackson bring to life the most realistic and personality-filled King Kong we've ever seen using the same performance capture techniques.

Now Serkis has rejoined Jackson for the two-part adaptation of The Hobbit, which has now begun filming in New Zealand. But becoming Gollum once again will not be all that the actor is doing this time around. It's being reported that Serkis will be used as Jackson's second unit director on the film.

This isn't the first time the actor will take on a job "behind the camera," if you will. Along with motion capture and voice work on the video games Heavenly Sword and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, he also acted as a dramatic director and a story writer as well. [...]

‘Silent Hill 2′ Adds Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell; Image Released

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT

A pair of new actors have joined the cast of Silent Hill: Revelation, the sequel to 2006's video game adaptation, Silent Hill.

Malcolm McDowell and Carrie-Anne Moss have been added to the production, and they will be playing Leonard and Claudia Wolf. McDowell is best known for his work on the Stanley Kubrick classic A Clockwork Orange, as well as movies like Halloween (2007), Halloween II (2009), and Bolt. Moss is of course best known as Trinity in The Matrix trilogy, and has also appeared in movies like Memento, Fido, and Disturbia.

A new image for the movie has also been released, which you can see above. Continue reading for more and to read a brief synopsis of the sequel. [...]

Archaia Teams With Relativity for ‘Immortals’ Graphic Novel

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:15 PM PDT

Good news comes this week for one of our favorite indie publishers, Archaia Entertainment, as they recently announced a very special collaboration with film company Relativity Media. Archaia will be publishing a hardcover graphic novel anthology based on the story set up in Relativity's upcoming 3D epic, Immortals, which stars Henry Cavill, best known right now as the man who will be Superman in Zack Snyder's upcoming reboot.

The Immortals graphic novel is slated for a September 2011 date as a precursor to the film's November 11th release that will expand on the characters and story from the film, and has some extremely popular creative names attached from the comic world as well, including David Mack, Ron Marz, Ben Templesmith, and Dennis Calero. The book will be released through Archaia's Black Label imprint which is focused more on working on collaborations with several entertainment industries [...]

Real Or Fake: Gamer Takes On 4 ‘Super Mario’ Speedruns At Once

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Speedruns are an impressive feat. They involve taking classic video games -- games that are worlds harder than today's fare, with a restricted number of lives to deal with and so on -- and sprinting through as fast as possible in an attempt to beat it in record time.

One of the more popular games to speedrun is of course Super Mario Bros.. With hidden secrets tucked away, those knowledgeable enough can make their way through in shocking times. But one gamer decided he wanted to try and outdo even the best speedrunners...by playing multiple titles at the same time.

The player, known on YouTube as agwawaf, set up not only Mario Bros. but also Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, and even Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and then beat them all together. But is it a real accomplishment or are we being fooled?

Continue on below now to see the video for yourself and share your thoughts on how he did it or how legit it might be. [...]

TARDISblend 21: Interview With Neil Gaiman

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:24 AM PDT

Following WonderCon 2011, we are launching not one, but TWO episodes of TARDISblend this week! The promotions and publicity for Doctor Who Series 6 is moving full speed ahead, with many revelations, news items, rumors, spoilers, and other stuff abound. Co-host Tom Cheredar was on assignment for Geeks of Doom at WonderCon this year and got to catch up with both Toby Haynes and Neil Gaiman.

For episode 21 of the TARDISblend podcast, we focus on Tom's interview with living legend Neil Gaiman, as he discusses his writing of the fourth episode of Doctor Who Series 6, enigmatically titled The Doctor's Wife. While Gaiman remains mostly elusive about specific details about his episode, he does discuss a lot about his experience in working with Steven Moffat. Following the interview, Greg and Tom discuss the rumors and spoilers surrounding The Doctor's Wife, including the footage shown at WonderCon involving an Ood and... Time Lords?

In addition, we take a look at the developments in the world of Torchwood: Miracle Day, which is scheduled to premiere in July. We examine the teasers and promo material being published and pushed out currently by BBC Worldwide and Starz USA, and discuss how things come to pass to set up the scene for Miracle Day. What happens to Jack Harkness? How and why does he return to Earth? [...]