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• Geek Gear: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ‘Zaphod Beeblebrox 2012′ Shirt
• Comics Deal: Avengers Next: Rebirth TPB
• Geek Gear: Futurama ‘Mars University’ Shirt
• Movie Review: London Boulevard
• Starz Orders Season 3 Of ‘Spartacus’; Season 2 Premieres This January
• Poster For Jake Paltrow’s ‘Young Ones’ Debuts
• Book Review: Day by Day Armageddon: Origin to Exile
• Blu-Ray Review: Wake Wood
• MGM Set To Bring ‘Where’s Waldo?’ Movie To The Big Screen
• Ridley Scott Reveals Some Crucial Details About ‘Prometheus’
• Metal Band ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Unleashes ‘Zombie Slay’ iPhone Game
• Six-Minute Gameplay Video For ‘Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots’ Released
• Comic Review: Star Wars: Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness #2
• Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, Moby & Stephin Merritt Perform ‘Rocky Horror’ Song
• Nicola Scott Takes On 3-Issue Art Duties For ‘Superman’

Geek Gear: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ‘Zaphod Beeblebrox 2012′ Shirt Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:50 AM PST The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-themed shirt called "Vote Zaphod Beeblebrox 2012" by artist Tee Rex. The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Tuesday, November 8, 2011 (Election Day here in the U.S.), at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Comics Deal: Avengers Next: Rebirth TPB Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:20 AM PST The deal of the day over at Things From Another World today is the Avengers Next: Rebirth trade paperback for only $2.99 (that's 79% off the list price of $13.99). Note – This deal is valid only for today, Tuedsday, November 8, 2011, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last (and they will sell out, so hurry!). Visit the TFAW's Deal of the Day page to view the hours left in the sale as well as quantities left on the item. If the deal, which is on the "nick and dent" version, does sell out before the end of the day, there's a new version of Avengers Next: Rebirth for on sale for 50% off for $6.99. This trade paperback edition from Marvel Comics collects the Avengers Next #1-5 comic book series from the creative team of Tom DeFalco and Ron Lim [...]

Geek Gear: Futurama ‘Mars University’ Shirt Posted: 08 Nov 2011 04:50 AM PST The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Futurama-themed shirt called "Mars University" by artist kgullholmen. The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Movie Review: London Boulevard Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:45 PM PST London Boulevard DIRECTED BY: William Monahan WRITTEN BY: William Monahan STARRING: Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone, Anna Friel, David Thewlis, Ben Chaplin, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan IFC Films RELEASE DATE: October 5, 2011 (on demand); November 11, 2011 (limited theatrical release) Writer William Monahan has made quite a name for himself as a screenwriter, crafting the scripts for films such as Kingdom of Heaven, Body of Lies, Edge of Darkness, and The Departed, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Now Monahan is stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut, London Boulevard (which he also wrote), but can he find the same kind of success as the man in charge? The movie follows Mitchel (Colin Farrell), a very dangerous man who's just getting out of prison. [...]

Starz Orders Season 3 Of ‘Spartacus’; Season 2 Premieres This January Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:08 PM PST It's been a long road from the first season of the Starz original series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, to its second season, Spartacus: Vengeance. A road that saw its very popular star, Andy Whitfield, diagnosed with cancer, his eventual replacement with Liam McIntyre, and, ultimately, his heartbreaking death this past September. A short prequel season, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, was produced while these devastating events put the show's production on hold, but come January 27th season 2 will finally arrive. [...]

Poster For Jake Paltrow’s ‘Young Ones’ Debuts Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:01 PM PST With the American Film Market in full swing, news has been shockingly slow moving. However, that's changing today. Collider snapped a photo of the teaser poster for the upcoming, Jake Paltrow-directed sci-fi picture, Young Ones, and it looks like one hell of a departure for the Good Night director [...]

Book Review: Day by Day Armageddon: Origin to Exile Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:16 PM PST Day by Day Armageddon: Origin to Exile By J.L. Bourne Paperback | Kindle Gallery Books Release date: September 27, 2011 Day by Day Armageddon: Origin to Exile is the terrifying zombie masterpiece by J.L. Bourne (you can watch the book trailer below). The book contains two novels, Day by Day Armageddon and Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile, plus the short story If You Can Read This. Both novels are chilling journal entries that begin as a result of one Naval officer's New Year's resolution just before a mystifying plague abruptly ends the world as we know it. The journal becomes the narrator's salvation and point of reference as day by day he tries to survive the madness that unfolds before him [...]

Blu-Ray Review: Wake Wood Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:31 PM PST Wake Wood Blu-ray l DVD DIRECTED BY: David Keating WRITTEN BY: David Keating STARRING: Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall, Ella Connolly Dark Sky Films RELEASE DATE: July 5, 2011 It's the most wonderful time of the year for horror movies. OK---so maybe it's a little after the "most wonderful time," but folks are always seeking out the most terrifying, twisted, bloody and gory, and downright fun horror flicks they can find, October or not. But therein lies the problem, as well. Finding good horrors can be a troublesome task, requiring you to sit through hours of unwatchable crap in hopes of finding a bright and shiny gem from time to time. It is in these circumstances that having a friend who knows lots of gems can come in quite handy, leading you to enjoy much more scary good times and helping you to avoid the aforementioned crap. [...]

MGM Set To Bring ‘Where’s Waldo?’ Movie To The Big Screen Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:29 PM PST Back in 2009 there were reports that a movie based on the popular puzzler books, Where's Waldo?, was being developed by producer Chris Meledandri through his Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures. Before that, the project was set up at Paramount Pictures with Like Mike and Aliens in the Attic director John Schultz attached. Now the movie has yet another new home, this time the recovering MGM. President of Motion Picture Group Jonathan Glickman made the announcement, which will see the Martin Handford character getting its own feature-length live-action family adventure movie. [...]

Ridley Scott Reveals Some Crucial Details About ‘Prometheus’ Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:24 PM PST Prometheus, the spiritual prequel to the 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien that marks the return of its director Ridley Scott to the genre that launched his career, won't be released until next summer and no trailers or footage have been seen by the general public as of yet, with the exception of a sizzle reel shown at the film's panel at San Diego Comic-Con back in July. Little is also known of the exact plot of the film and the connection it shares with Alien, but recently Scott sat down with Barbara Chai at the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog and shared some small but tantalizing bits of information regarding just what the hell Prometheus is all about. [...]

Metal Band ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Unleashes ‘Zombie Slay’ iPhone Game Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:32 PM PST Hardcore metal band The Devil Wears Prada has unveiled a first-person slasher game app to coincide with last year's companion pieces: 2010's Zombie EP and Zombie, The Comic, the comic book written by JL Bourne. With creepy artwork by Kevin Mellon, Zombie Slay is a multi-level game with a soundtrack by The Devil Wears Prada's bruising sounds. You can compete with fellow metalheads/zombies via OpenFeint to spread the massacre. The video below has some clips of awesome game play footage [...]

Six-Minute Gameplay Video For ‘Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots’ Released Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:30 AM PST Fans of first-person shooters are always happy to hear about a brand new Rainbow Six game, and Ubisoft has delivered with the announcement of Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots. The game will see the Rainbow Six team having to deal with the True Patriots, a highly skilled revolutionary group who are willing to go to extreme measures to take down an American government they consider to be corrupted. You can see a six-minute gameplay demo of Patriots by continuing on below. [...]

Comic Review: Star Wars: Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness #2 Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:42 AM PST Star Wars: Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness #2 Written by Mick Harrison Art by Douglas Wheatley Colors Dan Jackson Letters Michael Heisler Cover by Pablo Correa Dark Horse Comics Release Dat: September 7, 2011 Cover Price: $2.99 One of the most original Star Wars comic titles in recent years is Dark Times. For those of you who haven't read this series, let me lay down the background. The story takes place in the time period between the prequel Star Wars trilogy and the original Star Wars trilogy. The story of this book has Darth Vader trying to track down an assassin who killed a prisoner he was trying to interrogate about the location of former Jedi Knight Dass Jennir. Jennir's former crew members are trying to find him with the help of another Jedi named Beyghor Sahdett, which leads them to attack an Imperial holding facility to find out where Jennir is, they find out Jennir has left the planet. When we see Jennir he has be stranded on a desert moon with a companion who is a lair and a cheat. But little do they know they are also being tracked by the same assassin who thwarted Vader [...]

Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, Moby & Stephin Merritt Perform ‘Rocky Horror’ Song Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:36 AM PST Fans of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson got a nice little seasonal surprise on last week on the Halloween episode when alt rocker Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls, author and comics (Sandman) scribe Neil Gaiman (also Palmer's husband), techno music trailblazer Moby, and Stephin Merritt of the pop rock group the Magnetic Fields got together to perform "Science Fiction Double Feature," the opening song from the stage and film musical versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. You can watch the performance video here below [...]

Nicola Scott Takes On 3-Issue Art Duties For ‘Superman’ Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:01 AM PST DC Comics announced this week that the incredibly talented Nicola Scott would be handling art duties for three upcoming issues of the recently relaunched Superman. It comes as a shock to no one that, across the board at DC Comics, fill-in artists are coming into the picture at around this time after DC's September wide line relaunch. When details began to emerge that DC was preparing against issue delays, one of the first things fans began to think of was how little time the artists were getting. And it's not just Jesus Merino on Superman, it's Andy Kubert taking over for Rags Morales on Action Comics also, and the list will undoubtedly continue to grow when the issues and story arcs progress [...]

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