Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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Legendary Fantasy Artist Frank Frazetta Dies At 82

Posted: 11 May 2010 12:54 AM PDT

The name Frank Frazetta may not immediately jump out at you, but there's a very good chance that over the duration of your years on this planet, you've probably seen something that was born from his mind. Frazetta was an artist who was responsible for countless comics, posters, music albums, and some of the most popular book cover art ever created.

On Monday, Mr. Frazetta passed away at the age of 82 in Florida. The artist died after complications arose from a stroke he had suffered.

Of the many things that he did, it was the world of fantasy and science fiction where he truly made his mark. Though he began in with comic strips like Buck Rogers and Li'l Abner, he was responsible for some of the fantastic paintings used for many different books such as Edgar Rice Burroughs' works John Carter of Mars and Tarzan. Carter, as you know, has been in the news often lately due to the movie version currently on the way. [...]

Best Movie Ever? The Beatles To Become Zombies In ‘Paul Is Undead’

Posted: 10 May 2010 09:34 PM PDT

Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher of Double Feature Films have optioned a feature film adaptation of Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion, the mash-up novel from author Alan Goldsher.

The novel tells one of the currently-popular alternate history stories where zombies and monsters and vampires and aliens are used as an added special ingredient to classic old stories or even to the lives of celebrities and historical figures. This began with Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and has gone as far as the recent announcement of the Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov collaboration on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

In Goldsher's tale, John Lennon is turned into a zombie while still a young child in 1940 England. As time goes on, he grows into an incredibly talented musician who kills and re-animates Paul McCartney and George Harrison before adding "Drummer/Seventh Level Ninja Lord" Ringo Starr to the group, creating and amazing and talented band of (mostly) zombie musicians called The Beatles who go set off to share their music with millions of adoring fans...some of which they eat. [...]

Spy Image Of Peter Sarsgaard In ‘Green Lantern’ May Haunt Your Dreams

Posted: 10 May 2010 08:17 PM PDT

Sky Showbiz has gotten their hands on the first peek at Peter Sarsgaard on the set of the upcoming DC Comics adaptation, Green Lantern.

Sarsgaard will be playing Hector Hammond, a pathologist who stumbles upon some pieces of a meteor that severely deform his head, but give him unbelievable telekinetic powers (click image above to see Spanish Hector Hammond!). He eventually becomes one of the primary enemies to the Green Lantern. He's also the son of Senator Hammond (played by Tim Robbins), who has never really seen eye-to-eye with his son.

Use your mind-bullets to click on over to the other side and check out this first image of Peter Sarsgaard on the set of Green Lantern!

As you will see in the image, they certainly didn't hold back when it comes to the whole deformed head situation. This is, of course, just walking around on the set -- that's not what he'll be wearing in the movie and there's likely going to be a lot more effect added to the head you see there. [...]

Darth Vader & Other ‘Star Wars’ Voices To Offer You GPS Guidance For TomTom

Posted: 10 May 2010 01:01 PM PDT

These days, most people with newer vehicles have some sort of navigational system to help them get to their destinations without getting lost. One of the popular GPS devices comes from TomTom, a company who might just be about to become a whole lot more popular to geeks and fanboys worldwide.

I many cases, people can choose a voice that is the most appealing to them who will verbally dictate directions to them as they drive. Over the next few months, TomTom will be releasing a line of Star Wars character voices for just this purpose. The first voice released was that of the Sith Lord, Darth Vader, and in the coming months the assistance of C-3PO, Master Yoda, and Han Solo will also become available to users of the service.

Click on over to the other side for more and to check out a video of Darth Vader recording his lines for his TomTom debut! [...]

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