Monday, April 11, 2011

Geeks of Doom Invade Your Inbox

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Geeks of Doom Invade Your Inbox

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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Star Michael Shannon Cast As General Zod In Zack Snyder’s ‘Superman’

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 02:21 PM PDT



Warner Brothers has officially announced that they've found their General Zod, the villain in director Zack Snyder's upcoming take on Superman titled Man of Steel.

Snyder and WB have chosen Michael Shannon, the incredibly talented and Oscar-nominated actor who recently delivered brilliant performance after brilliant performance in the first season of HBO's Boardwalk Empire.

Of the announcement, Snyder said "Zod is not only one of Superman's most formidable enemies, but one of the most significant because he has insights into Superman that others don't. Michael is a powerful actor who can project both the intelligence and the malice of the character, making him perfect for the role."

Shannon was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Revolutionary Road, and has appeared in other films such as 8 Mile, Bug, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, and The Runaways. He's also set to play infamous serial killer Richard Kuklinski in The Iceman. [...]

How Much Is ‘Hobbit’ Dragon Smaug Worth? Forbes Figures It Out

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:13 PM PDT

Smaug - The Hobbit

Each year, Forbes releases their Fictional 15 list, where they figure out which fictional characters are the wealthiest. While characters like Scrooge McDuck, Richie Rich, and Simpsons boss C. Montgomery Burns continue to top the list each year, Twilight's Carlisle Cullen is back for the second time (bumped from #1 to #2 with $36.2 billion), while "Jo" Bennett, the Sabre Corp. CEO from The Office, makes it on for the first time.

But, the big surprise addition to the list this year is none other than Smaug, the famous red-golden dragon from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit. While the dragon obviously doesn't have a stock portfolio to analyze, the folks over at Forbes have ascertained that Smaug "sits atop an $8.6 billion-dollar hoard of gold, silver and gems," placing the fictional beast at #7 [...]

Watch The 25-Minute Making-Of HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Game of Thrones

HBO has released a 25-minute featurette that goes behind-the-scenes for the making-of their upcoming series Game Of Thrones.

Watch it here below.

Also, the first 14 minutes of the first episode is available for viewing online. Click here to check that out.

Game of Thrones premieres on HBO on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 9pm [...]

Comic Review: Feeding Ground

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:36 AM PDT

Archaia Comics: Feeding Ground

Feeding Ground #1-4
Written by Swifty Lang
Art & Letters by Michael Lapinski
Story by Swifty Lang, Michael Lapinski, and Chris Mangun
Edited by: Paul Morrissey
Archaia Comics
Release date: February 23, 2011 (Issue #4)

Feeding Ground is a comic about the blurring of borders: borders between man and animal, good and evil, childhood and adulthood, even borders between countries. The Feeding Ground of the comics namesake is the term given to this nowhere space the characters find themselves in, trapped and hunted by monsters of all stripes.

Swifty Lang and Michael Lapinski have created a fascinating comic in Feeding Ground, one that marries the topical politics of the day with supernatural horror and traditional Mexican folklore. It follows the story of Diego and his family, living on the edge of the Mexican/American border. Surrounded by Mexican gangsters, Diego works as a snakehead, safely transporting illegal immigrants across the Mexican/U.S. border. His daughter, while playing along the edge of a farm owned by local land baron, Backwell, is bitten by something she couldn't see, and begins a horrifying transformation right as her brother kills a local pimp and hustler in order to defend his mother [...]

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