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• Video Game Deal: Dungeon Siege III
• Geek Gear: War Games ‘Shall We Play A Game?’ Shirt
• Zack Snyder’s Superman Reboot ‘Man Of Steel’ Gets An Official Synopsis
• Hold Your Horses: ‘The Lone Ranger’ May Not Be Off The Books Just Yet
• Learn About Cut-Out Animation With Terry Gilliam
• Trailer, Poster & Images For New Chris Evans Law Drama ‘Puncture’ Released
• Billy Crystal Talks ‘Monsters, Inc. 2,’ Pixar, Working With John Goodman Again
• Watch 5 New ‘Fright Night’ Clips, Including A Red Band Scene
• Guillermo del Toro Says New Game ‘inSANE’ Has H.P. Lovecraft Qualities
• Listen Now: ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song With Lyrics
• ‘Jersey Shore’ Audition Tapes For People You’d Actually Want To Watch!
• The GoD List: Comics For August 17, 2011
• Trailer For ‘The Woman In Black’ Will Give You Chills
• Geek Gear: Torchwood Shirt ‘Never Underestimate’

Video Game Deal: Dungeon Siege III Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:21 AM PDT The video game deal of the week over at Amazon this week is Dungeon Siege III for Xbox 360 and PS3 for only $32.99 each (that's 34% off the list prices of $59.99), and for PC for only $25.99 (that's 35% off the list prices of $49.99). This sale is valid only for this week through the end of day PST on Saturday, August 20, 2011, while supplies last. Also, when you purchase the Xbox 360 version, you can get an additional 5% off the price of the Dungeon Siege III: Prima Official Game Guide [...]

Geek Gear: War Games ‘Shall We Play A Game?’ Shirt Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:30 AM PDT The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a War Games-themed shirt called "Shall We Play A Game?" by artist Valliant Creations. The sale at RIPT began today, Thursday, August 18, 2011, 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 [...]

Zack Snyder’s Superman Reboot ‘Man Of Steel’ Gets An Official Synopsis Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:08 PM PDT Comic Book Movie has the rundown on an upcoming casting call for Zack Snyder's upcoming reboot of the Superman franchise, titled Man of Steel, which also comes with the first official synopsis for the movie. The open casting call will be held in Nanaimo and Ucluelet on Vancouver Island when shooting moves from Chicago to British Columbia on September 21, 2011. If interested, you can find more details by heading to the link at the bottom of this post. The movie stars Henry Cavill in the lead, with a supporting cast that includes Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Julia Ormond, and Russell Crowe. Click on over to the other side for the full official synopsis. SYNOPSIS In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone's imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question - Why am I here? [...]

Hold Your Horses: ‘The Lone Ranger’ May Not Be Off The Books Just Yet Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:37 PM PDT A bit of a refresher. Earlier this month, it was revealed that Disney had decided to scrap plans surrounding a much talked about Gore Verbinski project, a new take on The Lone Ranger. Budgetary issues had been considered as the reasoning behind the project's demise. However, according to THR, that may not be the case any longer. The outlet is reporting that Verbinski as well as the film's producers, are heading back to the drawing board, and are looking to take the scissors, for lack of a better phrase, to a collection of set pieces within the picture. Originally given a $244 million budget (for what reason, I'll never know), the studio is eyeing a $220 million or less budget for the film, which will be relatively difficult to come by, unless the right cuts are made [...]

Learn About Cut-Out Animation With Terry Gilliam Posted: 17 Aug 2011 08:16 PM PDT I was checking out the website Dangerous Minds earlier this week and I found this interesting clip taken from an episode of Bob Godfrey's Do-It-Yourself Animation Show, which first aired on British television back in 1974. The video is of a very young Terry Gilliam breaking down the techniques he employed as an animator on Monty Python's Flying Circus, a style of animation known as "cut-out." You can check out the full 14-minute clip below this article. It's a nice little tutorial and the ever mirthful Gilliam in the years before he became one of cinema's most unique visionary directors makes an excellent instructor. Host Bob Godfrey sits in on the proceedings. Meanwhile, Gilliam's demonstration is intercut with clips of his animated segments from Flying Circus [...]

Trailer, Poster & Images For New Chris Evans Law Drama ‘Puncture’ Released Posted: 17 Aug 2011 06:53 PM PDT A trifecta of goodies for the new Chris Evans drama, Puncture, have been released online by Millennium Entertainment. The official trailer, poster, and some images from the movie were released, all of which can be seen below. Puncture tells the story of two lawyers and their firm taking on a case that leads to information on unexpected conspiracies involving major healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, who come back at the small–time firm with big–time legal defenses, putting them in a major underdog position. You can read the full synopsis and see the poster, images, and trailer for Puncture by continuing on below now! SYNOPSIS Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a talented young Houston lawyer and a functioning drug addict. Paul Danziger (co-director Mark Kassen), his longtime friend and partner, is the straightlaced and responsible yin to Mike's yang. Their mom-and-pop personal-injury law firm is getting by, but things really get interesting when they decide to take on a case involving Vicky (Vinessa Shaw), a local ER nurse, who is pricked by a contaminated needle on the job. [...]

Billy Crystal Talks ‘Monsters, Inc. 2,’ Pixar, Working With John Goodman Again Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:35 PM PDT While at a 20th anniversary screening of his 1991 comedy western, City Slickers, Billy Crystal talked about the upcoming follow-up, Monsters, Inc. 2, which is in fact a prequel. The movie, which is more officially titled Monsters University, follows future best buddies Mike Wazowski (Crystal) and James Sullivan (John Goodman) when they were back in college working their way towards jobs at Monsters, Incorporated. At the time, the two aren't friends but more like rivals before eventually forming the relationship we saw in the original. Crystal's voice was going during the event, due to a 5 1/2–hour fourth recording session earlier in the day. Of the movie, he shared "I have to tell you something, it is hilarious. The Pixar people are geniuses. It's 10 years since the first movie. Yeah, it's crazy. And it's a prequel. They're in college. It's how they met, it's how Michael and Sully meet, and plan to become scarers at Monsters, Inc. — so this movie ends where the other one starts." [...]

Watch 5 New ‘Fright Night’ Clips, Including A Red Band Scene Posted: 17 Aug 2011 03:22 PM PDT DreamWorks has released three brief new clips from their much-touted 3D remake of Fright Night, directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) and written by Marti Noxon (I Am Number Four), at the film's YouTube channel. EW has an exclusive clip, while IGN has an exclusive red band clip. You can check them out below this article. There's not much in the way of action or juicy gore on display in the YouTube videos, but in two of the clips we do get to see more of former Doctor Who star David Tennant as Peter Vincent, the reluctant vampire killer played by the late Roddy McDowall in the 1985 original. The IGN clip on the other hand features some intense action, flying dirt bikes, and a cool unbroken 360 degree interior tracking shot, while the EW clip shows what happens when a vampire comes up against a cross [...]

Guillermo del Toro Says New Game ‘inSANE’ Has H.P. Lovecraft Qualities Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:45 PM PDT Given that Universal Pictures recently denied us of another exciting Guillermo del Toro monster movie—the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, At the Mountains of Madness—it's no great shock that the director has integrated a little Lovecraft inspiration into other projects of his. For those who didn't know, del Toro is a geek and a gamer at heart, and he's been hard at work stepping into the realms of video games. He admittedly was clueless going in, but he's learned a lot as production on the game he's working on with THQ and Volition Inc., inSANE, has moved forward. And now del Toro shares that the game has a "Lovecraftian" quality to it, making it even more exciting than it once was. Continue reading for more, and to see the super teaser trailer for inSANE you have not yet seen it. Not much was known about the game other than it's being planned as a trilogy and that it's going to scare the life out of people, but del Toro added to that just a bit in a recent chat with MTV. [...]

Listen Now: ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song With Lyrics Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT Topless Robot has posted a video created by Karliene Reynolds and her collaborators at Cabinfever Production Studios inspired by the HBO series A Game of Thrones. Reynolds, with the assistance of Brian Horton, Lin Umstead, and Caleb Cox, created a new arrangement of the show's theme song "You Win or You Die," composed for the series by Ramin Djawadi, and added their own lyrics. Reynolds wrote the new lyrics and sang and performed piano on the arrangement. You can check out the video here below. It's a very lovely arrangement of the theme and the lyrics are very fitting given the show's thematic elements. Strange, but I was expecting these lyrics to parody the show rather than honor it. Emotionally straightforward, sad, a bit hopeful at times, it's an excellent video and a great tribute to a series that's already shaping up to be another HBO classic [...]

‘Jersey Shore’ Audition Tapes For People You’d Actually Want To Watch! Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:40 AM PDT Fans of the unwatchable abomination that is MTV's (inexplicably) hit show, Jersey Shore, might not know this, but there were plenty of others who sent in audition tapes to be part of the show. Unfortunately for those of us who can't stomach more than a few minutes of the show, these applicants weren't cast on the show, but their audition tapes have now leaked. You can see the video of these auditions below now! Conan O'Brien first showed off the video on his TBS late–night show, Conan, which shows favorites like John Lithgow (Dexter), Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), DJ Qualls (Road Trip), and Jack McBrayer (30 Rock) all reading for roles on the Shore. [...]

The GoD List: Comics For August 17, 2011 Posted: 17 Aug 2011 08:10 AM PDT Each and every week "The Showstopper" Henchman21 and "The Game" MK2FAC3 read a lot of comics. Seriously you guys, a lot of comics. Maybe too many comics. I mean, it is possible. They look forward to some more than others, I mean, who doesn't? So, let's take a look into the depths of their pull lists, grab some comics, and we'll let YOU know what the top books to look forward to are for the week of August 17, 2011. Single issues and trades, they're all here. This week on The GoD List, we have the fallout from this weekend's Comics of Doom! Words were said. Comics were read, but one book came out the victor! Was it a book from last week's GoD List? Well, you'll have to listen to find out. But this is new week. This week sees the end of some books, some new starts, and some books that are currently in their infancy. And what books from this week will have the potential to become the number one contender and take the coveted title of Doom of the Week? We have some ideas. And if you want to see what we picked this week, then you have to read on, Doomnation [...]

Trailer For ‘The Woman In Black’ Will Give You Chills Posted: 17 Aug 2011 07:19 AM PDT There is no better way to shed a Harry Potter-style character than by jumping into the world of creepy, bone-chilling horror films. And that is exactly what Daniel Radcliffe has done in his latest film, The Woman In Black. Yahoo! has released a new trailer for the film, which comes to us thanks to director James Watkins, and follows the story a young man, a lawyer, who comes to a town on the east coast of England to finalize the estate for a recently passed elderly woman. Spooky happenings follow, and it appears as though the atmosphere fits the narrative like a glove. Watch the new teaser trailer here [...]

Geek Gear: Torchwood Shirt ‘Never Underestimate’ Posted: 17 Aug 2011 06:42 AM PDT The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a Torchwood-themed shirt called "Never Underestimate" by artist MattLeamy. The sale at RIPT began today, Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 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 [...]

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