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• Geek Gear: The Legend of Zelda ‘Dangerous to Go Alone’ Shirt
• ‘District 9′ Star Sharlto Copley Comfirmed As Villain In Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’
• Comic Review: The Spider #1
• Emma Watson, Jason Segel Join Seth Rogen & Jay Baruchel’s Apocalypse Movie ‘End Of The World’
• Watch Now: The ‘Doctor Who’ Heavy Metal Cover
• Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman To Produce ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Van Helsing’ Reboots
• Comics You Should Be Reading: The Shade by James Robinson
• FREE Listen: Marilyn Manson’s ‘Born Villain’
• ‘The Avengers’ Featurette: Joss Whedon Breaksdown Fight Scene Between Two Heroes
• ‘Prometheus’ Extended Featurette Reveals Too Much Footage
• Exclusive Excerpt: Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion
• Movie Review: The Avengers (2012)
• Doom Digest: Death Star, The Avengers, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Star Trek
• Book Review: The Cabin In The Woods: The Visual Companion Guide & Novelization

Geek Gear: The Legend of Zelda ‘Dangerous to Go Alone’ Shirt Posted: 02 May 2012 04:50 AM PDT The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury The Legend of Zelda-inspired shirt called "Dangerous to Go Alone!" by bisqueets. The sale began at Teefury today, Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 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 [...]

‘District 9′ Star Sharlto Copley Comfirmed As Villain In Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Posted: 01 May 2012 08:06 PM PDT Remember last month when District 9 star Sharlto Copley was in talks to star as the villain in Spike Lee's Oldboy? Well, talks have ended, and its confirmed that Copley is the villain in the American incarnation of Oldboy. The film is based on the South Korean thriller and manga of the same name. Josh Brolin will play as the film's protagonist, a man who is randomly kidnapped and incarcerated in a hotel room for years. Then for unknown reasons, he is released from his imprisonment. He then goes off to find the very people that were responsible for this heinous act [...]

Comic Review: The Spider #1 Posted: 01 May 2012 07:04 PM PDT The Spider #1 Written by David Liss Art by Colton Worley Letters by Simon Bowland Covers by Francesco Francavilla, Ron Lesser, Alex Ross & John Cassaday Dynamite Entertainment Release Date: May 2, 2012 Cover Price: $3.99 In 1933, pulp writer Harry Steeger created The Spider to compete with The Shadow. The Spider, while never attaining quite the level of popularity as The Shadow, took on a life of his own in pop culture and became pretty popular in the world of Pulp Heroes. Now, almost 80 years later, the Spider is back in The Spider #1 (published by Dynamite Entertainment, the same company that's publishing The Shadow. Can irony BE any more ironic?)!!! [...]

Emma Watson, Jason Segel Join Seth Rogen & Jay Baruchel’s Apocalypse Movie ‘End Of The World’ Posted: 01 May 2012 06:00 PM PDT It's been nearly four years now since we first heard that Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, and Evan Goldberg's apocalypse comedy trailer, Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse (which you can see here if you haven't already), would actually be turned into a feature length movie. Since then it has be re-named The Apocalypse...and then re-named again, giving it its current title, The End of the World. With the title changes the movie's story has also changed, and quite the cast of actors have jumped on board, most of whom we're used to seeing together on the screen. [...]

Watch Now: The ‘Doctor Who’ Heavy Metal Cover Posted: 01 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT I don't happen to be very knowledgeable in the worlds of heavy metal music and geek favorite Doctor Who, but it has to be assumed that when those two worlds collide, someone who's very much into both---like our own Empress Eve and Dave3, perhaps---would become quite happy. Enter a new video from one such fan in YouTube user 331Erock, who has a knack for fusing together metal and geek culture and has offered to the masses his new Doctor Who performance. You can check out the video below. [...]

Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman To Produce ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Van Helsing’ Reboots Posted: 01 May 2012 03:40 PM PDT You never know what you are going to get with something from Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. On one hand they penned amazing scripts for Star Trek and Mission: Impossible III. On the other hand they penned some pretty terrible scripts for Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Cowboys & Aliens. The two also have a couple of producing credits under their belts. So in addition to producing the Ender's Game adaptation, polishing the script for the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man, and producing the illusionary caper flick Now You See Me, they will be providing some influential insight for the reboot of The Mummy that Prometheus writer Jon Spaihts is putting together with producer Sean Daniel and also the reimagining of Van Helsing with Tom Cruise attached to star as the lead [...]

Comics You Should Be Reading: The Shade by James Robinson Posted: 01 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT There are a great deal of comic books that are released on a monthly basis, so many in fact that some of the best of the lot can fall through the cracks of hardcore comic book fans' pull lists because quite frankly, you can't buy everything. So, it's working under that assumption, as well as weekly beatings from my editor, that I will begin proving you with a somewhat consistent installment of Comics You Should Be Reading. And when I think of a comic that everyone should absolutely be reading, none comes to mind quicker right now than that of The Shade by James Robinson. The September Relaunch of the entire line of comics from DC Comics caused a huge commotion. Fans were notified that the publishing company would be throwing out all of its continuity, which ended up being more selective continuity than anything else, and while that shocked many of its readership, it provided a whole new landscape of creative possibilities for a wealth of brilliant minds. Fifty-two titles were announced initially, and then came the announcement of a handful of mini-series. Enter The Shade [...]

FREE Listen: Marilyn Manson’s ‘Born Villain’ Posted: 01 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT Marilyn Manson's new album, Born Villain was released today, May 1, 2012, and now it's streaming online for FREE right now. Head over to AOL Music to give Born Villain a listen - it's 14 tracks and it sounds pretty f'n awesome. There's listings for the album for MP3 Download and vinyl, but neither formats appear to be available at this time [...]

‘The Avengers’ Featurette: Joss Whedon Breaksdown Fight Scene Between Two Heroes Posted: 01 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT The Avengers hits theaters in less than three days, so Disney is pushing the marketing pedal all the way to the floor. Joss Whedon's superhero action ensemble movie is much more than a gathering of some of the greatest heroes in the Marvel cinematic universe, its makes for a great case study on dysfunctional families. Now a new featurette has popped online and it features the director detailing the in-fighting within The Avengers. (Watch it here below.) In a movie that is filled with some of the greatest heroes known to man, a few egos are bound to clash, and that is what Joss Whedon would like to explain in the latest featurette that centers on a vital fight scene between Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) [...]

‘Prometheus’ Extended Featurette Reveals Too Much Footage Posted: 01 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT The first two trailers for Ridley Scott's Prometheus were absolutely brilliant and harks back to the Scott's 1979 Alien. But recent trailers have featured very spoilerish footage from the upcoming movie, whatever brought this call to bring this trailer to light is more puzzling than the movie itself. So I am jumping on board with most of the fellow writers out there and will just avoid anything new from the Prometheus marketing push. But for those who love any amount of free footage they get, no matter how much it spoils the movie, they will thoroughly enjoy the following extended featurette. The newest featurette is not like the latest trailer or featurette that was released, its much worse. The featurette encompasses everything about Prometheus from the director and its writers Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof to the cast and the very people that build these massive sets [...]

Exclusive Excerpt: Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion Posted: 01 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT Titan Books has released Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion: The TV Series, the Movies, the Comic Books and More: The Essential Guide to the Whedonverse. Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, which came out today, May 1, 2012, delves into every aspect of Whedon's work, covering every area of the "Whedonverse" through essays and interviews by over 40 contributors. Thanks to Titan Books, we have an exclusive excerpt from Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, which you can read right here below. Take a read from the book and let us know what you think! [...]

Movie Review: The Avengers (2012) Posted: 01 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT The Avengers Directed by Joss Whedon Written by Joss Whedon and Zak Penn Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson Marvel Studios/Paramount Pictures Release Date: May 4, 2012 "And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes were united against a common threat! On that day The Avengers were born — to fight foes no single hero could withstand!" Scenario: 27-year-old Adam Frazier (aka Famous Monster) gains access to a time machine and travels back to 1990, where a 6-year-old Adam is lying on the floor playing with his collection of ToyBiz Marvel Superheroes (complete with carrying case). Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and the Incredible Hulk have been forced to put aside their differences and work together to defeat the devastating (and educated) tag-team of Dr. Doom and Dr. Octopus, who are attempting to take over my mother's kitchen - a strategic move that will no doubt leave scuff marks on the linoleum floor [...]

Doom Digest: Death Star, The Avengers, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Star Trek Posted: 01 May 2012 08:01 AM PDT Every day here at Doom HQ we receive tons of tips from our readers about really cool stuff from the world of geek, as well as promotional materials for new films, comic books, collectibles, and much more. While we do our best to bring you as much of it as possible, we don't always have enough geek manpower available to cover it all on a daily basis. But we hate the idea of all of this really cool stuff wasting away in our inbox. How could we NOT cover it? Hence why we've resurrected our long-defunct column Bits Of Doom, now rebranded and revamped as Doom Digest, a collection of easily digestible bits of news, videos, photos, and other goodies. Today: Death Star tea ball and moon shirt, Marvel's Avengers cast with everyday heroes at the Tribeca Film Festival, a Syfy-style Hungry Hungry Hippos horror movie trailer, and Star Trek silk screen prints, plus some Bits Of Doom [...]

Book Review: The Cabin In The Woods: The Visual Companion Guide & Novelization Posted: 01 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT The Cabin In The Woods: The Visual Companion Guide Screenplay by Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard Foreward by Drew Goddard Afterword by Joss Whedon Interviews by Abbie Bernstein Titan Books Release date: April 17, 2012 Paperback The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Movie Novelization By Tim Lebbon Titan Books Release date: April 17, 2012 Paperback | Kindle If you haven't seen The Cabin In The Woods, the new film co-written by Joss Whedon and director Drew Goddard, then definitely head to the theater to see it, as it's a great film and a wonderful addition to the horror genre. The buzz on the Internet is to go into this movie knowing as little about it as possible, so I'll direct you to our spoiler-free movie review for now. But The Cabin In The Woods is the kind of movie where once you've seen it, you want to know more about it. So, to go along with the movie, Titan Books has released two tie-ins: The Cabin In The Woods: The Visual Companion Guide, as well as the Official Movie Novelization [...]

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