The big “Doonesbury” news this week is that G.B. Trudeau’s comic strip is reaching its 40th anniversary–its first episode ran October 26, 1970. (Trudeau’s celebrating the milestone with 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, a mammoth book reprinting about 1800 strips.) A smaller but welcome piece of news is that this week also sees the …
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Good News Everyone: Battlestar Galactica To Get Another Spinoff
For you BSG fans out there who want more than Caprica, Syfy has greenlit Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, a show based on the adventures of a young Bill Adama, will be coming to your television screens.
“Your way into the story is a young William Adama who is not the grizzled old veteran we have come to love in BSG,” Stern …
Astro Boy Returns To Movies With Adaptation Of Killer Manga
Last year’s Astro Boy movie may have failed to set the box office alight, but that doesn’t mean you’ve seen the last of the character onscreen… And his next incarnation will be based on his best comic appearance to date: Universal Pictures is joining with Tezuka Productions and Despicable Me animators Illumination Entertainment to …
The Comic Book Club: Soldier Zero and Vertigo Resurrected
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan, Evan Narcisse and Mike Williams discuss Soldier Zero #1 and the Vertigo Resurrected anthology.
DOUGLAS: Soldier Zero: well, that’s not the greatest hand Paul Cornell and Javier Pina were …
Sam Raimi To Head Triffid Movie Invasion
A whole new generation of people will learn to be terrified of plants, now that it’s been announced that Sam Raimi will produce and may direct a movie version of John Wyndham’s 1950s science fiction novel The Day Of The Triffids. According to Deadline Hollywood, Mandate Pictures won the auction for the rights to the book yesterday with a …
Colin Farrell To Head Total Recall Remake?
Colin Farrell may be the new Arnold Schwarzenegger. Admittedly, you might not think it to look at him, but the actor is apparently the frontrunner to play the lead in Len Wiseman’s remake of Total Recall, which was itself a (somewhat loose) adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale.” Other …
And Your 2010 Scream Awards Winners Are….
Maybe it’s less prestigious than the Oscars, but the Spike Scream Awards tries to honor the best in cult/nerd/sci-f/fantasy culture. These films might not be known as the best of their generation, but you definitely went to the theater and saw these films, sometimes even multiple times. The show filmed a couple of days ago, and footage …
The Best Horror To Watch Online
Looking to cuddle up with something spooky? We just took stock of your options. Here are our picks for the best (and mostly free) horror shows and films available to watch online.
(More on TIME: Top 25 Horror Films)
Online entertainment for your October enjoyment:
White Zombie (1932)
The first full-length zombie film starring …
Peter J. Tomasi Talks Batman and Robin
Yesterday, we spoke with Tony Daniel about his forthcoming Batman run; today, we’ve got a brief interview with writer Peter J. Tomasi about his forthcoming run on Batman and Robin. Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason have been the team behind Green Lantern Corps‘ success over the last couple of years. They’ll be taking over with Batman and …
Hobbit To Leave New Zealand After All?
If this report from the New Zealand press is to be believed, union disputes have forced Warner Bros. to pull production of The Hobbit out of New Zealand, although its new home has not been disclosed. A statement from Peter Jackson and partner Fran Walsh reads in part,
Next week Warners are coming down to New Zealand to make
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Chuck Triumphs Over Undercovers, Gets 24 Episode Season
Remember when we thought that JJ Abrams’ new spy series Undercovers would probably end up killing NBC’s other spy series, the long-lived, oft-troubled Chuck? Well, it turns out that the Buy More crew has pulled a surprise upset with the announcement that it will get an additional 11 episodes this year, while Abrams’ new show is only …
New Avatar En Route Soon, Just Not In Movie Theaters
You won’t see a sequel to James Cameron’s Avatar in movie theaters for the next few years, according to the director, but that doesn’t mean that you’ll be starved of new product set in Pandora. Speaking at a press event to promote next month’s 3-disc Blu-Ray release of a new special edition of the movie, Cameron talked about plans to …