GREEN LANTERN Actor Peter Sarsgaard is in talks to play Dr. Hector Hammond, one of the villains in director Martin Campbell’s forthcoming Green Lantern movie. The DC Comics adaptation also stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively and is due to hit cinemas in June 2011. But where’s Sinestro? THE MIGHTY THOR Kenneth Brannagh’s adaptation of [...]
Breaking news? Possibly! The saga of the troubled next Spider-Man movie has taken a sharp turn- the fourth film has been cancelled altogether and the studio is intending to reboot the franchise! This should all be confirmed shortly. The trouble with the film was being well documented online, with news of trouble between Sam Raimi, [...]
Come on, everyone loves Lego, and there are some brilliant ideas for Lego based gifts as we get nearer to Christmas. Kids and geeks alike love movie and TV related Lego toys and model sets, as proven by the huge popularity of many of these ranges, along with the various spin-off items like the famous [...]
Something has really rather annoyed me. I’m an avid listener of a podcast called Slice of Sci-Fi, which is usually awesome. The most recent episode features a tirade against Russell T Davies following comments he made about Torchwood: Children of Earth being made for UK audiences, and the format was changed in order to keep [...]
So then, Futurama is coming back for 26 brand spanking new episodes, which are to play as two seasons of 13. This is quite frankly awesome. If there was a show that had potential to continue, then it was Futurama. Granted, the ratings were down when the show was originally taken off the air, but [...]
A live action movie adaptation of Blood – The Last Vampire is on the way this summer, and there are a lot of people out there interested in checking it out. For those of you that haven’t heard of the name, Blood The Last Vampire was a 48 minute animated movie from 2000, originally intended [...]
Hey all, time for a roundup of some of today’s big stories from the world of geekery. While I’m excited at all four of these stories, I must say that it does kinda say something about the state of the entertainment industry that most of the big stories of late all relate to old or [...]
The new aliens to feature in the forthcoming Doctor Who special Planet of the Dead have been revealed. The Tritovore! The creatures are humanoid in shape with a huge fly head and insectoid claws. And, erm, overalls. While the BBC have stated that these new villains will be on a par with the Daleks and [...]
Once the Twilight franchise either loses steam or runs out of books to adapt, what will be there to fill its shoes? There’s a million and one urban fantasy series out there, both in the YA and adult areas of the bookshops, so which ones would make good candidates to take on the mantle of [...]
Sitting in a cinema packed with long-time Watchmen fans and new converts was a strange thing. The sense of palpable anticipation was noticeable. After two decades, all the hype about the book and now all the hype about the film itself, would it live up to all the praise? Lights dimmed, half an hour of [...]
