"Pacific Rim" won't be the only robots-battling-monsters-from-the-deep feature this summer, as schlock house The Asylum preps its on more modestly-budgeted "Atlantic Rim" set off the coast of Florida.
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It Rose From The East Coast: The Asylum Goes After del Toro's Latest With 'Atlantic Rim'
Posted 3/20/13 11:45 am EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies, News
Magneto To Officiate Professor X's Wedding
Posted 3/19/13 5:17 pm EST by Valerie Gallaher in Marvel, News
Though they have played mortal enemies Professor X and Magneto in the "X-Men" movies, actors Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are actually friends in real life. And they are such good friends, that McKellen is now going to officiate Stewart's upcoming wedding!
73-year-old McKellen recently broke the news on the UK's Jonathan Ross show: Read More...
Lucha Libre Legislator Banned From Japanese City Council Meetings
Posted 3/18/13 2:56 pm EST by Charles Webb in Humor, News
Last week we told you about the Lucha Libre takeover of the entertainment industry. Now, it looks like politics are next.
The people of Oita City voted masked wrestler Skull Reaper A-ji into office to serve them as their lucha libre representative of justice and zoning ordnances. But his fellow council members have banned A-ji to further meetings until he violates the most basic tenet of lucha libre: they want him to shed his precious mask.
'John Dies At the End' Dated For DVD And Blu-ray
Posted 3/18/13 1:04 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Horror, Movies, News
The true horror is the spectacularly bad cover art this fun indie is getting from Magnet Releasing.
Zenescope Reveals The First 3 Minutes Of Their Kickstarted 'Grimm Fairy Tales' Pilot
Posted 3/15/13 5:06 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, News, TV
The crowdfunded pilot for the Titmouse-produced animated series "Grimm Fairy Tales" is finished, and Zenescope wants to show off the first three minutes of warrior woman-on-ape violence.
Miike's Next Manga Adaptation 'Arcana' Has Its Ghost Talking Heroine
Posted 3/15/13 2:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in Manga, Movies, News
Actress Tao Tsuchiya ("Ultraman Zero: The Movie," "Tokyo Sonata") has taken the lead of an amnesiac who can talk to ghosts in director Takashi Miike's next upcoming feature "Arcana."
The Voice Over Is An Insult: Studio Execs Did Not Care For 'Blade Runner'
Posted 3/15/13 12:32 pm EST by Charles Webb in Movies, News
It took a while for "Blade Runner" to earn the status that it has today as a beloved piece of visually-arresting and narratively confounding sci-fi. But back during a 1981 screening of the film for the executives at Tandem Productions, it was described by one unnamed writer as getting "more boring with every screening."
Just goes to show you can't always recognize genius from the start.
The list was first posted by Cinephilia & Beyond, and although I haven't seen any independent corroboration of the document, there's just something hilarious about a gang of angry suits gnashing their teeth and demanding more breasts in the Zhora club scene.
The First Episode Of 'Bates Motel' Is Streaming Early
Posted 3/14/13 3:51 pm EST by Charles Webb in Horror, News, TV
Watch: Bates Motel First Look Theatrical Trailer
At least for Comcast/Xfinity customers. The upcoming A+E prequel/reimagining "Bates Motel" makes its debut on March 18, but the network is letting the first episode go live to cable subscribers.
If you logged into your Google Reader account this morning -- and if you make a living a blogger, you do that every day -- you saw the following:
Cartoon Network's 'Teen Titans Go!' Dated For April
Posted 3/13/13 5:44 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, DC Comics, News, TV
Sure, some of your favorite shows on Cartoon Network are winding down soon (ahem, "Young Justice"), but that doesn't mean DC still won't be putting out new series. Take "Teen Titans Go!" which the network is describing as a "reimagining" of the original anime-inspired half-hour series, and it's coming to Cartoon Network at the end of April.
The Second (Pricey) 'Ninja Turtles' Hardcover Collection Is Available To Order From IDW
Posted 3/13/13 1:04 pm EST by Charles Webb in Comic Books, IDW, News
A year (and some change) since the release of the first Ultimate Collection, today IDW released the second super-limited hardcover collecting four more issues of the Eastman/Laird-era "Ninja Turtles" comics.
So This 'Veronica Mars' Movie Kickstarter Is Really Happening [Updated With New Information!]
Posted 3/13/13 11:45 am EST by Charles Webb in Movies, News, TV
Update: The "Veronica Mars" movie has just become the fastest Kickstarter campaign to reach $1 million dollars. As of this writing (3:16pm EST), the movie has earned $1,028,621, in around 4 1/2 hours, and that number is growing higher with every refresh. Previously, the video game "Torment: Tides of Numenura" was the champ, earning $1 million in just over 7 hours. Based on the excitement surrounding this project, the movie should sail WAY past its goal of $2 million, as it still has 30 days left to go!
Ridley Scott And Machinima Team Up For 12 Original Sci-Fi Shorts
Posted 3/12/13 5:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, TV
The YouTube channel Machinima will be home to new sci-fi programming executive produced by the "Alien" and "Blade Runner" director through his RSA production company.
Neat, free sci-fi!
ViZ Releasing A Series Of 'Ben 10: Omniverse' OGNs This Fall
Posted 3/12/13 3:15 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, Comic Books, News, VIZ
The manga and anime publisher has a collection of original graphic novels planned for the Cartoon Network/Man of Action series, thus enabling it to conquer nearly every medium. Oh, and there's going to be a 17-hour "Ben 10" marathon this weekend.
'Battlestar's' Ronald D. Moore Returns To SyFy With 'Helix'
Posted 3/11/13 3:45 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, TV
We need more plague horror on TV. Well, plague sci-fi.
Hey, wonder what "Battlestar Galactica" developer Ron Moore's been up to since "Caprica"? He's been trying to get "Helix" off the ground, a new series about a mysterious outbreak in the Arctic, and the team of scientists trying to stop it. Well, according to Deadline, SyFy is really keen on the pitch, picking it up as a 13-episode series with a planned start date sometime this year according to Deadline.
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