Posted by Empress Eve | July 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Check out the Hellboy II random quote generator below and push the red button to hear everyone’s favorite Big Red dude spout some of his usual dialogue like, “Oh crap!”, “Feeling a little chattier now?” and “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
The image on the quote generator is actually an interactive version of Dark Horse’s limited-edition 8-inch Hellboy Qee toy, which was released late last year. (By the way, the Hellboy 8” Qee Tara McPherson variant is pretty friggin’ awesome.)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army hits theaters July 11, 2008.
I seem to have a penchant for reading myself into places where I am completely unable to extricate myself. These places often seem to leave me on a literary cliffhanger or left in the lurch in a romantic storyline where the end could be either happy or grim. I have a terrible knack for doing this to myself, leaving myself several months until the resolution arrives in my nice little Amazon box on my front doorstep from a delivery man I am getting far too familiar with.
All of this rambling does have a point, as I reach the second week of what is definitely going to turn in to a hectic eight or so weeks of Star Wars reading.
In this week’s installment of our Countdown to Clone Wars series, we look at the three published books from the Star Wars: Republic Commando series. Spawned from the computer game of the same name, the Republic Commando Series is written by Karen Traviss and is a paragon of franchise writing.
Our friends over at /Film have posted the teaser trailer for the Twentieth Century Fox remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, which stars Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese, and Kathy Bates.
Watch teaser trailer here below.
The teaser trailer debuted in theaters this weekend in front of showings of the Will Smith superhero movie Hancock. In the remake, directed by Scott Derrickson, Smith’s son Jaden Smith stars as Jacob, the stepson of Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly).
In this reimagining of the 1951 cult classic science fiction film, Reeves stars as the humanoid alien Klaatu, who comes to Earth along with his protective robot Gort. While the Cold War-era original had the alien come to warn the humans to end their warmongers or face annihilation, Klaatu’s message in the remake has more of an environmental theme.
In an interview with MTV, Reeves explained his version of the film.
“The version I was just working on, instead of being man against man, it’s more about man against nature. My Klaatu says that if the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the earth survives. I’m a friend to the earth.”
Here at Geeks of Doom, we are giving away one (1) awesome Dragonball Z: Burst Limit prize pack! You can enter for a chance to win a copy of the latest DBZ game from Atari, Dragonball Z: Burst Limit, for Xbox 360 or PS3, get your mitts on a cool-ass DBZ hat, a rockin’ DBZ shirt, and an awe-inspiring DBZ poster.
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Gary Oldman revealed that not only will he have a part in the Robert Zemeckis motion capture/animated version of the classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol, but that he’s playing multiple roles — Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Jacob Marley.
Gary Oldman as Tiny Tim. That’s about as curious in a part that you can get me.
Jim Carrey was the first big name to be involved in this project and he’s playing four roles — Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.
Having one actor play the entire cast (or just a few characters) was a little weird in The Polar Express, so I wonder why not just cast different people for each of the roles? Beowulf didn’t have Angelina Jolie playing Grendel’s Mother AND Grendel and Beowulf, so I’m curious as to why Zemeckis does it with the Christmas movies. Maybe it’s just a money thing? Of course, it IS Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman, so it’s not like they won’t handle it and be great… just makes me wonder is all!
After the tragic loss of Heath Ledger, due – surely – in part to his apparently mind-blowing role in the upcoming movie, The Dark Knight, the film’s composer Hans Zimmer almost scrapped the theme he had written for Ledger’s character, the Joker.
The composer told Parade that he had considered redoing the The Joker theme completely, but ultimately felt the original theme better honored Ledger’s performance.
“It was so inconceivable, you know, when we heard about this. Actually, I for a moment was thinking, ‘Oh my God, I should throw out all the music I’ve written for the Joker and just start over again.‘ Which is just exactly the wrong thing to do. And I mean, I can never find a better word for it but to honor his performance, I had to stick to my guns. The music has to portray the philosophy of anarchy that the Joker displays in the face of Batman’s valor. I couldn’t soften the music or compromise the evil he projects because Heath really did give such a tremendous performance. If I had taken my eye off the ball, if I had been sentimental, if I had done anything like that, it would really have not served him.”
Space: 1999, the first major science fiction television series to follow Star Trek, deserves a second chance at life. Space: 1999, which ran from 1975-77, chronicles the adventures of an international crew of scientists and specialists on Earth’s Moon. Although it was cancelled after two seasons, fans still fondly remember the series. In light of other pop culture recycling that permeates today’s creative content, why not see what can be reused from this series?
As Space: 1999 begins, Commander John Koenig arrives at Moonbase Alpha, charged with ensuring the successful launch of a manned deep space probe after a series of mysterious crew deaths. His old colleague Professor Victor Bergman is there as chief scientist and advisor, while Chief Medical Officer Dr. Helena Russell tries to determine the cause of the deaths. The cause is determined to be radiation poisoning from unstable nuclear waste disposal sites, which explode, blasting the Moon out of Earth’s orbit, on an unknown trajectory at unknown speed, towards open space.
The series is a story of survival, adventure, and hope as the crew of Moonbase Alpha, the only manned settlement not on the Earth, searches for a new home in space. They encounter aliens, other humanoid civilizations, space phenomena, fearsome machines, and have several failed encounters with planets which could have provided homes for the lost Earthlings. You might see some parallels with later series like Battlestar Galactica (both versions) and Star Trek: Voyager.
Columbia Pictures has announced the cast and crew for their upcoming comedic take on the time-less Sherlock Holmes character.
In the role of Sherlock Holmes is none other than Borat’s Sacha Baron Cohen and following him around as dear, dear Watson will be Will Ferrell. The duo starred together in the 2006 comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
The screenplay is being written by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder, Idiocracy) and producing the movie is Jimmy Miller and this guy named Judd Apatow.
It was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who created the character and while it’s obvious that this is the basis of the movie, it seems they will use his works as a starting point for this particular film, meaning… well, who knows what we’ll get!
While on one of my many e-adventures, looking for nothing in particular, with a simple click, here was this video of the first five minutes of The Dark Knight looking at me! I have not one idea where it came from or how long it’s been out there; I’ve certainly not seen it before.
Now that I’ve watched it, there’s that much more excitement in me for this — if that is at all possible.
I can’t say how long this will be available, but check it out here below if you want to get a very small idea of how it all starts and a real sample of where all these wildly positive reviews are coming from.
The Dark Knight opens in theaters on July 18, 2008.
Extra talked to Eddie Murphy and he dropped some bombs: “I have close to fifty movies and it’s like, why am I in the movies? I’ve done that part now. I’ll go back to the stage and do stand-up.”
Wait, so, just like that? Eddie Murphy is going to stop making movies after Meet Dave comes out this summer and go back to doing stand-up?
While I don’t believe a word of this yet, I think it would be a smart move of him to follow through with this. I don’t think he should stop doing movies forever, but it’s been really painful to watch movie after movie of his come out, each worse than the last. Maybe a return to his roots for a few years would remind him where it all came together and how great it all used to be and then I would love to see his valiant return, doing the type of harsh, brilliant-funny movies he did so well.
Also in the interview, in regards to Beverly Hills Cop 4, Murphy apparently said he “didn’t want to do it” because the “movie wasn’t ready to be done.”
Hellboy Free Comic Book Day Edition
Written by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Joshua Dysart
Art by Duncan Fegredo, Guy Davis, Paul Azaceta
Colors by Dave Stewart, Nick Filardi
Letters by Clem Robins Dark Horse Comics
Cover price: FREE!!!; Available..um, try eBay
I have to admit to not being as much of a Hellboy fan as I probably should be, as a semi-professional comic reviewer. Mike Mignola’s series is at the top of most critics lists, but while I’ve sampled some of the trades before, I’ve lost track of the story and don’t know what’s going on in the current series.
Fortunately, there’s a second Hellboy movie coming out next week (which I’ve already seen and enjoyed), so Dark Horse has seen fit to update as many people as possible by releasing this free comic, which contains three stories dealing with the timelines and characters of the three Hellboy series (Hellboy, BPRD, and BPRD: 1946). The three stories contained here, give the reader a good feel for the series, but don’t give as much info as I would like, and made me feel like I still need to buy all the trades to catch up, which at this point is a pretty expensive proposition.
Posted by Empress Eve | July 2nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
The Dark Knight viral website whysoserious.com has been updated to include a new poster, as well as a compilation of links to all the previous viral websites connected to the upcoming film.
There are links everywhere on that front page, so click around.
Also on the site was a new poster, this one of Batman but put together with Joker cards. You can see the poster below (click image for larger view).
Atomic Robo Vol. 1 TPB …and the Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne
Written by Brian Clevinger
Art and Cover by Scott Wegener
Colors by Rhonda Pattison
Letters by Jeff Powell Red 5 Comics
Cover price: $18.95; Available now
Atomic Robo tells the story of the first robot ever invented. Created by scientist Nikola Tesla in 1923, Atomic Robo is the first of his kind, a robot with artificial intelligence. After being granted American citizenship, Atomic Robo goes on to found Tesladyne, a think tank in the vein of the Fantastic Four. Now, many decades later, Atomic Robo and his Action Scientists of Tesladyne are the last line of defense against things of the unexplained.
From top to bottom, Atomic Robo, Vol.1 TPB truly delivers a solid read on many levels. First, the main character is rich in detail. On the surface Robo is a robot but look deeper and you will find a man much like Captain America: A man who doesn’t really fit in any time. All his close friends are long dead and anytime he makes any new relationship, he knows he will always outlast them, proving the character with lots of pathos to explore in future issues. I think the character expresses this when asked what the hardest about being him. He responds? “I do a great Jack Benny but no one really gets it any more.”
Yeah, we’re starting our Week of Geek: Hellboy a little early, since Geeks of Doom was fortunate enough to be invited out to LA last week for the Hellboy II: The Golden Army press junket. No, I didn’t get to go (damn day job), but our very own comic book-lovin’ intrepid reporter Henchman21 agreed to go soak up some sun and do a roundtable interview with the Hellboy peeps for us (oh, and attend the advanced screening). You can check out his first reports here regarding Hellboy III and here about Guillermo del Toro’s Hobbit movie.
But while we’re waiting for him to transcribe all his audio, let’s take a look at some humorous Hellboy II commercials that have popped up. You can watch both of them here below.
The first one is of Hellboy on Inside the Actor’s Studio with James Lipton; the second one is of Hellboy playing video games with Chuck from TV’s Chuck.
Born in Crossville, Tennessee, Michael Turner, aged 37, passed away this past Friday, June 27, in Santa Monica, CA, after a long battle with chondrosarcoma.
Known best for his artwork on Top Cow books Witchblade and his creator-owned Fathom, and his work on Superman/Batmanfor DC Comics, Michael Turner is a massive loss for the comic book industry.
Turner was first discovered by Marc Silvestri, who immediately hired him for Silvestri’s Top Cow Productions as an artist. He started off doing background illustrations, before being part of the five-man team who developed Witchblade. In the summer of 1998, he debuted his creator-owned Fathom.
For those not familiar with his more independent work, his skills have not been hidden. A veritable plethora of big-named books, from both Marvel and DC, have seen Turner’s work. He drew the covers for all seven issues of the mini-event Identity Crisis for DC, as well as their relaunch of the Justice League of America books in 2006. Over at Marvel, Turner drew the cover for the 500th edition of Uncanny X-Men, and the variant and sketch variant covers for each of the seven Civil War issues.
Born August 4, 1942, in Aurora, Missouri, a town in the Ozark Mountains, actor Don S. Davis, aged 65, passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday morning, June 29th, at his home in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada.
Best known for his role as George S. Hammond, a Major General and later a Lieutenant General in the science fiction TV series Stargate SG-1, Davis also starred as Major Garland Briggs in Twin Peaks, as well as many other movies and TV appearances.
Davis received a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in theater and art from Southwest Missouri State College in 1965. He then served a three-year stint in the United States Army, entering as a Second Lieutenant before gaining the rank of Captain. Davis was stationed in Korea before completing his tour of duty.
Dominos Pizza has posted a new trailer for The Dark Knight, which you can also watch here below.
After Papa John’s Pizza recently debuted the trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperior, we should have seen more of this product-promotion tie-in stuff coming. And we should have especially seen it coming for The Dark Knight, which has been plugging Gotham City Pizzeria in their latest viral marketing effort (see Two-Face In New ‘Dark Knight’ Viral Video).
Domino’s is, of course, doing more than hosting the trailer; they’re also doing a ton of promotions (no toys though, drats!). For those of you interested in Domino’s New Gotham City Pizza special as well as the chance to win big prizes, see full details from the press release below.
The Dark Knight will open in theaters and IMAX nationwide on July 18, 2008.
Director Guillermo del Toro spoke yesterday during the press junket for Hellboy II: The Golden Army a bit about the state of his and producer Peter Jackson’s planned adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Hobbit and its proposed sequel.
According to Del Toro, no work has been done on the script for The Hobbit at this point, with Del Toro finishing his commitment to Hellboy II, and Jackson finishing his work on The Lovely Bones. However, with Del Toro now finished on his project and Jackson wrapping up Lovely Bones in the next few weeks, they plan to start work on the script.
The plan is still to have two movies, with the first one adapting The Hobbit, and the second one filling in the story between the end of the Hobbit and the start of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. When asked if he would be making a faithful adaptation, Del Toro said that the only faithful adaptation would be for him to film someone turning the pages of the book. He also said that he had agreed with the choices that Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens made in adapting the Lord of the Rings.
Toys’R'Us and Lucasfilm Join Forces to Celebrate
Star Wars(TM): The Clone Wars
- The Latest Chapter in the Star Wars Saga
The Adventures Begin at Toys”R”Us Stores on July 26
as Fans Get First Look at New Toys
WAYNE, N.J., July 1 — To celebrate the highly anticipated August 15 theatrical release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Toys”R”Us, U.S. and Lucasfilm Ltd. have partnered to create the ultimate Star Wars destination in Toys”R”Us stores nationwide and online at www.Toysrus.com. The adventure begins in July with the installation of countdown clocks in every store, ticking toward the July 26 launch of the largest selection of toys, construction sets, role play accessories and more based on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Yahoo! Movies has posted an extended scene from Disney/Pixar’s Wall•E, while Apple Trailers has premiered an exclusive clip from the animated film.
In the extended scene [3:22], EVE tries to get WALL-E on a pod back to Earth, but then the last remaining plant is put in danger. (Click on the “Extended Clip” tab dated from June 25.)
In the exclusive clip at Apple, WALL-E goes about his daily routine collecting trash and sifting through the items looking for collectibles.
Students of the Unusual™ comic cover used with permission of 3BoysProductions
The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press
Check out the Hellboy II random quote generator below and push the red button to hear everyone’s favorite Big Red dude spout some of his usual dialogue like, “Oh crap!”, “Feeling a little chattier now?” and “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
Our friends over at 
Here at Geeks of Doom, we are giving away one (1) awesome Dragonball Z: Burst Limit prize pack! You can enter for a chance to win a copy of the latest DBZ game from Atari, Dragonball Z: Burst Limit, for Xbox 360 or PS3, get your mitts on a cool-ass DBZ hat, a rockin’ DBZ shirt, and an awe-inspiring DBZ poster.
Gary Oldman revealed that not only will he have a part in the Robert Zemeckis motion capture/animated version of the classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol, but that he’s playing multiple roles — Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Jacob Marley.
After the tragic loss of Heath Ledger, due – surely – in part to his apparently mind-blowing role in the upcoming movie, The Dark Knight, the film’s composer Hans Zimmer almost scrapped the theme he had written for Ledger’s character, the Joker.
Space: 1999, the first major science fiction television series to follow Star Trek, deserves a second chance at life. Space: 1999, which ran from 1975-77, chronicles the adventures of an international crew of scientists and specialists on Earth’s Moon. Although it was cancelled after two seasons, fans still fondly remember the series. In light of other pop culture recycling that permeates today’s creative content, why not see what can be reused from this series? 
Columbia Pictures has announced the cast and crew for their upcoming comedic take on the time-less Sherlock Holmes character. 
While on one of my many e-adventures, looking for nothing in particular, with a simple click, here was this video of the first five minutes of The Dark Knight looking at me! I have not one idea where it came from or how long it’s been out there; I’ve certainly not seen it before. 
Born in Crossville, Tennessee, Michael Turner, aged 37, passed away this past Friday, June 27, in Santa Monica, CA, after a long battle with chondrosarcoma.
Born August 4, 1942, in Aurora, Missouri, a town in the Ozark Mountains, actor Don S. Davis, aged 65, passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday morning, June 29th, at his home in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada.
Director Guillermo del Toro spoke yesterday during the press junket for Hellboy II: The Golden Army a bit about the state of his and producer Peter Jackson’s planned adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Hobbit and its proposed sequel.
