The digital rental deal of the day over at Amazon today is the Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech, which is available for rental for only $.99.

This deal is valid only for today, Monday, August 29, 2011, until midnight PST. Once you activate the rental through Amazon’s Instant Demand service, you’ll have access to the movie for 24 hours. If you’re interested in purchasing the digital version, the cost is $12.99.

Also, if you’d like to own a physical copy of the movie, the Blu-ray is available for $19.99 while the DVD is $12.39. The Blu-ray Edition is part of Amazon’s “Buy This DVD and Watch it Instantly” program — you get the film as a FREE digital rental you can watch immediately when you purchase the physical copy [...]

Amazon is currently running a sale on Disney Epic Mickey – Collector’s Edition for Nintendo Wii for only $39.98 (that’s 43% off the list price of $69.99).

Note, there’s no mention as to when this deal ends, so grab it now while you can at the discounted price.

Product Features – Collector’s Edition

- Disney Epic Mickey Software
- 5″ Collectible Vinyl Figure
- Special Edition DVD with behind the scenes footage and other marketing materials and videos
- Wii Remote Faceplate and Wii console skins [...]

Remember the other day when MTV released about 2 seconds of footage from the much-anticipated film, The Hunger Games?

Well, now you can see the rest of that footage in the teaser trailer, which debuted tonight during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Watch the teaser trailer here below.

Star Jennifer Lawrence introduced the teaser in a recorded video, since the actress is currently filming The Hunger Games in North Carolina [...]

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards was broadcast live tonight, with Lady Gaga opening the show with a live performance of her song “You and I,” which had the singer dressed in her male 1950s greaser alter ego doing a lengthy opening monologue before breaking into the song.

While Lady Gaga’s music isn’t exactly my thing, I can’t deny she’s an excellent performer, always keeping it interesting. As I watched her do her song in her “Jo Calderone” persona, I was ultra-psyched when midway through the act she introduced Queen’s Brian May to the stage for a lead guitar solo.

Check out the 8-minute video here below, which contains the entire Jo Calderone monologue, as well as the full song with Brian May from the VMAs [...]

Recorded August 28, 2011.

Our August Doom Of The Month will be Local by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly! If you want to read along with us, head on over to Instocktrades.com or DCBService.com to pick up the hardcover edition of Local for a super price! Read up and be sure to check out our special review episode!

Check out Episode 88 of Comics of Doom, the official comics podcast of Geeks of Doom. Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window.

Podcast player is here below, along with an Episode Guide.

Listen now! [...]

Here on the east coast we have been watching the Hurricane Irene news coverage non-stop, so we’ve seen a lot of interesting stories pop up, but none as good as this one about Spider-Man.

There was a Spidey sighting yesterday down in Virginia Beach, where the webslinger took a break from fighting crime to brave the waves on the beach. Yes, everyone, Spider-Man was surfing during Hurricane Irene.

Watch the video here below of a news reporter interviewing Spidey on the beach. Trust me, you’ll enjoy this one [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a Firefly-themed shirt called “Serenity Valley” by artist Kristy.

The sale at RIPT began today, Sunday, August 28, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

We here at the main GoD headquarters in the New York City “Zone C” area are bracing for Hurricane Irene, which is set to hit tomorrow (Sunday) morning. As we get ready to shut down for the night, the seriously heavy rains and winds have already begun, so if things are quiet here at GeeksofDoom.com tomorrow, chances are either the power/internet went out and/or we’re busy bailing water.

In the meantime, here’s some gems I learned from the stellar local round-the-clock news coverage of Hurricane Irene:

– Sheepshead Bay is a bay, that’s how it got it’s name.
– Do not try to stand outside in the hurricane, even though you see the news reporters doing it [they are immune to the affects of harsh weather!].
– Hurricanes are bad.
– The surf is getting frothier and frothier.
– Water is wet.
– We’re screwed. [...]

Artist Andrew Kolb as created an illustrated children’s book based on the David Bowie song “Space Oddity.”

Kolb took the lyrics to the Bowie song, and added his own awesome illustrations to it.

Have you ever listened to a song and your mind’s eye is immediately filled with visuals?

David Bowie’s classic space epic is one such song for me. Every lyric paints such a vivid picture that I figured “Oh hey, I guess I’ll make that into a children’s book!” Yes, I talk like this. [...]

The MP3 album deal of the day over at Amazon today is Whitesnake‘s latest album Forevermore for only $3.99.

The album, which was released back in March, contains 14 songs in the MP3 version.

If you’d like to own a physical copy of Forevermore, it also comes in CD/DVD for $14.18 (contains 16 songs, plus a DVD with music videos and a making-of featurette) and CD for $11.97 [...]

A brand new gameplay trailer for the upcoming new title from developer id Software, creators of Doom and Quake, and publisher Bethesda Softworks, RAGE, has been released online.

The trailer, titled “Gearhead Vault,” shows off a quest where the player has to infiltrate a bank and find a vault containing a combination of plutonium and feltrite, which, in this devastated post apocalyptic land, would be incredibly useful as a power source. In order to pull the mission off, the player will have to deal with one of the game’s many gangs, the Gearheads, who do not make it easy for you.

This is yet another impressive video to go along with the six that were recently released and anything else we’ve seen of RAGE, which hits stores on October 4th.

Check out the new trailer below now. [...]

Sony has signed Ben Ripley, who wrote the screenplay for the Duncan Jones mind-bender Source Code, to pen a remake of the 1990 film Flatliners, which starred Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, and William Baldwin.

The original Joel Schumacher film centered on a group of medical students conducting near-death experiments.

Laurence Mark will produce the new film, which Deadline reports will be “a contemporary reimagining.” Right, remake, exactly, except let me guess: the group uses the Internet — better yet, Facebook! — to conduct the experiments! [...]

Doctor Who Series 6 returns tonight with an all-new episode titled “Let’s Kill Hitler.” Check out a sneak peek of the new episode here below.

“Let’s Kill Hitler” premieres tonight, Saturday, August 27 at 9/8c exclusively on BBC America. Also airing tonight right after the new episode is the special “Doctor Who: Best of the Companions,” which you can get a glimpse of in the second video here below.

Also, BBC America is hosting an all-day Doctor Who Series 6 marathon today, which will include the two previously aired specials — Best of the Monsters and Best of the Doctor. Start watching at noon EST today for the two specials, and then begin viewing those Series 6 episodes at 2PM EST. All seven previously aired episodes of Series 6 will be shown, leading up to the new episode and special tonight. (Those 7 episodes were released as Doctor Who Series 6 Part 1 on DVD and Blu-Ray back in July.) [...]

Here’s what you need to know, fans of The Hunger Games: A first look at the upcoming film will be shown during the MTV Video Music Awards, airing this Sunday night.

Therefore, either sit through this awful awards show and be on the lookout for the debut, or wait it out for a few hours after the show ends to watch the footage online.

In the meantime, you can catch the tiniest of glimpses of star Jennifer Lawrence in the film in the videos below, released by MTV. One video is basically a commercial, while the other is a promo. Put them together and you’ll have about 2 seconds’ worth of footage from The Hunger Games [...]

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Directed by Troy Nixey
Starring Bailee Madison, Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce
Release date: August 26, 2011

When it comes to remakes, horror movies seem like the most popular option. It’s far rarer, however, that the film was a made-for-TV special, but such is the case for the new Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.

The film opens in the late 19th century at Blackwood Manor, a large mansion set in a remote woodsy area. A housekeeper is called into the basement by Mr. Blackwood only to be trapped and have her teeth bashed out with a chisel. An apologetic Blackwood, who is missing teeth himself, collects her shattered teeth and places them in a bloody dish. He places the dish inside a nearby fireplace, all the while begging to have his son back. Whispers respond, and Blackwood is painfully pulled into the fireplace.

Jumping forward to the modern day, architect Alex Hirst (Guy Pearce) and his interior decorator girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) are in the middle of an extensive renovation of Blackwood Manor. Things become complicated when Alex’s daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) arrives, having been sent by her mother to live with Alex. Sally quickly discovers the now barricaded basement and fireplace, and soon the whispers start again. Revealing more of the plot might ruin the scares for some people, but needless to say something scary calls Blackwood Manor home [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury today is a Doctor Who-themed shirt called “Sonic Vortex” by artist Malcassairo.

The sale began at Teefury today, Saturday, August 27, 2011, 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 [...]

The t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is the Back To The Future-inspired shirt called “I Want You to Go Back,” by artist Ninjaink.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Saturday, August 27, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

This week is one of forgotten remake projects sudden popping their heads of to say, “I’m still here!” Invisible Man, Vacation, Fletch, and The Fantastic Voyage are all apparently alive and well, and so is the planned remake of Romancing the Stone.

It was way back in December 2008 when it was announced that FOX would remake of the 1984 romantic comedy adventure starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. Originally, the studio wanted their new movie to come out in 2011, with Daniel McDermott penning the script. Exactly one year later, it was reported that Robert Luketic had been been brought on to direct the remake.

Now, MovieHole is reporting that this long-forgotten remake is still a-go, though Luketic is off the film and FOX on the lookout for a new director who will have a “fresh, exciting take” on the project [...]

The CW is looking to Eric Kripke, the creator of long-running hit series Supernatural, to head up the creation of the network’s newest possible show, based on DC Comics’ Deadman character.

This news comes in the wake of Smallville‘s tenth and final season, and reportedly CW is on the lookout for a new superhero series, and Deadman is one of the projects that has potential.

If you’re not familiar with Deadman, let me catch you up. In the comics, Boston Brand was a circus daredevil who wore a red costume and corpse paint. Unfortunately for him, during a trapeze act one day, he was viciously gunned down by an unknown man. Fortunately for us, however, Boston Brand was reborn as the superhero ghost named Deadman. Deadman used his unique ability to transfer his spirit from body to body, including super-powered heroes and villains, to fight crime and find out the identity of his killer [...]

Remember that trailer for the upcoming low-budget sequel Hellraiser: Revelations, the ninth installment in the totally-run-its-course Hellraiser film franchise?

Well, Hellraiser creator Clive Barker saw the new trailer and took to Twitter to make sure everyone knows that not only does this new offering NOT come from his mind, but that it doesn’t even come from his ass.

Hello,my friends. I want to put on record that the flic out there using the word Hellraiser IS NO FUCKIN’ CHILD OF MINE! [...]