Prometheus, the spiritual prequel to the 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien that marks the return of its director Ridley Scott to the genre that launched his career, won’t be released until next summer and no trailers or footage have been seen by the general public as of yet, with the exception of a sizzle reel shown at the film’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con back in July.

Little is also known of the exact plot of the film and the connection it shares with Alien, but recently Scott sat down with Barbara Chai at the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog and shared some small but tantalizing bits of information regarding just what the hell Prometheus is all about. [...]

Hardcore metal band The Devil Wears Prada has unveiled a first-person slasher game app to coincide with last year’s companion pieces: 2010′s Zombie EP and Zombie, The Comic, the comic book written by JL Bourne.

With creepy artwork by Kevin Mellon, Zombie Slay is a multi-level game with a soundtrack by The Devil Wears Prada’s bruising sounds. You can compete with fellow metalheads/zombies via OpenFeint to spread the massacre. The video below has some clips of awesome game play footage [...]

Fans of first-person shooters are always happy to hear about a brand new Rainbow Six game, and Ubisoft has delivered with the announcement of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots.

The game will see the Rainbow Six team having to deal with the True Patriots, a highly skilled revolutionary group who are willing to go to extreme measures to take down an American government they consider to be corrupted.

You can see a six-minute gameplay demo of Patriots by continuing on below. [...]

Star Wars: Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness #2
Written by Mick Harrison
Art by Douglas Wheatley
Colors Dan Jackson
Letters Michael Heisler
Cover by Pablo Correa
Dark Horse Comics
Release Dat: September 7, 2011
Cover Price: $2.99

One of the most original Star Wars comic titles in recent years is Dark Times. For those of you who haven’t read this series, let me lay down the background. The story takes place in the time period between the prequel Star Wars trilogy and the original Star Wars trilogy. The story of this book has Darth Vader trying to track down an assassin who killed a prisoner he was trying to interrogate about the location of former Jedi Knight Dass Jennir. Jennir’s former crew members are trying to find him with the help of another Jedi named Beyghor Sahdett, which leads them to attack an Imperial holding facility to find out where Jennir is, they find out Jennir has left the planet. When we see Jennir he has be stranded on a desert moon with a companion who is a lair and a cheat. But little do they know they are also being tracked by the same assassin who thwarted Vader [...]

Fans of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson got a nice little seasonal surprise on last week on the Halloween episode when alt rocker Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls, author and comics (Sandman) scribe Neil Gaiman (also Palmer’s husband), techno music trailblazer Moby, and Stephin Merritt of the pop rock group the Magnetic Fields got together to perform “Science Fiction Double Feature,” the opening song from the stage and film musical versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

You can watch the performance video here below [...]

DC Comics announced this week that the incredibly talented Nicola Scott would be handling art duties for three upcoming issues of the recently relaunched Superman.

It comes as a shock to no one that, across the board at DC Comics, fill-in artists are coming into the picture at around this time after DC’s September wide line relaunch. When details began to emerge that DC was preparing against issue delays, one of the first things fans began to think of was how little time the artists were getting. And it’s not just Jesus Merino on Superman, it’s Andy Kubert taking over for Rags Morales on Action Comics also, and the list will undoubtedly continue to grow when the issues and story arcs progress [...]

The video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 comes out for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, and PC Download tomorrow, Tuesday, November 8, 2011, and there are several bonuses you can get if you pre-order the game.

See list of pre-order bonuses and details here below, and remember, the game comes out tomorrow, so pre-order now! All of these bonuses are listed on the respective product pages in a “Bonus Offer” box [...]

The MP3 album deal of the day over at Amazon today The Greatest Video Game Music by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Skeet for only $2.99.

If you’d like to own a physical copy of The Greatest Video Game Music, it also comes in CD for only $9.99.

The album, which was released today, contains 22 tracks of classical versions of some of the most popular video games like Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto IV, Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare, Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda, and many more [...]

The deal of the day over at Things From Another World today is the Indiana Jones Omnibus Volume 1 trade paperback for only $6.99 (that’s 72% off the list price of $24.95).

Note – This deal is valid only for today, Monday, November 7, 2011, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last (and they will sell out, so hurry!). Visit the TFAW’s Deal of the Day page to view the hours left in the sale as well as quantities left on the item.

If the deal, which is on the “nick and dent” version, does sell out before the end of the day, there’s a new version for on sale for 50% off for $12.47 [...]

With Tarsem’s Immortals set to hit theaters in a few days, the reclusive filmmaker has finally found a title for his follow-up project.

THR is reporting that the director’s upcoming film, a Snow White project starring Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, and Julia Roberts, will now be titled Mirror Mirror [...]

If there was ever a way to make the impending Star Trek 2 any more interesting than it already is, J.J. Abrams and his crew may have just done it.

According to Variety, Benicio Del Toro has been offered the role of the villain in the upcoming sequel. Now, who he’ll be playing has yet to be revealed, but with production likely set to commence in January, plot details should be arriving soon enough [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is the Star Wars-themed shirt called “Scum and Villainy” by artist AJ Paglia.

The sale at RIPT began today, Sunday, November 6, 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 [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Doctor Who-themed shirt called “Whovian” by artist zerobriant.

The sale began at Teefury today, Sunday, November 6, 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 Rambo: The Complete Collector’s Set is on sale right now for only $25 (that’s 55% off the list price of $54.99).

Note, this deal is valid only through Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 11:59 PST while supplies last.

The Blu-ray box set contains all four Rambo movies starring Sylvester Stallone in the lead action-hero role — First Blood, Rambo – First Blood Part II, Rambo III, and Rambo — along with over 20 hours of bonus features [...]

As was promised, Rockstar Games has released the first trailer for the highly anticipated new installment in the GTA franchise, Grand Theft Auto V.

The trailer is short, but does show off enough to get a little excitement burning inside. Details on the game’s premise have yet to be shared, but the trailer implies that we’ll be playing as a middle-aged man who moves out west to the GTA version of California to escape his life of crime and have some sort of normal life. [...]

Famed composer Hans Zimmer is returning to Gotham City for his third straight time to provide the musical voice of the Batman franchise for next summer’s The Dark Knight Rises, and now he has a way for Bat-fans around the world to be a part of the film’s sonic tapestry.

The website Ujam, a place for people to create their own music, is hosting in conjunction with Zimmer and Warner Bros. a special chance for people to record their voices as part of a “worldwide chant” the composer is creating for the upcoming comic book blockbuster [...]

Chickenfoot
III
earMUSIC
Release date: October 24, 2011 UK
November 1, 2011 U.S.

Supergroups are always a precious thing. Usually the ego-meter is higher than the number of tracks recorded, but lower than the probability that it will crash and burn. Having two ex-members of Van Halen in Chickenfoot always sounded like someone was waving a blowtorch at a short fuse. The explosion would surely follow.

And yet here we are, two years after Chickenfoot’s self-titled debut album for album number two. According to guitarist Joe Satriani in his interview with Geeks of Doom, singer Sammy Hagar named the band’s second album III because drummer Chad Smith and bassist Michael Anthony wanted to call it IV. Well I’m glad that’s cleared that up then [...]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for PC — preload the game today and receive $10 credit towards future video game downloads.

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Saturday, November 5, 2011, until 11:59pm PST.

If you purchase and preload Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, you will be able to play the game immediately upon its release at midnight on November 8, 2011. See more details on this promotion here below [...]

Back in August we brought you the news that a new Blade Runner movie was in the works at Alcon Entertainment and that original director Ridley Scott, currently in post-production on his Alien prequel Prometheus, would be the guiding force behind this latest journey into a dark and perpetually rainy future. Then it was reported that under Scott’s direction the new film will likely be a complete departure from the original Blade Runner.

But in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog, Scott revealed that his Blade Runner movie is “liable to be a sequel.” [...]

Snarked #2
Written and Illustrated by Roger Langridge
Colors by Rachelle Rosenberg
Kaboom! Studios
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

Snarked by Roger Langridge returns this week with its second issue. It’s an issue full of character development and surprising revelations that was a joy to read.

It is usually around its second issue most comics prove if they are going to continue in greatness or if its creator used all of their artistic brilliance in the first issue. Langridge luckily beats the sophomore slump with Snarked #2 and continues to take us on an unforgettable journey with a cast of charming and lovable characters [...]