Back in September of 2010 when we witnessed in awe the first 10-minute gameplay demo for Ken Levine and Irrational Games’ BioShock prequel, BioShock Infinite, it already looked beautiful and dreamlike and perfect (enhanced by the 15-minute E3 gameplay demo that followed); perfect enough to being close to a release. But we knew there would be a bit of a wait in store as they perfected the game for a 2012 release, and that only heightened expectation, anticipation, and excitement levels.

Then came a release date, finally: October 16, 2012—over two years after we’d first seen the gameplay demo. But now, sadly, we the impatiently patient will have to wait even longer. [...]

Earlier today it was reported that Jessica Chastain had opted not to take on the “sexy scientist” role she was said to be up for in Iron Man 3. Not wasting any time, it looks like director Shane Black and company had another actress on stand by.

According to sources, Rebecca Hall is now in negotiations to play the character Chastain was lined up for. Apart from the brief description indicating that the character would be an attractive scientist type who’s just as smart as Robert Downey Jr.‘s Tony Stark character, all that’s known is that this will be a supporting role. [...]

OK so maybe getting frozen in carbonite isn’t your greatest Star Wars dream—it actually appeared to be rather uncomfortable for Mr. Han Solo—but if you’ve ever wondered what your expression would look like after being betrayed by a trusted friend and imprisoned in the tightest of cells for delivery to a 600-year-old gangster slug, now’s your chance…and without all the discomfort it comes with!

During Star Wars Weekends this year at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, those who reserve a spot will enjoy the “Carbon-Freeze Me” experience, which is part of the new D-Tech line that uses technology to offer up insanely cool personalization options. [...]

The always popular Mr. Sean Bean has landed a new gig for himself, and it should last him a few years.

It’s being reported that Bean has signed on to star in not one, but a whole trilogy of movies based on author Deon Meyer‘s crime novels, the Devil’s Peak book series.

The books focus on a detective in Cape Town, South Africa’s Serious and Violent Crimes Unit. [...]

It’s looking more and more like it’s going to be a big summer at the box office. If The Hunger Games The Hunger Games passing $600 million wasn’t enough (I know, it came out in March—movies don’t follow the seasons accurately), now the ultimate in superhero movies, The Avengers, has arrived, and it is laying waste to all that stand before it.

The movie, which is directed by geek god Joss Whedon, had already scored multiple hundreds of millions of dollars overseas before finally being released this past Friday here in the States. [...]

The Hunger Games has shot past $600 million worldwide at the box office, and the sequel, Catching Fire, has a writer in Simon Beaufoy and a director in Francis Lawrence.

All of that said, it looks like the screenplay isn’t quite where Lionsgate wants it. The studio is in talks with Academy Award winner Michael Arndt to take Beaufoy’s script and give it the rewrite treatment. [...]

The Twilight Saga star Kellan Lutz, who played Emmett Cullen in the mega-hit movie franchise, has been cast to play Tarzan in an upcoming adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs jungle-dwelling character for Constantin Films.

Lutz will be joined by Spencer Locke, the actress that played K-Mart in Constantin’s Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil: Afterlife, who will take on the role of Jane Porter.

Instead of going live-action, the movie will instead take the computer animated performance capture route, and will also be in 3D…naturally. [...]

Now that Bethesda has officially announced their long-rumored Elder Scrolls MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online, they’re not wasting any time getting the word out to the masses.

The company behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fallout 3, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has released the first teaser trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online.

The trailer is similar to the first trailer for Skyrim, not showing a whole lot of anything but combining voiceover and epic music to trigger your excitement. [...]

Director Brad Bird has a thing for years, as it would appear. The two-time Oscar winning director of such animated hits as The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille, made his move to live-action pictures with news that he would direct 1906, a movie about the devastating San Francisco earthquake that hit that year. But before he got around to that movie, he decided to step away and direct the recent action blockbuster Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.

Bird is now adding yet another year-titled project to his to-do list. [...]

Back in April it was first reported that Sharlto Copley, star of District 9 and The A-Team, was in talks to play the villain in Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy. This week that casting was officially confirmed, and now the actor is adding more new projects to his to-do list.

It’s being reported that Copley has entered into negotiations to play the male lead in Maleficent, the Walt Disney retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fable that focuses on the evil villain. [...]

A new documentary is on the way titled Last Call at the Oasis, which looks at the ever-growing global water crisis many of us probably aren’t even aware exists.

The movie is directed by Jessica Yu, and comes by way of the folks who brought us a couple of other eye-openers such as An Inconvenient Truth, Food, Inc., and Waiting For Superman. You can check out a trailer at the bottom of this post. [...]

Are you excited by the thought of a brand new take on Little Shop of Horrors to hit the big screen? Well, one way or the other, it looks like it’s happening.

It’s being reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, star of Inception and the upcoming super-sequel The Dark Knight Rises, is developing a new remake of Roger Corman’s 1960 comedy, The Little Shop of Horrors (which starred a one Mr. Jack Nicholson) for Warner Brothers. [...]

A new series of gameplay trailers is on the way for the fifth game in the Hitman franchise, titled Hitman: Absolution.

The first of these trailers, which will all be completely composed of actual gameplay footage, re-introduces us to an old friend: Agent 47. It basically shows off the many options you’ll have as the iconic serial-coded assassin on your way to completing whatever mission you happen to be doing, and just how brutal things can get if you’re not in the mood do things cleanly. [...]

You saw the debut trailer for Activision’s latest installment in the multi-billion-dollar Call of Duty franchise, titled Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which will take gamers to the year 2025. (Click here if you’ve not yet seen it)

Now you want to know what in the sweet hell is actually going on in the trailer so you have a better idea what to expect when the game hits store shelves on November 13, 2012. Thankfully, plenty of details are already being shared, and it must be admitted: things are sounding pretty promising. [...]

Netflix is making a little hobby out of at least inquiring into bringing back popular shows that have been canceled.

Back in March we found out that they were in very early talks with FOX to continue the recently canceled Steven Spielberg-produced prehistoric drama, Terra Nova. No word yet on how those chats went or are going, but if it works out the show would join Netflix’s first successful resurrection, the very popular Arrested Development. [...]

After being rumored for quite a while, it’s been officially announced by Bethesda Softworks that a massively multiplayer online game based in the world of their hit video game franchise, The Elder Scrolls, is on the way.

The game, titled The Elder Scrolls Online, is being developed by ZeniMax Online Studios and led by game director Matt Firor, who has been involved in developing online games for over twenty years now. [...]

We see Hollywood remaking everything in sight these days, from beloved classics we once thought untouchable to recent blockbuster franchises (or failed attempts at them) that were seen a decade or less ago. But why stop at just remaking movies? Video game remakes look like they could start becoming more popular, but that makes sense. No, no—we the human race need to start thinking really big in terms of our remakes…like, for example, objects of historical relevance, perhaps? [...]

It’s been rumored for a while now, and Activision has now made it official: this year’s installment of the Call of Duty franchise will be Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

The not so expected part is the game’s setting. Would it continue the ’60s-set Cold War storyline seen in the first game? Would it re-visit well-traveled ground like World War II or modern day warfare? As it turns out, it’s none of those things. Black Ops II will take us to new places in the Call of Duty franchise: the future. [...]

It’s been nearly four years now since we first heard that Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, and Evan Goldberg‘s apocalypse comedy trailer, Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse (which you can see here if you haven’t already), would actually be turned into a feature length movie.

Since then it has be re-named The Apocalypse…and then re-named again, giving it its current title, The End of the World. With the title changes the movie’s story has also changed, and quite the cast of actors have jumped on board, most of whom we’re used to seeing together on the screen. [...]

I don’t happen to be very knowledgeable in the worlds of heavy metal music and geek favorite Doctor Who, but it has to be assumed that when those two worlds collide, someone who’s very much into both—like our own Empress Eve and Dave3, perhaps—would become quite happy.

Enter a new video from one such fan in YouTube user 331Erock, who has a knack for fusing together metal and geek culture and has offered to the masses his new Doctor Who performance.

You can check out the video below. [...]