Can’t wait for a sequel to The Karate Kid or a live action Jetsons film? Well, it appears as though you’re going to have to, as they both have gotten a new writer.

According to Variety, Sony has tapped Zak Penn to rewrite their upcoming sequel to the huge hit that was the Karate Kid remake, and the pair of Evan Susser and Van Robichaux (the pair behind the Black Listed Chewie) have been hired to re-write The Jetsons. [...]

Ever wondered what the newly revived MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head would look like in real life? Well…too bad, we’re going to show you anyway!

Special effects and make-up whiz Kevin Kirkpatrick is the man responsible for bringing the underachieving animated duo to life. If you’ve not heard the name before, you’ve most definitely seen his work. He’s done make-up work on the Friday the 13th, The Wolfman, and Nightmare on Elm Street remakes, as well as upcoming titles like The Avengers, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (ironic, eh?). [...]

I’m not even quite sure what to say about this one, so I’ll just let you go ahead and be the judges.

Funny or Die has created a trailer for a live-action adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats that promises to be “the most disturbing movie ever made,” and the trailer certainly implies that it could be just that.

You can see the video by clicking on over to the other side now! [...]

Nothing says Happy Holidays like a snowman massacre!

Bill Watterson fan’s will instantly recognize the scenes in the following video as being straight from the pages of his long-running comic series Calvin and Hobbes. Jim Frommeyer, along with Teague Chrystie (of the Down in Front podcast) put together this heart-warming “live-action” rendition of Watterson’s infamous ‘Snowman House of Horrors’ holiday strip [...]

Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1: Season One
DVD
Written and Directed by Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis
Starring Carey Means, Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, C. Martin Croker
Adult Swim
Release Date: October 11, 2011

I was hesitant about watching this DVD. Being a big fan of the Adult Swim animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force I was more than a little apprehensive when an announcement was made last year that the show was undergoing a title change and possibly having the title characters go back to being low rent detectives for hire as they were when the show premiered back in 2000. But I trusted the show’s creators Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis and their talented creative team and hilarious voice cast to deliver on the offbeat humor and surreal plotlines that break from the confines of traditional storytelling (even for a show that airs after midnight on Adult Swim). It’s on that basis that on the new DVD Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1: Season One they still haven’t let me down [...]

This…could be the greatest thing ever made. Yes, ladies and gentleman, it’s time for another internet gem worthy of good ol’ fashioned hyperbole, and you can see why.

A couple of weeks ago, someone started a new Tumblr page called Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses, and it is exactly like it sounds. It was realized that the human nose looks remarkably like the head of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle when given the right makeover, and, since its inception, many different noses of both the celebrity and non–celebrity variety have been transformed into our favorite reptilian martial arts masters…and some of them are just fantastic.

Be sure to head on over to the other side now to see some favorites, and hit the source link below for lots more! [...]

Not too long ago a near 5–minute special preview of the return of Beavis and Butt-Head was released online, and many fans of the idiotically hilarious ’90s animated hit series giggled with teenage nostalgia…myself very much included.

While it’s not quite as funny as said preview, MTV has released a new trailer for the show, and it’s still well worth taking a peek at. You’ll see some of the antics the eternally immature Beavis and Butt–Head get into, as well as a peek at some other returning characters.

Be sure to head on below now to check out the new trailer for Beavis and Butt–Head, which returns to MTV on October 27, 2011. [...]

FX, the network behind hit shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rescue Me, and Sons of Anarchy, has picked up a brand new animated comedy series called Unsupervised.

The series comes from It’s Always Sunny creators (and stars) Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Glenn Howerton‘s RCG Productions banner. It’s part of a recent three–year, $50 million deal between the company and FX. The show is created and executive produced by Rob Rosell, Scott Marder, and David Hornsby, who have also worked on It’s Always Sunny.

Unsupervised follows Gary and Joel, two teenagers who have no parental guidance at all (assumedly along the same lines as Beavis and Butt–Head) who are working their way through all of the problems teenagers face and trying to do the right things (very much unlike Beavis and Butt–Head).

The show has an impressive voice cast already lined up that includes Rosell, Hornsby, Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Fred Armisen, Romany Malco, Kaitlin Olson, and Alexa Vega. [...]

James Gunn, the former Troma Films writer who hit pay dirt with the script for the 2004 Zack Snyder-directed remake of Dawn of the Dead and made his directorial debut in 2006 with the sci-fi horror comedy Slither, has uncovered something very interesting which he linked to his Twitter feed just recently.

Animation company Toonsmyth Productions has put together a 90-second video trailer for a mock cartoon based on Gunn’s most recent film, the subversive superhero comedy Super that starred Rainn Wilson as a lonely and disturbed man who becomes a costumed crimefighter named the Crimson Bolt, in the hope that some network might pick it up for a series, possibly the Cartoon Network for their Adult Swim line-up. You can watch the video here [...]

Relativity Media has announced that they have optioned the feature film rights to Voltron from World Event Productions, and that they plan on making a live–action feature based on the popular 1984 animated series, Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The hopes are that this can turn into a big new franchise for the studio.

Charles Roven and Richard Suckle of Atlas Entertainment brought the opportunity to Relativity, and they will act as shepherds to the development of the movie.

Voltron follows five young warriors who all pilot powerful high–tech Robot Lions that, when necessary, can join together to create a massive force called Voltron. The team uses these robots and the ability to form into Voltron to defend the galaxy from any threats that may arise.

The animated series’ original run was only from 1984 to 1985, but the show and characters have remained popular over time, with new animated series arriving in 1998 and again right here in 2011 on Nicktoons. Movie adaptations of the series have been talked about for a long while, but nothing has ever quite worked out. [...]

Adventure Time, the hit cartoon from the brilliant mind of Pendleton Ward, has come to San Diego Comic-Con International 2011 in full force.

Not only has Cartoon Network rented out a pizza parlor in downtown San Diego to promote Adventure Time, but they’ve also paid more than two dozen boyish-looking dudes to dress up like the show’s main [human] character Finn (Jeremy Shada). (Yet, I’ve only spotted one real-life Jake (John DiMaggio a.k.a the voice of wise cracking robot Bender on Futurama), the shape-shifting yellow dog who is also Finn’s best friend — as shown in the images below.)

For those who have absolutely no idea why this is so amusing to myself and several others, let me explain. Adventure Time is a cartoon about a boy and his magical best friend dog and the awesome adventures they have in the mystical Land of Ooo. Mostly, these adventures consist of saving princesses and fighting heinous villain types like the Ice King. There are plenty of talking pastries, a Rainicorn (Rainbow Unicorn), and tons of guest celebrity voices like Henry Rollins, Mark Hamill, George Takei, Lou Ferrigno, and Erik Estrada [...]

There’s a lot of great shows on TV right now, but when it comes to Futurama, you can’t help but feel particularly nervous about its well–being at all times.

After finally finding its way back from the dead one year ago tomorrow on our savior network, Comedy Central, soaring to 10 million fans on Facebook (now over 14 million), and even the recent news that an additional 26 new episodes had been ordered, we’re still going to remind you to tune in and make sure that as many of those 14 million fans are watching as possible.

Click on over for more and to see video previews for tonight’s brand new episodes!

So here’s the reminder: tonight at 10pm EST, Futurama returns to Comedy Central with not one, but two brand new episodes. These are the first of 13 new episodes that will run this season (the second half of the original 26-episode order; the new 26-episode order mentioned above will act as two more seasons taking us all the way into 2013). [...]

Children of the ’80s will want to take note of the new ThunderCats animated series, which Cartoon Network promoted by debuting the show’s trailer at WonderCon 2011.

If you were too young to be smitten with talking kitties, you still may want to check the show out as it’s being produced by folks who’ve worked on Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Michael Jelenic) and The Last Airbender (Ethan Spaulding).

Larry Kenney, who voiced the original Lion-O in the 1980s version, returns to provide the voice of Claudus in the new series [...]

IDW Publishing seems to be making a big splash at San Francisco’s WonderCon this weekend, and one of their big announcements was that they will be bringing back Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the world of comics this Summer, with an new series of comics and graphic novels based on the original series. The comics series will be just the first part of an on-going plan to return the Turtles to prominence. Nickelodeon actually bought the rights to the Turtles franchise last year for a cool $60 million and there are also plans for a new CGI show to air on Nickelodeon starting in late 2012 [...]

Former California governor and veteran actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is making this comeback to the screen in the form of the cartoon superhero known as The Governator.

The semi-fictional character, whose name is based on Schwarzenegger’s nickname while in office, will be the star of an animated television show and comic book, which is being co-developed by none other than the one and only Stan Lee, comic book creator extraordinaire.

Regarding the cartoon, Schwarzenegger said, “It combines the governor, the Terminator, the bodybuilding world, the True Lies…” [...]

Today when you visit Google’s homepage the usual Google logo has been replaced with a Will Eisner-inspired doodle to celebrate his birthday. Click on the logo and you’ll find a treasure trove of information about the iconic comic book creator.

Eisner was born on March 6, 1917 and died back in 2005. He is perhaps best known for the character The Spirit, which did, for better or for worse, get the feature film treatment, but he also crafted such classic characters as John Law, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, Black Hawk, Uncle Sam, and countless others.

Eisner is known as the father of the graphic novel and he was one of the founding creators of the actual comic book bringing the art form from Sunday newspapers into what we know as comic books today [...]

The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes was a welcome surprise from Marvel Studios. It’s an animated series that’s crafted in such a way that fans of all ages can enjoy it. The series is on Disney XD which is a difficult sell to any fan above a certain demographic, but if you just hold your breath and flip over there the show will impress. Hardcore comic book fans will see the show is loosely based on Brian Michael Bendis’s Avenger’s Disassembled story arc, or at least the aftermath of that story. At any rate, the series features classic Avengers heroes on the team including Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, The Wasp, Ant Man/Giant Man, Hawkeye, and Black Panther.

If you aren’t the type to set foot in Disney kidville, then you can still see the show because Disney has announced that the first 13 episodes are coming to DVD, conveniently broken up into two volumes. Episodes 1 – 7 will be in Volume 1 and Episodes 8 – 13 will be presented in Volume 2. Both sets will be available on DVD April 26, 2011. At this point the only bonus feature we know of is a look at the upcoming Season 2 on the second volume [...]

Some exciting times are upon we the fans of Futurama. Since the show’s glorious return, it has put up some pretty strong numbers for Comedy Central and the new season (originally the second half of last season) is set to premiere this upcoming June!

But it’s the social network itself, Facebook, where Futurama is really dominating in popularity. The animated series from Matt Groening and David X. Cohen‘s official Facebook page just recently got its 10 millionth “Like” — more than Angry Birds, Pearl Jam, and NPR…COMBINED.

In celebration of this momentous occasion, two new images from one of the upcoming episodes titled “Neutopia!” have been released by Comedy Central, and you can see them by clicking on over to the other side now!

The only question I have is: if there’s now TEN MILLION fans of Futurama on Facebook, where are these people when the show is on?! In its return to TV it nailed almost 3 million viewers and set records, while the season average settled in at around 2 million. [...]

Artist Dimitris Samaras has created this awesome Star Wars – Who Framed Roger Rabbit mash-up of Jessica Rabbit dressed up in the Slave Leia golden bikini garb called A Love Song for Jabba the Hutt.

Check out more of the artist’s work, including a hi-res version of this Jessica Rabbit piece, at his DeviantART page [...]

OK, allow us to catch you up on all things Thundercats.

Way back when (a few years ago), it was reported that a new movie based on the classic animated Thundercats was on the way from Warner Brothers. The movie adaptation never quite found its legs, and has been in production purgatory ever since. Then last June we found out that WB Animation was entering into a collaboration with Japan’s Studio4°C for a new Thundercats animated series that would have anime influences.

Just recently the first images from the animated series showed up online, but today comes a special bit of footage from the lost Thundercats CG movie that was once on the way. It’s pretty cheesy, to be completely honest, and a lot of work would have to be done if they decided to bring the movie back to life, but it is worth seeing for you fans.

You can see the Thundercats movie clip as well as an image from the upcoming animated series below by clicking on over now. [...]