Who’s under the Red Hood? Bruce Timm knows, but he’s not telling. However, he answers a bevy of other questions in a Q&A focused on the July 27 release of Batman: Under the Red Hood, the latest entry in the ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies. Batman: Under the Red Hood is…
Gene Roddenberry spent the 1970s attempting to create new series and while many got as far the pilot film, none ever went to series. By the end of the decade he was frustrated and gave up, tying himself to [[[Star Trek]]], riding that cash cow to the end of his life. His first attempt was…
With the summer 2010 film season officially underway, calendars for 2011 and 2012 are rapidly filling up with eagerly anticipated fare. The latest juggernaut to claim a weekend is Columbia Pictures’ Men in Black III, which staked out May 25, 2012. Jumping on the bandwagon, the film was also announced as a 3-D production. The…
We were teased with the next direct-to-DVD animated feature when Justice League came out a few months back. Personally, we never understood why Jason Todd was resurrected or why DC and Warner Home Video considered this story worthy of adaptation, but here is comes. What follows is the press release with the details: BURBANK, CA…
Back when anything popular would eventually end up as a cartoon, Star Trek’s original voyage became a cult cartoon classic back in the day. And we all know when it ended, William Shatner broke free of the constraints of over-acting he was tied to. He gave birth to a new form of music. Who needs…
While Pocket Books’ publishing program has to avoid the five year mission era of Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise until 2012 when the second film from J.J. Abrams is released, that doesn’t mean there won’t be stories set in the original universe.Star Trek: Vanguard, a novel series conceived by former editor…
If you were looking for that little special something for your own bridge recreation, here’s your chance. The Las Vegas Sun reports that unneeded, unwanted and/or unnecessary items and effects from the old “Star Trek Experience” at the Las Vegas Hilton are being put up for sale this Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at a…
Diamond Comic Distributors just promoted our friends at IDW to “Premier” status. Essentially, that means IDW’s titles – which include the ComicMix line as well as Transformers, Doctor Who, Angel, Star Trek and a great many others – will now appear in the highly valued front portion of the monthly Diamond catalog. This is a…
Andrew Koenig, star of Growing Pains and son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, committed suicide. His boy was found in Vancouver, Canada on Thursday afternoon after being missing for almost two weeks. Vancouver authorities held a press conference on Thursday just hours after the discovery, during which a police spokesperson revealed they had no…
I call shenanigans. The article on Times Online: Namco Bandai decided to organise a world record attempt for people dressed as Star Trek characters on Valentine’s Day. After all, what else would all these trekkies be doing? The good news is that the world record is apparently in the bag. 99 people turned up at…
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2009 Nebula Awards. The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet the evening of May 15 at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, just 20 minutes from…
Paramount Pictures has gone out of their way to announce Mission: Impossible 4 — what feels like a rushed project, coming out in just over a year. The film is being described as a reboot, without J.J. Abrams behind the camera and will most likely introduce agents to take over the franchise. It also arrives…
