GeekiN #136

A week full of discussion and news. Check out our full list of topics after the break! Discussion Television CW developing a show based on DC Comics character Raven Life Unexpected getting complete series DVD in April, 2-hour series finale airs January 18 2013 is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, and Sylvester McCoy says […]

A week full of discussion and news. Check out our full list of topics after the break!

CW developing a show based on DC Comics character Raven
Life Unexpected getting complete series DVD in April, 2-hour series finale airs January 18
2013 is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, and Sylvester McCoy says that he would love to return for it, and possibly have all 11 doctors present via CGI

Quick Hits:

The Walking Dead’s Finale episode drew 6 million viewers, set the record for the most watched basic cable drama episode in history; Writers were not fired
FX cancels Terriers
Dexter gets a sixth season
ABC’s Fables adaptation is dead according to creator
Doctor Who’s bifurcated season was done for story reasons, and won’t necessarily be the norm for future seasons
Longtime Whedon producer Kelly Manners has joined Torchwood America as a producer
Game of Thrones behind the scenes aired

Movies

The Wachowskis will next write/direct “Hood” an urban-set, modern retelling of Robin Hood. Lead offered to Will Smith
Hugh Jackman will star in “Red Steel”, a robot boxing movie directed by Shawn Levy
The Magic Kingdom will be the story of a family stuck in Disneyland, but stay away from the Space Jam/Night of the Museum comparisons by using limited characters and a spooky style

Quick Hits:

Early Tron: Legacy reviews are mixed at best
Superman Cameo was removed from the Green Lantern movie
First images of blonde Emma Stone leak
Spider-Man reboot began filming on Monday, parents and possible new villain cast
The Spider-Man reboot and The Hobbit will be using a state of the art 3d camera called the Red Epic
Sylvester McCoy will be playing Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit
Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of At The Mountains of Madness will shoot this summer
Phil Lord and Chris Miller will direct “Bob the Musical”
Will Ferrel and Zach Galifianakis will play political rivals in presidential election comedy
Dreamworks planning SIX Kung-Fu Panda films and at least 3 How To Train Your Dragons
Disney plans to shoot 5th and 6th Pirates films back to back
Farrelly Brothers’ Three Stooges project finally begins production  in March
Christopher Nolan wants the world of Inception to continue, but hasn’t given a lot of thought to a sequel

Video Games

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime announced
Back to the Future the Game trailer released. Episode 1 “It’s About Time” comes out this month
Neil Patrick Harris to host the VGAs this year on December 11th, 2010; Gears of War, Bioware, and Activision amongst the announcements to be made

Other

New Prima Cinema service will bring movies to homes on the day they are released in theaters

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