Returning Shows

5:44 – Life Unexpected 9/14/10
13:01 – Chuck 9/20/10
20:38 – Vampire Diaries 9/9/10
25:06 – How I Met Your Mother 9/20/10
32:04 – Glee 9/21/10
40:01 – The Big Bang Theory 9/23/10
47:25 – V 11/??/10

New Shows:

50:35 – Hellcats 9/8/10
53:30 – The Event 9/20/10
57:32 – Running Wilde 9/21/10
1:03:10 – My Generation 9/23/10
1:06:20 – Bleep My Dad Says 9/23/10
1:10:35 – No Ordinary Family 9/28/10
1:14:40 – Sherlock 10/24/10
1:17:30 – The Walking Dead 10/31/10

After this point, we discuss various cartoons coming at mostly unspecified  times this year. Including Young Justice, Transformers: Prime, and Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Hope you enjoy the show!

• Doctor Who series 6 to be split in half (Spring/Autumn)
• Kurtzman and Orci developing Locke and Key adaptation
• Rob Thomas developing “Temps” for NBC
• The Walking Dead premieres Sunday, October 31 at 10pm
• Timothy Dalton gets important Chuck role
• Discovery Kids re-branding as a Hasbro-content filled channel will launch 10/10/10 as The Hub

• Valve looking into producing a Half Life live action film independently
• Sylvester McCoy is in talks for Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit
• Joe Carnahan, David Yates, and James McTeigue being considered to direct Fantastic Four reboot
• Bruce Willis in talks to play The Thing, Stephan Moyer in talks for Doctor Doom
• Jeremy Renner joins Tom Cruise for Mission Impossible 4 (though it might not be called that)
• John Cusack cast as Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue’s The Raven
• Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reif to script Karate Kid sequel
• Whedon confirms Black Widow as only female Avenger, but not only female character

• Microsoft Kinect begins closed beta. Despite having an NDA, massive amounts of details leaked out
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Video Game release on XBox Live Arcade

• Blockbuster prepares for bankruptcy

• Torchwood: The New World has received an official synopsis
• The second episode of season 2 of Glee is a Britney Spears episode. Will also be the first episode for recurring actor John Stamos

• X-Men: First Class details emerge! 1960s setting! No Cyclops or Jean Grey! Hellfire Club! Kevin Bacon is Sebastian Shaw!
• Spider-Man reboot’s non-Mary Jane love interest has a short list
• Art Marcum and Matt Holloway hired to pen TMNT reboot for Platinum Dunes
• Wolverine 2 will be directed by either David Slade or Robert Schwentke
• JJ Abrams is developing a thriller based on 7 Minutes in Heaven
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Adrien Brody are Fox’s top choices for Reed Richards in Fantastic Four Reboot
• Noah Ringer somehow got cast again. In Cowboys & Aliens. Twitters Set pics
• Guillermo del Toro says he will likely not finish the Hellboy series
• The Social Network brings us The Google Movie

• Portal 2 releasing Feb 9, 2011
• Third Doctor Who Adventure game titled TARDIS, allows you to explore the Doctor’s space/time traveling vehicle

GeekJerk Reaction: The Last Exorcism, Takers

• Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
• Justin Timberlake to star in the post-Superbowl Glee episode? A good fit for Schuester’s little brother?
• Masi Oka joins star-filled Hawaii Five-0 as a possibly-recurring coroner
• The 5th and last season of Friday Night Lights airs in October 27 on DirecTV

• Green Lantern Villain changed from Legion to Parallax? (Rumor)
• Judge Dredd will be “a very hard R-Rated, gritty, realistic movie” that will be shot in Johannesburg with Karl Urban as Dredd
• The Avengers will be shot in 3D
• Edgar Wright calls his Ant-Man a “high-tech, spy heist film”
• Next Terminator to be CG-Animated sequel to original film called Terminator 3000? Legal matters may hold up production
• Warner Bros producing live action Bugs Bunny film

• Bioshock Infinite announced

• Star Wars coming to Blu-Ray in Fall 2011 with more deleted scenes
• Universal considering a Lord of the Rings theme park

GeekJerk Reaction: Lottery Ticket, Nanny McPhee Returns, Piranha 3D, The Switch, Vampires Suck

• Torchwood America will be named “Torchwood: The New World”
• Game of Thrones set for a Spring 2011 debut
• Entourage to end next season. Movie series to follow.
• Live Action Star Wars TV series on hold
• Life Unexpected and One Tree Hill to crossover this season?

• Tony Scott to direct Mark Millar’s “Nemesis”
• Green Lantern to be first part of trilogy, Michael Goldenberg writing part 2
• Christoph Waltz being considered for Spider-Man villain
• The horror! Justin Beiber 3D biopic
• Little Fockers reshoots are adding Dustin Hoffman to the film
• Could Quentin Tarantino direct The Shadow?
• Spike Jonze working on a sci-fi B-movie short film collaboration with Arcade Fire
• Weinsteins produced remake of An American Werewolf in London being penned by The Number 23 scribe
• John Carter of Mars releasing June 8, 2012
• D.J. Caruso still “loosely attached” to directing Y the Last Man. Wants to film a trilogy, New Line wants to cram more of the story into one film
• Men in Black III to begin filming in September in NYC, Spider-Man to film in December in LA
• Greg Berlanti has confirmed he has begun writing the screenplay for The Flash
• The Avengers begins filming February 2011

• Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel titled “Batman: Arkham City” and features Catwoman and Two Face in some way
• Zachari Levi, Felicia Day, Ron Perlman, and Mathew Perry lend their voices to Fallout: New Vegas
• Blockbuster now renting video games via mail

• Netflix in negotiations to add Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM movies to Watch Instant
• DC changes OGN Earth One plans

GeekJerk Reaction: Scott Pilgrim, Eat Pray Love, The Expendables

• Darkseid, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Tights, Flight, and “Superman” coming to Smallville
• Young Justice looks amazing
• Chuck’s mom will be Sarah Connor, aka Linda Hamilton
• Brian Michael Bendis becomes writer/producer of Ultimate Spider-Man animated series.
• Caprica returns to the air in Janurary
• G4 brings anime versions of Blade, Wolverine, Iron Man, and X-Men to America in 2011

• Mark Ruffalo is The Hulk, Joss Whedon is officially directing The Avengers
• Infinity Gauntlet is the last prop reveal at the Marvel Studios booth. What does it mean?
• Guillermo del Toro to direct new Haunted Mansion movie
• Karl Urban will be the new Judge Dredd
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gets a release date: May 20, 2011
• Marvel Studios regains Punisher film rights from Lionsgate

• Star Wars: The Old Republic will have space gameplay
• Scott Pilgrim vs The World hits PSN on 8/10, XBLA on 8/25 for $15
• DCU Online cinematic trailer is insane

• Comic-Con evokes a pen stab to the eye over a seat
• San Diego Comic-Con coming to an end? Anaheim or Las Vegas Comic-Con possible replacements

Geek Jerk Reaction: Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner for Schmucks

• Chuck Season 4 will premiere September 20th
• New episodes of Beavis and Butthead are coming to MTV
• Game of Thrones casting pretty much complete

• First images from The Green Lantern released in EW
• Kevin Bacon’s X-Men villian to be Sebastian Shaw?
• Runaways will film January to July 2011, for release in 2012
• Bruce Banner/Hulk finalists reportedly include Mark Ruffalo and David Tennant
• Will Smith to star in The Legend of Cain?
• Zachary Levi has auditioned for new Superman, which will apparently be directed by Jonathan Nolan
• McG’s live-action Tinkerbell movie to star Elizabeth Banks as Tinkerbell?
• Nicholas Cage confirmed to return in Ghost Rider 2: The Spirit of Vengence, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor from a script by David Goyer
• Pixar was brought in to help touch up Tron Legacy
• Pixar to dive into the direct to DVD market with the Cars spinoff “Planes”
• Pixar plans to rerelease some of their catalog of films in 3D
• Mission Impossible IV being reworked to include a young rookie, also Simon Pegg will be returning

Geek Jerk Reaction: Salt, Ramona and Beezus

• Party Down is cancelled
• American Torchwood to begin filming in Janurary in either L.A. or Canada. “Epic” 7 1/2 month shoot. Captain Jack will be in all 10 episodes
• Emmy Nominations announced

• Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man, reportedly getting $500,000.
• Edward Norton won’t be playing The Hulk in The Avengers. Joaquin Phoenix offered the role?
  
• Ehren Kruger writing a new draft of Scream 4 during production, causing recasting and more.
• Trent Reznor is scoring The Social Network
• Benjamin Walker fired from X-Men: First Class, replaced by Nicholas Holt. Banshee, Havok, and Multiple Man also students.
• Kevin Bacon in talks to play First Class villain, but which one?
• Judd Apatow producing new Pee Wee Herman film
• Damon Lindelof begins writing Star Trek sequel
• ‘Meatballs’ duo reteaming for Lego movie
• Batman 3 won’t have location shooting in Chicago? UK only?
• JJ Abrams and Ryan Murphy potentially up to direct Wicked adaptation?
• Will Chris Columbus direct Superman?

• Hulu Plus rolls out console plans
• Arkham Asylum Sequel Names

Geek Jerk Reaction: Inception and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

• Jeph Loeb has been appointed “Marvel Entertainment’s Executive Vice President, Head of Television”
• Being Human US being cast

• Peter Jackson in talks to direct The Hobbit after all?
• Robin Williams wants to be in a Batman movie
• Michael Fassbender cast to play Magneto and Alice Eve cast as Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class
• Shyamalan set to direct “Taken with supernatural powers” next
• John Lasseter co-directing Cars 2
• Scream 4 begins shooting today
• Batman/Superman: Apocalypse confirmed with Summer Glau as Supergirl

• Nintendo 3DS may or may not be not released this year, and will release before the end of March 2011
• Microsoft announces Xbox Live Gold Family Plan
• All Points Bulletin is an MMO launching with ads in their voice chat program.
• Star Wars The Old Republic has their (extremely limited) first closed beta
• Kinect playable demos available at The Microsoft Store. Scottsdale AZ, San Diego CA, Mission Viejo CA, Lone Tree CO
• Beyond Good & Evil 2 still coming, just slowly due to a small dev team
• Hulu coming to Playstation Network “Soon”?

• Back to the Future trilogy to be released on Blu-Ray October 26

Geek Jerk Reaction: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Last Airbender

• A bunch of pictures from The Walking Dead have been released

• Neill Blomkamp up next for The Hobbit?
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides begins filming in Hawaii
• Paramount comes to a “shocking” conclusion – Two week no-rental policy doesn’t help movie sales
• Benjamin Walker cast as Beast in X-Men: First Class?
• Scott Pilgrim International Trailer
• Marvel Studios developing short films

• Disney’s Star Wars ride, Star Tours, will be getting a new 3D version. May 10, 2011 for Disneyland. May 17th 2011 for Disneyworld
• Wizarding World of Harry Potter has now had it’s Grand Opening event

Geek Jerk Reaction: Knight and Day, Grown Ups

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Gameplay Trailer

Scott Pilgrim squares off with a world of hurt in this Exclusive Debut Gameplay from his video game adaptation!

Devil’s Third – Debut Trailer

Get ready for an all-new level of pain and dismemberment in this new game from legendary creator of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, Tomonobu Itagaki!

Fallout: New Vegas – Gameplay Trailer

Obsidian Entertainment and Bethesda Softworks return you to the desecrated world of Fallout with this trailer for New Vegas from E3 2010!

Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned – Preview

This RPG is based off of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Get ready to pillage all across the seven seas with Armada of the Damned at E3 2010!

Super Scribblenauts – Gameplay Trailer

Everything you think you know about Scribblenauts is turned upside-down when Maxwell returns with adjectives!

Dead Space 2 – Gameplay Trailer

Dead Space returns to bring E3 a new level of horror from Outer Space in this exclusive Debut Gameplay!

Killzone 3 – Cinematic Trailer

Temperatures drop as the battle heats up between the ISA and Helghast in this Exclusive Debut Trailer.

Battlstar Galactica Online – Trailer

Man or machine? Which side will you take in this sci-fi MMO.

Mortal Kombat – Trailer

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios are preparing for the return of Mortal Kombat.

LEGO Harry Potter – Character Trailer

Harry Potter’s colorful characters, now in LEGO form.

Homefront – Backstory Trailer

North Korea makes a series of bold moves in this chilling newsreel-style trailer for Homefront

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions – Trailer

Miguel O’Hara’s rendition of Spider-Man from 2099 is revealed as the third of four dimensions!

Rock Band 3 – Trailer

Rock Band keeps firing on all cylinders with this announcement trailer from E3 2010!

Rock Band 3 – Interview

Rock Band kicks it into high gear with a new keyboard, new guitar, and the entire Rock Band song archive available at launch to heighten the experience.

• The Walking Dead begins shooting and the first images arrive
• New Thundercats cartoon in 2011
• Green Lantern CG-animated series to air on Cartoon Network Fall 2011
• Torchwood US moves to and greenlit on Starz – 10 episode series in Summer 2011

• Captain America & Thor official costume concept art released
• Jeremy Renner to debut as Hawkeye in Thor cameo, then a full co-starring role in The Avengers
• No Joker in Batman 3 according to Nolan
• Green Lantern movie logo and tagline
• Brett Ratner to produce and possibly direct a 3D edgy reimagining of Snow White

• DCU Online sets November release date
• Nintendo 3DS has “processing powers that far exceed the Wii” and “are close to the HD consoles” according to developers

• iPhone 4 announced officially
• Geek By Night Season Two premieres August 18!

Geek Jerk Reaction: The A-Team, The Karate Kid

…And just like that, it turns out that the file was UK only, and was yanked down. False alarm, apparently.

• ABC considering an Alias reboot? To share similarities with the original series, minus Rambaldi prophecy
• Robert Kirkman will help with the writing of Walking Dead TV Series
• NBC to air half hour special on “The Making of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” June 6th, 7pm

• Guillermo Del Toro steps down as director of The Hobbit
• Michael Bay’s production company will be co-producing the new TMNT movie with Nickelodean/Paramount
• James McAvoy cast as Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class; possibly Aaron Johnson for Cyclops?
• Tommy Lee Jones cast in Captain America movie
• Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin, and Hayden Panettiere cast in Scream 4
• Sherlock Holmes 2 is happening on December 16, 2011. Rachel McAdams will return with reduced role. Moriarty will be the focus
• The Flash, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman are “close” to being greenlit
• New potential cast list for Peter Parker: Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Andrew Garfield, Josh Hutcherson
• Donald Glover campaigning for Spider-Man audition via Twitter
• New Scott Pilgrim trailer melts faces!
• No Heroics creator Drew Pearce writing a new draft for Runaways from Vaughan’s script
• Legendary Pictures acquires rights to Mass Effect movie, producing the movie alongside Avi Arad

• Natal to be be renamed Wave?

Geek Jerk Reaction: Get Him to the Greek, Killers, Marmaduke, Splice

• 13.5 million people watch lost. Easily wins the night for ABC. Even the Lead-in scores 10 million viewers
• Glee is picked up for season 3 before season 1 even ends
• Neil Gaiman turns in his untitled Doctor Who script. The episode is set to air the beginning of next season
• MTV orders Teen Wolf pilot to series
• Lost finale will be eligible for emmys, despite being too long

• Six months after Brittany Murphy dies, her husband is found dead following a medical aid request
• Morgan Spurlock/Joss Whedon team-up on Comic-Con documentary “Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope”
• Looney Tunes characters return in 3D animated shorts to be released theatrically
• RUMOR: Skrulls are villains in Avengers, leading to possibly Kree/Skrull war or Secret Invasion type story in sequel

• Halo Reach to be released on September 14th

• Apple confirms Steve Jobs will deliver keynote address at WWDC. Expected to be the announce of the iPhone 4G
• Summit City Comic Con
• Orion: The Hunter interview

GeekJerk Reaction: Prince of Persia, Sex and the City 2

• Renewed: Chuck, V
• Cancelled: FlashForward, Scrubs, Legend of the Seeker, Heroes
• New shows up of interest: The Cape, Hawaii 5-0, Undercovers, Friends with Benefits
• Glee lands Post Superbowl spot in 2011

• David Fincher to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake
• Kick Ass screenwriter Jane Goldman rewriting X-Men First Class
• Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin cast in Fright Night remake
• SHIELD is part of Marvel Studios’ post-Avengers plan
• Alvin Sargent signed on to rewrite Spidey reboot
• Alan Tudyk will be in Transformers 3

• Natal’s world premiere June 13th will feature a special performance by Cirque du Soleil on MTV. Media briefing will be live on Spike TV June 14 at 1:30 ET
• One of the Nintendo 3ds screens could be widescreen

• Original Empire Strikes Back draft is leaked, and George Lucas reveals he had not planned out the Star Wars saga at Lost event
• Comic creator Jazan Wild sues Heroes over “Carnival of Souls”
• Smallville finale opening 2 minutes

Geek Jerk Reaction: Shrek Forever After, MacGruber

Renewed:

Chuck
V

Cancelled:

FlashForward
Scrubs
Legend of the Seeker

Likely Renewed:

One Tree Hill
Life Unexpected

Likely Cancelled:

Heroes

• The CW has picked up season 1 of Moonlight to be a companion piece to The Vampire Diaries this summer
• Lost finale expanded to 2 1/2 hours
• Smallville season finale could finally break the “no tights” rule

• X-Men First class being released June 2011. Matthew Vaughn to direct, Bryan Singer to produce, Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz writing from Josh Schwartz draft
• Super 8 – J.J. Abrams Cloverfield-esque super secret trailer hit the screens before Iron Man 2
• Men in Black 3 will be released May 25, 2012 in 3d – Will Smith signed on, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in negotiations to play Old/Young Agent K
• Avi Arad producing a Pac-Man “project”…rumored to be a movie
• Rise of the Apes announced for June 24, 2011
• MI4 confirms director Brad Bird for Christmas 2011

• LittleBigPlanet 2 announced for Winter. Create entire games, rather than just levels. Move support limited to “Bonus Levels” and building levels.

• FCC has agreed to allow movie studios to broadcast directly to homes

Geek Jerk Reaction: Robin Hood, Just Wright, Letters to Juliet

• NBC picks up new JJ Abrams pilot, Undercovers

• Batman 3 coming July 20, 2012. Crowded summer with Spider-Man Reboot on July 3 and Avengers on May 4. Also, Star Trek 2 on June 29.
• First picture from Thor
• Warner Bros. developing Starman movie?
• 20th Century Fox greenlights Incognito adaptation
• The pure insanity of the Jonah Hex trailer
• No sequels to Green Lantern or Wonder Woman DCAU films; no movies with female leads

• New Wii Bundle shipping May 9th will be black. Includes Wii Sports, Sports Resort, and Motion Plus. $199
• Bungie signs deal with Activision. They will have exclusive distribution for 10 years on Bungie’s next IP. Bungie retains all rights.
• Halo Reach beta goes live today for anyone with Halo ODST

Geek Jerk Reaction: Iron Man 2

• Heroes is being given a 13 episode pickup for season 5 to “go out with a bang”?
• Young Justice on the way from Greg Weisman
• Matt Smith guest starring in a Sarah Jane Adventures serial to be written by RTD
• Legend of the Seeker is now very likely cancelled
• Chuck returns this week

• Marvel Studio plans series of low budget films
• High School Musical star (Vanessa Hudgens) in talks to play Spider Woman?
• Columbia must enter production on Ghost Rider 2 by November 14th, or they lose the rights. Likely moving forward without Nicolas Cage as a result.
• Edgar Wright’s Ant Man finally gearing up for production in December
• Newest Last Airbender trailer is kind of awesome, also 3D conversion

• Batman Arkham Asylum 2 confirms Talia Al Ghul, Two Face, and Mister Freeze
• Starcraft II beta codes available at Gamestop and Amazon by pre-ordering

• Batman Live Action Arena show from creators of Walking With Dinosaurs
• iPhone may have been sold rather than “found”. As a result, criminal charges may be forthcoming.

Geek Jerk Reaction: Furry Vengeance, A Nightmare on Elm Street