• First image of Wonder Woman from new TV series
• Terra Nova holding off until fall for premiere

• Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first post-political project will be a TV series tba on April 4
• Steven King will be writing an episode of The Walking Dead
• Game of Thrones Episode titles. 1: Winter is Coming, 2: The Kingsroad, 3: Lord Snow, 8: The Pointy End

• Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing Alberto Falcone in The Dark Knight Rises?
• Darren Aronofsky leaves The Wolverine
• Jennifer Lawrence cast as Katniss Everdeen

• Through To You, a sci-fi romance, gets greenlit
• Shia LeBeouf set to star in Joe Hill’s Horns
• Michael Gough passes away
• David Slade’s Daredevil will NOT be a sequel
• DJ Caruso in talks with Chris Pine for Preacher
• Steve Jobs having Disney problems

• AT&T buys T-Mobile USA after rumors that Sprint & T-Mobile would be merging

GeekJerk Reaction: Sucker Punch, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

• Netflix will produce and distribute first original series, House of Cards
• Kristoffer Polaha from Life Unexpected joins Sarah Michelle Gellar’s CBS drama Pilot, Ringer
• Edgar Wright was offered the opportunity to direct a Walking Dead episode for season 2, but turned it down

• Sandman adaptation was dead, but now it isn’t and involves Geoff Johns and Neal Gaiman
• Thomas Dekker joins Secret Circle
• HBO ramps up Game of Thrones campaign by releasing videos for each of the major houses
• Doctor Who to premiere April 23 on BBC and BBC America, episode titles are “The Impossible Astronaut” and “Day of the Moon” for 2-part premiere

• David Slade to direct Daredevil
• Jackass director Jeff Tremaine to helm “Revenge of the Jocks”

• The Fighter might be getting a sequel
• RASL comic optioned by Sherlock Holmes producer
• Universal developing a 3D Doom reboot
• Josh Zetumer is writing a Robocop reboot
• Elysium gets a release date of March 8, 2013

• Duncan Jones’ Mute to become graphic novel before it will be filmed
• AT&T moves to cap DSL & U-Verse data, will impose overage fees
• iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 launch

GeekJERK Reaction: Limitless, The Lincoln Lawyer, Paul

DISCUSSION

Television

• First details released for The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra; premieres in 2012
• HIMYM renewed for 2 more years
• AMC’s new series The Killing gets a trailer
• Emily Vancamp cast in ‘Revenge’ pilot for ABC. Reimagining of Count of Monte Cristo

Quick Hits:

• Tricia Helfer and Kristin Kreuk joins Jamie Bamber and James Callis on Ron Moore’s NBC Pilot, 17th Precinct
• On April 3rd at 9pm EST, HBO will air the first 15 minutes of Game of Thrones

Movies

• At The Mountains of Madness is dead. Del Toro’s next film is now Pacific Rim

Quick Hits:

• Marvel developing Inhumans
• Star Wars Episode 1 will be released in theaters in 3D on Feb. 10, 2012
• Tomb Raider reboot set for 2013

Video Games

• Microsoft posts “next generation console architecture” job listings via Linked-In

Other

• Julie Taymore has been fired and a new creative team will be hired to fix Spider-Man:TOTD; will take hiatus and open in June.
• A Dance with Dragons gets a release date of July 12, 2011
• The iPad 2 launches on Friday, with Best Buy, Target, Wal-mart, Verizon, and AT&T joining The Apple Store to sell the device at 5pm. In addition the online Apple Store will sell the device at 12:01 PST.

Geek Jerk Reaction: Battle: Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood

• Powers pilot gets greenlit at FX, Katee Sackhoff in talks to play Deena Pilgrim

• Britt Robertson cast in The Secret Circle

• The Oscars happened…
• So did the Razzies…

• Del Toro to produce 3D stop-motion Pinocchio
• Kevin Costner in talks to play Jonathan Kent in Superman
• Viggo Mortensen is up for General Zod in Superman
• Alan Silvestri to score Captain America

• Three weeks before it’s fifth scheduled opening, new writer hired and songs being reworked for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark; producers mulling sixth opening date change
• Justin Morgan to produce $0 Spidey music called “Spider-Man: Smackdown” to be open the day before the $65 million one
• Netflix makes deal with CBS to stream television properties that include The Twilight Zone and Star Trek beginning in April
• 3d Netflix, 3d movie trailers, 3d video recording coming to the 3ds
• The iPad 2: Dual Core Processor, Dual Cameras, Gyroscope, 33% thinner (Thinner than iPhone4), 1.3lbs, White/Black, Verizon/AT&T, Battery life stays the same, Photobooth, Facetime, iMovie, Full HDMI, March 11, price stays the same

GeekJERK Reaction: Drive Angry, Hall Pass, The Adjustment Bureau, Beastly, Rango, Take Me Home Tonight

DISCUSSION

Television

• Michael Rosenbaum will return to play Lex Luthor in the Smallville series finale
• Persons of Interest gets greenlit from JJ Abrams and Jonathan Nolan
• Ron Moore and Jamie Bamber 17th Precinct

Quick Hits:

• The remainder of the Stargate Universe episodes will begin airing on March 7th

Movies

• Spider-Man reboot will be titled The Amazing Spider-Man, plus a new photo
• DJ Caruso may direct Preacher
• Marion Cotillard cast in The Dark Knight Rises as possibly Talia Al Ghul, Levitt may be Alberto Falcone
• Superman could be in trouble
• Emma Watson and Logan Lerman to star in The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Quick Hits:

• Men In Black 3 production restart delayed to March
• Sherlock Holmes sequel will be called Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
• Joe Dante to direct Monster Love
• Roberto Orci says that they plan to submit the Star Trek 2 script in about 6 weeks
• Nicholas Hoult cast as Jack the Giant Killer
• Ryan Gosling will star in a Logan’s Run remake
• Rumors are saying Universal wants Schwarzenegger back for Terminator 5, along with Justin Lin directing
• Two roles have been reportedly cast in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows remake; Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, and Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman

Video Games

• Batman: Arkham City will be a Single Player experience. No Co-op

Other

• Felicia Day will star in the new web series Dragonage: Redemption
• Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark gets booed by critics, Spider-Man and Green Goblin get stuck, and gets issued two safety violations
• World of Warcraft and Starcraft theme parks being built as part of JoyLand in China
• Borders claims bankruptcy and will be closing 30% of it’s stores in the coming weeks
• Detroit is getting Robocop statue

GEEK JERK REACTION: Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son, I Am Number Four, Unknown

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DISCUSSION

Television

• Rachel Bilson now attached to Schwartz CW comedy/drama/medical show, Hart of Dixie. NBC not moving forward with Ghost Angeles
• CW adds Witch Drama show, Secret Circle, to it’s pilot lineup
• Zooey Deschanel in talks to join Fox’s single camera comedy, originally titled Chicks and Dicks
• Battlestar’s prequel, Blood and Chrome has a pilot script that feels like a mixture of the space-opera feeling of Battlestar Galactica, mixed with some vibes from the new Star Trek movie
• CBS greenlights Persons of Interest from Jonathan Nolan and JJ Abrams

Quick Hits:

• Smallville 2-hour series finale airs May 13
• Teen Wolf will premiere on June 5th, 2011 following the MTV Movie Awards

Movies

• Cobie Smulders cast as Maria Hill in The Avengers
• Shane Black in talks to write/direct Iron Man 3
• Ursa will be featured in the Superman reboot; Alice Eve, Diane Kruger and Rosamund Pike are being considered.
• Johnny Depp passes on Oz film, James Franco circling
• Horror-Comedy “Zombies Ate My Neighbors” in development; based on video game

Quick Hits:

• Danny Boyle to direct “Sharp Teeth”, LA gangland werewolf film
• Nathan Fillion to voice Hal Jordon in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
• WTF: Blake Lively to play Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City prequel “The Carrie Diaries”
• Shawn Levy to direct remake of The Fantastic Voyage for James Cameron
• Nick Fury will appear in Thor and Captain America
• Kristin Stewart has opted out of the Lois Lane race
• How To Train Your Dragon 2 will expand the world to the “entire northern hemisphere”, rather than the one tiny island
• Alex Pettyfer mulling Peeta offer for The Hunger Games

Other

• Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein stage play starring Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch will be broadcast in 85 US theaters on March 17, encore on March 24
• San Diego Comic Con 2011 sold out in 7 hours

Geek Jerk Reaction: The Eagle, Gnomeo and Juliet, Just Go With It, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

DISCUSSION

Television

• Wonder Woman pilot script review
• The Cape’s order went from 13 episodes to 10 episodes, and the Summer Glau centric episodes may have been cut as a result

Quick Hits:

• Will Ferrel will be guesting on four episodes of The Office
• New webseries spin-off “Becoming Human”
• CW developing zombie series The Awakening
• Sometime in the final 5 episodes of Smallville, Callum Blue and Laura Vandervoort will be reprising their roles as General Zod and Supergirl

Movies

• Henry Cavill is Superman
• Anne Hathaway was rumored to be a lock for Lois Lane. Now that she’s playing Selina Kyle, the rumored choices are: Twilight’s Kristen Stewart, Watchmen’s Malin Ackerman (who is five years older than Cavill), Glee’s Dianna Agron, Jessica Biel, and Rachel McAdams. Other rumors list The Town’s Rebecca Hall.

Quick Hits:

• Wham-O signs with ICM
• Warner Bros wins rights to produce The Stand
• Mark Waters to direct Get Back, a Beatles time travel comedy
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt may be joining the Dark Knight Rises after all, but likely not as a villian; Catwoman will be in the movie, not just Selina Kyle
• James Cameron still wants to do his Battle Angel movie, but will be busy for the next 5 years, will be shooting Avatar 2 & 3 at 60fps
• Mark Millar insists that they are definitely still doing Kick Ass 2, they just have to wait until everyone has the time, and says that they can’t wait until the actors are too old. Chloe Moretz in particular. They don’t want to wait until she’s 15
• Saoirse Ronan is rumored to be playing Silvan elf Itaril in The Hobbit, possibly due to her connection with Peter Jackson

Video Games

• Telltale Games’ next game property: The Walking Dead
• Sony announces their next portable as the NGP (Next Generation Portable). 4 processing cores, front and back touch sensitive areas, 2 cameras, six-axis motion sensing, GPS, Wi-fi, 3g, dual analog sticks, flash-memory based cards for games

Geek Jerk Reaction: The Roommate, Sanctum

• NBC orders Wonder Woman to pilot, McG may direct
• Aaron Sorkin creating new series for HBO

• NBC picks up musical series Smash, produced by Steven Spielberg

• Kevin Smith to self-distribute Red State, forms Smodcast Pictures
• Oscar nominations
• Robert Downey JR leaves Sam Raimi’s Oz film, Johnny Depp interested?
• Lionsgate sets release of The Hunger Games for March 23, 2012, Liam Hemsworth has read the script and is in the running for the role of Peeta. Says the movie is very dark, despite the targeted PG-13 rating.

• John Carter of Mars is now scheduled for March 9th, 2012
• Matthew Vaughn’s next film unlikely to be Kick Ass 2
• Matthew Vaughn was not pleased with the X-Men: First Class photo, says it was not pre-approved; He also says that he sees Magneto as the good guy of the movie
• Tron 3 teaser on Legacy DVD and blu-ray
• Anthony Hopkins in talks to star as Alfred Hitchcock in biopic
• Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium will be distributed by Sony; He is also making his third movie, Chappie, for Sony
• Will Smith developing Annie remake for daughter Willow, Jay-Z doing music
• Warner Bros is rebooting Lethal Weapon
• A script is being looked at for an Evil Dead reboot

• Wizard Magazine ceases publication immediately

GeekJerk Reaction: The Mechanic, The Rite

• ‘Pac-Man’ reality show in the works
• ABC gives Charlie’s Angels series a Pilot Greenlight; The show is set in Miami; Robert Wagner joins the cast as the voice of Charlie

• The Dark Tower TV series will be a six hour mini-series, not a full season
• New “symbolic” Game of Thrones trailer hits, several new images
• Liam McIntyre is cast to replace Andy Whitfield as Spartacus
• Ricky Gervais will be reprising his role as David Brent on the American Office

• Anne Hathaway is Catwoman, Tom Hardy is Bane in The Dark Knight Rises
• First images from Spider-Man, Captain America, and X-Men: First Class
• Shane Black signs to direct manga adaptation “Death Note”

• Social Network producers working on “Sex on the Moon”
• Dreamworks doing “Peabody and Sherman” with Robert Downey Jr as Mr. Peabody
• Will Ferrel’s next film is a Spanish language telenovella style comedy?
• There will be no J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man reboot
• Duncan Jones’ next movie will be an homage to Blade Runner, set in a futuristic city
• Paramount has asked JJ Abrams to shoot Star Trek 2 in 3d even though he hasn’t committed to filming it until he sees the script. He doesn’t think it would fit his style

• HBO wants Netflix to charge $20 a month in order to carry their programming
• iPad 2 Rumors starting to be backed by proof, be consistent

GeekJerk Reaction: No Strings Attached, The Company Men

TRAILERS

• The Ward
• Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
• The Tree of Life
• Hanna
• Priest
• No Strings Attached
• Friends With Benefits
• Waiting For Forever

DISCUSSION

Television

• Gotham High – The animated series that almost was
• Why Nicholas Cage REALLY left The Green Hornet
• Torchwood US will be called Torchwood: Miracle Day, Bill Pullman lands villain role.
• Liz Tigelaar signs a two-year, seven-figure deal with ABC Studios

Quick Hits:

• The Good Guys and Running Wilde have been canceled
• Castle gets 4th season pick-up
• The Big Bang Theory gets renewed for THREE more seasons
• Michel Gondry will be directing an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Wicked is being adapted into an 8-hour TV mini-series
• David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman is turned down by every network
• A Game of Thrones premieres April 17
• The History Channel cancels ‘The Kennedys” mini-series

Movies

• Judd Apatow’s next film will be a Knocked Up spin-off featuring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s characters

Quick Hits:

• Sam Mendes officially directing Bond 23 for release on Nov. 9, 2012
• Lena Heady cast as villain “Mama” in Dredd
• Trent Reznor is scoring David Fincher’s ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo’
• Super 8, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Transformers 3, and Tin Tin will be released in IMAX

Other

• Star Wars is coming to Blu-ray September 2011

Geek Jerk Reaction - The Dilemma, The Green Hornet

DISCUSSION

Television

• David Tennant is engaged to his daughter
• Roger Ebert’s new ‘At The Movies’ will be hosted by a 24 year old movie blogger Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and Christy Lemire of the Associated Press

Movies

• ‘Monsters Inc’ sequel could actually be a prequel
• First set pics of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker hit

Quick Hits:

• McG to direct ‘Ouigi’ movie from Tron Legacy writing team
• ‘Monsters’ Director Gareth Edwards to Remake ‘Godzilla’
• The next fairy tale revamp? Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters with Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton
• Jodie Foster joins Elysium
• Emily Blunt “desperately” wants the lead role in The Hunger Games, but says she’s probably much too old

Other

• ABC shows now popping up on Instant Streaming
• Michael Ausiello’s new site, TV|Line launches at tvline.com

Geek Jerk Reaction - Country Strong, Season of the Witch

DISCUSSION

Television

• Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg developing AKA Jessica Jones series for ABC, will be first Marvel TV series
• Supernatural anime is coming to DVD on February 23, 2011 in Japan, no US release date yet

Quick Hits:

• The Pee Wee Herman Show on Broadway is coming to HBO in 2011
• SyFy cancels Stargate Universe, producer is looking to have it continue in some form
• Filming for Game of Thrones season 1 has wrapped up
• Writer/Producer Phil Klemmer, best known for Veronica Mars and Chuck is returning to Chuck after leaving to work on Undercovers
• CW President Dawn Ostroff may be stepping down when her contract expires in June
• Winter Premiere Dates: Greek and Pretty Little Liars Monday Jan 3rd 8pm and 9pm of ABC-F, V Tuesday Jan 4th 9pm on ABC, Young Justice Friday Jan 7th 7pm on Cartoon Network, The Cape Sunday Jan 9th 9pm on NBC

Movies

• Heather Morris is rumored to be up for the role of Buffy in the new reboot. Whit Anderson denies, Heather Morris confirms
• The SyFy channel starts SyFy Films division

Quick Hits:

• EA developing “Madden curse” movie
• George Clooney replaces Robert Downey Jr in Gravity
• Spider-Man reboot began filming 2 weeks ago on a 90 day shoot. Locations include New York, but mostly Los Angeles
• Eric Bana is a contender for the lead role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 is currently undergoing reshoots
• Release Dates: Real Steel Oct 7, 2011. I Am Number Four Feb 18th 2011. Wrath of the Titans March 30th 2012

Other

• Blockbuster kiosks no longer have new releases before Netflix and RedBox
• Spider-Man musical is delayed again. An actress leaves the production and another is seriously injured when a line holding him breaks.

Geek Jerk Reaction: Gulliver’s Travels, Little Fockers, True Grit

And here’s a link to the article where you can watch all these trailers!

Discussion

Television

• Walking Dead producer Charles H. Eglee may be the new Powers showrunner

Quick Hits:

• Sam Neill starring in Alcatraz

Movies

• Jon Favreau will not direct Iron Man 3

Quick Hits:

• Kevin Feige mentions that the Marvel movies for the next 3 years are The Avengers, Ant Man, Runaways, and Iron Man 3
• A “very talented writer”, believed to be Richard Wilkes, is working on the screenplay for Iron Fist.
• Marvel has re-acquired the rights for The Punisher
• Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 follow-up, Elysium, rumored to be in talks to add Matt Damon to the cast
• Christopher Nolan is scouting areas in Asia for The Dark Knight Rises
• Universal remaking Firestarter

Video Games

• Batman Arkham City trailer
• Elder Scrolls: Oblivion direct sequel to be called Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, releasing 11/11/11 and featuring a new engine
• Resistance 3 releasing September 6, 2011
• Mass Effect 3 releasing launching “Holiday” 2011. PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 all get simultaneous releases
• Gears of War announcement pushed to 2011
• Uncharted 3, SSX announced

Other

• SDCC sold 1000 tickets as a test, and sold out in less than a minute
• Ebert proposes new ratings system: G, T, and A
• Disney and Netflix sign deal to expand television offerings
• Blockbuster kiosks raise new release title prices to 2.99/night
• New SMovie Makers podcast

Geek Jerk Reaction: How Do You Know?, Tron: Legacy, and Yogi Bear

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

GeekJerk Reaction: The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Tourist

• ‘Game of Thrones’ trailer
• Frank Darabont fires entire Walking Dead writing staff, may not replace them

• Kristoffer Polaha signs holding deal with CBS, essentially sealing the fate of Life Unexpected
• Kevin Williamson developing new supernatural investigation drama for CW

• Kevin Smith retirement rumor
• Aquaman set for a 2014 or 2015 release from Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company

• Leslie Nielsen dies at 84
• Irvin Kershner (director, The Empire Strikes Back) dies at 87
• Joss Whedon apparently was apparently offered an opportunity to work on the new Buffy movie, but passed
• James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the Oscars on Feb. 27, 2011
• Ghostbusters 3 currently casting with offers going out to Bill Hader, Anna Faris, and Eliza Dushku amongst others
• Mark Wahlberg cast as Drake in Uncharted
• Zombieland 2 to feature another Bill Murray-esque cameo

• Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark musical had first preview performance… and it wasn’t pretty
• Comcast gets into a spat with Netflix content provider Level 3

GeekJerk Reaction: The Warrior’s Way

TRAILERS

• Green Lantern
• Green Hornet
• Your Highness
• Source Code
• Cowboys and Aliens
• Battle: Los Angeles
  
• Red Riding Hood
• Winnie the Pooh
• Cars 2
• Mars Needs Moms
  
• My Sucky Teen Romance
• Blinky

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• Trailer released for Doctor Who – A Christmas Carol, same day US premiere announced, Rumors of Captain Jack’s return
• Jorge Garcia cast in JJ Abrams’ Alcatraz pilot, plot details emerge
• Guillermo Del Toro and David Eick producing ABC’s Hulk series

• Mark Romanek will direct the pilot for Locke and Key
• Fox moves Fringe to Friday Night death slot
• Community’s Christmas episode will be stop-motion animated (Dec. 9)
• RUMOR: Warner developing TV series sequel to Nolan’s Batman trilogy, to star Karl Urban
• Gore Verbinski developing “Magical Law” for Fox
• Trailers for Showtime’s “Episodes” and MTV’s “Teen Wolf” released

• Warner actively developing Buffy reboot from writer/actress Whit Anderson
• Warner interested in remake Wizard of Oz using original script
• Superman reboot
  • Matthew Goode is frontrunner to play Clark
  • Anne Hathaway is frontrunner to play Lois
  • Snyder may use CGI for Superman
  • Plot may follow closely to Birthright comic
• Aronofsky-directed Wolverine sequel to be called “The Wolverine”, will have stand-alone plot
• Pixar revitalizes plans for a video game movie once titled “Joe Jump”, now retitled “Reboot Ralph”

• Christian Bale says The Dark Knight Rises will be his final Batman film
• Chris Zylka cast as Flash Thompson in Spider-Man
• Denis Leary cast as Captain George Stacey
• First image of Karl Urban as Judge Dredd emerges
• Paranormal Activity 3 set for October 2011

• Netflix debuts streaming only service for $7.99, raises prices of other plans
• Hulu Plus drops price to $7.99
• SDCC 2011 site overloaded… AGAIN
• Amazon opens Amazon Studios, first look deal with Warner Bros

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DISCUSSION

Chew – 5:15

I Kill Giants – 22:23

• Tron Uprising animated series is coming in 2012. Featuring: Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen, Bruce Boxleitner, and Emmanuelle Chriqui
• After considering a Bruce Springsteen or Michael Jackson post-Super Bowl episode, Glee may go with a regular episode instead
• The Walking Dead is picked up for a 13 episode Season 2
• The replacement Spartacus choice is down to three actors: Stephen Amell, Aiden Turner, and Liam McIntyre

• Ron Moore’s Wild Wild West ends up at CBS
• Conan tops all competition in first episode
• AMC has its first cancellation: Rubicon
• Casting News/Rumors:
  • Arlene Tur has been cast as Vera Juarez in American Torchwood
  • Darren Criss is in talks to become a series regular on Glee

• Highlander Reboot is happening. Jason Lin is directing, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are writing
• Louis Leterrier wants to direct Y the Last Man, studio is unsure of how to proceed
• John Stevenson to direct Alien Rock Band for Vanguard

• J.J. Abrams says they “we” are working on the Star Trek 2 script, and it is “cool”
• Jon Favreau may direct Disney’s “Magic Kingdom” next
• War Machine spin-off movie being pitched
• New big screen “Winnie the Pooh” coming to theaters in 2011
• Zack Snyder says General Zod rumors are “completely wrong”
• Dredd will be shot in 3d
• Oren Peli to direct “Eliza Graves”
• Zombieland writers to adapt “Cowboy Ninja Viking”
• Steve Pink to write/direct The Toxic Avenger
• Jason Segal-penned Muppet movie will be called “The Muppets” and will hit theaters Dec 25, 2011
• Tim Burton’s next will be the long rumored “Dark Shadows” with Johnny Depp, filming begins in April
• Casting News/Rumors:
  • Sally Field as Aunt May in Spider-Man Reboot
  • Zooey Deschanel as Betty Brant in Spider-Man Reboot
  • If Rachel McAdams returns for Sherlock Holmes 2, it will be a glorified Cameo

• Disney Imagineers working on Tron ride
• JMS quits monthly Superman and Wonder Woman comics to focus on Earth One sequel

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As mentioned in this episode, Six Flags New Orleans video:

• NBC cancels Undercovers
• Life Unexpected’s cancellation expected soon
• The Walking Dead premiere broke rating records for AMC (5.3mil, +2.9)
• Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (”Lost”, “Tron Legacy”) are bringing “Once Upon A Time” to ABC
• “Charlie’s Angels” remake is going into production at ABC from Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar
• A “Goodfellas” TV series prequel in the works from writer Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese
• Milo Ventimiglia to star in “Rest” for NBC, based on his comic book

• Nolan names Batman 3 “The Dark Knight Rises” confirms No Riddler
• Female roles rumored to be included in TDKR are Sarah Essen and Julie Madison
• James Cameron directing Avatar 2 & 3 next, will be released Dec. 2014 and 2015
• Mission Impossible 4 will be titled “Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
• John Slattery and Sam Elliott being considered for J Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man reboot
• The Hunger Games will be directed by Gary Ross
• Michael Basset (”Solomon Kane”) to write and direct Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
• Lionsgate picks up distribution for “Dredd”
• Ghostbusters 3 may finally start up production in May 2011
• Tarsem Singh to direct “Brothers Grimm: Snow White”
• DiCaprio to star in “Devil in the White City”
• High School Musical director Kenny Ortega may direct a feature film version of “Thriller”
• First images from Spielberg’s “TinTin” are released
• First images from “Captain America” are released
• Kevin Smith’s “Red State” is finished and will be released  in 2011
• John Carpenter to direct “Darkchylde” with WETA on board for FX
• Zombie football novel “Play Dead” in development as feature film
• BREAKING – Martin Sheen has been cast as Uncle Ben in Spider-Man reboot

• Hugh Jackman to star in a Broadway musical about Houdini written by Aaron Sorkin and Danny Elfman
• Universal, Fox, and Warner Bros rethinking plans with Netflix/Redbox
• Comic Con tickets go on sale… and the traffic promptly kills the site

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• No Ordinary Family
• Community
• Glee
• The Big Bang Theory
• Castle
• House
• The Event
• Undercovers
• Bleep My Dad Says
• Better With You
• Dexter
• Terriers
• Nikita
• Chase
• Paranormal Activity 2 (Spoiler Free)

• FX picks up “Wilfred” starring Elijah Wood
• Comedy Central is pursuing a “Waiting” TV series
• SyFy making another Battlestar Galactica spin-off called “Blood & Chrome”
• Trailers released for Showtimes’ “Shameless” and MTV’s “Skins”, both remakes of UK series
• ABC gives a full season pick up to No Ordinary Family
• NBC orders more Chuck, bringing the season total to 24
• Christmas episode of Glee to air Dec. 7th, Christmas album to be released Nov. 16th

• Warner Bros. picks up “ACME Warehouse” pitch
• Mark Wahlberg cast as lead in Seth McFarlane’s “Ted”
• Matthew Weiner to direct “You Are Here” with Jack Black, Matt Dillon, and Renee Zellweger
• Rumor: George Lucas plotting a new Star Wars trilogy
• Jack Black and director Steve Pink developing “How To Survive a Robot Uprising”
• “Runaways” is put on hiatus by Marvel Studios
• Steven Spielberg’s next film will be “Robopocalypse”, written by Drew Goddard
• Contradicting reports from Zach Snyder’s “Superman”
• “The Crow” remake gains a star (Mark Wahlberg) and loses a director (Stephan Norrington)
• Teaser trailer released for Scream 4 (or Scre4m)
• M. Night Shayamalan’s next film will be “One Thousand A.E.” starring Jaden Smith

• True Grit
• I am Number Four
• Paul
• 127 Hours
• The Dilemma
• The Warrior’s Way
• The Fighter
• Burke and Hare

• Life Unexpected gets two additional episodes (from 13)
• Catherine Hardwicke will direct the pilot for Romeo and Juliet, a new TV series for ABC
• Doctor Who will shoot a two-part story for the opener in the USA
• Doctor Who Christmas special will follow A Christmas Carol
• Sarah Jane Adventures will answer many continuity questions in “Death of the Doctor” starring Matt Smith
• Upcoming Bruce Timm Green Lantern TV series will be “CGI 3D”
• V will return Janurary 4th, Greek returns for final season Jan 3rd, Transformers: Prime starts Nov 29th, Young Justice gets 1 hour pilot Nov 26th, full season in Spring of 2011
• Ashton Kutcher developing two sitcoms based on Twitter pages “Dear Girls Above Me” and “Shh… Don’t Tell Steve” for CBS
• Marvel is working on a new Hulk TV series for ABC, and a Cloak and Dagger series for ABC Family
• How To Train Your Dragon animated series coming to Cartoon Network
• Terry Hatcher cast as Lois’ mother on Smallville
• Ronald Moore producing a Wild Wild West remake
• Josh Schwartz creating a supernatural romantic comedy series starring Rachel Bilson called Ghost Angeles for NBC
• David Tennant starring in Single Father series for BBC

• Superman gets a director and a villain, focuses on the early days for Superman
• The Hobbit is officially greenlit, Jackson directing, Martin Freeman starring, shoots in February
• Tom Hardy cast in Batman 3 in unknown role, villain rumor via Mark Millar
• Rhys Ifans is playing The Lizard in the Spider-Man Reboot
• Emma Stone cast as Gwen Stacy NOT Mary Jane Watson
• Bumblebee hits a police SUV on Transformers 3: The Dark of the Moon set, disintegrates
• Green Lantern teaser trailer will be attached to Harry Potter in November
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 will not be in 3D
• Rumor: Bradley Cooper up for The Flash
• Karl Urban is pretty sure Star Trek 2 will begin filming next August, script has been confirmed to be in the writing stage
• Rumor: Morena Baccarin up for Wasp in The Avengers
• Ghostbusters 3 script has been approved
• Darren Aronofsky is directing Wolverine 2? Production begins in March
• The Hunger Games script is reportedly finished. Two actresses have confirmed receiving the script: Lyndsy Fonseca and Kaya Scodelari
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to star Scarlett Johansson and Bradley Cooper and be directed by David Slade?
• Paranormal Activity 2 gets IMAX release
• Nathan Fillion has started a twitter campaign to get the role of Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie

• Verizon is releasing iPhones and iPad

GeekJerk Reaction: Paranormal Activity 2, Hereafter

SPOILERS for ‘Let Me In’ begin at 08:00

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• Lone Star is the first new fall show to be canceled, followed shortly by My Generation
• Undercovers loses 20% of audience, at more risk than Chuck now
• David E. Kelly is bringing Wonder Woman back to TV
• NBC and Bryan Fuller are remaking The Munsters
• Michael Hogan of Battlestar Galactica will apparently be making at least two appearances on Smallville as Slade Wilson, once again donning the eye patch

• Christopher Nolan is officially directing Batman 3, may not have the option of shooting in 2d
• The Hobbit is expected to be greenlit this week, will shoot in 3D, Jackson on to direct and aiming for Dec 2012/2013 releases
• Keke Palmer says she has been offered a role for Runaways
• Timur Bikmambetov will directed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in 3D, 2012 release with a $69 million budget
• ID4-2 idea is for it to be set in a modern day changed by the events of the first movie, with Will Smith as the President
• Emma Stone has been offered Mary Jane Watson role in Spider-Man, Glee’s Dianna Agron now up for Gwen Stacy
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman rumored for Venom in Spider-Man reboot
• Darren Aronofsky has been added to Christopher Nolan’s Superman director shortlist. Rumor says he may bring Natalie Portman along as Lois Lane
• Another rumor pins Aronofsky to Preacher
• Baz Luhrman prepping The Great Gatsby with DiCaprio, Maguire, and Seyfried
• Maggie Grace has been cast as a vampire in Breaking Dawn
• Star Wars 3D releases will begin in 2012 with The Phantom Menace
• X-Men: First Class will replicate X-Men’s opening scene with Bill Milner taking over as the young Eric Lensherr
• Gore Verbinski may direct The Lone Ranger

• J.K. Rowling leaves the door open for an 8th and 9th Harry Potter novel
• Comic Con staying in San Diego until 2015

GeekJerk Reaction: Life As We Know It, My Soul to Take, Secretariat, It’s Kind of a Funny Story

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Beware of SPOILERS!

New Shows

• Running Wilde – 6:18
• The Event – 11:30
• Mike and Molly – 17:58
• Bleep My Dad Says – 22:26
• Undercovers – 24:46
• Boardwalk Empire – 29:10
• Hawaii Five-0 – 32:25

Returning Shows

• Life Unexpected – 36:56
  
• Glee – 40:30
  
• The Vampire Diaries – 51:45
  
• Smallville – 53:31
  
• Supernatural – 55:42
  
• Chuck – 59:24
  
• Castle – 1:08:05
  
• How I Met Your Mother – 1:09:18
  
• The Big Bang Theory – 1:13:30

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• Aardman Animation developing a Raving Rabbids live-action/CGI series
• Mel Gibson in talks for a recurring role on AMC’s Mad Men next season
• NBC picks up Odd Jobs
• Goodfellas TV series in development
• Summer Glau gets cast in an episode of Chuck?
• Steven S DeKnight, executive producer for Spartacus says that they will either re-cast or end production, and they plan to ask Andy Whitfield for his opinion
• Kristin Bell wants a Veronica Mars movie bad enough, she may finance it herself

• Christopher Nolan has narrowed down his choices for director of Superman: Tony Scott, Matt Reeves, Jonathon Liebesman, Duncan Jones, and Zach Snyder
• Emma Stone and Mia Wasikowska up for Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man reboot
• Stephan Fry cast as Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock Holmes 2
• Mark Ruffalo will play the Hulk via motion capture suit
• Emma Stone considering lead female role in 21 Jump Street
• First Captain America set pictures released
• Kate Beckinsale will return for fourth Underworld film
• Chloe Moretz attached to play Emily the Strange
• Rob Zombie’s next is The Lords of Salem and claims he will never do another remake
• Black Widow spin-off film coming after The Avengers
• Gavin Hood developing Ender’s Game adaptation
• Amanda Michalka added to Super 8 cast, confirms casting
• Steven Speilberg is considering directing the movie based on the Robopocalypse book
• Greg Berlanti calls the tone of The Flash somewhere between The Dark Knight and Green Lantern

• DC Entertainment splits offices between coasts (New York and Burbank), closes Wildstorm, cuts staff by 20%
• DC films will not mirror Marvel’s game plan, smaller films will not lead to Justice League
• Kevin Smith’s SModcast will replace Howard Stern on Sirius XM radio
• Scott Pilgrim comes to DVD and Blu-Ray November 9
• Netflix makes a deal to stream every episode of SNL ever, plus Universal shows Eureka, BSG, Psych, Monk, and more

Geek Jerk Reaction – Case 39, Let Me In, and The Social Network

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• Andy Whitfield of Spartacus has now completely left the project due to the return of his Stage 1 non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Kaley Cuoco of Big Bang Theory has fractured her leg after a horse riding incident and will miss a few episodes this season
• A short new “The Walking Dead” promo is out
• True Lies coming to ABC
• “Person of Interest” the JJ Abrams produced Jonathon Nolan crime series gets picked up by CBS
• Fox picks up new Ryan Murphy series, a supernatural procedural
• J.J. Abrams, Josh Appelbaum, and Andre Nemac have began pitching “Odd Jobs” a comedic drama that has former Lost co-stars Michael Emerson and Tery O’Quinn reuniting as former Black-ops agents

• FNL’s Kyle Chandler and Dakota’s little sis, Elle Fanning are the first two cast in Super 8
• True Blood headed to the big screen for a couple movies after “1 or 2 more seasons”
• Bryan Fuller writing a live action Pinocchio
• Joaquin Phoenix’s retirement and crazy rap career was all an act for faux doc “I’m Still Here”
• Comic writer Mark Millar currently shooting his directorial debut “Miracle Park”
• Sacha Baron Cohen to play Queen singer Freddie Mercury in a biopic
• Ian McKellen says he will be playing Gandalf in The Hobbit, and filming will “hopefully” start in Janurary
• John Williams will return to score Deathly Hallows, his first work on the series since Azkaban
• Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is still looking for its leading lady. Alfonso wants Natalie Portman, the studio reportedly wants Sandra Bullock
• Shyamalan’s next Night Chronicles film was previously “Twelve Strangers” but is now called “Reincarnate”
  
• MGM seems to be getting itself back together, Sam Mendes drops out of The Hunger Games to be ready for Bond preproduction
• Bill and Ted 3 in the works
  

• New Twitter Interface coming soon

Geek Jerk Reaction – Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,  Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and You Again

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MUSIC PICKS

1) Artist: Steel Train
Track: “Bullet”
Album: Steel Train

2) Artist: Stars
Track: “He Dreams He’s Awake”
Album: The Five Ghosts

3) Artist: Arcade Fire
Track: “Ready To Start”
Album: The Suburbs

4) Artist: Jenny and Johnny
Track: “Big Wave”
Album: I’m Having Fun Now

5) Artist: Ra Ra Riot
Track: “Too Dramatic”
Album: The Orchard

6) Artist: Underworld
Track: “Scribble”
Album: Barking

7) Artist: Jarrod Gorbel
Track: “I’ll Do Better”
Album: Devil’s Made A New Friend

8) Artist: Armin Van Buuren
Track: “I Don’t Own You”
Album: Mirage

9) Artist: Buried Beds
Track: “Breadcrumb Trail”
Album: Tremble The Sails

10) Artist: Jed Whedon and the Willing
Track: “These Words”
Album: History of Forgotten Things

11) Artist: Freelance Whales
Track: “Hannah”
Album: Weathervanes

12) Artist: Blonde Redhead
Track: “Not Getting There”
Album: Penny Sparkle

• Robert Englund, AKA Freddy, will be heading to Chuck for its Halloween episode
• Stephen King’s The Dark Tower will be adapted to a Television series and a Movie trilogy by Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television. Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer are behind the adaptation.
• Glee’s Rocky Horror Picture Show episode airs on October 26th and will feature Meatloaf, and Barry Bostwick as guests. Susan Surandon would “be interested” in being a guest as well.
• JJ Abrams shopping a new crime series to networks by Jonah Nolan
• Caprica will be returning to the air sooner than expected: October 5th
• Aquaman will be returning to Smallville

• Star Trek 2 writers are more interested in a good story than trying to fit in fan favorite villains
• Sherlock’s Martin Freeman is surrounded by on again/off again rumors concerning The Hobbit
• Zombieland 2 draft is complete, but may not be director Ruben Fleischer’s next film
• Hillary Duff has a copy of a Spider-Man script sitting on the table as her husband is interviewed. Possible love interest?

• Bungie’s last Halo game released today
• Dreamcast games being released all over the place for the console’s 11th birthday. Sonic Adventures & Crazy Taxi on XBLA, Chu-Chu Rocket on iOS devices in Oct

• Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark is in production, costumes and first song revealed (Link)

GeekJerk Reaction: Alpha and Omega, Devil, Easy A

• Fox picks up the Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci-produced “Locke and Key” for a series commitment with showrunner Josh Friedman
• Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” is headed to TV, possibly with Eric Kripke on board as showrunner
• Seth Green and Matthew Senreich create new reality series ControlTV
• TBS calls new Conan O’Brien show “Conan”, premieres Nov. 8

• Story for Unbreakable 2 being refitted for third “Night Chronicles” film
• Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity” may be in jeopardy
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson to star in “Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament” from writer Geoff Latulippe and producer Diablo Cody (Link)
• Mark Millar claims that “Kick-Ass 2″ has been greenlit; also wants Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp in “Nemesis”

• After 14 years of development, Duke Nukem Forever will be released next year
• Gearbox still working on Aliens: Colonial Marines title

• Tiny Apartment, the new webseries from Mike O’Gorman, Jessie Cantrell, and Pat Driscoll of Black 20 fame (www.tinyapartmentshow.com)
• Apple announce new iPod lineup, new Apple TV, November release for the new iPad software update
• Paramount on Netflix instant stream now

Geek Jerk Reaction: Resident Evil – Afterlife

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

Yogi Bear

My Soul To Take

Black Swan

Love and Other Drugs

How Do You Know

• 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

The Goon

Sucker Punch

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

The Romantics

Barry Munday

Going the Distance

• 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

SPOILERS for the film begin at 30:34.

Join us next week when we discuss John’s pick of ‘Triangle’.

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• Steven Moffat will be writing the Doctor Who Christmas special as well as five episodes next season
• Russell T Davies says “the series is going very dark places” much like Children of Earth and that is working with an American style writing room
• Stargate Universe season 2 starts September 28th
• The Walking Dead – Second season and B&W version on DVD releases confirmed

• JJ Abrams and Bad Robots to produce “Boilerplate”, a graphical novel adaptation
• Del Toro’s next project “At the Mountains of Madness”? James Cameron’s involvement to get the studio moving?
• Robert Rodriguez in negotiations for the Deadpool movie? Next movie is Spy Kids 4. Deadpool will break the fourth wall
• Matt Reeves says Let Me In will be a “closer tonal match to the book” than the Swedish version of the movie was; may direct Wolverine 2
• Joss Whedon wanted Mark Ruffalo because he reminds him of a personal quality not seen in Bruce Banner since Bill Bixby
• Liam Neeson no longer attached to Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic.
• Disney sells Miramax for $660 Million
• Edgar Wright says one of the reasons Ant Man isn’t in The Avengers is because he is writing an origin story, which doesn’t fit in chronologically with The Avengers
• In addition to scoring Tron Legacy, Daft Punk will appear in the movie. Several of their tracks have leaked
• Damon Lindelof rewriting Alien prequel for Ridley Scott
• Mad Men star Jon Hamm being “seriously considered” for the Superman role
• Zack Snyder is working on his adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300 follow-Up “Xerxes” as fast as Miller can write it
• Green Lantern character posters gives first look at Sinestro

• Josh Hutcherson made his own Spider-Man audition tape
• Microsoft develops software algorithm to remove motion blur from photographs taken with shaky hands using accelerometers and gyroscopes

Geek Jerk Reaction: The Other Guys, Step Up 3D, Flipped, Middle Men

• 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

The Green Hornet

Never Let Me Go

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Little Fockers

Rango

Flipped

Let Me In

The Social Network

• 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

• Geoff Johns hints at a live action Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle TV series
• Mostly empty Game of Thrones teaser hits the web

• Christopher Mintz Plasse and David Tennant join the Marti Noxon penned remake of Fright Night
• The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made gets a release date of Christmas 2011
• Batman Year One animated adaptation in the works from the DC Universe Animation Studios
• Footage released for proposed Mortal Kombat reboot
• Harry Potter filming wraps
• Sam Raimi considering directing The Great and Powerful Oz, and delaying World of Warcraft. RDJ attached to star
• Green Lantern writing team hired to pen Green Lantern 2 and The Flash
• Aaron Johnson and Anton Yelchin added to Spider-Man “short”list; villain to be The Lizard?
• RUMOR: Joseph Gordon Levitt to play the Riddler in Batman 3?
• Transformers 3 – 3D and Shockwave confirmed as villain

• New Xbox 360 design is officially revealed
• Project Natal officially renamed “Kinect for Xbox 360″
• Rock Band 3 adds Keys and Harmonizing
• Telltale Games to develop episodic games based on Back to the Future and Jurassic Park
• Comic Jumper video
• Scott Pilgrim is timed PS3 exclusive

Geek Jerk Reaction: Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex

• 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

V – 13:30

Smallville – 15:00

Legend of the Seeker – 18:40

Castle – 21:05

Flash Forward – 23:30

Supernatural – 28:00

Life Unexpected – 32:55

Chuck – 37:10

• 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

• 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

Kick Ass Review – 2:05

Glee Review – 24:15

• New Star Wars animated series to take place post-RoTJ?
• Ultimate Spider-Man: The Animated Series

• Runaways to be directed by Nick and Norah directer
• Joss Whedon rewriting/directing The Avengers, rewriting Captain America, becoming Marvel Movie Mastermind

• Upcoming XBLA games leaked. Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Quake Arena
• Ubisoft is eliminating printed game manuals in favor of in-game manuals on PC/PS3/360
• Infinity Ward continues to bleed employees. Over a dozen of the under 100 person studio has left.
• A french site got to demo the Natal. This demo included 2 player Ricochet as well as a white version of the device

• New iPhone model found
• Marvel drops Diamond Book Distributors

Geek Jerk Reaction: The Back-up Plan, The Losers, Oceans

Box Office Report:

1. Kick-Ass
2. How to Train Your Dragon
3. Date Night
4. Death at a Funeral
5. Clash of the Titans

• Glee returns this Tuesday. Doctor Who airs on BBC America this Saturday
• Brandon Routhe cast in unknown role and Andrew Lincoln cast as Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead
• Rex Is Not Your Lawyer pilot cast changes hints at Fall pick up for NBC
• Conan O’Brien’s new late night to air on TBS this fall

• Logan Lerman is rumored to be 100% locked as Peter Parker in the Spider-Man reboot. Sony denies again
• Writers of the upcoming Predators movie hired to write a new Masters of the Universe movie
• Green Lantern’s suit is computer generated
• Disney is going all out for Tron. TV series, Light Cycles at theme parks, and work has started on a new sequel
• Jon Favreau to direct “Cowboys and Aliens” for release next summer. Starring Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, and Olivia Wilde

• Four free Doctor Who adventure games from BBC will be a part of the new season
• Former Infinity Ward leaders will found new company: Respawn Entertainment backed by EA
• The secondary motion controller for Sony will now be called the Navigation Controller
• Gears of War 3 to be announced soon. Adds underwater gameplay and mechs
• Dead Rising 2 to feature co-op and multiple save slots

• Palm is putting itself up for sale

Geek Jerk Reaction: Death at a Funeral & Kick-Ass

• Cristopher Lloyd and Scott Bakula confirmed for Chuck this season
• ABC Renews Castle
• Ali Larter believes that Heroes will be back next season
• Lucasarts developing Star Wars sitcom

• Adam Baldwin wants to come back for Independence Day 2 & 3. Spiner also interested, if his character survived
• Joss Whedon might direct The Avengers?
• Sebastian Stan cast as Bucky in Captain America

• More Halo Reach details – Class-Lite system, no more dual wielding
• USB Memory Support coming to Xbox 360 on the 6th of April

• iPhone OS 4 to be revealed April 8th, 10am PST
• iPad released on April 3. What’s the verdict?

Geek Jerk Reaction: Date Night

The Box Office Report:

1. Clash of the Titans
2. Tyler Perry’s Blah Blah Blah
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. The Last Song
5. Alice in Wonderland

Discussion

• Smallville Producers sue Warner Bros.
• ‘V’ Returns March 30th
• Jonny Lee Miller and  Jon Bernthal cast in AMC’s The Walking Dead
• Glee Premiere to run from 9:28 to 10:30 on April 13th
• Lost series finale is titled “The End” airing Sunday May 23.
• Chuck’s original finale with have a game-changing episode, but then there will be the additional 6 episodes
• Fox cancels 24

• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World trailer
• Angela Bassett cast as Amanda Waller in Green Lantern
• Brian K. Vaughan’s future looks bright:”The Vault”, Leterrier may direct “Y”, “Runaways” part of Marvel Studios’ post-Avengers slate, “Ex Machina” and “Roundtable” both in development

• Microsoft to have Natal showing and regular Xbox 360 briefing at E3 2010
• Scott Pilgrim: The Video Game by Paul Robertson with music by Anamanaguchi

• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens June 18th

Geek Jerk Reaction: Clash of the Titans, Last Song, Tyler Perry’s Blah Blah Blah

Boxoffice Report:

1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Hot Tub Time Machine
4. The Bounty Hunter
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Discussion

• Game of Thrones cast change: Michelle Fairley (Deathly Hallows) replaces Jennifer Ehle as Catelyn Stark
• SyFy considering another Battlestar spin-off. Also an Unimpressive super hero show (Three Inches)
• Summer Glau on “The Cape”
• James Marsters on “Hawaii Five-O”
• Alan Tudyk on “Rockford Files”
• Glee possibly expanding to 25 episodes for the second season.

• Chris Evans as Captain America
• Doctor Horrible sequel to the big screen?
• DC movies to replace Harry Potter tent pole spots for Warner Bros (Schedule: GL – 2011, Batman 3 and Flash – 2012, MoS and WW – 2013)
• Wes Craven signs to direct Scream 4 for release April 12, 2011
  
• Transformers 3 adds Frances McDormand and John Malkovich
• Singer forced to leave directing duties on X-Men: First Class

• Sony’s motion controllers officially named: Sony Move
• Small Details about Halo Reach beginning to leak in preparation for the May 3rd Beta
• Nintendo 3DS announced
• New Warner Bros. studio in Quebec to create DC Universe games (Partnering with RockSteady?)

• Tivo about to release Tivo Premier. A Tivo built with HD in mind.

Geek Jerk Reaction: Hot Tub Time Machine, How to Train Your Dragon

Box Office Report:

1. Alice in Wonderland
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
3. The Bounty Hunter
4. Repo Men
5. She’s Out of My League

Talking Points

• Amazon debacle
• The Oscars: So… that happened…
• Zachary Levi directing Chuck
• Smallville renewed for season 10
• NPH is confirmed for Joss Whedon’s Glee episode as the former rival of Mr. Schu
• John Barrowman will have a meeting with the Glee producers about a possible guest stint on the show
• Green Lantern in 3D – June 17, 2011
• New Iron Man 2 trailer
• Portal 2 has been confirmed
• Captain America down to three: John Krasinski, Chase Crawford, and Mike Vogel
• DC Entertainment shake-up: New Management team of publishers Didio and Lee, and new “chief creative officer” Geoff Johns
• The Man of Steel to be written by David Goyer and Jonah Nolan, Chris Nolan producing. Jonah Nolan may direct?
• Chris Nolan interested in directing Justice League sans Batman

Geek Jerk Reaction:

March 19, 2010

The Bounty Hunter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Repo Men

Talking Points

• Apologies for lack of site activity
• Geek By Night/Fandomonium gone mostly for good
• The announcement of a new Geekshow Entertainment show
• Merry Christmas! Let us know what you get!

Movies

• Brittany Murphy dies of cardiac arrest
• Iron Man 2 Trailer
• Alice in Wonderland

Television

• Discussion of what we’ve enjoyed to this point
• Discussion of what we didn’t like
• Scott is out of live television watching, into British television
• Discussion of the shows coming up (Lost, Chuck)
• Day One reduced from half season to mini-series

Video Games

• 2010 has a ton of God of War “clones”
• Arkham Asylum 2 announced
• Greenday Rockband announced
• Halo Reach & Mass Effect 2 cinematic trailers
• Microsoft promises “AAA” title every month in 2010
• Early 2010 especially brutal (Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Final Fantasy XIII, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Aliens vs Predator, Dead Rising 2, etc)
• 2010: The year of the MMO for geeks? (Star Trek, Star Wars, DC)

GeekJerk Reaction

December 23rd

• Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

December 25th

• It’s Complicated
• Nine
• Sherlock Holmes
• Up In the Air

December 18-20, 2009

Sorry in advance for the audio levels. Those of you using headphones might find it a bit difficult to balance to two voices well. We did try to balance pre-show. I even ran the episode through an audio level adjuster. The end result was better than what we started with, but still not perfect.

Hope you guys enjoy the episode. Be sure to send Wayne emails telling him how much you want to hear him in future episodes so we can get back to cranking out GeekiN episodes.

Talking Points

• Missing a couple weeks
• Re-modeling
• No Lost this last week!?
• Battlestar Galactica ending next week
• Veronica Mars’ apartment is kinda a dump
• Being a Geek is expensive
• Daft Punk doing Tron 2.0 Score
• Race to Witch Mountain Premiere
• Bioshock 2 details: Big Sisters?
• JJ Abrams – “The challenge of doing “Star Trek” — despite the fact that it existed before “Star Wars” — is that we are clearly in the shadow of what George Lucas has done.”

Box Office Report:

Geek Jerk Reaction:

Opening March 20, 2009

Duplicity
I Love You, Man
Knowing

Opening March 27, 2009

Monsters vs Aliens
AdeventureLand
The Haunting in Connecticut
12 Rounds

Question for Next Week: Star Wars, Star Trek, or Battlestar Galactica? Do modern sci-fi properties live in the shadow of Star Wars still?

Send Your Answers to: answers@geekshow.us

Discussed This Week:

• Dollhouse so far (Hitting its groove by episode 6?)
• Forums live on Geekshow
• Coraline in 3d
• Stargate: Universe Cast
• Gossip Girl Spin-off casting
• Rockband drums in Garage Band

Box Office Report:

February 20–22, 2009

Geek Jerk Reaction:

Discussed This Week:

• Dollhouse premiers, Terminator returns
• Moving on to Blu-Ray
• First episode of Game Night with Geekshow is up
• Having fun with games recently
• Randy is getting back into Battlestar Galactica
• Wayne finished Doctor Who

Box Office Report:

Geek Jerk Reaction:

Discussed This Week:

• Chuck in 3d
• Heroes has people talking again
• Movies we watched this week (Grand Torino,  Push, Inkheart)
• Superbowl Trailers (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, GI Joe, Year One, Up, Star Trek, Land of the Lost)
• Dollhouse Premiere this week
• Update on Game Night with Geekshow

Box Office Report:

January 30–February 1, 2009

Geek Jerk Reaction:

Discussed This Week:

• Missing the Last couple weeks
• Kentucky Weather
• Upcoming Video Podcast
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Disney ditches Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Fox picks it back up
• Lost Returns

Box Office Report:

Geek Jerk Reaction:

This Week:

New In Town
Taken
The  Uninvited

Next Week:

Coraline
She’s Just Not that Into You
The Pink Panther 2
Push

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Sites Mentioned This Week:

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BoardGameGeek

Question for Next Week: Do you play Board Games? If so, which games? If not, why not?

Send Your Answers to: answers@geekshow.us

• Christmas Holidays
• New Website Design!
• Playing Video Games: Halo 3 and Fallout 3 are the it games
• Watchmen held up in court?
• UGO buys 1up/EGM/Game Videos
• Palm announces Palm Pre, powered by webO. The Palm touchstone
• Windows 7 Beta announced, immediately delayed
• Matt Smith is the new Doctor (And a completely blown out of proportion statement on a emo-like hair style):

Emo Hairstyle on the left, Matt Smith on the right

Boxoffice Report (Jan 2-4):

GeekJerk Reaction (Jan 16th):

Hotel for Dogs
My Bloody Valentine in 3d
Paul Blart: Mall Cop

• Time for the Holidays
• New Writers
• Delgo sets low point record
• Iron Man 2 Talk picks up
• Crazy rumors about third Batman film
• Fable 2 DLC delayed until “Late Jan ‘09″
• X-men Origins: Wolverine
• Majel Roddenberry Dead at 76
  

Box Office Report (Dec 12-14):

Geek Jerk Reaction (December 25):

Bedtime Stories
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marley & Me
The Spirit
Valkyrie

• New Writers for the site
• Still Enjoying Heroes!
• I watched Twilight
• Golden Globe Nominations
• Final Fantasy Trailer

Box Office Report Dec 5-7:

GeekJerk Reaction (December 19):

Seven Pounds
Tale of Despereaux
Yes Man
The Brothers Bloom

• George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is getting it’s pilot television episode made by HBO. The result of that will determine whether or not the first season gets the greenlight. We discuss the “If We Ran HBO” article from the website.
  
• Tron 2, Originally titled Tr2n was renamed TRZ and the confusion begins
• Bruce Wayne killed off in the comics by Simon Hurt, claiming to be Bruce’s not so dead father. Will we see similarities with the next Batman movie?
• Bolt has fantastic Pixar-like quality. Wayne thinks it may share too much in common with Pixar movies.
• Xbox 360 Jasper Motherboard includes 256mb onboard storage, less heat, less power consumption.

Box Office Standings Nov 28-30