• 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:

• 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

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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• 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

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!

• 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

• 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

Kick Ass Review – 2:05

Glee Review – 24:15

• 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

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

- Good news for “Gleeks” everywhere: Glee’s second season has been expanded from the normal 22 episodes to 25! Meanwhile, the season one finale’s airdate has been announced as Tuesday, June 8. (Ausiello)

- Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Dollhouse) has been cast in the remake of The Rockford Files for NBC and producer David Shore (House). (Ausiello)

- James Marsters (Buffy, Smallville) has been cast as the main antagonist in CBS’ remake of Hawaii Five-O.  (AICN)

- Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: TSCC) has been cast as the lead in The Cape, a superhero pilot for NBC. (THR)

- True Blood returns for its third season June 13 on HBO. (Variety)

- Finally, check out this preview for the new HBO series Boardwalk Empire the creator of The Sopranos and director Martin Scorsese:

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