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Trek 2’s new villain cast: It’s Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch!

By Nathalie Caron, Source: Blastr.com The search is finally over, and the Holy Grail has been found! Well, not exactly the Holy Grail, but it comes pretty darn close in our geeky book of awesome! J.J. Abrams has finally found the man who’ll play his Star Trek 2 villain, and

Earth Station One Episode 93: 2011 is over, are we ready 2012?

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2012 and yet another episode ESO podcast. This week we talk about the year we just left, 2011.. what we liked, what we didn’t and also what we are going to look forward to in 2012. Join us for yet another episode of

Will Brad Pitt’s zombie thriller World War Z kick off a trilogy?

By Marc Bernardin, Source: Blastr.com It seems like director Marc Forster’s adaptation of Max Brooks’ oral history of the zombie war is diverting from the text even more than we thought—apparently, it’s being configured to allow for a couple of head-chopping sequels.

10 To Watch in 2012: Television

by Chris Arrant, Newsarama Contributor, Source: Newsarama.com; In the past decade, television has gone through a renaissance. While formulaic situation comedies still exist, there’s been a marked rise in the number of quality television programs both on network and cable television. We’ve seen genre shows like Lost, Battlestar Galactica and

1st look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s top-secret Looper time machine

By Krystal Clark, Source: Blastr.com; Let’s start the new year off right—with time travel. Director Rian Johnson has given us a sneak peek at the time machine that appears in his latest film, Looper. Check it out and tell us what you think! Looper is a sci-fi thriller that stars

DC Comics’ New 52 Mystery Woman: Pandora

by CBR News Team, Source: CBR.com DC Comics has kicked off 2012 with a tantalizing tidbit for fans of the New 52. At the end of 2011’s “Flashpoint” crossover preceeding the linewide relaunch, a mysterious cloaked woman made an appearance, and subsequently showed up in every #1 Issue of DC’s

A New Superman Origin By Grant Morrison

by Rich Johnston, Source: BleedingCool.com I always loved the origin of Superman, as told by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely in All Star Superman, taking up one page and few words. But needs must as the devil drives and the new Action Comics series demands a more detailed retelling of

Marvel wins NYC dispute over Ghost Rider rights

By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Source: The Associated Press /AJC.com NEW YORK — Comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment owns the rights to the Ghost Rider character in the fiery form that originated in the early 1970s, a federal judge ruled Wednesday as she rejected the claims of a former Marvel writer seeking

TMNT co-creator is auctioning off his awesome studio for charity

By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman’s drawing studio is a true nerdvana. It boasts hundreds of pieces of memorabilia, original art, books, one-of-a-kind collectables and DVDS. And now, after decades of building the collection, Eastman is selling it. All of it. For charity. This

Abrams says no Trek alt timeline would’ve been a ‘big mistake’

By Nathalie Caron, Source: Blastr.com J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek film did two major things right: It rebooted a tired-yet-beloved sci-fi franchise — injecting it with some kick-ass new life and even newer blood — while at the same time keeping almost 45 years of Trek history and lore relatively

Were any of your favorite sci-fi flicks among this year’s flops?

By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com We’re all looking forward to a new year, but movie studios are probably especially happy that 2011 is ending. It wasn’t kind to them. Ticket sales were down four percent from 2010, thanks in large part to a number of major movie flops, including a

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