Brian Michael Bendis Talks About Dark Avengers, Dark Reign

Newsarama has posted an interview with Brian Michael Bendis at the Baltimore Comic Con. Below is part of the interview with a link to take you to the entire piece.

On Saturday at Baltimore Comic Con, Brian Michael Bendis confirmed that he would be leaving Mighty Avengers with Issue #20. But then the writer announced that Dan Slott will take over the series, while Bendis will move to a new title called Dark Avengers with art by Mike Deodato Jr. Read more

John Ringo Comments On New Book ‘The Last Centurion’

Best-selling SF author John Ringo told SCI FI Wire that his new novel, The Last Centurion, felt like dictation from the future, but, given the subject matter, he prays to God it wasn’t.

“Many of the subjects discussed in the book are subjects I’ve studied for other reasons, some of them for decades, but the genesis was a voice whispering in my ear: ‘Go and search beyond the ranges,’” Ringo said in an interview.

The novel was written in a rush, over an 11-day period. “I thought at first it was just going to be a short [story],” Ringo said. “Then a novelette. Then it was suddenly a novel. And it felt, eerily, like someone was dictating from the future. It wasn’t my normal sort of writing frenzy, and the book is not at all like my normal books. It is a memoir told in blog-style format similar in essence to any of the current books where people take their essays and blog entries and compile them with some additional explanation.” Read more

Palladium Books Releasing Zombie RPG In October

Palladiuim Books will release Dead Reign RPG: The Zombie Apocalypse in October. In the Dead Reign RPG, hundreds of millions of people have died and become zombies, and civilization has broken down. Now zombies rule the planet, death cults promise protection, retro-savages sacrifice the living to the zombies, and human survivors struggle on. Palladium promises release by Halloween.

Written by Josh Hilden, Joshua Sanford, and Kevin Siembieda; with art by Amy L. Ashbaugh, Nick Bradshaw, Mark Dudley, and Mike Mumah, and cover by E.M. Gist Dead Reign RPG will be a 192-224-page, $22.95 trade paperback.

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Kenneth Branagh To Direct Thor?

Kenneth Branagh is negotiating to direct Thor for Marvel Studios, reports Variety. The comic book adaptation is scheduled for a June 4, 2010 release.

Branagh is the latest in a string of directors — such as Jon Favreau (Iron Man), Christopher Nolan (the Batman franchise) and Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) — with arthouse roots taking on big-budget comic book fare.

Marvel will set a distributor for Thor shortly. Read more

Zack Snyder Developing Video Games For Electronic Arts

Watchmen director Zack Snyder has become the latest filmmaker to break into the video-game business, signing a deal to develop three original games for Electronic Arts, the nation’s largest third-party publisher, Variety reported.

The deal is similar to one made by EA with Steven Spielberg in 2005. Their first collaboration, a puzzle game for the Nintendo Wii called Boom Blox, was released in the spring to rave reviews but modest sales. Read more

Empire: Total War Land Battle Video

I am continually impressed by each incarnation of the Total War franchise. This new title of theirs looks to be no exception. Awesome stuff!

Empire: Total War is an upcoming 2009 real-time tactics and turn-based strategy in the Total War video game series that is being developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. Sega officially announced Empire: Total War on 22 August 2007. Empire: Total War is scheduled for release on 3 February 2009 in United States, and 6 February 2009 in United Kingdom and PAL territories. Read more

Iron Man Writers Talk About More Marvel Movies

Nothing against the very talented Justin Theroux, but given that “Iron Man” was such an overwhelming critical and financial success, it’s somewhat odd, perhaps, that screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby aren’t involved in writing its sequel.

But could the reason be because they might very well be writing a DIFFERENT super? In a word, yes. In a whole lot of words… Read more

Rumor: Megan Fox As Michael Turner’s Fathom?

IESB.net reported a rumor that Transformers star Megan Fox has signed on to appear in a film adaptation of Michael Turner’s Fathom comic series. Turner died in June, throwing the film project into doubt.

Citing an anonymous source, the site reported that the live-action movie is still at 20th Century Fox but has officially been handed over to the “genre” arm of the studio, Fox Atomic. Read more

The Princess Bride Video Game Trailer

The Princess Bride Game combines spectacular animation with the best of casual, narrative and adventure games - all based on the classic hit movie. Help Princess Buttercup and Westley manage life on the farm, defeat dastardly villains, survive the Fire Swamp, concoct miracle remedies, and vanquish the evil prince in order to live happily ever after. Read more

Warner Brothers Developing ‘I Am Legend’ Prequel

Warner Brothers is developing a prequel to the Will Smith SF movie I Am Legend, with Smith to reprise his role as scientist Robert Neville, Variety reported.

Francis Lawrence will return to direct, and Akiva Goldsman and his Weed Road banner will produce with James Lassiter, Smith’s partner in Overbrook Entertainment.

The studio has set D.B. Weiss to write a script that is based on a detailed outline that was hatched over the past few months by Smith, Goldsman, Lassiter and Lawrence. Read more

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