To the dismay of fans, the popular series Smallville ended its ten season run on television last May. However, just like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Superman series will continue its story in comics. Season 11 will launch in April and will pick up right where the show left off. Clark’s wearing the suit now, and it’s bound to get interesting. From the press release:
Winter is coming. Cold winds are rising. You’re going need your mittens and maybe a scarf for the next season of Game of Thrones. Last season left everyone in precarious places, and soon you’ll get to find out what’s next. HBO just announced the premiere date of April 1st at 9:00pm. I can’t believe they’d be cruel enough to tease us and call April Fool’s, so go ahead and plan your feasts now. Watch the trailer for season 2 here.
(via IGN)
Eventually the Star Wars live action series will be a real thing fans can watch and debate over. We’ve known it’s coming for a long time, and even though we get occasional news about it, it’s still not happening anytime soon. Lucasfilm has over 50 hours of episodes written, but they want to do it right. Right in this case means quality special effects, and the technology isn’t at a point yet that makes it affordable.
In other words, the TV series would be too expensive—but that doesn’t mean they’re giving up.
IGN recently talked to producer Rick McCallum about Red Tails and managed to sneak in some talk about the series. McCallum referred to it with a working title: Star Wars: Underworld. He confirmed they are waiting for the times to catch up, and Lucas speculates it will about 3-4 years.
Check out the interview with McCallum after the break.
Several years ago we ditched cable because it seemed we were getting more reality shows than anything else and paying a ridiculous amount for the privilege. Instead we stream the shows we want to see and even paying by the episode for a few still puts us ahead of our old cable bill. Usually, we have more than enough to keep us busy, but this year, sadly, we have not found an “it” show. Worse, we don’t have a sci-fi show in our queue at all. What happened to sci-fi television?
While you anxiously await for season 2 of The Walking Dead to debut on October 16th, you can check out six new webisodes directed by the show’s FX guru Greg Nicotero. The series focuses on the backstory of Hannah—aka “Bicycle Girl”. She was the haunting, legless zombie Rick mercy killed in season 1.
Check out the first episode “A New Day” after the break.
For those of us who grew up in the 90s, Chris Hardwick is always going to be that guy who hosted “Singled Out” on MTV – however, he has now landed a new gig that will help provide him with a broader association. Come October 16, Hardwick will host a new Walking Dead-focused chat show on AMC called The Talking Dead. The half hour show will kick off immediately after the Season 2 premiere of the series, and will analyze the moves of Rick Grimes and remaining survivors of the Zombie Apocalypse.
The second episode of the series will air on Friday, November 4, and Fridays at 11 following the encore presentation of The Walking Dead.
(via Slashfilm)
Matt Richardson must have gotten tired of hearing the names “Kardasian” or “Snooki” on television because he developed an Arduino-controlled device that mutes the TV whenever offending names are mentioned.
The gadget dubbed “Enough Already” works by decoding the closed captioning transcription and seeking out words pre-programmed on a blacklist. When those words are detected, it sends a command to the remote to mute the television for 30 seconds (as long as the keyword isn’t mentioned again).
Just like that, it’s as if Charlie Sheen doesn’t exist.
We can also see this coming in handy for election year coverage or for parents trying to protect their children from inappropriate language. Of course, blocking out annoying celebs, politicians and foul language means you’ll probably be watching the DirecTV customer information channel exclusively. Good times.
Check out the video after the break to see “Enough Already” in action.
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Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking 13-part series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is getting a sequel with the venerable astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at the helm.
That is truly awesome news—and Neil deGrasse Tyson is the perfect person to take over for Sagan. So who do we have to thank for all this?
Seth MacFarlane. Yeah, Family Guy Seth MacFarlane. He will be a producer on the new series along with Sagan’s widow Ann Druyan and his colleague Steven Soter.
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Last week we were shocked to learn that Frank Darabont left The Walking Dead after having enthusiastically promoted the show only days before at Comic-Con. Clearly, something unpleasant was afoot behind the scenes.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the problem might stem from money being poured into AMC’s flagship show Mad Men. A renegotiated contract lead to a pay hike for its creator and executive producer Matt Weiner to the tune of $10 million per season—with no budget cuts to the show.
Meanwhile, the budget for The Walking Dead has been slashed $250,000 per episode and Breaking Bad’s season five show order has been reduced to six or eight from thirteen—prompting Sony Television (the studio behind the show) to consider selling it to another network.
Interestingly enough, The Walking Dead handily surpasses both shows in terms of viewership. It averaged 6 million viewers per episode during its first season while Mad Men averaged 4.3 million last season and Breaking Bad 2.3 million this year.
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