Archive for the ‘TV News for Geeks’ Category
Deadman TV Series Coming
Of course with Smallville going off the air CW has made it a priority to pick up another super hero themed show. According to Deadline they have made that decision and it will be Deadman. I was a little surprised by this choice considering that he is not a mainstream character, even I don’t really [...]
New Teaser Clips from Season 2 of The Walking Dead
Last fall, horror fans and television fans in general were treated to a new series on AMC calle The Walking Dead. The series, which is based on a grapgic novel series written by Robert Kirkman, follows a group of survivors faced with the rise of the walking dead. However, this series is not just your [...]
NBC Says ‘No Thanks’ To Wonder Woman!
EW has learned that NBC executives have rejected the much talked about Wonder Woman television show that David E. Kelley was producing. This from the article: NBC isn’t saying for now but scuttlebutt reveals the pilot earned mixed reviews at test screenings. And then there was all the online blow back about the costume – which seemed [...]
Wonder Woman’s Adrianne Palicki Getting Makeover, Costume Change
Apparently, there are many Wonder Woman fans that are still unhappy with the present incarnation of the Wonder Woman Costume. First it was that the boots should be red instead of blue (because the blue boots were the same color as the blue pants, and that was bad). Now, it’s that Wonder Woman should not [...]
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Governator Trailer Is Here
Hold on to your pantaloons, ladies and gentlemen, because the trailer for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s and Stan Lee’s The Governator has hit the net. [Geez, you think I would know how to spell 'Schwarzenegger' by now]. As you all know, the Governator is a collabo between Stan Lee and Arnie and will consist of a comic [...]
Sneak Peek At New X-Men Anime!
The last of Madhouse’s trilogy of Marvel Comics-themed anime is the X-Men Anime, due out for release very soon and the trailer has hit the net. The character designs feature fairly modern renditions of the X-Men and include: Cyclops, Storm, Beast, Professor X, and Emma Frost. Some fans were not very happy with the studio’s [...]
Wolverine and Iron Man Anime To Get Heroes Voice Actors
So far, North American fans have had access to both the Iron and Wolverine Anime titles from Japan with English subtitles courtesy of Madhouse Productions, but it turns out that soon both series will be available with English dubs. Most interesting of all is that two actors from the hit series lost have been signed [...]
The New THUNDERCATS Trailer Is Here
The new Thundercats series coming to the Cartoon Network has garnered a lot of interest from adults and kids alike. The original fans have all grown up and can force their kids to watch the cartoons that they used to like when they were tots. The new Thundercats look very different from the old, indeed, [...]
Adrianne Palicki Wonder Woman TV FOOTAGE
Shots from the filming of NBC’s Wonder Woman appeared all over the net yesterday, but few people noticed that some videos surfaced as well. The video below shows Wonder Woman (played by Adrianne Palicki) as she chases another actor through a busy street at night, jumping on cars in hot pursuit (and I do mean [...]
Adrianne Palicki As Wonder Woman, In Action
The first thing I noticed, which apparently was the first thing that everyone else noticed that saw this picture, was the fact that the boots on the Wonder Woman costume are back to being red from being blue before. Frankly, I kind of liked the blue boots but that’s just me. I think you can [...]
Adrianne Palicki Wonder Woman Set Photos
A few days ago, original Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter announced that she was very happy with the casting of Friday Night Lights actress Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman/Dianna Prince, and now we get to make our own assessment with the following photos of Adrianne Palicki on set. As we covered last week, NBC’s Wonder [...]
Stephen King to take on an episode of ‘The Walking Dead?’
Last fall, AMC added yet another incredible series to its line up with The Walking Dead, zombie-rific series based on the graphic novel of the same name. But it’s not just the zombies that make this television show so entertaining, it’s the writers’ abilities to capture the emotion of the characters. Few shows now days [...]
Adrianne Palicki As Wonder Woman Photo
Wow, NBC really got on top of this Wonder Woman show really quick. Filming began in LA on Monday and the first official picture of actress Adrianne Palicki in the guise of DC superheroine Wonder Woman has been revealed. Wonder Woman tells the tale of Amazon Diana Themiscyra, and it stars Adrianne Palicki, Cary Elwes, [...]
Latest Game of Thrones Trailer From HBO
If your first thought when you clicked on this article was: “That guy looks like Boromir.” You are not alone. Game of Thrones is an upcoming HBO series based on a series of books by author George R.R. Marin. The first book in his Songs of Fire and Ice series was called “Game of Thrones.” [...]
Elizabeth Hurley Sexes Up Set of Wonder Woman
British actress and model Elizabeth Hurley showed up on the set of NBC’s Wonder Woman Television Show yesterday. Hurley stars as Wonder Woman villain Veronica Cale, joining a cast that also includes Friday Night Lights’ Adrianne Palicki and British actor Cary Elwes (what’s with all the Brits invading American superhero TV shows and movies?). Rapidly [...]
Neil Gaiman’s Sandman TV Show Put On Hold
Sandman, possibly the most iconic title of Vertigo Comics (an imprint of DC, now DC Vertigo), was thrown back into the forefront of comics news last year when it was announced that the producer of CW show Supernatural would be working on a television adaptation of the title. If you were a Sandman or Neil [...]
New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer
Nickelodeon released the first image of its new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series a few days ago and now they have unveiled a trailer, albeit a brief one, featuring a slightly more in-depth view of the characters designs for the TMNT reboot. Did I forget to mention that the entire series, due out in 2012, [...]
Charlie Sheen Adds ‘Warlocks’ To List Of Enemies
If you thought that Charlie Sheen had made enough enemies with his drunken shenangins and would change his ways ASAP, you were wrong. In a recent video, Sheen referred to himself as a ‘Warlock’ and, according to a video report from a local Fox station in Boston, he managed to piss off a coven of Warlocks in Salem, [...]
HBO Unveils First ‘Game of Thrones’ Poster
HBO’s upcoming miniseries Game of Thrones, based on a fantasy series of books called “Song of Ice and Fire, is causing quite a stir in the realm of geekdom, and the casting of Sean Bean, who played Boromir in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, definitely doesn’t hurt. Yesterday, HBO released the [...]
Superhero Makeovers Courtesy of the X-Men Anime
Madhouse has produced two Marvel Comics anime series so far, Iron Man and Wolverine, and their third installment is slated to be the X-Men Anime, which is due for release in about a month. Here on ReelComix, we have reviewed the episodes of Wolverine that have been released so far and we are more than [...]
Marvel Unveils 16 New Images From The X-Men Anime
Still need an X-Men Anime fix? Well Marvel Comics and Madhouse has got you covered as they unveiled 16 additional images from the anticipated anime featuring the biggest names in Marvel these days, the X-Men. We’ve seen a few images to date, but now we have enough to make our assessment of the characters. The biggest [...]
Casting Confirmation For Thundercats Reboot
In Thundercats news, Collider received confirmation today on some of the casting choices for the voice actors on the show. According to Kevin Michael Richardson, who will be part of the cast as fan favorite ‘Panthro’, Will Friedle from the 90s kids cartoon Boy Meets World will voice Lion-O, and actress Emmanuelle Chriqui will provide the voice [...]
Nickelodeon Releases First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Image
Cable station Nickelodeon has released an image of their attempts at a reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which they plan to release to audiences sometime in 2012. The network purchased the rights to the Turtles for 60 million USD, according to the Wall Street Journal, and plans on releasing a cartoon (yes, another one) with [...]
Cary Elwes Cast In NBC’s Wonder Woman
C’mon, you guys remember Cary Elwes. He played the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride and also starred in the first Saw film. He seemed to disappear after that, but now he’s back. According to Deadline, Elwes joins Adrianne Palicki, Elizabeth Hurley, and others as a member of the cast of Wonder Woman. Currently, [...]
Elizabeth Hurley Cast As Wonder Woman Villain
News regarding upcoming NBC series Wonder Woman, starring Adrianne Palicki, is trickling in pretty slowly, but big news was revealed to day when it was announced that British supermodel and actress Elizabeth Hurley would be playing Veronica Cale in the show. Who is Veronica Cale? She is one of Wonder Woman’s advesaries, a sexy businesswoman who [...]
Trailer For Highly-Anticipated Thundercats Remake Airs On TV
The first trailer for the highly-anticipated remake of classic 80s cartoon (and later comic book) Thundercats was aired on Cartoon Network yesterday. Excited yet? It looks like the early episodes feature the Plundarians, with the Thundercats in some sort of arena-like setting, and no sign of Mumm-Ra. It also looks like the series starts off [...]
Real Life Vampire Takes A Big Bite Out of Bank
Alright, so this has nothing to do with comics or movies (at least on the surface), but you have to watch this video. This guy, who clearly believes himself to be a vampire, managed to dig up an old law which allowed him to repossess his local bank branch, because they forced him to pay [...]
Game of Thrones Production Team Talks About the Series
Excited about the Game of Thrones HBO Miniseries? Why the hell not? You should be because, let’s face it, every miniseries that HBO takes on ends up being kick-ass and gets nominated for a bunch of awards and, it allows you to geek out whilst still telling your friends that you’re watching HBO. How can [...]
Series Review: Wolverine the Anime Episodes 1-3
I managed to get my sweaty little hands on the first six episodes of Wolverine the Anime produced by Japanese studio Madhouse Productions in conjunction with Marvel, because I needed to see for myself what all the hype (and complaints) were about. We’ve all heard about this anime; it’s the second series in Madhouse’s adaptation [...]
Its Wonder Woman: The Top 10 Adrianne Palicki Brunette Pics
If you had any doubt that Friday Night Lights‘ Adrianne Palicki could pull off Wonder Woman’s long black locks (as I did), this thread was designed to place your concerns to rest. We knew she had the body, we knew she had the attitude, but who knew that Adrianne Palicki had the hair too? Well, [...]
