New Halo Reach Trailer & Images

Microsoft has released ten new trailer and shots from Halo: Reach. The images are taken from Firefight: Outpost and Campaign stage Winter Contingency.

Halo Reach Images

Bungie have also revealed the complete list of Halo Reach Achievements. Halo Reach Achievements

Being Human remake begins production

So it looks like this is really happening. Personally I hope they can pull it off and it”s different enough from the original to stand alone.

SYFY’S BEING HUMAN STARRING SAM WITWER, MEAGHAN RATH, SAM HUNTINGTON AND MARK PELLIGRINO BEGINS PRODUCTION IN MONTREAL

Adam Kane Directing and Producing with Executive Producers Michael Prupas, Anna Fricke and Jeremy Carver

Muse Entertainment Producing American Adaptation of Acclaimed BBC Original Series

New York, New York – July 29, 2010 – Syfy’s all-new drama series Being Human, starring Sam Witwer (Smallville, Battlestar Galactica), Meaghan Rath (The Assistants), Sam Huntington (Cavemen, Superman Returns) and Mark Pellegrino (Lost, Supernatural) has commenced production in Montreal, Canada. Adam Kane (The Mentalist, Heroes) is Director and Co-Executive Producer with Executive Producer Michael Prupas (The Kennedys, Pillars of the Earth) and husband and wife Executive Producers/Writers Jeremy Carver (Supernatural) and Anna Fricke (Men in Trees, Everwood). Muse Entertainment is producing 13 1-hour episodes for Syfy.

Being Human, a re-imagining of the acclaimed UK series created by Toby Whithouse, follows three paranormal, 20-something roommates living in Boston – vampire “Aidan” (Witwer), werewolf “Josh” (Huntington) and ghost “Sally” (Rath) – as they struggle to hide their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives and trying to be human. Mark Pellegrino plays Aidan’s charismatic but menacing vampire mentor “Bishop.”

The producer is Irene Litinsky (Human Trafficking, The Phantom) of Muse Entertainment, the director of photography is Pierre Jodoin (The Last Templar, Secrets of the Mountain) and the production designer is Zo� Sakellaropoulo (The Last Templar, The Phantom).

The original UK series is produced by Touchpaper Television and executive produced by Rob Pursey. RDF Rights distributes the UK series and the format internationally as well as the new US series.

Muse Entertainment Enterprises, headed by President & CEO Michael Prupas, is a major Canadian independent film and television producer and the country’s leading service producer for international studios and networks. Muse Entertainment is known for bringing well-crafted, high-quality, award-winning productions with strong international appeal to big and small screens. Since 1998, Muse has produced, co-produced or provided production services on 150 TV movies and mini-series, television series and feature films. Muse’s head office is located in Montreal. Muse has four production operations in Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles.

Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in 95 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater

Faster – Trailer

FASTER

UK Release:                        2011
Directed by:                       George Tillman Jr
Starring:                               Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton

Synopsis:

After 10 years in prison, Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has a singular focus – to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his imprisonment. Now a free man with a deadly to-do list in hand, he’s finally on his mission…but with two men on his trail – a veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) just days from retirement, and a young egocentric hitman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) with a flair for the art of killing and newfound worthy opponent. The hunter is also the hunted. It’s a do or die race to the list’s finish as the mystery surrounding his brother’s murder deepens, and new details emerge along the way hinting that Driver’s list may be incomplete.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Event – Meet Jay Baruchel

If you’re looking forward to  Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice then this event might be right up your street.

Meet the Actor Jay Baruchel of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in Apple Regent Street this Monday 2^nd August
This Monday coming, you can join Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder, Knocked Up, How To Train Your Dragon) for a discussion on the

making of his latest film, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice with Rick Edwards.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice comes from esteemed producer Jerry Bruckheimer and sees Jay Baruchel starring alongside Nicolas Cage and Alfred Molina.  The film is an innovative and epic comedy adventure about a sorcerer and his hapless apprentice who are swept into the center of an ancient conflict between good and evil.

This event will be taking place Monday, August 2, 7.00pm at Apple – 235 Regent Street  London, W1B 2EL and is free to attend.

The film is in cinemas 11^th August

Everything Comes Back to 2000AD – Episode 29

Join Flint and Stacey as they look at progs 1690-92

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A Marvel Art Exhibition comes to Manchester

So as the title of this post says if you’re a comic fan who’s near Manchester anytime between the 29th – 9th September then it’s worth swing by the, free to attend, Marvel Art Exhibition which is being held in the Generation Pop Art Galley. The exhibition will feature some of Marvel Comics most beloved characters, covers and production art.

Werewolves – exclusive sneak review

With big thanks to Kat over at Abrams & Chronicle Books for this exclusive sneak peek at a very cool book they are putting together for release in October. 

  WEREWOLVES was illustrated by Allyson Haller and written by Paul Jessup

 Werewolves is an illustrated journal by a young girl called Alice.  It starts on the night her and her older brother Mark get attacked in the local park by a pack of dogs. The journal is really just that – Alice writing down her thoughts and feelings as she starts noticing changes in her brother and herself.

 It records her progressively more feral dreams and thoughts.  A sworn vegetarian she finds herself deeply conflicted but pragmatic about her midnight raids on the thawing steak in their fridge.  The accompanying artwork is beautiful – at times surreal and at times strongly vivid, it reflects Alice’s feelings and tells us as much as the short descriptive paragraphs she writes.

 Her brother Mark starts hanging out with a group of unpleasant older boys.  They go camping and invite Alice along but she’s hesitant.  She does not like these boys and she’s worried about her brother.  He’s always been an outsider and acted strangely, but he now acts even stranger.  Compounded with how he’s acting, she’s noticed a van following her around and she makes sure not to be anywhere on her own where she can’t take care of herself.

 Her dreams become more bloodthirsty and feral.  She wakes up covered in blood, feeling nauseous, with torn clothes. Her brother eventually convinces her to join them on in the woods, on their camping trip.  There she meets Tomas and he reveals that Mark, Alice and the boys Mark now hangs out with, are all werewolves. 

 Alice doesn’t believe him at first, thinking he means they are wolves, as in inner predators, a bunch of new agers.  But when Tomas transforms before her eyes, she has no choice but to believe.

 She is slowly drawn into running with the wolf pack.  She explains the pack dynamics and what it feels like to run and feel free.  Combined with this, Alice shows how she worries about her humanity, taking a chance to go into town, where she meets some hunters.  They warn her about the pack, that both Alice and her brother are in danger because of them.  That the hunters realise that they are still close to human and can be saved, especially as there is a rumoured cure out there.

 It’s a very interesting story with wonderful rich illustrations.  It would be wrong to call it a graphic novel because it’s not the usual style we see graphic novels coming in.  The best description is definitely an illustrated journal as we are sharing dark thoughts and feelings of a young woman who feel more and more vulnerable in a world where nothing is what it seems.

The overall feel of Werewolves is one of growing isolation, even when part of the pack and through Alice’s astute comments we run the gamut of feelings with her, experiencing fear and elation and concern about her brother Mark and his role within the pack.

However, having said all of that, Werewolves is one of those books that you will have to have once you’ve seen it in the “flesh” so to speak.  The illustrations and storytelling is unique and beautiful, making it one of those rare books that you want to give as a gift, but you don’t want to really share it with anyone else because it is just too cool.

 Werewolves should be out in October here in the UK from Chronicle Books.

Web Cinema – Captain America Fan Trailer

As I did the rounds on youtube trying to find the comic con footage of the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger I stumbled across a trailer for a fan made film. I thought it was pretty well put together and clearly the guys were having a blast making this as fun and in some parts as gory as possible (look out for one shield take down in particular).

Anyway check out this fan trailer below.

Sanctuary Season 3 Trailer

Geek Gadge – Battlemech vs PC means we all win

Now this image of a Warhammer 40000 Battlemech that was built by a Spanish gamer called Pinchillo is cool in itself I’m sure you will agree. It even has motorised joints and rotating chain guns  but when you see the next picture you can turn the geek cool dial-up to maximum.

That’s right this Battlemech also doubles as a PC Case…I know it doesn’t get much cooler than that and it got me thinking if I could what kind of case mod would I have for my PC. Well seeing that I’m an Indiana Jones fan my logical choice was….

Of course my Ark of the Covenant PC case would come with the standard, head exploding Wrath of God feature if you opened it which would make fitting the latest graphic card a real bitch.

So what would your dream PC case look like?

Source: Dvice

Stargate Universe Season 2 Trailer

What do you get when you mix Toy Story 3 with Inception?

Simple you get one awesome mashup courtesy of youtube user screenrant

Source: Blastr

Dead Space 2 UK boxart unveiled

EA has revealed the new boxart for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Dead Space 2. As you’d expect, the packshots aren’t too dissimilar to the US boxart shown off earlier this year – although you can see a bit more of Isaac’s helmet

Everquest II goes free-to-play

SOE– will unleash a free version of the popular MMO Everquest II titled Everquest II: Extended. The game will operate parallel to the paid version and will be effectively a separate game from Everquest II.

Instead of adapting the entire Everquest II to the free-to-play model like Dungeons & Dragons Online and LOTR: Online, SOE is bifurcating the game and will release two distinct entities. Players will have the option of taking part in the subscription-based game or the completely free game. Extended will give players access to all the paid game’s zones, including those added with the game’s Shadow Odyssey expansion.

Extended will adopt a microtransaction business model, whereby players can purchase power-up potions, armor, classes, races, weapons, mounts, and more through the marketplace. Additionally, Extended will use a smaller Web-based application download model allowing would-be players faster access to the game.

Everquest II: Extended is currently pegged to be released “on or around August 17.”

Source: Gamespot

A Team Press Event – Part 1

It was a very nervous me who pootled down the road from my Real Life job to the Dorchester on Park Lane to attend the A Team Press Event to mark the release of The A Team movie.

I’ve never been to a press conference before – well I have, but not with you know, famous people that you see in the movies and such – so I wasn’t sure what to expect.  In the end, it turned out pretty easy to handle.

The room where the event was being held in the Dorchester was lovely and roomy, we were given coffee or tea or water and cookies to keep ourselves entertained.  After a wait that almost started to feel like a wait, Alex Zane came bounding in looking crazymad and very cute as usual, complete with guy-liner.  He grabbed his seat and immediately started bringing the guests in.  We had the whole cast in attendance which was pretty awesome, including Joe Carnahan, the director/screenwriter.

Everyone taking their seats

Zane asked Joe what it felt like to be the one to bring The A Team to the big screen.  Joe said it felt fantastic, and what with the tremendous welcome the cast had at last night’s premiere at Leicester Square, he felt pretty positive.

(there was some ruckus during this part of the talk, at the beginning as Jessica had overfilled her glass of water and Sharlto felt the need to lean over and sip at it profusely to stop it from spilling – much laughter and hilarity ensued)

Zane segued in the question I wanted to ask the team – damn you Alex Zane, damn you! – and mentioned the camaraderie in the team, did they have to work at it?  He directed the question to Liam – I am twenty foot tall – Neeson.  Liam commented that they had been lucky, with everyone getting along well and that there had been no egos on the set, which helped towards the easy camaraderie on screen.

Rampage, Neeson, Carnahan

The next question was directed at Sharlto, asking him how it felt bringing such an iconic figure, such as Murdoch to the screen.  Sharlto has this lovely, almost shy way, about himself that invites you to be his friend.  He spoke with great passion about watching the show when growing up as a child in South Africa, saying that Murdoch’s character was one of the things that inspired him to get into making shows and movies.

Next up Jessica was asked how she managed to deliver that deadpan killer one liner in the movie: “They are trying to fly that tank” with such seriousness. There was much laughter at this as yes, there is a tank hurtling towards earth in the movie and yes, the guys do try and fly it.  It is silly and over the top and very tongue in cheek.  Jessica deadpanned: I said it the way Joe told me to.

Jessica and Sharlto

Zane mentioned his guy-liner and asked how it felt bringing Face to the screen.  Sharlto erupted in laughter, as did the rest of the panel.  Bradley hammed it up saying that he doesn’t really think that Face was really vain, he just thought of him as toned and tanned.

An audience member asked if they sustained any injuries.  Liam Neeson confessed he hurt himself getting out of the one truck as it was so high.  Bradley Cooper said he got muscle strain walking to his trailer as it was so far away.

Zane realised that Rampage had not spoken yet and checked to make sure he is okay.  Rampage had everyone in stitches, complaining about how early they had to get up this morning to do various film and press events and how him and Neeson were the ones hanging around clubs and dancing whilst Bradley and and Sharlto were the ones curling up with comfy books.

There were several more questions, all great fun, and well answered by the team.   I don’t want to throw everyone dead with The A Team things in one fell swoop, so I’ll do another batch of write-ups for Friday for a Part 2.  By then I may even have figured out how to download the audio from my iphone.