A round-up of geeky news you might have missed...(1) No More TV For Joss: Buffy creator Joss Whedon is turning his back on TV work and concentrating on the Internet. He has also put the kibosh on the idea of a Buffy movie.
(2) Awards Season: Nominees have been announced for the fourth annual Glyph Comics Awards, while nominations have also opened for the Harvey Awards.
(3) Sarah Jane Gets Red Nose Treatment: A Sarah Jane Adventures sketch, with the show's stars, will feature in Comic Relief, the Red Nose Day telethon on March 13.
(4) Evil DM Production's New Site: My good friend Jeff, of Evil DM Productions, has launched a new website to promote his products, including the Savage Worlds remix of his Legends of Steel swords and sorcery setting. Evil DM Productions also has an associated forum for discussion of its products and heroic adventure action in all media.
(5) Level Up: Goodman Games announces its new Dungeons & Dragons 4e magazine, Level Up.
(6) Brolin and Malvovich Have Hex Appeal: Josh Brolin will play DC Comic's scarred, Western bounty hunter Jonah Hex in the forthcoming movie adaptation - up against John Malkovich as a villainour plantation owner.
(7) Shhhh! It's The Doctor: IDW's latest Doctor Who outing is a one-shot called The Whispering Gallery with art by Ben Templesmith. It is written by husband and wife team Leah Moore and John Reppion.
(8) Hydra Unleashes New Aliens: A selection of wonderful new alien figures are available for pre-order from Hydra Miniatures. They are perfectly compatible with both the Dick Garrison and G.A.F.D.O.Z. lines of retro/Golden Age sci-fi miniatures.
(9) Planning Ahead: Hoping to cash in on new comic book fans drawn to the medium after seeing Watchmen, DC Comics is launching its After Watchmen campaign. And although the film is still several weeks away from its big screen debut, details are already emerging about features of its DVD release.
(10) Duncan Dares The Doctor: Rome-star Lindsay Duncan will appear in this year's second Doctor Who special as The 10th Doctor's latest assistant, Adelaide.
(11) More Watchmen For Your Buck: A three hour and ten minute Director's Cut of Watchmen is due to hit screens in July.
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I don't think Whedon is giving up TV work. Especially considering he's still doing Dollhouse. In the link you posted, he doesn't mention giving up TV (even though the interviewer does) - just the reasons why he did those webisodes of Dr Horrible and why he likes doing the internet stuff.
Ah, that's the old journo in me - looking for the "headline" to sell the story.
Sorry if it was accidentally slightly misleading. :-D
That's some pretty awesome information. Too bad Joss Whedon says he's no longer going to do TV work. Although it would be nice to have a great talent producing stuff on the internet, I always liked just vegging out and watching some of his TV shows.
Thank you, Samuel. The Week In Geek appears every Tuesday and I try to restrict the contents to articles that I think readers of this blog will find interesting.
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