The Week In Geek

A round-up of geeky news you might have missed...

(1) Prolific Author Passes On: Influential science-fiction author Philip José Farmer has died, aged 91.

(2) Mars Goes Savage: Adamant Entertainment will be releasing a "swords & planet" setting for Savage Worlds - Savage Mars. Think John Carter...

(3) Gondry To Helm Green Hornet: Michel Gondry, auteur/director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind has been named as director of Seth Rogen's Green Hornet.

(4) Spidey Swings On To Broadway: A Spider-Man musical is due to debut on Broadway in 2010. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark will feature new music from Bono and The Edge of U2!

(5) Savage Horror Anthology: Savage Worlds licensee 12 To Midnight plans to release an anthology of horror fiction this summer, Buried Tales of Pinebox, TX.

(6) Marvel Super Hero Squad: Cartoon Network has ordered 26 episodes of cute, child-friendly superheroics based on Marvel toys and comics, to air in late 2009.

(7) Action Auction: You have until March 13 to get your bid in for the super-rare Action Comics #1 (Superman's 1938 debut) being auctioned in New York.

(8) 36 Years Dead And Still Working: A 'new' work from JRR Tolkien, which actually predates his writing of The Hobbit, will be published in May.

(9) This Has All Happened Before: Is the original Battlestar Galactica going to be making a comeback?

(10) Watchmen Director's Next Project: Zack Snyder talks about his new project, the all-female action flick Sucker Punch.

(11) Conan Versus The Lawyers - Continues: Broken Sea Audio is still being harassed by lawyers over their use of public domain Conan stories.

(12) Going Rogue: The second RPG system in Fantasy Flight Games' Warhammer 40,000 series, Rogue Trader, has been announced for August.

(13) Earliest 'Modern' Human Footprints: One and a half-million-year-old human footprints have been discovered in Kenya.

(14) Green Lantern DVD Announced: First Flight, a direct-to-DVD movie has been announced for July 28.

(15) Buck Up Your Ideas: Dynamite is launching a new Buck Rogers comic book in May, with issue 0 priced at just 25¢.

(16) Psycho Killer...Qu'est-ce Que C'est? Spectrum Games is to release Slasher Flick, a role-playing game that emulates the tropes of that particular sub-genre of horror films, on April 1.