(1) Burton In Wonderland: A trailer for Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland has been released and it looks as incredible as you could hope for.
(2) Hex Appeal: The first poster for the forthcoming Jonah Hex comic book movie, with Megan Fox and Josh Brolin, was revealed at San Diego Comic Con last week.(3) Nearly Midnight: The Midnight Chronicles movie, from Fantasy Flight Games and based on their role-playing game setting, will be in US stores and available for download from August 13.
(4) Buffy On The Block: A horde of props from Buffy The Vampire Slayer are among the many items going up for auction, following the closure of 20th Century Props this month. The auction starts today and runs through to Saturday.
(5) Getting Medieval On Your Timesheet: Service records of soldiers from the Hundred Years War have been posted online at a free website.
(6) What's This? A literary website is challenging authors to pen a piece of 'Hint Fiction' in 25 words or less; there's cash and publication for the best stories (only two per author, maximum). The contest begins on Saturday and closes at the end of August.
(7) Joss In The Woods: Joss Whedon's eagerly-awaited horror flick, Cabin In The Woods has now got an official website. The movie opens on February 5, 2010. The first teaser posters are here.
(8) Hammer Out Of The Woods: Legendary film studio Hammer Films is returning, but not with The Wake Wood, which it part-financed. Hammer's first movie release in almost 30 years will be The Resident, starring Hilary Swank.
(9) SHADO Boxing: Iron Man visual effects guru Matthew Gratzner is to helm the big screen adaptation of Gerry Anderson's cult 70s live-action TV show, UFO, about the alien-battling group SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation).
(10) No One Gets Out Alive: George Romero's latest zombie shocker will be called Survival Of The Dead and premiers in September at the Toronto International Film Festival.
(11) Apocalypse Eye-Candy: A trailer for the visually stunning post-apocalyptic Book OF Eli, due out early next year and starring Denzel Washington.
(12) Torchwood Triumph: The final viewing figures for Torchwood: Children Of Earth have been published and it looks as though this should guarantee another series.
(13) Vampires Versus Dinosaurs: ITV may have axed Primeval and Demons from its schedules, but it's bought Vampire Diaries as a replacement piece of geek TV for next year. I don't think we've done particularly well out of that deal!
(14) Guild In Print: The online geek sensation The Guild, written by and starring Dr Horrible's Penny, Felicia Day, is being transformed into a comic by Dark Horse, also to be written by Felicia. It was also announced at San Diego Comic Con that Wil Wheaton will be joining the show in its next season.
(15) Marvel's Marvelman Miracle: Possibly the biggest comics news from San Diego Comic Con was the announcement that Marvel has acquired the rights to the much-disputed Marvelman character - made famous by Alan Moore in the '80s.
(16) Dark Horse's Whedonverse: Dark Horse has a number of Joss Whedon-related comic books in the works, including a a Dr Horrible one-shot and a tie-in to Cabin In The Woods.
(17) DiDio On Blackest Night: Interesting, short video interview with Dan DiDio on Blackest Night, horror, death in the DC Universe and the fate of The Green Lantern Corps.
(18) Warner's Strategy Hunt: Variety reports on Warner Brothers' attempts to develop a strategic approach to its DC Comics movies.
(19) Ready For Freddy: The official website for the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street has gone live.
(20) A Cannon Blast At Dr Who Canon: An overly long, slightly smug and self-indulgent, but ultimately brilliant and well-argued explanation as to why there is no such thing as "canon" in Doctor Who.
(21) Dial P For Parsec: The Dial P For Pulp podcast, a favourite at HeroPress, has been nominated for a Parsec Award in the Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast category.
(22) Master Stroke: Official confirmation from the BBC that John Simm returns as The Master in the two-part finale of David Tennant's reign as the current Doctor in the Doctor Who specials at Christmas.
(23) Get Voting: The annual ENnies voting booth is now open... cast your vote to decide the great and good in the world of RPGs.
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6) There is very little difference to my mind between "hint fiction" and poetry. One of my favorites of all time is Lawrence Miles' "Vrs" in one of the Doctor Who anthologies.
8) Wow, Hammer Horror... that's a blast from the past!
12) Excellent. I'm getting the DVD release this week (I love it when releases take no time at all) and can't wait to watch it.
13) What the world needs is NOT more Sexy Vampire material. Ugh.
15) Or may not. At least not the good stuff (Moore/Gaiman). Details are murky from what I've read.
22) Hmm... I'm more interested in IMDB's claim that Timothy Dalton plays a Time Lord Chancellor in Waters of Mars... But love John Simm regardless.
Siskoid, Timothy Dalton is definitely in there somewhere, as he's narrating the end of season teaser trailer that was shown at Comic-Con, but I thought he was in the last two episodes (the big send-off) rather than Waters of Mars.
I have learned over the years to be very wary of what information RTD allows to be leaked and I have to wonder if The Master is really back or if it's just one of those "bad dreams".
I'm trying to avoid spoilers and will be keeping them to a minimum on HeroPress, as I'm still a strong believer in being "surprised" by the television I watch.
Good to know. So am I.
Hard though.
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