If you’re looking forward to Shane Acker’s upcoming film 9 as much as we are, then you’ve probably already seen the cool website, the posters, clips and other ways the filmmakers are getting the word out about the movie around the Internets. And now there’s a new way you can experience and join in all the 9 adventure yourself — and maybe even help make a bit of history along the way. How is this possible? Read on to find out.

The Talisman is a key component in the story of the movie 9 and is a device integral to the film’s “Stitchpunk” characters. Now you can create your own Talisman to share your pictures and thoughts with friends. To make this happen, check out the film’s website and “dive into the World of the Talisman” Once on the site, user pics from around the world can be viewed in an “infinite zooming” gallery.

You can then “create your Personal Talisman by uploading your own photos, which can then be shared via email, blogs or social networks. Once you upload your Talisman, your memories will be preserved forever.” After you’ve created your Talisman, the site will give you a personalized URL that you can share with friends. There’s also a widget version of this you can stick on your profile at MySpace, Facebook or the social networking site of your choice. Cool, right?

9, which features the voice talents of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau and Jennifer Connelly, hits theaters on 9.9.09.

Our good friends at NBC have sent us a whole bunch of brand new promos for their upcoming shows debuting this Fall. One will look familiar to you and the other two are brand new, but all three look to try and up the ante for scripted network drama this season.

First up are a couple of promos for Heroes, returning for its third season on Monday, September 21. In these, we get to see which characters are coming back this time and also watch as Peter takes on a new and dangerous power. Next, there’s a couple from freshmen drama Mercy, which tells the “traditional” hospital story in a new way: from the POV of nurses including Iraq vet Veronica (Taylor Schilling) and newcomer Chloe (Michelle Trachtenberg). Mercy premieres on Wednesday, September 23rd.

Finally, we’ve got a couple promos from another freshmen drama called Trauma. In this one, a team of first responder paramedics help people by land, sea and air and also deal with the pressures of their jobs and everyday lives. This one features Cliff Curtis, Derek Luke and Jamey Sheridan and hits the air on Monday, September 28th.

Check out all the new promos after the jump.

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Each and every week the folks at Marvel release lots of great comics for all of us to read and enjoy. This week is no exception and boasts lots of new and exciting titles for your reading pleasure including Punisher Noir #1, a new issue of Deadpool: Suicide Kings and the 500th issue of Daredevil.

But hey, don’t take my word for it, check out all the upcoming books for this week below via the official Marvel press release. And, as always, be sure to check out previews of some of the cool upcoming comic covers that will be hitting stores this week.

Comics On-Sale:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #603

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #603 70TH FRAME VARIANT

DAREDEVIL #500 DJURDJEVIC GATEFOLD COVER

DAREDEVIL #500 ROSS COVER

DAREDEVIL #500 70TH FRAME VARIANT

DAREDEVIL #500 DARROW VARIANT

DAREDEVIL #500 DELL’OTTO VARIANT

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, it looks like DC/Vertigo’s Midnight Mass comic, which has been a “hotly pursued” property for several years, has finally landed at NBC. Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts are on board to write the project for Warner Bros. TV and studio-based Jinks/Cohen Co.

From the trade: “Midnight,” which has received a script commitment with penalty from the network, revolves around Adam and Julia Kadmons, a sophisticated, sexy, globe-trotting husband-and-wife team who solve mysteries and crimes of the supernatural. Its based on the comic written by John Rozum and drawn by Jimmy Palmiotti.

In addition, almost a dozen producers at the studio had taken a stab at the comic, but this is the first time such a project has been set up at a network. Berg and Harberts are executive producing “Midnight” with Jinks and Cohen.

I guess it makes sense that NBC would finally commit to a Midnight Mass series now that their “other” comic inspired property Heroes seems to be on the way out. Plus, with AMC taking on The Walking Dead, NBC probably feels they need to get deeper into the comic biz. Although, snapping up this particular comic, one that only had a couple limited runs with Vertigo, doesn’t exactly spell “blockbuster” to me. Guess we’ll find out soon enough.

When we brought you the last bits of information on Matthew Vaughn’s highly anticipated action/comedy Kick-Ass, the film, although one of the highlights of Comic-Con, was still looking for a distributor. Well, fortunately for fans of the comic and new fans excited for the film after viewing the bootleg trailer, its search for a distributor has ended with Lionsgate.

According to Variety, Lionsgate got its first look at the film on July 28th and has picked up domestic rights to it in a deal that’s described in the trade as “big.” This also means Lionsgate plans a wide release for the action/comedy sometime in 2010. As a reminder for those of you just joining us, Kick-Ass is based on a comic written by Mark Millar and drawn by John Romita Jr. and features Nicholas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Moretz and Aaron Johnson.

It follows the adventures of teenager Dave Lizewski, a New York City high school student, who takes his interest in comic books as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. When his exploits are recorded by an onlooker with a cell phone and posted to the Internets, he becomes a sensation and is given the moniker Kick-Ass. This is good news. Lionsgate knows how to release films like this. Glad it found a home.

At Comic-Con, we at The Flickcast got to take a look at more than just comic books. We also got to check out some of the big video game releases coming out in the coming months. On the top of that list was Scribblenauts.

For those who haven’t heard of Scribblenauts, it is a puzzle game for the Nintendo DS in which players are given various scenarios that they must solve to get starites. Instead of platforming and jumping around levels, the player is given tools they can use to complete their task. One of the first examples has the main character Maxwell, standing in front of a tree with the starite sitting on top. Now you ask, “What tools are available?”

Well with Scribblenauts, you are not given a limited set of basic tools to work with. The unique aspect of Scribblenauts is how it allows the player to type in any object they want (excluding proper nouns, like someone’s Maxwell or a trademarked property like Micky Mouse) and put it to use in the game.

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To many people, myself included, Mike Judge’s film Office Space makes me so happy I never had to get a “real” job and work in a soul-sucking office environment. Granted, I doubt my office experience would have ended quite the way the fictional one in the movie did, but I’m still glad never to have been the victim of an overbearing boss (who may have had sex with my girlfriend), a couple of so-called “efficiency experts” and corporate downsizing.

Office Space remains to this day one of the greatest tributes to the power of the individual striving against his (or her) corporate oppressors. And now, after some detours into other territory, Judge is back where he belongs and is bringing eager fans a brand new chapter in the struggle with his new film Extract — which also has a brand new website devoted to too.

For his new film, Judge returns to the workplace and turns his focus on a small business owner “who employs an odd cast of losers, loners and misfits in his flavor extract factory.” Judge is particularly excited to be back in the office. Says the director: “When Office Space tanked at the box office, I thought, ‘Okay, I was born to do something that nobody wants to see,’ and then as it became popular, it was more and more gratifying. So I think I’m finally back doing what I think I was born to do.”

Extract, which stars Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig and Ben Affleck, hits theaters on September 4th. Meantime, be sure to check out all the info on the film and its unusual cast of characters at the film’s official site.

The Summer of Arcade on XBox Live has hit a small snag. Instead of bringing fresh new games, three of the four out so far have been remakes or re-releases. As enjoyable as Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled was a disappointment.

Now, the fourth game to be released on the Summer of Arcade is Trials HD, which may be the most awkward naming of an Arcade title yet (like when you download the demo of the game entitled “Trials HD Trial Game”), is also a remake but not of an arcade classic. Instead, Trials HD is simply an upgraded and updated version of a Flash game that has been floating around online for years that can be found here.

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Directly from our good friends at Activision comes this brand new trailer for their upcoming Wolenstein game. Previously, we’ve been able to bring you several cool items to help peak your interest for the game. Among the previous bits of info has been the first trailer, part one and two of an awesome prequel motion graphic novel, a behind the scenes video and a castle vignette.

This time around, we’ve got a new video to share with you: the brand new launch trailer. This one is chock full of Nazi killing goodness that is sure to delight first person shooter fans everywhere. Plus, there’s a guy wielding a flame thrower who’s trying to fry you. What could be cooler than that? As with the previous videos, this new one should make you even more excited for the game’s release.

The new, improved Wolfenstein game comes out later this year for all next-gen consoles. Meantime, check out this very cool trailer after the jump. And, because the video is for an “M’ rated game and contains some blood and gore, by clicking through you certify you are 18 years of age or older.

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The dust has settled, the bar tabs and hotel bills have been paid and Comic-Con is a slowly fading memory of whirlwind good times, crowded floors, costumed fans, celebrities, new films and tv shows, comics, interviews, photos and a whole lot more. With all the sites covering the Con and providing a great deal of content, The Flickcast included, its sometimes hard for readers and fans to separate out, and in some cases find, all the stuff they want to take a look at.

We had a lot of great coverage from the Con this year and in order to do it, and its subjects, justice and bring it out into the light, I’ve put together a list of the highlights for you. With this, you can see what you may have missed or go back and experience some of it over again.

We will also be bringing you more interviews, reviews and more from the Con as the weeks and months progress and those projects get closer to being released.

But for now, click away, go back in time a bit, and enjoy some of what the Con, and The Flickcast, has to offer. Until next year.

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This is not breaking news exactly, and had been rumored for some time, but I just can’t let it go without comment. For me, the revelation and subsequent confirmation that Bryan Singer, director of such films as X-Men, The Usual Suspects and Superman Returns, is now attached to direct a Battlestar Galactica movie for Universal comes directly from the ‘WTF?’ department.

Just in case you don’t know what’s happening, yesterday, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Singer signed on the line that is dotted and will direct and produce a “re-imagining” of the classic series created by Glen Larson. I’m just curious what makes him think the best use of his time is to direct a completely new Battlestar Galactica movie?

Before I go on, let me just say that I was a fan of Glen Larson and Universal’s answer to Star Wars when it first hit the air. Heck, I even gave them another chance after the first BSG series was canceled and watched Galactica 1980. That’s how far I go back. Sure, the shows were cheesy and campy, but as a kid I didn’t really care. But now, they seem extremely dated and lightweight  — especially when compared to the updated SyFy series.

I’m also a fan of Singer and many of his films — The Usual Suspects and X2 in particular. His work shows a great deal of maturity and polish and he usually knows how to tell a story — especially one that’s written by the very talented Christopher McQuarrie. However, I was also looking far more forward to Singer taking on an updated version of Logan’s Run or even getting back in the chair for another go at X-Men or a Wolverine sequel than to him doing a BSG movie.

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Most people that go to see District 9 this weekend will get to see Legion’s far less violent green band trailer. But recently released online was the far more interesting “Red Band” preview of the post-apocalyptic action-thriller — courtesy of the folks at Trailer Addict.

The film’s premise, which is quite interesting, goes something like this: “When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael (played by Paul Bettany).

The film looks to be something like Constantine meets Demon Knight, which is a pretty cool idea. Legion hits theaters on January 22, 2010.

Check out the probably NSFW trailer after the jump.

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