Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. San Diego Comic-Con is this week. Yeah, thought that wouldn’t be a surprise.

Fortunately, our friends at Marvel have decided not to take the week off and justgo to COmic-Con. Instead, they will be releasing a whole slew of new comics today for your reading pleasure.

Among the ones we are most looking forward to are Avengers #3, Black Widow #4, Dark Wolverine #88 and Age of Heroes #3.  Comics come out today so be sure to head on over to your favorite comics store early for best selection.

Don’t know where your nearest comic store is? Use this handy guide to find one.

Comics On-Sale:
AGE OF HEROES #3
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #638 (OMT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #638 QUESADA VARIANT (OMT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #638 SKETCH VARIANT (OMT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: AMERICAN SON #3
ATLAS #3
AVENGERS #3
AVENGERS #3 JRJR CHARACTER VARIANT
BLACK WIDOW #4

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Some of the team have already arrived and many more will be in San Diego shortly. We are, of course, here to cover the San Diego Comic-Con. To help bring you as much of the fun excitement, thrills, chills, tastes and smells of the Con we have a fearless team of intrepid reporters converging on the convention center who will be in San Diego for the next five days.

We plan on extensive coverage of all the events at the Con as well as our usual interviews, reviews, news, video and galleries that will help you join in all the exciting Con action. To follow along at home, look for our official Comic-Con Tag: SDCC10, as well as the usual Category of: Comic-Con.

Also, be sure to follow along on The Flickcast’s official Twitter and Facebook as we bring you everything you could ever want to know about the Con.

For this week, our Comic-Con team consists of Matt Raub, Sebastian Suchecki, Elisabeth Rappe, Jennifer Tomooka, Cortney Zamm, John Carle, Erik Jensen, Diane Panosian, Joe Gillis and Chris Ullrich.

In addition, Shannon Hood, Bob Starr and Nat Almirall are manning The Flickcast Fortress to bring you even more info about the Con and other events throughout the week that our intrepid team on the ground can’t get to.

Be sure to follow our individual team members on Twitter as well for all of their own unique perspective and news on Comic-Con. With these folks, you never know what you’re going to get.

And, if you see something you like, be sure to let us know. Or, if you want to know something or want something covered during the week, let us know that too and we’ll do our best to bring it to you.

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Now, on with the show!

Matt Fraction has a career most writers can envy. He gets to write some of the most interesting and exciting characters in the Marvel Universe and has also had great success with his earlier work as well.

Some of his accomplishments include the graphic novel 30 Days of Nights: Bloodsucker Tales, The Five Fists of Science and Casanova. At Marvel he’s written for Publisher: War Journal, The Immortal Iron Fist and The Order.

Now, he pilots the course of everyone’s favorite billionaire drunk Tony Stark in Invincible Iron Man and will soon take the reigns of another popular Marvel character’s comic: Thor. Recently, I had a chance to ask Mr. Fraction a few questions about Iron Man, Tony Stark, his work and what’s in store for him down the road.

The Flickcast: For those who don’t know, can you give us a little info on your background? For example, when did you first start to write?

Matt Fraction: Professionally? I did some journalism and magazine work in the late nineties and my first comics starting coming out in 2001. Personally, I’ve been telling stories with words and pictures my whole life.

I’ve dropped out of many exciting art and film schools across the United States.

TF: What do you think makes Tony Stark such a compelling character? His flaws?

MF: The way his flaws spin against his ambition, drive, and talents. The smartest man in the world that will never entirely understand that it doesn’t all revolve around him. It puts a lot of great material in front of you.

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At first when Caprica, the prequel to the awesome Battlestar Galactica, was announced I have to admit I was a bit skeptical. I was (and am) such a big fan of BSG that any other show, especially one that didn’t involve my favorite characters and a war with the cylons, just seemed like a pale imitation of the original.

However, once I learned more about Caprica and then began to watch and enjoy it, I realized it was a great show on its own and I have since become a big fan. With the first part of season one already aired, Syfy is finally bringing back the second part and will begin airing new episodes in January.

No specific date has been set for the premiere but if you happen to be at Comic-Con this week, Syfy will be debuting a brand new trailer for season 1.5 on Friday, July 23rd. We will, of course, bring you that trailer as soon as we can. It will also be available on the Zune Marketplace on XBox Live on June 26th.

For more info, click through to read the entire press release from Syfy. So say we all!

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With San Diego Comic-Con kicking off in mere hours, you can expect to see plenty of news in the film, TV, and maybe even comic book world make it’s way across the internets. In the meantime, we’ve got a brand new look at two of Marvel’s next upcoming projects in Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Brand new production concept art have been released for both films, which will be given away during Comic-Con at the Marvel booth. Each image shows off the main character in an epic battle sequence that, hopefully, we’ll get to see flushed out on the big screen in a matter of months.

The first shows off Chris Evans in his Captain America uniform, on the battlefield, shield in tow, deflecting bullets and taking names. This is the first new image we’ve seen of Evans (even though its a render) in the new Cap costume.

The second image gives us a tease of an epic battle sequence happening between Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Tim Hiddleston’s Loki, as they no doubt will duke it out in in the final act of the film. If this image is any indicator, we can expect Thor to be as majestic and action-packed as it’s source material.

If you’re headed to San Diego this week, grab a copy of each at Marvel’s BoothCheck out both images for yourself after the jump, catch Thor in theaters on May 6th and Captain America: The First Avenger on July 22nd, 2011.

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If you’re an HTC Incredible user then this info is for you. According to an article at The Boy Genius Report, the Incredible is expected to get the brand new Android OS 2.2 (code name Froyo) in August. This information, taken from an email sent in by a tipster, goes into detail about the update and what users can expect from it.

Take a look below at the email and see if you believe what’s being said.

I wanted to pass along that the upcoming Incredible MR will also include Froyo (originally it was going to be two separate MRs). We are targeting the end of the month/first part of August. As a reminder, below are the highlights:
• Froyo
• 802.11 n
• 3G Mobile Hot Spot
• HTC Widget: Email
• HTC Widget: News
• EAS Updates
• 720p Video Recording
• Amazon MP3
• Skype
• My Verizon

If ultimately true, this update is very good news for current Incredible owners. these are features they will certainly all want to have as soon as possible. Of course, this means the rumored OS update that was supposed to roll out last weekend was either untrue or was halted to make ready for this improved one.

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Right now everyone is buzzing about Comic-Con, but Fantastic Fest is right around the corner.  The 2010 festival is scheduled for September 23-30 in Austin, Texas.

Fantastic Fest is a genre festival specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and cult cinema.  Of course several of  us will be attending to bring you all noteworthy happenings, but until then, check out this killer (pun intended) early lineup just released.

Here are thirteen films announced today:

Bedevilled (2010)
Director: Cheol-soo Jang, South Korea, 115 minutes
If you beat, brutalize, dehumanize and torment a country girl for her entire life, take note: when she reaches the breaking point, you’d best hide the farm implements.

Corridor (2009)
Directors: Johan Lundborg & Johan Storm, Sweden, 80 min
Lonely medical student Frank is pleased with his flat, a quiet place to focus on his coming exams. But when he meets the girl upstairs, his peace and quiet, his sanity and his possibly even his life become jeopardized.

The Dead (2010)
Directors: Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford South Africa, 100 min
After his plane crashes in the South African bush, Rob Freeman (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) joins forces with Prince David Osei (a superstar actor in his native Ghana) to cross the vast desert by any means necessary. A daunting task under normal circumstances becomes particularly challenging after the zombie apocalypse.

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Most of the time we take our movie watching pretty seriously here at The Flickcast. We go to film festivals or seek out the best in studio and independent films full of intricate plots, complex characters and inventive dialog. In short, we usually like our films be great and also say a little something too.

However, that doesn’t mean we want our films to be serious all the time. Enter Sharktopus. By any stretch of the imagination this particular movie probably doesn’t have much in the way of seriousness behind it nor an intricate plot, complex characters or innovative dialog. What it does have is awesome campy action and loads of fun, as you will see from the trailer for it we’ve got for you today.

The trailer, which first appeared at The Live Feed, gives us everything we need to know about the movie and tells us it demands a late night viewing in a room full of friends with popcorn (and perhaps beer) in abundance. In fact, this would make an excellent late night double feature with Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, once the latter is released. Hey, a man can dream.

Sharktopus stars Eric Roberts and Sara Malakul and is produced by Roger Corman. It airs on Syfy later this year. Check out the trailer after the jump.

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Fans of all things Marvel and especially Thor and The First Avenger: Captain America should make their way to San Diego for Comic-Con this week, that is if they want to get things signed by the cast and directors of both upcoming movies. During the Con, Marvel Studios will have actors Chris Hemsworth, Tom Huddleston, Chris Evans and Hugo Weaving as well as directors Kenneth Branagh and Joe Johnston at the Marvel booth during various times so fans can get their favorite merchandise, or body parts, signed.

Here’s the complete scoop according to Marvel’s official press release:

The complete Marvel Studios signing schedule for Saturday July 24th at the Marvel Booth (#2329), is below:

11:15 – 12:00: Thor signing—Kenneth Branagh
12:30 – 1:30: Thor signing—Chris Hemsworth & Tom Hiddleston
2:00—3:00: Captain America: The First Avenger signing—Chris Evans & Hugo Weaving
3:30—4:30: Captain America: The First Avenger signing—Joe Johnston

Each signing is a ticketed event and requires a specific ticket for that individual signing. Fans should come to the Marvel Booth (#2329) as soon the convention opens to the public on Saturday morning for a chance (no purchase necessary) to receive one of the limited number of signing tickets.

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I will have to admit that I’ve not watched the FX series Damages very much. In truth, I’ve only seen the first few episodes. However, that hasn’t stopped the show from being a hit with many fans.

Unfortunately, that number of fans wasn’t enough for FX to keep the show on the air another season and it was officially canceled. But wait, there’s good news if you love the show. According to Deadline, the ratings-challenged show has been rescued by DirecTV. What does this mean? Well, count on Glenn Close, Rose Byrne and other major cast members being on board for two more seasons (20 episodes) of the Emmy-nominated show.

In addition, the satellite company is also picking up the rights to air seasons one through three so fans will get a chance to experience the series in its entirety all on one network. This deal will be different than DirecTV’s previous pickup of NBC’s canceled Friday Night Lights in that, unlike that show, Damages will only air on the satellite network and not on NBC as well.

Expect more episodes of Damages to being airing on DirecTV next year.

We were all sad when Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse was canceled by Fox. Sure, the series had some problems and kinda got lost mid season one, but it came back strong and finished in true Whedon fashion.

Obviously, some mysteries still remained after the series ended. One of the biggest was what happened between the episodes “Epitaph One” and “Epitaph Two.” Fortunately, the folks at Dark Horse have us covered and are releasing a brand new comic called Epitaphs that will bridge the gap and tell that previously unknown story.

Here’s the official synopsis from Dark Horse:

Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, joined by longtime Buffy the Vampire Slayer artist Cliff Richards, take us on an intricate trip through the precise moment when the Active technology went global, and how the protagonists from Epitaph One and Two narrowly avoided death, and worse.Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen wrote the Epitaph episodes of Dollhouse Seasons One and Two, and currently write for the Starz series Spartacus. This is their first work in comics. Artist Cliff Richards has drawn more Joss Whedon-related comics than any other artist, including issues of Buffy Season Eight.

The limited edition Dollhouse comic will come with the season 2 DVD and Blu-ray of the show, set for release on October 12th. It was written by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen who will also be attending this week’s Comic-Con in San Diego for a signing at the Dark Horse booth.

If you’re attending Comic-Con, you can pick up your copy of season two packaged with this limited edition comic starting on Wednesday during Preview Night and running through Sunday. Or, just go out and buy the box set when you can. Check out the full cover for the comic after the break.

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Current Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is now giving us his interpretation of history’s most famous detective. No, not Batman, but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s own Sherlock Holmes. On BBC’s Sherlock, Moffat is giving us a modernized version of Sherlock Holmes’ exploits as he searches for a serial killer who makes his murders look like suicides.

The series remains true to the more iconic details from the original books. Holmes and Watson still live on 221b Baker Street and all the characters have the same names. The glaring difference is that the series is set in contemporary London rather than the late 19th century.

The miniseries is set to star Benedict Cumberbatch (The Other Boleyn Girl) as Holmes and  Martin Freeman, who you may remember as Jim from the British version of The Office, as Watson. This project is co-created by Mark Gatiss, writer and actor in various British series including Doctor Who and The League of Gentlemen.

The first episode of the three part series will air on July 25 on the UK’s BBC1 and BBC HD. No premiere date has been announced for the United States, but the show is expected to air on PBS as part of its Masterpiece series.

Between this news and the success of Robert Downey Jr.’s popular film franchise, could we be looking at a resurgence of interest in the classic detective? Can other classics be far behind?

Check out the trailer for this new series after the jump.

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