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SDCC Exclusive: Felicia Day Talks About ‘The Guild’, ‘Eureka’, & Taking the Next Year Off

Posted on July 24, 2011

This week, we’ve been bringing you tons of coverage from Comic-Con International 2011, a great deal of which included some great interviews with the modern era “Geek Girl.” Those names were only the snack to the main course which is the ultimate geek girl: Felicia Day.

Best known for several shorts on the web from Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog to her own series with MSN, The Guild, Felicia has lately shifted over to the world of TV with an upcoming stint on Syfy’s Eureka.

So now after taking over our internet tubes and our TV boxes, what’s left for geek goddess Felicia Day? How about the rest of the year off?

Looks like it takes a lot out of one to be in so many places at once, so she’ll be taking the rest of this year off to focus on writing and a few other low-key projects.

Take a look at what else Felicia had to say about her upcoming sabbatical and her role on Eureka. Also, be sure to keep it here for more interviews and exclusive content straight from San Diego Comic-Con 2011.

SDCC11: Comic-Con Mega Photo Gallery – Day 3

Posted on July 23, 2011

Comic-Con Day 3 is drawing to a close and that means it’s almost time for the latest in our series of mega photo galleries. This time around we’ve got a lot more costumes for you to see and enjoy.

People really do get pretty creative and so often we find some of the us usual and most interesting costumes at the show. And sometimes, we even grab a photo of a celeb or three.

Like we said before, sit back, relax and take another look at some of the sites of Comic-Con 2011. You can find all the pics after the jump.

Be sure to check back right here at The Flickcast for all your Comic-Con San Diego news, interview and more. Also, don’t forget to check out our mega photo gallery from Day 1 and Day 2.

SDCC11: Legendary Panel Discusses Several Pre-Production Films, ‘Mass Effect 3’

Posted on July 23, 2011

Legendary Entertainment, one of Hollywood’s smaller production firms,came to San Diego Comic-Con for the first time this year to talk about some of their upcoming films currently in pre-production. I sat down Friday, not sure what to expect, however I was excited to learn more about their upcoming films and hear from some of the directors and stars themselves chat about their various projects.

First up was the ‘Pacific Rim’ panel, presided over by acclaimed writer, producer and director Guillermo del Toro. His new flick stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, and Rinko Kikuchi and in Guillermo’s own words, features “Giant f***ing robots fighting giant f***ing aliens.” Ah Guillermo, always so colorful. Set to release in 2013, the film’s plot is quite simple, but also strikes me as something we haven’t quite seen before: as aliens attack and threaten the Earth’s existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace.

SDCC11: MTV Geek and Stan Lee Announce ‘The Seekers’ Comic and Contest, ‘September Mourning,’ ‘Divination,’ and ‘Department P.U.L.P.’

Posted on July 23, 2011

MTV has partnered with comic legend Stan Lee to produce The Seekers, an original property with the twist that its writer and illustrator will be chosen be The Man himself.

The basic outline is that, “the Seekers is the story of an ancient people who have been planted on earth and little by little start to arise” to destroy the planet, says Lee. Defending the planet are a group of heroes, whose look and background, presumably, will be fleshed out by the winning pair.

The contest itself begins August 1, when artists and authors alike will have the opportunity to submit their work through a nomination page on MTV.com. At the end of the month, “MTV Geek’s editorial team will narrow the pool down to 20 and feature their work on the site.” From there, visitors to the site will vote for their favorites, winnowing the selections down to five stories and five artists for Lee and MTV Geek to decide on. The winners will be announced at New York Comic Con in October.

SDCC11 First Look: Monopoly: ‘Futurama’ Edition

Posted on July 23, 2011

Good news, everyone! Somewhere between the Girls Gone Wild and Monopoly 2: Scream, Monopoly, Scream editions, the makers of Monopoly have squeezed out a Futurama Edition, “thrusting the classic board game into the 31^st century.”

Players will be able to buy, sell, and trade such hot properties as Mom’s Friendly Robot Company, Planet Express Headquarters, and more, in addition to building Resi-domes and People Hives.

Fans can get a sneak peak of the game during Comic-Con in San Diego at the Fox Booth #4313.

BUY! The Hypnotoad commands it!

SDCC11 Interview: Paul Scheer on Creating ‘NTSF:SD:SUV::’

Posted on July 23, 2011

A few days ago, we brought you the final trailer for Adult Swim’s newest show, NTSF:SD:SUV::, one that we’re pretty excited about. The premise is that this show is to CSI, NCIS, and 24 like how Childrens Hospital is to Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, and House.

With a pretty amazing cast including Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek Voyager), Rebecca Romijn, Rob Riggle, and Martin Starr, the show was a pretty big success here at Comic-Con, as it debuted to a full audience on Thursday during its first panel.

We got the chance to speak with the man who came up with the idea as crazy as this: Paul Scheer. Some may know him from VH1’s I Love series, and some may know him from FX’s The League, but everyone will soon know him as the lovechild of Jack Bauer and Horatio Caine, Trent Hauser.

Paul talks about his inspiration of the show (a pretty tough question), some of the great guest stars he’s got lined up for this season, and thoughts on a possible crossover with the sister show Childrens Hospital.

Take a look at our interview after the jump, and be sure to catch NTSF:SD:SUV:: every Thursday night on Adult Swim.

SDCC11: Teaser Poster and Stills for ‘Immortals’

Posted on July 23, 2011

One thing you can expect from a Tarsem Singh movie is a heap o’ interesting visuals. Combine that with Greek mythology, add some broth and a potato, and boy, you got yourself Singh’s latest, Immortals. Better yet, you got two stills and an epic poster, courtesy of Comic-Con.

Immortals stars Henry Cavill (Superman: Man of Steel) as Theseus, a stonemason who gathers a group of followers to take down the vicious King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke), a brutal tyrant on his own mad quest to destroy humanity and overthrow the very gods themselves.

In his quest, Theseus is aided by the oracle Phaedra (Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto) and a slave (Stephen Dorff). It may sound a bit Spartacus and Troy-y, but we’ll be watching to see what Tarsem does with 3D—coming from the guy who directed The Cell and The Fall, the pairing seems obvious.

Immortals is scheduled to open November 11, 2011. You can check out more photos and the poster after the jump.

Apple Considering Hulu Purchase

Posted on July 23, 2011

According to Bloomberg, struggling Internet-based film and TV streaming service Hulu is looking for a buyer. One of the companies supposedly in the running for the service and considering a purchase is Apple.

In case you’re not up on the current Hulu situation, in July the company announced that it had hired Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim Partners to assist with a the sale and rumor was that Yahoo! and, possibly Microsoft and Amazon, were interested.

However, it seems Apple may be the frontrunner now. Although, at this time, no company has made an actual bid for Hulu.

A Hulu purchase may seem like a good thing for Apple. They’ve already got iTunes but Hulu would allow them a better way to compete with streaming services like Netflix since, at the moment, you can only purchase or rent videos from within iTunes.

Something to keep in mind, though, is that Apple isn’t really know for acquiring companies. They are just as likely to take an idea and spin it and launch a new service of their own as an addition or enhancement of their existing service. Plus, Hulu only has about 1 million subscribers at the moment and that’s not really all that many.

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