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SDCC: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Trailer!

Posted on July 24, 2009

alice-new-redhair-1200-670x439 News of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is everywhere this week at Comic-Con in San Diego. We’ve been covering this movie quite a bit and even brought you the first stills of the character from the film.

This time around we’ve got the brand new trailer for the film that pretty much everyone is buzzing about around the Internets. What can you say about a trailer for a film directed by Tim Burton other than it look amazing.

The trailer does look amazing and really showcases the care and attention to detail, character and story Burton is trying to provide here. The Flickcast is here to provide you with the first Alice in Wonderland trailer, straight from Wired, that must have hit the internet right under everyone’s noses.

You can watch the trailer right here after the break.

SDCC: ‘The Guild’ to Become Dark Horse Comic Written by Felicia Day!

Posted on July 24, 2009

Felicia Day will be penning a new comic based on her hit web series, The Guild for Dark Horse Comics! The Guild, written by and starring Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, House) is the Winner of the 2008 Greenlight Award at SXSW as well as the 2008 YouTube Best Series and Yahoo! Best Series awards.

The show has racked up over twenty million viewers at watchtheguild.com. The Guild follows six World of Warcraft players, or “Guildies” Bladezz, Codex, Vork, Tinkerballa, Zaboo, and Clara, and their adventures both in the game and in real life.

Senior Dark Horse Editor Scott Allie came up with the idea to turn The Guild into a comic at last year’s Comic-Con. “Felicia’s amazing, and her writing will translate smoothly into comics,” Allie said. “It’ll fit great alongside our webcomics and our Whedon books.”

While the three-issue miniseries currently has no artist, Day is psyched to be on board. “The comics will be a great way for fans to become more involved with the characters, and see the characters interact in environments that we can’t afford to show in the web series,” she said. “I can’t imagine working with a better company than Dark Horse. It seems like a perfect match for the show. Indie cred to the max!”

Season 3 of The Guild comes out on Xbox, MSN, and Zune on August 25.

SDCC: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Featurette!

Posted on July 24, 2009

where-the-wild-things-are Here at The Flickcast, we’re really excited about Spike Jonze’s new film, Where The Wild Things Are. Warner Bros. just showed an exclusive featurette on the making of the movie at their panel at Comic-Con, but if you weren’t there to see it we’ve got you covered.

Coming Soon reported that WB has just posted the clip on the Apple trailer website. Starring Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara and Forest Whitaker, Where the Wild Things Are hits theaters and IMAX October 16th.

You can watch the featurette here.

Dominic Monaghan Joins ‘FlashForward’ Cast

Posted on July 24, 2009

A few months ago a mysterious ad appeared on ABC with stars Patrick Dempsey, Courtney Cox, Ed O’Neill, and Dominic Monaghan playing foosball. Not so mysterious, until viewers realized that Monaghan wasn’t currently cast in any ABC shows, after having left the cast of Lost. Rumors swirled. Well Lost fans, it doesn’t look like Dominic will be coming back to the island.

Instead, Monaghan will be joining the cast of the new ABC show, FlashForward, AP reports. The show takes place after the world suffers a massive blackout where everyone gets a glimpse of their future, and now have a choice to fight or embrace their fate.

Monaghan will star alongside Joseph Fiennes, Courtney B. Vance and Sonya Walger. The show premiers on Thursday, September 24th after Grey’s Anatomy.

SDCC: Jackson and Theron lend voices to ‘Astro Boy’

Posted on July 24, 2009

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At the Astro Boy panel, Kristen Bell and Freddie Highmore were in attendance to give fans their first look at the manga hero’s origin story. IGN reports that the footage, created exclusively for Comic-Con, sets up a movie that is largely geared toward younger comic fans.

The trailer begins with a slick montage and voiceover depicting Astro Boy’s construction, races into an action montage that sets up Nicolas Cage as Astro Boy’s dad, and concludes with Astro Boy’s confrontation with the Peacemaker. The trailer also featured Astro Boy unloading machine guns from his butt, so that might make it worth the price of admission.

The biggest surprise at the panel was the announcement that both Samuel L. Jackson and Oscar-winner Charlize Theron will lend their voices to the film. Astro Boy is slated for an October 23, 2009 release, is directed by David Bowers and also stars Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Moises Arias, Matt Lucas, Eugene Levy and Nathan Lane.

‘Battlefield 1943’ Breaks Download Records

Posted on July 24, 2009

XBLA and PSN players of the world, pat yourselves on the back. Electronic Arts has officially sold more than 600,000 digital copies of Battlefield 1943, a record for both consoles.

The download only game, developed by DICE, was released on July 8 for an economical $15. The download included a map and a mode that could only be unlocked through the communal effort of everyone playing the game.

“We are honoured by the reception that the game has received so far,” says Gordon Van Dyke, producer on Battlefield 1943. “Watching and participating in this non-stop multiplayer action has been a real treat for us and we can’t believe how fast our fans reached 43 million kills. We can now truly say that we have set a new standard for what can be done in the downloadable games category and gamers recognize the endless value that Battlefield 1943 provides for just $15.”

The worldwide challenge to unlock the Coral Sea map began on Friday, July 10 at 19:43 CET. The Xbox LIVE community reached the goal of 43 million kills in an impressive five days, while the PlayStation community hit the mark in eight.

The full press release can be read here.

SDCC: ‘Left4Dead2’ Boasts New Areas and Zombie Breeds

Posted on July 24, 2009

340x_SwampFever_Final_02-804 One of my favorite games of last year, Left4Dead, already has a sequel in the works. Valve showed off some new Left4Dead 2 areas, Swamp Fever and The Parish, at Comic–Con yesterday.

Valve also revealed two new breeds of zombie. The first, Spitters according to Kotaku, are fat zombies with pigtails that spew orange liquid that provided players with quite a challenge. The other new breed is currently unnamed, but Kotaku reported that they’re bullet-proof, which will be difficult to contend with.

Left 4 Dead 2, much like the first game, is a cooperative survival horror game. Players can choose to play alone or online with friends while fighting off screaming thrashing zombies in the zombie apocalypse. The sequel will take place in the Southern United States, starting in Georgia and ending in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A lot of fans have been complaining about how quickly a sequel has been developed, as Valve did promise a lot of DLC for the first game. But these new developments should give those unhappy fans a lot to be happy about.

Left4Dead 2 will be infecting PCs and XBOX 360 consoles November 15^th.

SDCC: Gary Oldman: ‘Batman 3’ To Start Filming Next Year

Posted on July 24, 2009

the-dark-knight According to Gary Oldman, the next installment of the Batman franchise will begin filming next year. The news was broken at the Book of Eli panel this morning, according to Coming Soon. When a fan asked him about a follow up to last year’s smash hit The Dark Knight, Oldman replied, “We start shooting next year. You didn’t hear that from me.”

This is huge news, as we had previously reported that Nolan wasn’t even sure they had a story for Batman 3. And while we won’t know for sure until Nolan or Warner Brothers confirms the announcement, this is huge news for Batman fans everywhere.

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