News from the 'Verse

The Joss Whedon Experience kicks off at Comic-Con shortly.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 21:56

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-fien-print/posts/comic-con-live-blog-the-joss-whedon-experience?m=k

No it's not a tribute act, the man himself will be in Ballroom 20 at 3pm PST chatting about all sorts. Give Me My Remote appear to be doing live coverage so try there for updates. Or you could go to Whedonesque on Twitter as we're definitely doing updates there. News so far - Scott Allie will be co-writing the Buffy Season 8 finale and Joss doesn't know what's happening with The Cabin in The Woods. He also expresses interest in doing an epic superhero yaoi tale and decided against the idea of fan funded web work. And Dr Horrible on Rock Band? And is Nathan Fillion Ant Man?

(SPOILER) Buffy Season 8 details from Comic-Con.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 21:48

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27394

At today's Dark Horse panel, there was some tidbits about the Riley one-shot and the Season 8 finale.

Joss Whedon JJ Abrams Visionaries Comic-Con 2010 video.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 21:32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slg8VtZ0wiw

Joss and JJ's Comic-Con panel on video has been posted to YouTube. Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5 can be found here, here, here and here. /Film is posting transcripts with the first part here.

(SPOILER) Bones ComicCon Live Chat going on now.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 21:13

http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/2010/07/23/comic-con-10-bones-live-chat/

Possible spoilers for the show. They also have the teaser reel shown at the panel.

(SPOILER) Salt, co-starring Chiwetel Ejiofor opens in theaters today.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 19:40

http://www.traileraddict.com/tags/salt

The actor has third billing, just under Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber. The link provides trailers and clips, including Comic-Con panels.

James Marsters returns as Brainiac for Smallville's 200th Episode.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 17:03

http://www.facebook.com/JamesMarstersLive?v=wall#!/JamesMarstersLive?v=wall&story_fbid=145933892090504

James is the latest former cast member who is returning for Smallville's 10th and final season.

The episode will air in the fall.Kryptonsite lists the 200th episode as the fourth episode of the new season.

How Buffy Season 8 got turned into motion comics.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 09:22

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/99075109.html

It's an interview with Jeff Shuter who adapted and produced all 19 episodes of the series.

And there's still no official response to this story.

Mark Ruffalo confirmed as Hulk?

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 08:47

http://twitter.com/slugfilmcritic/status/19318734605

Jimmy Martin of SLUGFilmCritic says Joss told him so tonight.

The tweet reads: Told by Joss Whedon that my bet for Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk shouldn't be changed! It's semi-official!

Roundup of the reports from the Joss Whedon/J.J. Abrams Comic-Con panel.

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 08:34

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27370

Comic Book Resources has a very good write-up as does the Hollywood Reporter, EW.com, MTV's Splash Page and Newsarama. Maureen Ryan at the Chicago Tribune has an audio recording of the event.

And a big shout-out to Zeitgeist for his epic tweeting of the panel.

Happy Birthday Charisma Carpenter!

Whedonesque - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 04:39

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004806/

Raise a toast, she turns 40 today.

The Joss Whedon/J.J. Abrams Visionaries Comic Con panel starts soon.

Whedonesque - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 22:29

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci10_prog_thu.php

If you're at the Entertainment Weekly event, why not post about it in the comments section? And if you're not at it and find some relevant coverage, why not post about that in the comments section?

Apparently Buffyfest will be live blogging and no doubt people will be tweeting left, right and centre. Course that depends on the network coverage in the hall.

The Rise of the TV Nerd.

Whedonesque - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 21:34

http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/photos/tv/rise-of-nerd-tv/?GT1=28140&photoidx=8

Includes a snapshot of everyone's favorite red-headed witch.

"TiMER" and "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" will be screened at Fantasy Filmfest in eight German cities!

Whedonesque - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 20:34

http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/fantasy/pages/filme.html

"TiMER" stars Emma Caulfield and Kali Rocha, and "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" stars Alan Tudyk.

The link is in german, but the movies are going to be screened with english audio.
The screening dates weren't annouced yet.

This might be the only oppurtunity to watch these movies in theatres in Germany.

Caprica Season 1 to return with new episodes January, 2011.

Whedonesque - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 19:04

http://www.tvovermind.com/cable/syfy/caprica/caprica-to-return-with-new-episodes/26559

Syfy confirms that Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg (and, presumably, James Marsters) are back in the saddle. SciFiNow suggests 5 ways to improve it.

I was a stand-in on Firefly.

Whedonesque - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 11:19

http://titanbooks.com/blog/set-firefly/

Danny Nero talks to Titan Books about what it was like working on the show and what the very last day of filming was like.

J.J. Abrams talks about today's Whedon/Abrams panel at Comic-Con.

Whedonesque - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 11:17

http://www.fearnet.com/news/interviews/b19630_exclusive_jj_abrams_on_todays.html

"I'm thrilled to hear what he [Joss] has to say. I have no idea what the panel's going to entail, but I was very flattered to be asked to be a part of it."

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