Source: AMC | Posted By: Dan Geer

AMC was quick to renew their hit TV series, The Walking Dead for a third season after the Season 2 premiere broke cable ratings records last October. In the first half of the second season last year, the show continued to maintain the strongest telecasts for any drama in basic cable history against Adults 18-49, and will probably continue to do so when the season picks back up on Sunday, February 12th.

Even so, most viewers probably assumed that next season would get an order for 13 episodes just like Season 2 did, as 12-13 episodes is the typical amount for a normal cable TV series. But that is not the case for Season 3 of The Walking Dead, as AMC announced yesterday via their official blog that they have ordered 16 episodes for next season!

Hit the jump to get a sneak peek of the next episode of Season 2, and head on over to AMC to read the full announcement!

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Source: Back to Frank Black | Reflections of Film and Television | Posted By: Dan Geer

Yup, Fall is just around the corner. For many, this means enjoying cooler weather, taking in breathtaking colorful landscapes, going on hay rides, consuming cider and donuts in mass quantities, etc. The season definitely has its fair share of traditional “harvest-centric” activities. But, of course, Halloween is the Fall event people tend to look forward to the most – which, for movie fans, means watching as many horror films as humanly possible through October 31st.

In the spirit of the upcoming horror movie season, the guys from Millennium fan site Back to Frank Black have sent over a recommendation for a new book called Horror Films of the 1990s, written by their good friend and award-winning author John Kenneth Muir. The book is a followup to his other two horror movie books – Horror Films of the 1970s and Horror Films of the 1980s – consisting of 700 pages analyzing over 300 horror films between 1990 and 1999. If you want to brush up on your knowledge of the horror genre as it existed in the 90s, this is definitely the book to get. Read on to find out a bit more about the book and author John Kenneth Muir!

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Source: Apple | Posted By: Dan Geer

While the first trailer for the upcoming Green Lantern movie from Warner Brothers was met with mixed reactions (mostly due to some CGI effects feeling a bit incomplete), recent footage that was screened at Wonder-Con this weekend seems to have been much more well-received.

So, for those of you who were not present to see the footage, Warner Brothers has released 4 minutes of it online for all to see! Check it out after the jump!

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Source: THR | Posted By: Dan Geer

Way back in February of last year, PCM reported that Lakeshore Entertainment had green-lit a film adaptation of the Darkstorm Studios graphic novel I, Frankenstein – a film-noir story created by Kevin Grevioux (Underworld) about Frankenstein’s Monster working as a private investigator in the city of “Darkhaven,” standing between humans and an uprising of supernatural creatures determined to overthrow the world. It was also originally stated in an official press release that Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) was set to direct.

Now, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Stuart Beattie – primarily known for co-writing such films as 30 Days of Night and the Pirates of the Caribbean films – has been chosen to write and direct the film. No word was given on why a new director was chosen, but tentatively the plan is for Beattie and company to start shooting the film this fall! If you have not yet taken a peek at the cover art for the graphic novel, hit the jump to check it out!

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Source: The X-Files Lexicon | Posted By: Dan Geer

Writer/Producer Howard Gordon, best known for his work on such hit TV series as 24 and The X-Files, has recently released a new thriller in the form of a novel called Gideon’s War!

In the first fiction novel ever written by Gordon, international peacemaker Gideon Davis finds himself in a bit of a fix when he is given just one day to bring his rogue brother to justice in order to stop a vast global conspiracy, which may force him to start a war in order to maintain peace.

Matt Allair from The X-Files Lexicon recently conducted a great interview with Gordon about his new book. You can watch the trailer for the novel as well as read an excerpt from Allair’s interview with Gordon after the jump!

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Source: Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer

Ever since the Comic-Con trailer for Marvel’s Thor leaked onto the web last July, and was then quickly taken down by the powers that be, Marvel fans (especially those who couldn’t attend Comic-Con) have been clamoring to see an official trailer get released.

Well, here it is – the first official trailer for Marvel’s Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer

The trailers just keep comin’! Yesterday saw the debut of The Green Lantern trailer, and now we have the teaser for Jon Favreau‘s (Iron Man) comic-to-film adaptation of Cowboys and Aliens! This teaser kicks some serious booty and must be viewed by all. Check it out below!

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Source: Apple Trailers | FirstShowing.net | Posted By: Dan Geer

Just when I thought I might be getting worn out on comic book movies, this trailer comes along to bring me back in. Hopefully DC will finally have a new successful comic book movie franchise on their hands here, since the Batman films are really the only other ones that they have had real success with thus far. Check out the trailer for The Green Lantern after the jump!

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Source: DC Comics/Wildstorm/IDW | Review By: Dan Geer

Anyone who knows me is well aware of my love for The X-Files. I grew up watching the show, and to this day it is still my pick for greatest TV series ever created. So when I found out there was going to be a crossover comic book series where FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate the vampires from 30 Days of Night (originally a comic book series by writer Steve Niles and artist Ben Templesmith), the geek within me exploded with excitement.

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Source: Digital Spy | Posted By: Dan Geer

After the news broke last month that Warner Brothers chose Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) to direct Superman: Man of Steel, fans everywhere have been speculating just how exactly Snyder will approach the much-beloved material originally created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster back in the 30s. Read on to see just what little Snyder had to reveal!
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