Posts with tag comiccon
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 7:42AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Lost, Reality-Free
In honor of Lost's return, ABC launched Lostscape, an online game, late last week. The game, which doubles as a contest, allows users to explore the island and view clips from past episodes of the show. Fans also have the opportunity to view a scene from an upcoming episode. The goal of the game is to collect significant items, like Locke's knives and Charlie's guitar.
Once you've found seven of the thirty-four items (along with a special item), you can enter the contest. The prize is a trip for two to Comic-Con in San Diego, which includes airfare, hotel accommodations, preferred seating at the Lost panel, and a meet-and-greet with the show's cast and executives. The contest's deadline is June 30.
Continue reading ABC launches Lostscape game
Posted Aug 7th 2007 12:20PM by Varun Lella
Filed under: Programming, Video, Family Guy, Futurama
Usually, we don't get/need to post stuff we hear via movie blogs, but when the wonderful world of TV and film collide, strange things can happen. Over at
Ain't it Cool News, Hercules posted some new
Futurama footage that was shown as an introductory trailer to the
four DVD films that will be produced and shown on Comedy Central. Personally, I just want new full seasons of
Futurama, without the horrible thought that it might end after the 16-episode run.
The below video is pretty funny, but
Family Guy did a similar joke when they came back from the dead. I have always loved it when Fox shows made fun of Fox. I am not sure if this footage will be part of the movies or not, but it looks probable. Enjoy!
Continue reading Futurama footage from Comic-Con - VIDEO
Posted Aug 1st 2007 9:58AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica
First off, let me tell you there are
no spoilers in this post. The cast and producers for
Battlestar Galactica had a panel at Comic Con last week where they were very careful to talk about the next (and final) season, without revealing any spoilers.
Here are a few highlights:
- We may not know the identity of the 5th Cylon until the series finale
- Lucy Lawless (D'Anna) will return for 2-3 episodes
Continue reading More Battlestar Galactica details revealed at Comic Con
Posted Jul 29th 2007 10:34PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry
It's easy to be cynical about Comic-Con. On the one hand, it's essentially 125,000 people begging for the privilege of being advertised to for hours at a time. Early information about film and television projects is treated like a state secret despite the fact that the admission of those secrets has been carefully orchestrated to increase their value and transform them into the stuff of viral marketing dreams.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Reflecting on the Con
Posted Jul 29th 2007 10:02PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Battlestar Galactica, The 4400, Celebrities
I'm combining Sunday's panel reports because neither the Women in Sci-Fi panel nor
The 4400 panel was brimming with revelations unless you count as a revelation the fact that Lucy Lawless' fans bear a striking resemblance to the core audience of the WNBA, but you shouldn't.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Women of Sci-Fi and The 4400 panel reports
Posted Jul 29th 2007 3:02PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Lost, Smallville, Celebrities, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Heroes, TV Squad Lists
While there are still a couple of panels left to go, things are definitely winding down at the Comic-Con. Stormtroopers are starting to smell a little rank, and the Junior Justice League isn't looking nearly as plucky. As the dust settles and the marketing teams rest their weary heads, what news items are we left with from Ye Old Comic-Con?
The best TV-related news items, in no particular order, follow:
Continue reading Comic-Con: Top five TV news stories
Posted Jul 29th 2007 11:45AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities
After sitting through hours of spoilerific, carefully-calibrated marketing presentations, there's nothing quite as bracing as the inspired lunancy of Sarah Silverman and friends. The entire cast of
The Sarah Silverman Program gathered at this year's Comic-Con to share clips from their second sesaon and a tape of Steve Agee masturbating, or as the moderator, comedian Zach Galifianakis, put it "alphabetizing his testicles." (He was alphabetizing for comedic purposes, of course.) Needless to say, it was an R-rated evening all around.
Continue reading Comic-Con: The Sarah Silverman Program panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 10:56PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Smallville, Casting
The
Smallville panel was a hot Comic-Con ticket for one reason and one reason only - Supergirl. We got our first glimpse of Supergirl in action with some preview scenes from
Smallville's upcoming season. She was blonde, hot and had the gift of flight.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Smallville panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 9:35PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel
Who's the King of Comic-Con? Kevin Smith or Joss Whedon? Kevin may have pulled ahead with this afternoon's
Heroes announcement, but Joss' fans come bearing gifts. Seriously. At least half the people asking questions had gifts to lay at the master's feet. Fortunately for us, Joss came equipped with a gift or two himself.
If you don't want one
Buffy Season 8 spoiler, don't follow the jump.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Joss Whedon panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 8:14PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I'll have a full report later, but good news for
Buffy fans. Joss is currently in talks with the BBC and Mr. Anthony Stewart Head. Plans are almost a go for
RIPPER!
Ripper is the long-rumored story of Giles pre-
Buffy. Who knows what the plot will actually be, but Whedon reported here at Comic-Con - literally, like, five minutes ago - that negotiations are close to finished on a ninety minute BBC special -
Ripper.
Posted Jul 28th 2007 7:53PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities, Futurama
Futurama is back, and now we know in what form. The show will return on November 27th as a full-length high-def film sold on DVD. It will be followed by three additional films, and each film will be divided into four episodes each to be aired on Comedy Central. So, that's 4 DVD movies or 16 new episodes depending on how you look at it.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Futurama panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 6:38PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities
The
Battlestar Galactica panel was really a celebration of
Battlestar's women. The panel opened with a montage video featuring all the female characters swearing or, at least, saying "frak" alot following the weighty words, "Well-behaved women rarely make history."
Continue reading Comic-Con: Battlestar Galactica panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 6:17PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Heroes
The
Heroes Comic-Con panel was jam-packed - so jam-packed that I almost didn't make it in despite getting in line three hours before it kicked-off. Fortunately, I squeaked in for the last 2/3 of the event - just in time to catch the announcement that none other than Kevin Smith would write and direct the first episode of
Heroes: Origins, the mid-season replacement spin-off that will feature six episodes introducing six new characters. Viewers will decide which character joins the full-time
Heroes cast. Each
Origins episode will be directed by a different auteur. We'll be getting more announcements about the talent line-up for
Origins in the coming months.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Heroes panel report
Posted Jul 28th 2007 4:33PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Heroes
By the grace of the fire marshall, I just squeezed into the second half of the
Heroes' panel at Comic-Con. I'll have a report up later, but in the meantime, big news, kids. Kevin Smith has signed to write and direct the first episode of
Heroes: Origins. It will air in April. Each episode will have a different auteur at its helm, and yes, Smith is the first up. He promises to bring us the story of the two gay heroes. "The Japanese dudes are gay, right?" He was kidding.
Posted Jul 28th 2007 1:11PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Pushing Daisies
This morning marked the Comic-Con premiere of ABC pilot
Pushing Daisies. Created by Bryan Fuller and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld,
Pushing Daisies is the story of Ned, who has some complicated powers. He can bring people back from the dead by touching them, but only for one minute. He touches them again, and they go back to being dead. If he doesn't, they get to live, but a completely random person will die in their place. The set-up is a little convoluted, but once you see it, it makes sense.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Pushing Daisies panel report
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