Sunday, November 28, 2010

Hideout #170 - Side Kicks

Admitting the bad movies and shows you like are bad, movie news, comics and trailer reviews and today we give some love to those side kicks who always come in 2nd place in the FanNation's hearts. Enjoy.

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Behold a Living Batman

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, DC Entertainment, and Nick Grace of Water Lane Productions will launch Batman Live, a new touring live show, next July. The tour will kick off in the UK and Ireland summer with 54 dates, then move to Europe, and arrive in North America in the summer of 2012. Batman Live will have a new storyline, created for the production, which will include Batman, Robin, Alfred, The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman, and The Penguin. Sets will include Gotham City, Wayne Manor, the Batcave, and Arkham Asylum. The production will feature stunts, pyrotechnics, illusions, and video screen sequences.

Caprica Ends on DVD. . .For Real

The final five episodes of Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica, which have not yet aired on Syfy, will get their first release on DVD in the Season 1.5 DVD set due out December 21st. Extras on the three DVD set will include a Season 1.0 recap; seven video blogs; podcasts with director David Eick and season stars Eric Stoltz, Magda Apanowicz, Esai Morales, and Sasha Roiz; and feature episode commentary with executive producer Kevin Murphy.

Casting the Bat

Director Christopher Nolan is casting The Dark Knight Rises, with six actresses currently up for two female leads, the Bruce Wayne love interest and an un-named villain, according to Deadline Hollywood. Christian Bale will reprise his role as Batman, and Tom Hardy will likely play a villain.

The 500 Simpsons

Already the longest-running animated program and prime-time entertainment show in TV history, The Simpsons was just renewed for its 23rd season this morning, which will take the show through its landmark 500th episode — leaving it third behind Gunsmoke (635) and Lassie (588) as the prime-time show with the most episodes ever produced. The renewal means The Simpsons will be on the air at least through spring of 2012, though producer Al Jean seems confident it will continue well beyond that, and is already planning episodes for a 24th season, where something happens.

Hidetout #169 - Media Talk

Some Trailers, some movies, TV and the usual Hideout insanity. Enjoy.

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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Hideout #169 - The Popular Mr. Jackson

On this episode we give Samuel L. Jackson the props he deserves for the huge body of work that entertained us, change the language of the culture, gave us great geek memories and just made us get tired of those mutha*$%#ing snakes on that mutha*$%#ing plane. Enjoy.

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Jumping On To Marvel

Starting in February 2011 Marvel will launch Marvel: Point One, a new initiative offering self-contained stories by major creators which will set up upcoming storylines. Each issue in the line will be designated by a “.1” following comics title’s regular numbering and be priced at $2.99.

Hub Goes Renegades On Joes

G.I. Joe Renegades, a new animated series that reboots the original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, will premiere on the The Hub on Thanksgiving weekend. Two making-of specials, featuring Renegades and Transformers Prime will lead into the first two episodes on Friday, November 26th.

Cartoon Network Breaths Fire

Firebreather, the CGI movie based on the Phil Hester/Andy Kuhn Image comic (see “Cartoon Network’s Future”), will premiere on Cartoon Network on Wednesday, November 24th at 7 p.m. ET. It’s directed by Peter Chung of Aeon Flux fame. The film will tell the story of a boy in high school who’s torn between the two worlds represented by his mother (a human) and his father (a 120-foot, fire-breathing Kaiju).

Peter's Uncle Martin

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Sheen (noted actor and father of Emilio and Charlie) is in talks to play Uncle Ben in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot by director Marcus Webb, replacing elderly Mickey Rourke impersonator Cliff Robertson from the first film.

Hideout #168 - Media Talk

On this episode we review - The American, Sherlock, Boardwalk Empire, How I Met Your Mother, The Event, Hawaii Five-O, Castle, No Ordinary Family, Shit My Dad Says, Dexter, Undercovers, Avengers, Cougar Town, Defenders, The Mentalist, Smallville, Blue Mountain State, Boardwalk Empire, Nikita & Supernatural. Enjoy

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Hideout #168 - Stay the Hell Out of the Haunted House

Disney/Marvel news, rants about what pisses us off, comic reviews and our advices to people in horror movie situations. All this plus best in podcast. It's a podcast as only The Hideout can do it. Enjoy.

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Thanksgiving On Cybertron

The Hub, the new channel formed by Discovery Kids and Hasbro will launch Transformers: Prime, a five-episode CGI animated miniseries, Thanksgiving weekend. The programming event will kick off Friday night (November 26th) with a special episode of Hubworld, a weekly pop culture magazine will focus on Transformers: Prime. Hubworld will be follow-ed by a making-of special, and then the first two episodes of the series. The full miniseries will then air on consecutive evenings beginning the following Monday, November 29th. Characters will include Autobots Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Decepticon Megatron, and new human characters.

Rise in the Knight

Director Christopher Nolan has begun revealing details on Batman 3, which starts shooting early next year. The title will be The Dark Knight Rises, and the villain will not be the Riddler, he told the L.A. Times Hero Complex blog. Nolan also revealed that the film will be shot with high def cameras with plans for an Imax release, and will not be 3D.

What Caprica Should Have Been in the First Place

Syfy has greenlit a two-hour pilot for a third Battlestar Galactica series from executive producer David Eick, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. The new storyline will take place between the events in Caprica and the core Battlestar Galactica series, in the 10th year of the first Cylon War. It follows the adventures of the very young William Adama, a newly graduated pilot recently assigned to the Galactica. “Blood & Chrome will… return us to the authentic relentless depiction of combat and the agony and ecstasy of human-Cylon war, which was the hallmark of Battlestar Galactica’s early seasons,” Eick said of the new series.

The Rocky Horror Picture Remake

A remake of the cult hit movie Rocky Horror Picture Show is being developed by Fox 2000, with Glee creator Ryan Murphy one possibility to direct, according to Deadline Hollywood. Glee is running a Rocky Horror episode in which the cast performs the well-known Time Warp number next week. Rocky Horror, which was originally released in 1975, is still playing in midnight shows in some locales, and has a devoted fan following. It also was a merchandise driver, with a range of products appealing to those for whom the film’s edgy take on Frankenstein was a badge of hipness.

Disney Buys More Marvel

Disney has bought the distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3 from Paramount, effectively ending Paramount’s distribution deal for Marvel-produced movies early. The price was $115 million, an advance that could go up depending on the take from the two films. Paramount will distribute next year’s Captain America and Thor movies as planned, and will continue to have rights to Iron Man 1 and Iron Man 2. The pay TV deal for The Avengers will remain with Epix under Paramount’s existing arrangement. Disney Chairman Rich Ross said of the new arrangement, “Disney will… leverage these two highly-anticipated films across the multiple global platforms of the Walt Disney Company,” which we interpret to mean that Disney will now be able to double- and triple-dip on these films using Disney-owned channels, rather than just getting a fee from Paramount. Iron Man 3 has now been given a release date of May 13, 2013. Avengers is set for May 4, 2012.