Fox and Dreamworks TV Order LOCK & KEY Television Pilot

Fox and Dreamworks TV have given a pilot order to Locke & Key, the mystery thriller based on a comic book by Joe Hill. If this sounds familiar, that's because the network already made a series committment on paper to the show last month, but the pilot order is the first offiical production step. Executive producers: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Heather Kadin, Josh Friedman, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank and Ted Adam.

Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them…. and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all…! Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box) creates an all-new story of dark fantasy and wonder, with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez. Hill has received the Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection, the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Best Short Story, and the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award-2007, among his growing collection of critical accolades.

The Walking Dead and now Locke & Key.  Enjoy it comic fans, we're firing on all cylinders and I don't know if can last.

via: Hollywood Reporter

39 Years of Homer J. Simpson

Ironically, this picture was created by Homer J. Simpson.  22 years and counting.  The Simpsons will out last us all.  Doh!

Seth MacFarlane: The Genius Formula

Hmm, Gfest  sees a pattern here.  Can't quite figure it out, but we are working on it.  Thanks to afternoonsnoozebutton for this funny image.

Mario Galaxy 3 - Fox's Revenge

Gfest found this very funny cartoon of Mario Galaxy at dorkly and we couldn't stop laughing.  As HUGE fans of Mario Galaxy, we love this cartoon.  Gfest could not make-out the author of this wonderful strip, so please let us know if you who you are.

Most Tragic Comic Book Death Since Superman and Captain America

In the 2007 The Simpsons movie, the Comic Book Guy said, "I've spent my entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books... and now there's only time to say... LIFE WELL SPENT!"  Greater words have never been spoken!

Well it's 2010 and according to Bongo Comics' August solicitations, "The Simpsons" portly supporting cast member Comic Book Guy will meet his maker in the pages of "Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book" #2 with a funeral eulogized by none other than Stan "The Man" Lee.

As our friends at ComicsAlliance said, "Given that the death will take place in a Bongo comic rather than say, 'The Simpsons on FOX, makes it's quite likely that Springfield's favorite purveyor of sequential art will be reborn by the issue's end. But who knows? Maybe Comic Book Guy truly will have the, "Worst. Funeral. Ever."

Gfest prays for his Resurrection, perhaps as the next White Lantern.

Fox's New Sunday Night Animated Show

In the tradition of The Simpsons and Family Guy, Fox’s new animated series Bob’s Burgers wrests its laughs from a madcap brood of irredeemably misguided goofballs. The midseason replacement, unveiled Monday at the network’s upfront presentation in New York City, is produced by Comedy Central’s by the same people that brought you Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.

In the series, the titular patriarch (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is married to the lovely Linda (John Roberts) and with her ahs three kids: Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Louise  (Kristen Schaal). As advertised, they own a burger joint. Hilarity, presumably, is served with a side of fries.

Fox released a clip of the show that you can watch below.

Planet of the Apes Prequel Opens in 2011

Fox is confirming rumors of a Planet of the Apes prequel film, tentatively titled Rise of the Apes, and has set a June 24, 2011, release date.

Here's what Variety reported:

"Rise of the Apes" is an origins story set in present-day San Francisco. The film is a reality-based cautionary tale, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. WETA will render, for the first time ever in the film series, photo-realistic apes rather than costumed actors."

Gfest loves all the Planet of the Apes movies, old and new.  We are excited to see the prequel and view CGI apes.  And, as long as they are going CGI route an Ape Batman may be something to consider or at least a Detective Chimp. "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"