DC Universe Online Director’s Cut Video With Jim Lee & Tim Miller

Jim Lee sits down with Tim Miller of Blur Studio, the company who created the awesome DC Universe Online trailer that debuted at the San Diego Comic Con.  This is a rather long video but very interesting tidbits about the game, characters, story, etc.

NEW Family Guy Star Wars Movie "It's a Trap" Announced

The creators of Family Guy have announced that the Star Wars Family Guy trilogy will be complete on December 21st, 2010, when fans can purchase the Family Guy "Return of the Jedi" spoof entitled, "It's a Trap!" on Blu-Ray ($29.99) and DVD ($22.98).

With the recent announcement that they will not continue on to spoof the prequel trilogy of films, fans will be eager to see what Seth McFarlane and company have in store for this final installment. Similar to Family Guy's "Empire Strikes Back" spoof titled "Something, Something, Something Darkside", "It's a Trap" will premiere as a disc exclusive, with speculation that a cleaned-up version will air on the network months later.

Attendees of the Family Guy panel at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend saw an exclusive ten minute preview of footage. "It's a Trap" guest voices will include Carrie Fisher, Adam West, Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, and Rush Limbaugh as The Rancor.

FIRST LOOK: Watch SDCC THOR Trailer HERE

The Thor footage shown at the San Diego Comic-Con has finally made its way to the web.  All I can say is enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

Comic Con International Just OFFICIALLY "Nuked the Fridge"

Alexandre Aja, the Director of Piranha 3-D, was scheduled to show a preview of his movie at Comic Con International in San Diego.  The clip includes a scene of a wet t-shirt contest.  The people who run Comic Con subsequently crapped their pants, and told him he had to cut the scene or he couldn't show the clip to Comic Con's paid attendees. 

It makes gfest's stomach turn to think that the people that run Comic Con, which the King of Comics Jack Kirby and his friends started, is trying to stifle an artist's creative expression.  It's shameful really. 

Gfest has never had a problem with Hollywood's invasion of Comic Con, even though many Comic Con purists have.  The merger of comic books and Hollywood was the fulfillment of Jack Kirby's vision, not its demise.  But censorship?  Well, that's just really, really not cool Comic Con.

Luckily, Aja told Comic Con to shove it, and walked away from Comic Con.  Instead, he will debut his movie at the UA Horton Plaza nearby on the same day that Comic Con 2010 opens. 

Gfest can't help but think that King Kirby would be proud of you Alexandre.

FIRST CAST PICTURE OF AMC'S WALKING DEAD SERIES

Here is the first full cast pic from the upcoming AMC series The Walking Dead, adapted from a comic-book series of the same name.

If you'll be traveling to San Diego this weekend there will be a panel at Comic-Con and it will feature series stars Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually), Jon Bernthal (The Pacific), Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), Laurie Holden (The Mist), and Emma Bell (Law & Order). The Panel is Friday July 23 at 11:30AM in room 6BCF.

Source: io9

SDCC Exclusive: Top Cow to Debut ARTIFACTS #1

Top Cow’s big new launch of the year, ARTIFACTS, by Ron Marz and Michael Broussard, will see its first issue debut at the San Diego Comic Con, before being released to shops the week after. The comic crosses over continuity from all the major Top Cow titles including WITCHBLADE, THE DARKNESS, ANGELUS and BROKEN TRINITY: PANDORA'S BOX.

The publisher will also have three San Diego Con variant covers, two limited edition hardcover volumes and a low-priced new anthology book.

Source Bleeding Cool

Saturday San Diego Comic Con Schedule Released - Oh My!

We got the Thursday and Friday schedules for San Diego Comic Con and now we have the Saturday July 24 schedule which is exploding with sweet, sweet content. 

The following movies all taking the stage: Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Let Me In, Resident Evil Afterlife, Paul, Cowboys & Aliens, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger.

The TV schedule is just as good as the movie schedule. It will feature sneak peaks of The Event, Futurama, Community, Family Guy and much more. Plus, even fans of Lost and Scott Pilgrim will find stuff to do.

Saturday is always the craziest day of the Con and 2010 is no exception. See the full schedule here and hit the jump for the schedule as well as our other highlights.

Source Comic Con and Collider

New DC Universe Online Screen Shots & E3 Info.

In anticipation of E3 2010, CBR was fortunate enough to sit down with Wes Yanagi, the Senior Producer on “DC Universe Online.” 

Some highlights from inteview include:

• At E3 DCU team will show a high level Player versus Player (PvP) battle where you’ve saved the day dozens of times and acquired some "special" gear. Now it’s time to put it to use. Oh… and a small peek at a city we haven’t shown publicly yet.
• DCU game will tie together characters from the New DC comic books series DC Universe Legends.  The new series will help introduce some of the exciting back-story events and establish the state of the world from a story perspective.
• If you're lucky enough to attend E3 or SDCC you will have the opportunity get some quality hands-on time with DC Universe Online
• 2010 SDCC will feature a "particularly cool unveiling" of the game. (images via cbr)

Mattel's SDCC Exclusive Plastic Man Looks Awesome

Gfest loves it's action figures. We especially love our SDCC exclusive action figures.  So when Mattel released the exclusive packaging and content of this years DC Comics SDCC exclusive Plastic Man action figure, your friends at Gfest were as excited as Dick Grayson when he became Batman (despite the fact he is a whiny little bitch). 

This special packaging has been shaped to look like Plastic Man himself and it comes in a full-color shipper box for safe keeping. But the coolest thing of all? A pair of Plastic Man glasses are included that can be removed from the package and worn by you!

If you do purchase Plastic Man at SDCC, he’ll also come with a special suitcase available only at the show (packed in a separate poly bag). Not just any suitcase, of course… his arms, head and neck can be attached to the suitcase to make him appear disguised as luggage. Inside the suitcase is a chip-art comic book cover from the 75 years of DC Comics.

Head on over to MattyCollector to see all the images of this awesome SDCC exclusive action figure.  

Comic Con Accepts $500k Bribe - Someone Call the Tea Party!

San Diego Union Tribune is reporting that the City of San Diego is so desperate to keep Comic Con International, that they are now willing to throw cold hard cash at the event organizers in order to convince them to stay.  The offer on the table is $500,000. 

If you like the idea, thank yourself, not San Diego.  The half million dollar bribe will come from a tax on hotel beds.  So San Diego is asking visitors to pay an extra tax so that residents may benefit from the increased business the Con brings to town.  This would be on top of the 10.5% hotel tax that San Diego already charges.  That simply sucks.     


At the urging of Mayor Jerry Sanders, San Diego has budgeted $100,000 annually over a five-year period for Comic-Con, which believes that the worldwide publicity the city gets from the pop culture extravaganza pays dividends in marketing San Diego as a tourist destination.

What's worse, is that Comic-Con organizers actually praised the decision to take the $500k in cash raised from its own customers, instead of from the citizens of San Diego who supposedly will see all the benefit from it. 

“We’re obviously very, very grateful for that,” Comic-Con spokesman David Glanzer said Tuesday.
Gfest now officially supports a move of Comic Con International.  And somebody get Sarah Palin on the phone, because Comic Con officials needs a visit from the Tea Party.  Maverick!

SDCC 2010 Saloon Leila (Megan Fox) ‘Jonah Hex’ Exclusive

As if Gfest needed another reason to attend 2010 SDCC or another reason to LOVE Megan Fox.

Tonner reveals its San Diego Comic Con International show exclusive, Leila from Warner Bros. Entertainment’s upcoming feature film, Jonah Hex.  An authorized likeness of Leila (as portrayed by Megan Fox), “Saloon Leila” is 16″ tall and is limited to 200 pieces.  Saloon Leila is $149.99 and can be purchased in Tonner booth 4148.

Unfortunately, Gfest knows down deep, deep in their heart of hearts this is the closest we will get to holding Megan Fox.  But we'll take it.  Race you to the booth 4148.

Comic Con Is Staying In San Diego

The NBC Affiliate in San Diego is reporting that with a new land deal approved Tuesday, the world's largest comic book convention will likely remain in San Diego.  Anaheim had been aggressively pursuing the Con.

The San Diego Board of Port Commissioners unanimously approved a multi-million-dollar land deal that will allow for a $753 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, the longtime home of Comic-Con.

Under the deal, the San Diego Convention Center Corp. will pay $1 million upfront to secure a six-acre bayfront site from Fifth Avenue Landing LLC. The SDCCC will then make $500,000 annual payments over the next five years, when the balance will be due.

"I applaud the port commissioners for approving this agreement and recognizing the importance of expanding our Convention Center," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said. "While there is more work to be done before we can break ground, today's action is a critical step forward."

Bruce Wayne Still Gettin "F'd in the A" by DC Comics

At the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo in Chicago this weekend, the DC Universe Panel gave a glimpse into the future of DCU.  One would think coming off Blackest Night the strongest series since the original Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC would be headed in the right direction.  Think again!

Everyone's favorite "one-hit Starman wonder," James Robinson is going to continue making us suffer through two series.  At the C2E2, Robinson discussed the "War of the Superman," which will replace the regular Superman books in May and feature a war that takes exactly 100 minutes to fight. Wow, since the current Superman books have been so fantastic this story should be riveting!