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New in Comics: The Guild: Zaboo, The Extinction Seed, and More

Comics Due Out December 28th:

The Guild: Zaboo (one-shot) Dark Horse

Description:  Zaboo has loved Cyd's game avatar Codex from afar since the two first met playing The Game. Just what he'll do for love comes to the fore as he senses Cyd is in trouble and embarks on a real-life quest to escape his mother and become Cyd's knight in shining armor.

Cowritten by Guild creator and star Felicia Day and costar Sandeep Parikh and brought to life by innovative artist Becky Cloonan!

Extinction Seed #1 (of 6) GG

Description: (W) GG Studio (A) Davide Aicardi, Livia Pastore, Alessia Nocera The wonderful 60's. The sound of the Beatles pervades the world. The War in Vietnam fractures public opinion. And extinction's seed grows undisturbed. Caroline, a young student, Cynthia a photographer with an inclination for theft, and Cathryn, assistant to one of the Government's most important officials, will discover the daunting Truth: the countdown to extinction has begun!

More of This Week's Comics:

Angel Covers HC Vol. 01 IDW

DC Comics Presents Batman Blaze Of Glory #1

Fearless TPB Vol. 01 Image

Grimm Fairy Tales Alice In Wonderland #1 Zenescope Entertainment

Grim Ghost #0 Ardden Entertainment

Jurassic Strike Force 5 #1 Zenescope Entertainment

Lady Death TPB Vol. 01 Boundless Comics

Roots of the Swamp Thing TPB DC Comics

Space Warped #6 (of 6) Boom! Studios

Too Much Coffee Man #1 Facsimile Ed Boom! Studios

True Blood French Quarter #5 (of 6) IDW

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New on DVD: Apollo 18

News and Updates December 27th:

Apollo 18 (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)

Description: The film unearths the allegedly lost Department of Defense footage of a covert mission to the moon. Stars Warren Christie, Ryan Robbins, Ali Liebert. Special features include a commentary, deleted and alternate scenes; more.

NASA's ... Full Descriptioncanceled trip to the moon in the 1970s is the basis for this found-footage-style picture exploring the urban legend surrounding that mission -- what if Apollo 18 actually did occur and the proof of extraterrestrial life exists on film? WANTED's Timur Bekmambetov produces the film, with Spanish director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego taking on helming duties.

More of This Week's DVDs:

Final Destination 5 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)

Archer: Season 2 | Also on Blu-ray

Archer: Season 1 [Blu-ray]

Fairy Tail: Part 2 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Anime

Eden of the East: Complete Series (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Anime

Guyver: Complete Box Set S.A.V.E. Anime

The Amityville Haunting [Blu-ray]

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Sci Fi Trailers: First Official Trailer for Prometheus

There have been plenty of questions on what links Ridley Scott's upcoming Prometheus has to the Alien films and the first trailer definitely suggests a strong connection. Prometheus will hit theaters June 8, 2012 (changed from the original release date of March 8th). You can see the Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie Preview at this link.



Underworld: Awakening hits theaters on January 20, 2012



Fringe returns with new episodes January 13, 2012.

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Harrison Ford Officially Joins Ender's Game, Helen Mirren Wants to be Doctor Who, and More

News and Updates December 22nd:

Hollywood Reporter: Harrison Ford Officially Joins Ender's Game - The actor will appear opposite Abigain Breslin, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Ben Kingsley in the sci-fi adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel.

ScienceFiction.com: Helen Mirren Wants To Be The First Female Doctor In Doctor Who - She played a Mossad agent in ‘The Debt,’ a retired CIA operative in ‘Reds’ and even the Queen of England in ‘The Queen,’ but now Oscar award winner Helen Mirren has set her sights to play the next Doctor in the long running British television show ‘Doctor Who.’

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Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Full Mid-Season Schedule for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Shows

Hollywood Reporter: American Horror Story Finale: Burning Questions Answered

Sci Fi Mafia: True Blood Showrunner Gives a Tiny Peek into Season Five

TrekNews.com: JJ Abrams Says Star Trek Sequel Will be Shot in 2-D Then Converted to 3-D

Deadline Hollywood: Terra Nova Makes Moves to Prep for Second Season

ScienceFiction.com: Doctor Who: Worlds In Time’ MMO Game Now Open To Players

Hollywood Reporter: Stan Lee to Create Indian Comic Superhero 'Chakra - The Invincible'

io9.com: Why is the U.S. government trying to control the contents of scientific journals?

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The 2012 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie Preview is Here!

The New Year is almost upon us and that means a whole slew of new science fiction and fantasy movies set to hit the theaters. The first four months of the year are not quite as heralded as the Summer Blockbuster Season, but the months of January through April of 2012 will deliver their fare share of notable genre entries which will include titles like Underworld: Awakening, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, John Carter, Ridley Scott's Prometheus, and Joss Whedon's Cabin in the Woods. We have the full schedule of the science fiction and fantasy movies for those months over at the Axiom's Edge Sci Fi Movie Page as well as a teaser of what to expect from Summer 2012. So check out the list and get your calendars out to mark down the big releases for the upcoming months!

2012 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie Preview

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Sci Fi Trailers: The First Trailer for The Hobbit Hits

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of two movies to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, will hit theaters on December 14, 2012.



And here is a behind the scenes featurette for HBO's Game of Thrones which returns with its second season in April 2012.

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Sci Fi Trailers: The Dark Knight Rises, Pre-Trailer for Prometheus, and More

Here is the first official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. The third Batman film hits theaters on July 20, 2012.



This is actually a trailer for a trailer! Ridley Scott's Prometheus hits theaters on March 9, 2012.



Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans, hits theaters on March 30, 2012

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Audiences Complain They Can't Understan Dark Knight Villain, John Woo Launches Animated Web Series, and More

News and Updates December 20th:

Hollywood Reporter: The Dark Knight Rises Faces Big Problem: Audiences Can't Understand Villain - Sources say some at Warner Bros. want Christopher Nolan to change the sound mix in response to complaints that Bane's dialogue is hard to hear. But the filmmaker plans only to alter the sound slightly.

Hollywood Reporter: John Woo Launches Animated Web Series Seven Brothers with Liquid Comics - Director John Woo has launched the animated web series Seven Brothers in association with Liquid Comics and Tiger Hill Entertainment.

Deadline Hollywood: Did Promotheus Teaser Leave Hints Of Alien Influence? - The 20th Century Fox promo that teased the upcoming first trailer for the Ridley Scott-directed Prometheus certainly seemed different from Scott’s iconic science fiction film Alien–but does one small clue at the end indicate there’s a closer tie to the franchise than previously believed?

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Deadline Hollywood: Wolverine Pirate To Serve Year In Prison

BleedingCool.com: Terry Gilliam’s 10 Lessons For Directors Today

EW.com: Terra Nova: 6 ways to save the show

Hollywood Reporter: NBC Offers Full Season 'Holiday Catch-Up' Online for Grimm and Other Shows

ScienceFiction.com: James Cameron Gets Sued Over Avatar … Again! To The Tune Of Over 2 Billion

Blastr.com: DC Comics wanted to kill Superman four years earlier than it did

BleedingCool.com: DC Offers Retailers Customizable Comic For Free Comic Book Day 2012

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New in Comics: Formic Wars Silent Strike, Batman Incorporated Leviathan Strikes, and More

Comics Due Out December 21st:

Formic Wars Silent Strike #1 (of 5) Marvel Comics

Description: The all-new prequel to Orson Scott Card's science-fiction classic Ender's Game returns! With 44 million people killed by the toxic gas the alien formics unleashed in China, the only hope of a counter-agent lies with Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police safely retrieving a sample. Meanwhile, young asteroid miner Victor Delgado has snuck aboard the formic mothership in hopes of taking it down alone...and boy is he is for a big disappointment. 32 PGS./Parental Advisory

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Batman Incorporated Leviathan Strikes #1 DC Comics

Description: In this sensational, giant-sized one-shot spinning out of BATMAN INCORPORATED, Batman realizes to his horror that he's been outwitted as the true identity of Leviathan continues to elude him. Is his deadly adversary an old foe with a grudge to settle, a new face of evil...or something completely different? Only one thing is certain: You won't soon forget the shocking ending!

More of This Week's Comics:

Atlas Unified #1 Ardden Entertainment

Baltimore Volume 1: The Plague Ships TPB Dark Horse

Brody's Ghost (one-shot) Dark Horse

Defenders Coming Of Defenders #1 Marvel Comics

Defenders Strange Heroes Marvel Comics

The Immortal: Demon in the Blood #1 Dark Horse

Infinite TPB Vol. 01 Image Comics

Logans Run Aftermath #4 Bluewater Productions

William Shatner Man O War #1 Bluewater Productions

Witch Doctor Resuscitation One Shot Image Comics

Zombies vs. Robots Warbot Treasury Ed #1 IDW

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Ridley Scott Reveals More About Prometheus, Terra Nova Producer Optimistic on Renewal, and More

News and Updates December 19th:

Filmophilia: Interview: Ridley Scott Talks Prometheus, Giger, Beginning of Man and Original Alien - An interview with legendary director Ridley Scott, who is now working on one of 2012′s most anticipated blockbusters, sci-fi thriller Prometheus.

Hollywood Reporter: Terra Nova' Executive Poducers 'Guardedly Optimistic' For Season 2, Tease Finale's 'New Mysteries' - Rene Echevarria and Brannon Braga discuss talks for a second season, whether they could move the series from Australia and the death of a beloved character.

Blastr.com: Steven Moffat says Yates Who movie would be 'a heathen thing to do' - Steven Moffat [says] . . . that David Yates' Who movie reboot is not gonna happen on his watch, calling the whole project "a heathen thing to do" and a "heresy."

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Hollywood Reporter: Star Wars-Inspired Religion Gaining Popularity in the Czech Republic

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Person of Interest Still Hanging On

Vulture: Did Lost End the ‘Golden Era’ of Television?

Hollywood Reporter: Daniel Craig In Talks To Star In Five More Installments of Bond Series 007

New York Times: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Wins Honors as Worst Christmas Movie Ever

Hollywood Reporter: Ender's Game Casts Canadian Teen Star Brendan Meyer

TrekNews.com: William Shatner’s One-Man Show Headed to Broadway

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Box Office: Sherlock Holmes Detects a Winner in the Theaters

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows kicked off the Christmas holiday rush at the Box Office, claiming the Number 1 slot and an estimated $40 million tally. That's down from the $62 million that the first movie in this franchise opened with two years ago, but still nothing to sneeze at. Taking the Number 3 slot was Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol with an estimated take of $13 million. Those numbers reflected a limited release, though, whit its wide release scheduled for Wednesday. You can read more about the weekend Box Office results at this link.

Genre Films at the Box Office the Weekend of December 9-11 (Based on Early Estimates*):
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Rank - 1 (LW - n/a) / Revenue - $40.0 MM / Fresh Rating - 60%
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Rank - 3 (LW - n/a) / Revenue - $13.0 MM / Fresh Rating - 95%
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Rank - 6 (LW - 3) / Revenue - $4.3 MM / Fresh Rating - 28%
Hugo Rank - 8 (LW - 6) / Revenue - $3.6 MM / Fresh Rating - 96%
Arthur Christmas Rank - 9 (LW - 5) / Revenue - $3.6 MM / Fresh Rating - 92%
The Muppets Rank - 10 (LW - 4) / Revenue - $3.5 MM / Fresh Rating - 98%
The Immortals Rank - 15 (LW - 10) / Revenue - $0.8 MM / Fresh Rating - 38%
Puss in Boots Rank - 17 (LW - 12) / Revenue - $0.5 MM / Fresh Rating - 81%


Source: Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo / Fresh Rating - Rotten Tomatoes

*Box Office results are based on the weekend's early estimates and the chart ranks and revenue can change when the final numbers are tallied.

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New on DVD: Futurama Volume 6

DVDs Due Out December 20th:


Futurama: Volume 6

Description: Blast off your inhibitions as The Simpsons creator Matt Groening brings you another far-out collection of FUTURAMA fun! In addition to a full payload of outrageous extras not shown on TV, Volume Six delivers 13 mind-Bendering new episodes that ... Full Descriptioninvolve time travel, self-replication, covert missions, alien eggs, and more robot roughhousing than you can shake a girder at. It's a scream...the good kind!

Also Available on Blu-ray

More of This Week's DVDs:

Rosario + Vampire: Season One (Limited Edition) Anime


Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray

Elfen Lied Complete Collection Anime

Prehistoric: Predators Of The Past

The Devil (1981)

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Sci Fi Trailers: Jack the Giant Killer, Concept Trailer for Goliath, and More

Jack the Giant Killer, directed by Bryan Singer, hits theaters June 8, 2012. Stay tuned to the Sci Fi Scroll site for our 2012 science fiction and fantasy movie preview.



This concept trailer for a proposed film titled Goliath was made by director Alex Popov for allegedly only $150 and has started to generate some buzz across the internet.



The stop-motion animated Paranorm will bow in theaters on August 17, 2012.



The Expendables 2 will team up, among others, Sylvester Stalone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Jet Li, Jason Statham, and Dolph Lundgren. Watch for it August 17, 2012.

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Two Characters Will be Leaving Doctor Who, American Horror Story and Game of Thrones Among Golden Globe Nominees, and More

News and Updates December 16th:

ScienceFiction.com: Steven Moffat Confirms Karen Gillian And Arthur Darvill Are Leaving Doctor Who - Executive producer Steven Moffat made it official: Amy and Rory Pond will be exiting the series next season and the Doctor will have a new companion.

Geeks of Doom: American Horror Story and Game of Thrones Among Golden Globes Best TV Series Nominees, Hugo Gets Best Motion Picture Nod - Nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards have been officially announced.

Deadline Hollywood: R.I.P. Joe Simon - Captain America co-creator Joe Simon has died. The legendary Simon, who collaborated with Jack Kirby on other characters as well, died Wednesday night in New York City after a brief illness. He was 98.

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Deadline Hollywood: B-Movie King Roger Corman At Age 85 Busy As Ever On Eve Of Documentary About Him

EW.com: The Avengers movie to get four-issue comic book prelude

Hollywood Reporter: Box Office in Free Fall: Why December Numbers Are Tanking and How 2012 Could Improve

Sci Fi Mafia: January Premiere Set for G4′s New Anime Series BLADE

ScienceFiction.com: The Amazing Spider-Man Website Opens With New Hi-Res Photos, Character Descriptions And Official Sypnosis

Blastr.com: Could Michael Chabon's Kavalier & Clay become an HBO series?

BleedingCool.com: Dynamite To Publish The Bionic Woman Comic In March

Observations and Commentaries from Around the Web:

Geeks of Doom: Could Netflix Be The Savior Firefly Fans Have Been Waiting For?

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Netflix Developing Its First Genre Series, but a Firefly Revival Seems Like a Stretch

io9.com: Why Person of Interest is a Superhero Show Done Right

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Opening: Mission: Impossible and Sherlock Holmes Sequels Get the Thumbs Up From Critics

Opening December 16th:

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
Fresh Rating: 94%
Synopsis: This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization's name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.
Rotten Tomatoes Consensus Opinion: Stylish, fast-paced, and loaded with gripping set pieces, the fourth Mission: Impossible is big-budget popcorn entertainment that really works.
See More of What the Critics Had to Say at the Movie's Rotten Tomatoes Page



Also Opening:

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Fresh Rating: 66%
Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room...until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large-Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris)-and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective.
Rotten Tomatoes Consensus Opinion: It never duplicates the well-oiled thrills of the first installment, but Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is eminently watchable thanks to its well-matched leading men.
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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Poster for Ridley Scott's Prometheus Released, Find Out Which Theaters Will Show the Dark Knight Prologue, and More

News and Updates December 15th:

Ridley Scott's Prometheus, which may or may not have ties to the Alien franchise of films, hits theaters on March 9, 2012. Here is the poster for the film (click to see larger). Stay tuned to the Sci Fi Scroll site for our 2012 science fiction and fantasy movie preview.

EW.com: The Dark Knight Rises IMAX prologue: Here's where you can see it - Only 42 IMAX theaters in North America will be playing Christopher Nolan’s eye-popping introduction of Tom Hardy’s masked villain Bane.

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Hollywood Reporter: Thor 2 Star Natalie Portman Furious Over Director Patty Jenkins' Firing

Sci Fi Mafia: IDW and ComiXology Expand Digital Partnership

Deadline Hollywood: Arthur & Lancelot In Warner Bros Budget Crisis: Projected $130M Cost Too High

Blastr.com: Incredibles director blames lack of a sequel on The Avengers

Hollywood Reporter: American Horror Story: 5 Things Learned From 'Birth'

Blaster.com: Moffat says those 2-part episodes have been hurting Doctor Who

Reviews:

Vulture: Movie Review: The Maximum Clutter of Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows

Hollywood Reporter: Mission Impossible delivers wall-to-wall action in a spectacular, if repetitive, fourth series entry.

ScienceFiction.com: Comic Book Review: Carnage USA #1

ScienceFiction.com: Comic Book Review: Avengers: X-Sanction #1

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Listen to a Rare Star Trek Radio Special from the 80's, Philip K. Dick's Now Wait for Last Year Movie on the Way, and More

News and Updates December 14th:

TrekNews.com: Listen to a Rare 60-Minute Star Trek Radio Special from 1982 - Before the Internet and tablets, radio programs were a popular source of entertainment and a potent promotional strategy.

Sci Fi Mafia: Philip K. Dick’s NOW WAIT FOR LAST YEAR Is Headed to the Big Screen - Variety reports that Lila 9th and Electric Shepherd Productions are joining forces to bring Philip K. Dick‘s 1966 sci-fi novel Now Wait For Last Year to the big screen.

BleedingCool.com: Exactly One Year Before The Hobbit Opens, The Official Blurb Is Unveiled - One year from today, the first in Peter Jackson’s pair of Hobbit films will finally be playing in cinemas.

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Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch Update: Once Upon A Time Slips Again, Terra Nova Still Languishing

Hollywood Reporter: Screen Gems to Adapt Supernatural Cyberbully Short Viral

Deadline Hollywood: Stephen Hopkins To Direct NBC Futuristic Drama Pilot Beautiful People

Blastr.com: Rise of the Planet of the Apes director shares his sequel plans

Hollywood Reporter: Pierce Brosnan's Bag of Bones Miniseries Boosts Ratings for A&E

ScienceFiction.com: Masters Of The Universe’ Film Still A Go

Deadline Hollywood: Warner Bros Buys Action/Sci-Fi Pitch Rise

Hollywood Reporter: American Horror Story Mansion on Sale for $4.5 Million

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Episode Recaps: Stephen King's Bag of Bones, Grimm, Once Upon A Time, and More

This Past Week's Science Fiction and Fantasy Shows (click on the link to read the recap). Note that several shows were preempted or in re-runs:

American Horror Story: "Smoldering Children"
Grimm: "Danse Macabre"
Sanctuary: "Acolyte"
Grimm: "The Three Bad Wolves"
Stephen King’s Bag Of Bones: Part 1
Once Upon A Time: "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"
Terra Nova: "Within"
The Walking Dead – A Mid-Season Review

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Sci Fi Trailers: G.I. Joe Retaliation, Plus a Look at Being Human Season 2

G.I. Joe Retaliation, starring Dwayne Johnson, hits theaters June 29, 2012. Stay tuned to the Sci Fi Scroll site for our 2012 science fiction and fantasy movie preview.



Syfy's Being Human returns with its second season on January 16, 2012. Stay tuned to this site for the full mid-season schedule of science fiction and fantasy shows.