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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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.’

See the Latest Deals on Science Fiction and Fantasy DVDs and Blu-rays from Amazon.com.

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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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: 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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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: Netflix to Produce Original Horror Series, Scientists Closing in on the God Particle, and More

News and Updates December 13th:

Hollywood Reporter: Netflix Prepping Eli Roth-Directed Horror Series - The company is nearing a 13-episode order for Hemlock Grove, a thriller based on Brian McGreevy’s upcoming horror novel by the same name.

MSNBC.com: Long-sought 'God Particle' cornered, scientists say - Physicists are closer than ever to hunting down the elusive Higgs boson particle, the missing piece of the governing theory of the universe's tiniest building blocks.

io9.com: The Best Unproduced Science Fiction Screenplays of 2011, According to Hollywood Insiders - Find out what movie scripts Hollywood is bouncing up and down about — but not actually ponying up money to produce — right now.

Cancellation Watch from Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks.

Deadline Hollywood: The Amazing Spider-Man And The Dark Knight Rises Release New Movie Posters

Blastr.com: George Takei urges Star Wars and Trek fans to unite against Twilight

Radio Times: Two long-lost episodes of Doctor Who uncovered

Geeks of Doom: Justice League Doom will be next DC direct-to-DVD animated feature

Deadline Hollywood: Legendary Pictures Postpones January Start Of Alex Proyas-Directed Paradise Lost

Vulture: George Lucas Is Still Puzzling Over Indiana Jones 5

io9.com: BBC Challenging Studio Ghibli with its own Borrowers Adaptation

Deadline Hollywood: Universal Makes Deal On Luc Besson-Angelina Jolie Sci-Fi Film

BleedingCool.com: The Biggest Comic Convention In America… Is In South America?

Hollywood Reporter: IFC Acquires The Moth Diairies, Starring Lily Cole and Sarah Bolger, Based on Mary Harron's Vampire Novel

BleedingCool.com: How Digital Could Help Comic Publishers Build Their IP Empire

New in Comics: Robocop Road Trip, The Mis-Adventures of Adam West Ongoing Series, and More

Comics Due Out December 14th:

Robocop Road Trip #1 D. E

Description:  Covers: Fabiano Neves Writer: Rob Williams Artist: Unai (00111) Continuing the story from Dynamite's Robocop series, America has fallen into a landscape of revolution and chaos and OCP has taken over Old Detroit from the authorities in a political coup. It's up to Robocop and what's left of the Old Detroit Police Department to try and make it out of the state in order to get help from the US military. But ED-309s patrol the streets and OCP has a new, deadly robot prototype to send after Murphy and co. Meanwhile, Robocop's sanity continues to crumble along with his country.

Misadventures Of Adam West #1 Bluewater Productions

Description: A four-issue miniseries wasn't enough for TV's original Batman! Fueled by his imagination (and a magical amulet), Adam West continues his travels through time, space, and alternate realities fighting evil-doers in his very own ongoing series. Villains be warned. A true American hero is back in business. Better buckle your seatbelts.


More of This Week's Comics:

Avengers X-sanction #1 (of 4) Marvel Comics

Bionic Man #5 D. E.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Nine #4 Dark Horse

Carnage USA #1 (of 5) Marvel Comics

Chuck Jones Dream That Never Was HC IDW

Dark Tower Gunslinger Way Station #1 (of 5) Marvel Comics

DC Comics Presents Elseworlds 80 Page Giant #1

DC Comics The New 52 HC

Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 5 HC Dark Horse

Flash Gordon Zeitgeist #2 D. E.

Game Of Thrones #4 D. E

Honey West Captain Action & Flint (One Shot) Moonstone

Infestation Outbreak TPB IDW

Logans Run Aftermath TPB Bluewater Productions

Lord Of The Jungle #1 D. E.

Nowhere Man #1 (of 4) D. E.

Ray #1 (of 4) DC

Rocketeer Adventures HC Vol. 01 IDW

Star Trek/Legion Of Superheroes #3 (of 6) IDW

Star Wars: Agent of the Empire #1 Dark Horse

The Strain #1 Dark Horse

Vertigo First Blood #1 DC

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: 8-Minute Dark Knight Rises Preview to Hit IMAX, Ben Kingsly May Join Ender's Game, and More

News and Updates December 9th:

Hollywood Reporter: Christopher Nolan Debuts 8-Minute Dark Knight Rises Preview - Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan showed off about eight minutes of footage from The Dark Knight Rises on Thursday night, a preview that will be seen later this month in select IMAX theatres before Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol. Also See What the Media Is Saying

Hollywood Reporter: Ben Kingsly in Talks to Join the Cast of Ender's Game - Ben Kingsley is in talks to join the cast of Ender’s Game, Odd Lot’s sci-fi film adaptation of the novel by Orson Scott Card.

Hollywood Reporter: Former James Cameron Employee Sues Claiming Avatar Was His Idea - Filmmaker James Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment were sued Thursday by a former employee who claims he spent two years developing a movie that became the basis for Avatar.

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Deadline Hollywood: Are These The Most Anticipated 2012 Films?

TrekNews.net: Edgar Ramirez & Jordi Molla Possibilities for Star Trek Sequel Villain

TrekWeb.com: John Billingsley Blames Enterprise Cancellation on Studio Greed

Deadline Hollywood: Dan Gilroy Signs On To Pen Stan Lee’s Chinese Superhero Pic The Annihilator

Blastr.com: Mark Strong wants Green Lantern 2 to chronicle Sinestro's fall

Hollywood Reporter: Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram in Talks to Make Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Sci Fi Mafia: Comedy Central is Developing Robots

Hollywood Reporter: Hot Sci-Fi Movie Project Rosa Lands at Fox

io9.com: H.P. Lovecraft’s leading scholar prepares his ultimate look at the master’s weird life

Hollywood Reporter: Redbox to Team With Verizon on Internet-Streaming Business

Geeks of Doom: Evil Dead Remake Gets An Official Release Date; Plot Details Surface

Hollywood Reporter: Grimm EPs Reveal 4 Things That Make a Fairy Tale Ripe for Adaptation

Reviews:

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: The Dollhouse Epitaphs Comic is the Way That Joss Whedon Should Have Gone With This Story from the Start

Hollywood Reporter: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Cybermage: Book review: K55 Lögnernas Valv [English:K55 Vault of Lies] by Erika Oscarius

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Avengers vs. X-Men Will Be the Big Marvel Event Next Year (See the Livestream Event), Thor 2 Director Exits, and More

News and Updates December 7th:

Geeks of Doom: The Avengers Vs. The X-Men: It’s Happening - Pretty much every year, comic book publishers unleash a monthly event comic to boost excitement and sales in their comics. And this week Marvel Comics announced that event as The Avengers vs. The X-Men. Check Out The Livestream Event

Hollywood Reporter: Thor 2 Director Patty Jenkins Exits - The Monster helmer, who is leaving the project due to "creative differences," tells THR that she and Marvel parted "on very good terms."

NASA.gov: NASA's Kepler Mission Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star - NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface.

Sci Fi Trifles from Axiom's Edge: Useless but essential pop culture tidbits and trivia from the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch Update: Are the Ratings Declines of Terra Nova and Once Upon A Time Deja Vu Back to FlashForward and V?

Hollywood Reporter: Final Destination 5 Poster Scares Up U.K. Ad Ban for Upsetting Children

TrekNews.com: William Shatner Added to Wizard World’s New Orleans Comic Con Also More Guests Announced for 2012 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention

Deadline Hollywood: Verizon Plans To Take On Netflix With Web Service

ScienceFiction.com: Looks Like Michael Bay Is Returning For A Fourth ‘Transformers’ Movie

Hollywood Reporter: Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Documentary Picked Up for Distribution

BleedingCool.com: Ridley Scott On “The Only Way To See A Film” And Why

Sci Fi Mafia: Zoe Kravitz and Sophie Okonedo to Join the Cast of Shyamalan’s After Earth

Deadline Hollywood: ABC Gives Pilot Green Light To Dan Fogelman’s Alien Family Comedy

New in Comics: The Defenders Return to Marvel, Plus a New Voltron Series, and More

Comics Due Out December 7th:

Defenders #1 Marvel

Description: Spinning out of the stunning end of FEAR ITSELF! The final Worthy on a global rampage! o Matt Fraction (FEAR ITSELF, THE MIGHTY THOR, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) reteams with TERRY DODSON (UNCANNY X-MEN, SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN)! o Everyone's favorite Marvel characters banding together to solve a mysterious conspiracy deep at the heart of the Marvel Universe! o The last line of defense against the forces of the unknown! 32 PGS./Rated T+

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Voltron #1 D. E

Description: Ultimate victory has never been closer for the Voltron Force. King Zarkon's brutal regime has been pushed to the edges of the galaxy, left to wage a series of desperate and losing battles to claim innocent victims while they still can. But Zarkon knows something---a secret about Voltron over a hundred years old that could change everything for the Galaxy Alliance. This isn't the Voltron we all know, but one redefined and re-imagined by those he and his adventures have inspired over the years. This is Generation Voltron...

More Comics Due Out This Week:

Avengers X-sanction #1 (of 4) Marvel

Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #2 (of 4) Boom! Studios

DC Comics Presents Batman Urban Legends #1

DC Comics Presents Captain Atom #1

DC Comics The New 52 HC

Deadlands Black Water (One Shot) Image

DeadpoolMax X-mas Special #1 Marvel

Fly TPB Vol. 01 Zenescope Entertainment


Grimm Fairy Tales Sinbad Special Zenescope Entertainment

Hack Slash Annual 2011 Hatchet Slash #1 Image

Infestation HC IDW

Outcast #1 Boom! Studios

Superboy Smallville Attacks TPB DC Comics

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro Series #1 Raphael IDW

Ultimate Comics Ultimates Must Have #1 Marvel

Vampirella Annual #1 D. E.

X-Club #1 (of 5) Marvel

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest - Peter Weller Joins Star Trek 2 in Undetermined Role, Bill Willingham Talks Fables vs Once Upon A Time, and More

News and Updates December 5th:

Deadline Hollywood: Peter Weller Joins Star Trek 2 Cast - Peter Weller’s reps confirm he’s joining the cast of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, in what is a principal role but one they would not specify.

Comic Book Resources: Bill Willingham on his Fables comic vs ABC's Once Upon A Time TV Series - Both series explore the notion of popular fable, folklore and fairytale characters, native to a fantasy medieval setting, but still living today in modern day America. Let's discuss.

Geeks of Doom: Dark Horse Comics Going Same Day Digital - Dark Horse Comics announced that starting December 14, 2011 the company will be releasing every comic book on the same day digitally as the print version hits store shelves.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: Could Supernatural be on its Way Out? It’s worth taking a look at CW mainstay Supernatural, which has struggled in the ratings this year, to consider if its time might be running out.

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BleedingCool.com: Bryan Q Miller To Launch Smallville Season Eleven As A Novel

Hollywood Reporter: Comic Book Legends Alan Moore and Frank Miller Feud Over Occupy Movement

Deadline Hollywood: Paranormal Activity 2 Helmer Kip Williams Will Write/Direct Adaptation of Horror Novel Those Across The River

Sci Fi Mafia: Buffy Season 9 Gets Collected, First Volume Hits Shelves in August

io9.com: Read the first drafts of the Star Trek opening monologue

Blastr.com: Why John Carter's director axed the words 'of Mars' from the title

Hollywood Reporter: Chris Columbus' Production Company Acquires Sci-Fi Novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Deadline Hollywood: X-Men: First Class Scribe Jane Goldman Scripting Tim Burton's Adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

BleedingCool.com: Tintin 2 To Go Into Production In The Summer? Jurassic Park 3D Re-Release On The Cards?

Hollywood Reporter: Robot Chicken Duo Seth Green and Matthew Senreich Launch Animation Studio

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Premiere Dates for Alcatraz and Touch, Any Doctor Who Movie Would Not Be a Reboot, and More

News and Updates December 2nd:

Hollywood Reporter: FOX Gives Premiere Dates for Alcatraz and Touch - Touch will have a preview on January 25th at 9 PM EST then continue in its scheduled Monday 9 PM timeslot beginning March 10th. Alcatraz will have a two-hour premiere January 16th at 8 PM EST then take up its scheduled Monday 9 PM timeslot the following week

BleedingCool.com: Any Doctor Who Movie Would Star The TV Doctor And Not Be A Reboot - Steven Moffat just tweeted: To clarify: any Doctor Who movie would be made by the BBC team, star the current TV Doctor and certainly NOT be a Hollywood reboot.

The Guardian: Can science fiction lead us away from economic collapse? - Recent SF novels dealing with the fall of western capitalism seem right on the mark. But do they offer any answers?

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Hollywood Reporter: 10 Hot Visual Effects Teams Reveal How They Made Movie Magic on Harry Potter, Captain America, Transformers

Deadline Hollywood: 70mm Imax Theaters Set For Dec. 16 Bow Of 6-Minute Prologue Of Dark Knight Rises

ScienceFiction.com: Paramount In Talks To Acquire Daughter Of Smoke And Bones

Blastr.com: Tom Cruise + Groundhog Day + aliens = All You Need Is Kill

Hollywood Reporter: Hailee Steinfeld Joins Cast of Summit's Ender's Game

Deadline Hollywood: Comic Book Author Sues Over Cowboys & Aliens Movie

Sci Fi Mafia: Interview with the Cast and Creator of Syfy’s Neverland

Hollywood Reporter: Teen Wolf Adds Michael Hogan and Two More to Cast for Season 2

Reviews:

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Looking Back, This Season Has Delivered a Mostly Mixed Bag of Genre Shows Thus Far

TrekNews.net: Trek Nation: A Star Trek Documentary Like No Other

ScienceFiction.com: Comic Book Review: Avengers Origins: Thor #1

Holiday Shopping Is a Click Away at TFAW

We Love Lists: 10 Unsolved Martian Mysteries, 10 Notable Real-Life Superheroes, and More

io9.com: 10 Unsolved Martian Mysteries

Topless Robot: 10 Notable Real-Life Superheroes (Aside From Phoenix Jones)

Blastr.com: 9 really weird real-life diseases named after sci-fi characters

io9.com: The Movie Projects that Michael Bay Should Do Next

Listverse.com: Top 15 Episodes of The X-Files

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Harrison Ford May Join Ender's Game Movie, Rare Interviews Reveal a Different Direction for the Star Wars Prequels, and More

News and Updates December 1st:

NextMovie.com: Harrison Ford May Dust Off His Space Boots For Ender's Game - After nearly three decades, Harrison Ford may finally be returning to where he truly belongs… outer space.

The Official Star Wars Blog: Rare Empire Cast Interview Surfaces - Reveals a very different direction originally intended for the prequels.

ScienceFiction.com: Action Comics #1 Now The Most Expensive Comic After Selling For Over $2.1 Million - A few days ago, we reported that a copy of ‘Action Comics’ #1, was up for auction at ComicConnect.com. The comic, featuring the first appearance of Superman, has a 9.0 CGC rating making it the highest graded copy of this particular issue in existence.

Cancellation Watch from Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks.

Cybermage: New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books December 2011

Blastr.com: FOX exec attacks Prometheus leaks as 'heartbreakingly unfair'

EW.com: Game of Thrones scoop: DVD release date, details, photos

Deadline Hollywood: Cross Creek And Hammer Films Acquire Steampunk Novel Boneshaker For Feature Film

Geeks of Doom: Start the Countdown To Christmas With the ‘Cthulhu Christmas Calendar’ App

Hollywood Reporter: NBCUniversal Plans Harry Potter Attraction at Second Theme Park

EW.com: American Horror Story: Ryan Murphy talks The Black Dahlia and whether Violet is alive... or dead

Hollywood Reporter: Alice Eve in Talks for Big Role in New Star Trek Film

io9.com: Steve Martin has to explain to Fox News the difference between a solar system and a galaxy

Hollywood Reporter: Sony to Release Remake of Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead

Blastr.com: Barrowman says Who's 50th without Capt. Jack would be a 'travesty'

Hollywood Reporter: Harlan Ellison Drops Lawsuit Claiming In Time Ripped Off His Story

Sci Fi News Daily Digest: New John Carter Poster, Man Finds Amazing Fantasy #15 in Attic, Bryan Singer to Direct Munsters Reboot, and More

News and Updates November 30th:

Disney has release a new poster (click to see it larger) for their upcoming John Carter film which stars Taylor Kitsch and adapts the famous science fiction and fantasy novel series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.  The film will hit theaters March 9, 2012.  Stay tuned to the Sci Fi Scroll site for our 2012 science fiction and fantasy movie preview.

Hollywood Reporter: Man Finds Amazing Fantasy No. 15 (The First Appearance of Spider-Man) in His Attic - The issue, featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man, could be worth $10,000 to $12,000.

Deadline Hollywood: Bryan Singer To Direct And Produce NBC’s The Munsters Reboot - NBC’s The Munsters will be brought to you by The Bryans. X-Men and Superman Returns helmer Bryan Singer is finalizing a deal to direct and executive produce Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy

Cancellation Watch from Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks.

io9.com: December in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Your Ultimate Survival Guide!

Hollywood Reporter: Director of Hot Sci-Fi Short Rosa Signs With Verve

TMZ.com: Chronicles of Riddick New Movie BACK ON After Cash Starts Flowing

Winter is Coming: Rumor: HBO to order two more seasons of Game of Thrones, film them back-to-back

ScienceFiction.com: Akira Casting Notice Reveals Plot Changes

Blastr.com: Ray Bradbury relents, allows Fahrenheit 451 to be released digitally

io9.com: One of the universe’s fiercest black holes is hiding inside this galaxy

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New in Comics: Atlas Characters Get Their Cross-Over Event with Atlas Unified

Comics Due Out November 30th:

Atlas Unified #1 Ardden Entertainment

Description: (W) Atlas Team (A) Jimbo Salgado The Grim Ghost, Phoenix, Wulf the Barbarian, and Detective Sam Lomax join forces for the first time in 35 years in a historical Atlas crossover event! Which enemy could make these Atlas Heroes set aside their differences, forge an alliance, and risk everything to defeat it? See you in November!

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Jim Henson's Dark Crystal HC Vol. 01 Creation Myths Archaia Entertainment

Description: (W) Brian Holguin, Brian Froud (A) Alex Sheikman, Lizzy John First in a three-part prequel series delving into the origins of the world of The Dark Crystal and its unique characters and denizens. Spanning a time period from thousands of years in the past to the start of the original film, this graphic novel epic will tell the definitive origin of The Dark Crystal, told under the supervision of The Jim Henson Company and original conceptual designer, Brian Froud.

More Comics Due Out This Week:


Amazing Mysteries Bill Everett Archives HC Vol. 01 Fantagraphics


Bomb Queen VII Queens World #1 (of 4) Image

Comp Alan Moore Future Shocks TPB

Disney Pixar Presents Incredibles City Of Incredibles Marvel


Farscape TPB Vol. 06 Compulsions Boom! Studios


Flash Gordon Zeitgeist #1 D.E.

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus TPB Vol. 01 DC

Luna Order Of The Werewolf #1 (of 4) Famous Monsters of Filmland

Red Sonja Revenge Of The Gods TPB D. E

Star Trek Ongoing #3 IDW

Uncharted #1 (of 6) DC Comics

Thor Heaven And Earth HC Marvel Comics

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Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Star Trek 2 Gets Release Date, Abrams Says the Sequel Will 'Start Over', More

News and Updates November 26th:

Hollywood Reporter: Paramount's Star Trek Sequel to Open May 17, 2013 - The release date slots the sci-fi franchise into a very busy tentpole-filled May 2013, coming right after Marvel/Disney's Iron Man 3 and Warner Bros.' Guillermo del Toro-directed Pacific Rim.

TrekMovie.com: JJ Abrams: Star Trek Sequel Will 'Start Over’ - A new comment from producer/director JJ Abrams indicates that the sequel will stand on its own.

Sci Fi Trifles from Axiom's Edge: Useless but essential pop culture tidbits and trivia from the worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

EW.com: American Horror Story: Rubber Man revealed! We talk to [SPOILER] about the major plot twist!

Hollywood Reporter: Why Harry Potter Might End Its Long Streak of Oscar Snubs

EW.com: Walking Dead producer responds to abortion outcry

Hollywood Reporter: James Bond Skyfall's Gadget Maestro Q to Be Played By Ben Whishaw

ScienceFiction.com: Epileptic Seizures Reported During Twilight: Breaking Dawn

Reviews and Other Points of Interest from the Web:

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Sci Fi Trifles: Doctor Who Transforms to Save a Show

io9.com: Movie Review: Our future robot overlords will be obsessed with Martin Scorsese’s Hugo

Geeks of Doom: Comic Review: Pilot Season: Seraph #1

io9.com: Movie Review: The New Muppet Movie is The Real Thing

We Love Lists: Top 10 Great Actors Who Made Awful Batman Villains (from the 1960's Series), And More

TopTenz.net: Top 10 Great Actors Who Made Awful Batman Villains (from the 1960's Series)

TopTenz.net: Top 10 Characters Inspired by Superman

io9.com: 10 Vampire Stories That Are More Romantic Than Twilight: Breaking Dawn

Wired: 10 Mesmerizing Time-Lapse Videos

io9.com: 20 Ridiculously Nifty Zombie Safe House Designs

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New in Comics: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection, and More

Comics Due Out November 23rd:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Coll HC Vol. 01 IDW

Description: Rediscover the underground roots of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, starting with this special edition hardcover collection of Mirage Studios' issues #1-7 along with the Raphael one-shot by creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird!

With over 300 pages of mutated-martial arts action, this volume is perfect for fans to relive the glorious days of the Turtles' origins as well as an excellent place for new readers to see where the TMNT phenomena began.

More Comics Due Out This Week:

Comics #3 Three Stooges Bluewater Productions

DC Comics Presents Life Story Of The Flash #1

Diablo #1 (of 5) DC

Epoch #1 (of 5) Image Comics

Fly TPB Vol. 01 Zenescope Entertainment

Jurassic Strike Force #0 Zenescope Entertainment

Lovecraft Library HC Vol. 01 Horror Out Of Arkham IDW

Skaar King Of Savage Land TPB Marvel

Star Wars Old Republic HC Lucasbooks

Super Dinosaur #6 Image

True Blood French Quarter #4 (of 6) IDW

Warlord Of Mars Dejah Thoris #8 D.E.

Warlord Of Mars Fall Of Barsoom #5 D.E.

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