Walking Dead TV Series Given Greenlight by AMC
It’s official. According to Variety shooting on the Frank Darabont-helmed Walking Dead series (not just a pilot, as previously reported) will begin shortly, and is scheduled to air this coming October. AMC has ordered a total of six episodes of the series that revolves around a group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Darabont penned [...]
Cliff Chiang Signing at Forbidden Planet NYC
Been a hectic past few days for FPNYC’s intrepid store manager/buyer, gang, so forgive me if the Daily Planet hasn’t been daily. Regardless, I’ve got a neat little goody to announce… Rising star artist Cliff Chiang is confirmed to appear at FP on Friday, April 30th at 6:30pm. Cliff is the talented artist of Doctor [...]
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World Trailer
The Scott Pilgrim trailer debuted today to much fanfare. If you haven’t checked it out yet here ya go: Directed by Edgar Wright ( Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and starring Michael Cera, the film (adapted from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series from Oni) is slated to release on August 13th, 2010. Any [...]
Alan Robert to Sign Wire Hangers At Forbidden Planet
Oh, baby! LIFE OF AGONY bassist and writer/artist Alan Robert will be signing copies of his new IDW comic Wire Hangers #1 @FPNYC on Friday, April 23 2010… As always, if you can’t make it to NYC or the store for the event you’re welcome to Pre-Order a signed copy and fpnyc.com will mail you [...]
Playing With Toys: Huckleberry Hound Meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon, War Machine Meets the Wolfman, Wally Gator Meets Frankenstein and Dracula, But Nobody Meets Abbott or Costello
Despite what you may glean from the following video, Forbidden Planet is the pinnacle of professional geek retail that other purveyors of such items can only aspire to. And no one gets kicked in the nards around here… more than once a week.
American Vampire, Scott Snyder @ FPNYC
American Vampires co-writer Scott Snyder (w/ Stephen King) was kind enough to stop by Forbidden Planet NYC this past Wednesday to sign our copies of the premier issue. He also was kind enough to sit in front of the now-ever-present Lens of FPTransmissions for a little chat.
Lloyd Kaufman Video
As you may know, Lloyd Kaufman dropped by the shop a few weeks ago. What a sweetheart. And funny, too. Here’s some video from that night. And the hilarity continued like that for, like, 90 minutes. That guy can talk. Many thanks to Lloyd, and all our friends at Troma.
Kick-Ass Film Review
A few thoughts about Kick-Ass, which I saw last evening at a special showing that featured a Q&A with Messrs. Millar an Romita Jr. thanks to our friends at UGO. Brutal as all hell, funny as all heck. This film’s gonna be big. Looooved Nic Cage’s performance. In fact, all the players were great. But [...]
Ladygunn Magazine: Blind Date with Jeffy
Ladygunn Magazine invited me to go on a blind date as part of their comics issue… Everyone gets ‘the call’ at least once in a lifetime. You know, the one where your best friend is like, “you have to go on a blind date with this dude, and I have to live vicariously through you [...]
Links 3/11/10
Coming soon: Battlestar Galactica MMO. Slated to be a browser-based space strategy game, offered exclusively on syfy.com for its first 30 days, this is being developed by obscure (and relatively unproven) Norwegian developer Artplant- which leads one to assume their app (or bid) wowed the Bigs behind such a high-profile and expensive license. Comic Book [...]
Tronorail, Tronorail, Tronorail
Well, sir, there’s nothing on Earth Like a genuine, Bonafide, Electrified, Six-car Tronorail! Greetings, Programs! Personally, it’s been a tough week, so please forgive me my second Tron Legacy related post in four days. Gotta go with what brought a smile to my face today. First, the new teaser trailer for the film released earlier [...]
Manga Transmission
FP Transmissions, now featuring Emma Larson and Lindsay Johnson, having lost they damn minds and talking Manga.
Kevin Flynn Finally Wins an Oscar, Man! or… THAT is a Very Big Door, Dude!!!
Jeff Bridges, El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, has finally won an Oscar, man. Between you and me The Dude should have been given a lifetime achievment award years ago, and presented multiple statues for “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” “Fearless,” and one of the great fantasy films of all time, “The [...]