During the recent MTV Movie Awards, a new teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows aired. It looks a bit similar to the “sneak peek” found on the two-disc DVD release of Half-Blood Prince, though it seems to show more. Part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released in […]
For the Win, Cory Doctorow’s newest novel, is a thought-provoking story centered around players of Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games. It blends gaming culture with economics and labor unions, the end result being believable and thought-provoking. The bane of the companies that run online games is gold farming. Denizens of underprivileged countries are often paid […]
Warbreaker is one of those fantasy books that is more about a small group’s plans toward a great cause being pulled from its original path and used for a more sinister plan. Magic plays a very small role in this story, loathed by the main characters but surfacing to help them at useful moments. The […]
The penultimate installment in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time is officially scheduled to be released on October 26th. Amazon had previously listed the twenty-sixth when they made the book available for pre-order, and Tor has now officially confirmed it. You can pre-order Towers of Midnight on Amazon.
According to Cinematical, citing an L.A. Times article, the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film is already having money issues. Disney executive Rich Ross is pressuring producer Jerry Bruckheimer to cut back on his usual extravagant expenditures by cutting special effects and filming at sea less. To save more money, the number and selection of […]
Warner Brothers has acquired Turbine, the game studio behind the successful Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online MMORPGs. BURBANK, Calif., April 20, 2010 – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of Turbine, Inc., the largest privately-held online gaming studio in North America, further strengthening Warner Bros.’ position as […]
The trailer for Sky One’s film adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal is now online. The movie was originally scheduled to air on Sky 1 around Easter weekend, but it has been delayed to an unannounced date sometime this April or May. The United States will have to wait until the DVD release next year, […]
The Well of Ascension is the second novel in Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy. It continues shortly after the point where the first left off, The Lord Ruler vanquished and a fledgling parliament taking shape under the oversight of Elend Venture. The city of Luthadel, now ruled by King Elend, faces a multitude of problems in […]
Warner Brothers has settled a lawsuit, dating back to 2005, with the Winnipeg folk group known as “The Wyrd Sisters,” where the band had previously attempted to have the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire blocked from release in Canada. The Wyrd Sisters tried to block the 2005 release of “Harry […]
The Way of Kings, the first book in Brandon Sanderson’s new series The Stormlight Archive is currently set to be released on August 17, 2010. What exactly is The Way of Kings? It’s a lengthy book, roughly twice the size of Elantris or Mistborn, and it will be the first in an epic fantasy series […]
