David Tennant and Billie Piper Confirmed for Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special!

Fantastic news today Whovians!  With today being the debut of second half of Series 7 of Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed that David Tennant (The 10th Doctor) and Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) will be returning for the 50th anniversary special!  Awesome right?!

To get you even more excited for the 50th, it's also been revealed that John Hurt will be co-starring in the special.  I gotta say, I'm incredibly more excited knowing that the 50th anniversary special is going to be a multi-Doctor story.  I can't wait to see how 10 and 11 will interact and what they'll think of each other, especially since Tennant's Doctor really didn't want to go...

Now if they can only talk Eccleston into reprising his 9th Doctor...

You can read the BBC press release below, after the break.

What do you think about the news?  Are you as excited as I am?  Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Doctor Who: The Bells of Saint John TV Trailer

SO...FREAKING...EXCITED!!!!!

Also, in case you missed it over the weekend, BBC released a "prequel" to the episode, which you can view here.

Doctor Who returns, Saturday March 30th on BBC and BBC America.

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NERD ART: Neverending Nightmare

Today's TeeFury design is a nice little mash-up between two of my personal favorites: The Neverending Story and Beetlejuice.  The design was created by artist Letter_Q and is available to a t-shirt for $11...so if you like it, you better hurry because it'll only be for sale until the end of the day.

And if you really like it, you can head on over to Letter_Q's Facebook page for a chance to win a pillow sporting the same design.

As always, stay nerdy my friends...

Source: TeeFury

New Trailer for Game of Thrones Season 3

There's been a slew of new trailers debuting for the upcoming season of Game of Thrones, so I figured it was about time I actually post one...especially since this one seems to feature music from TRON: Legacy...

Game of Thrones is back March 31st at 9PM on HBO.

Via: Geeks Are Sexy

Mickey is Back in a Brand New Disney Short

With the countless slew of new characters being churned out through Pixar and Disney animated films, I've often wondered why Walt's classic character haven't gotten much love in the past couple decades.  Fortunately, Disney seems to be remedying that by creating a series of brand new shorts featuring their crowned jewel, Mickey Mouse.

Croissant de Triomphe is the first in a series of retro-inspired animated shorts, featuring Mickey and the gang, where they'll show up everywhere from Santa Monica and New York, to Tokyo, Venice, and the Alps.

Produced and directed by Paul Rudish (Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls), Croissant features Mickey in a race across Paris in order to save Minnie from an angry cafe crowd.

I gotta say, I love the animation and character design.  You really get a 1930's vibe from their retro look and it's great to finally see some solid 2D animation coming from Disney...featuring Mickey Mouse no less.  Classic.

You can check out the new short embedded below after the break.  As always, let me know what you think in the comments below.

Stay nerdy my friends.

Emperor Palpatine Appears in Ultrasound

deviantARTist Hearte42 will apparently father the Emperor from Star Wars this year.  Look for the Death Star to be fully operational in the next 60 years.

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New Trailer for Iron Man 3

Presented without comment.

Enjoy :)

Iron Man 3 hits theathers May 3rd.

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RUMOR: Christopher Nolan to Produce Justice League; Snyder to Direct; Bale to Return as Batman??

Well get out your salt shakers, because this is probably one of the biggest rumors to hit the net in quite a while.

According to 'El Mayimbe' over at Latino Review, Warner Brother's long delayed and troubled Justice League film will be produced by Christopher Nolan, directed by Zack Snyder, and will star both Henry Cavil and Christian Bale as Superman and Batman respectively.  And yes, Bale's Batman would be the same version seen throughout the Dark Knight trilogy.  Oh, and Nolan is reportedly going to take over development of all DCU films going forward!

Now, at this point there is nothing concrete to say whether or not any of this rumor is true.  From my understanding, Latino Review has had a very questionable track record with some of their reporting, and reading through their article on the story in question, not once was a source named...

...however, Jett over at BOF (Batman-On-Film), who has pretty close ties to WB insiders as far as Batman on film is concerned, doesn't really seem all that surprised by the news.  In fact, he's already gone ahead and written a post, addressing some reader emails asking whether or not he knew about this rumor.  His response?  "No comment".

While I know it's not much to go by, I've been following Jett's site even before Batman Begins started production and I would label him as a very reliable source when it comes to Batman on film and team Nolan's involvement.  After reading the rest of his post on the matter, it seems like a lot of story jives with what he's been hearing.

As exciting as the possibility of this story being true really is, there are some major implications that effect Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.  Good or bad, Bale's involvement with Justice League fundamentally changes the world that his Batman has inhabited until this point.  Nolan has mentioned countless times in the past, that his Batman exists in a world where there are no other superheros.  Also, let's not forget the whole Bruce being "dead" at the end of The Dark Knight Rises.

I personally really hope this rumor is true.  While I rated The Dark Knight Rises as my least favorite of his Bat-trilogy, he knows how to treat these characters and respect the source material (with some gleaming exceptions from TDKR).  Man of Steel is shaping up to be another big win for Warner Bros. and team Nolan, so having him involved with "godfathering" the rest of the DCU would undoubtedly be positive.  I also loved Bale's Batman...I just hope they fix his voice :)

What do you think about the possibility of this rumor?  Love it?  Hate it?  Have concerns?  Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Stay nerdy my friends.

Via: Batman-On-Film
Source: Latino Review

YouTube Harlem Shake

Go to youtube.com.  Search "do the harlem shake".  Enjoy.

First Promo Image for Doctor Who Series 7B

Last night the BBC released a new promo image for the first episode of Doctor Who, Series 7B, which will be entitled 'The Bells of St John'.  What's really neat about the promo image, other than the Doctor's new threads, are all of the hidden villains that will be featured in the second half of the season, including the revamp of a classic Who-monster, the Ice Warriors.

'The Bells of St John' will be the first "official" introduction to the Doctor's new companion, Clara Oswald, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman.  I use "official" loosely, since we've already seen Coleman twice this season, but as different incarnations of what we can only guess will be the same character somehow.

Executive producer and head writer, Steven Moffat said:

"It's the 50th year of Doctor Who and look what's going on! We're up in the sky and under the sea! We're running round the rings of an alien world and then a haunted house. There's new Cybermen, new Ice Warriors and a never before attempted journey to the centre of the TARDIS. And in the finale, the Doctor's greatest secret will at last be revealed! If this wasn't already our most exciting year it would be anyway!"

I'm really excited for the second half of series 7 and can't wait to see what Moffat has in store for the 50th anniversary *cough*all 11 doctors please*cough*.

Doctor Who returns to BBC and BBC America on March 30th.

What do you think of the promo image?  Excited?  Meh?  Let me know in the comments below.

Via: Doctor Who Online