- Twilight fans will be mobbing Walmart stores March 20th, and not just because it’s the release of Twilight: New Moon. MTV is reporting that the Walmart Special Edition DVD will have seven minutes of behind the scenes footage and a clip from the upcoming Twilight: Eclipse film. Sorry, Amazon.com shoppers, this looks exclusive.
- The International Toy Fair has been going on in New York City all weekend, and
besides the Disney Toy Story 3 merchandise, Iron Man 2 and Star Wars seem to dominate the floor. io9.com has a great gallery of the toys, but can somebody explain the concept of the Iron Man 2 Mr. Potato Head? Tangentially related: Twitter tells me that the Barbie folks will be putting out a Collector’s edition Mad Hatter doll for Alice in Wonderland, but no Alice doll.
- Young Adult fantasy author Carrie Ryan did an essay about how through her books, her own mother discovered a love of fantasy stories, and puts forward a rather bold theory that YA fiction is all fantasy. I see her point, but also feel it’s limiting what is one of the most vibrant genres in literature.
- This find I have to credit to io9.com, but the Canadian short film Lost for Words has released a trailer. There really isn’t a summary of the film, but the Sean Wainsteim, the writer/director describes it as an homage to the time he spent in the library as a youth. Visually stunning in this short trailer, it has all sorts of fantastic creatures. Just watch:
- Alien Invasion Week on British channel Watch brings us a brand new Torchwood web comic to commemorate their showing of Torchwood: Children of Earth.
- Legend of the Seeker has a lot more story to tell, and they need your help so that they get the chance to do it. Money is tight for syndication deals right now, and they have instructions on how you can help lobby to get them a third season to tell Richard and Kahlan’s tale.
- Chase Palmer has been hired to work on the Dune script for new director Pierre Morel and Paramount. His credits include Wild Wild East, Number Thirteen, and No Blood, No Guts, No Glory. Maybe now we can finally get some Bene Gesserit creepiness in our lives.
- Universal has signed Vin Diesel up for Riddick, the third installment of The Chronicles of Riddick. No word on plot, but it’s been hinted that it will resemble Pitch Black more than it will the second film.
- reddit has pictures of a tiny Indonesian lizard that’s been found that has wings. And
isn’t a lizard with wings basically a dragon by definition? Do we really need the fire breathing and destruction of castles? As tiny as these guys are, they might be able to menace the Smurf Village.
- If you’ve been watching the Winter Olympics, you’ve no doubt seen the special, Olympic-themed spots for How To Train Your Dragon, the new Dreamworks 3D animated feature about dragons and Vikings. This isn’t one of them, so you might actually get something about the plot from it, which I thought was the point of a trailer.
- Also from the Olympics, some people are calling the Opening Ceremony “Tron on Ice” which is one of those things that once you’ve seen, you can’t un-see. Besides, since Tron is a Disney property, I’m really scared it might have given them an idea.
- Starting with Fantastic Four #579, the story will start to synch up Avengers with the Heroic Age comics. Details are a little sparse, but the gist seems to be Reed Richards beginning to understand his mortality and limitations and start planning for a future for his children when he’s passed on.
- Artist Francesco Francavilla has a weird idea that Batman should fight ducks in the comics, and wants you to help convinces DC Comics to do it. If you do nothing else from the column, indulge me and click over to his concept art for the cover and see if it’s not both disturbing and giggle-worthy.
- Stan Lee is tweeting that Edgar Wright might be making an Ant Man movie. It’s been talked about for years, and with Disney needing to start new franchises to justify their billions spent on Marvel, it may finally be moving forward.
- Indulge my love for all things Pixar with a little love for Toy Story 3, OK? Anything where toys come to life is a little bit of fantasy, right? Tons of info has been coming from from new characters of Mr. Lots ‘O Huggin’ Bear (Ned Beatty) to Toy Fair leaks of characters called Stretch, Rag Doll, and Buttercup. See if you can spot them in the new trailer.
- Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief managed a three day take of $31.1 million for a second place finish at the box office behind the celebrity studded Valentine’s Day, but expect the “weekend” numbers to jump after Monday’s holiday. I haven’t seen it myself, but I loved Allan Hyde’s (Godric, True Blood) Twitter review: “Did Percy the lightning thief just steal my money and two hours of my life?”
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Loved Pitch Black, Hated Chronicles, so this is a good sign.
Interesting video. Low budget obviously, but interesting. Where’s the whole short film?
My understanding is that it’s still unreleased. I’m watching it, but my guess is that it will hit the festival circuit.
Dragonettes! Fascinating adaptation. Looks like the wings are suited to gliding, not flapping & flying. They appear to be entirely separate from the forelimbs, and not part of the ribcage, either. So this critter seems to have six limbs, not four. Dunno if I’ve every seen that in any other higher-level creature. Mammals, birds, amphibians, non-snakey reptiles are all modeled on four-limbs.
But they’re soooooo CUTE!
The “dragons” you mean? Very much agree!