The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 10: Boss Fight

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 9: Owning Bladezz

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 8: Tipping Point

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 7: Home Invasion

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 6: Total Wipe

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 5: Rather Be Raiding

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 4: Cheesybeards

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 3: The Macro Problem

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 2: Zaboo'd

The Guild - Season 1 - Episode 1: Wake-Up Call

San Diego Comic-Con News

As you may know Comic-Con was last weekend (23rd - 26th July), and so I've rounded up some of the interesting bits of news and written them up here. Enjoy.

Halo: Legends is a collection of seven short anime films (much like The Animatrix) made by about 5 different studios, including STUDIO 4 C which is making a two-part 30 minute film titled "Origins", which gives an overview of the 100,000 years of Halo history. For more info on the different films, click here. A DVD release is expected to be available in Spring 2010.

In other Halo news, Neill Blomkamp denies that his upcoming film, District 9, is a showcase for how he could handle a Halo film, and confirms that he is no longer involved. "The rumours are completely wrong... The answer is, I probably wouldn't do it if it was offered to me. But creatively, I would like to do it. It's kind of like I'd be sad to not work on it, but I would still say no." Elaborating he stated "I worked on it for five months... I put a lot of sort of sweat and blood into it. Creatively it's very compelling. I love it. But, when you work that long on something and you have it bottom out and collapse... I mean, I got out of it, I think I'm probably better off because it's more a personal film. But yeah, I love the world of Halo. I don't think I would go back there."

To watch the panel talk with Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp about how the Halo movie became District 9 click here.

Wil Wheaton joins the cast of The Guild for season 3 which premieres on August 25th across the Microsoft Network (Xbox, MSN and Zune). All of season 1 is available to watch on YouTube, and season 2 episodes are being uploaded on a weekly basis. I will be using my Wednesday post to post episodes here. Also you can check out Felicia Day's blog where she has posted a few pictures and a video interview with herself, just click here.

Dark Horse will be releasing a one-shot Dr Horrible comic book featuring an all knew story, which will be released in November.

Watch a video interview (below) with Joss Whedon as he talks about Dollhouse, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Dr Horrible and more.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan will not be the last Battlestar Galactica movie, according to Edward James Olmos. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan is set to come to DVD on 27 October 2009.

If you're a Heroes fan you can watch the entire panel video here.

The Prisoner is a 6 part series starring Sir Ian McKellan and James Caviezel. It will air in the UK on ITV1 in the winter. It has to have the longest trailer I've ever seen, but it is also one of the best.

Trailer

Panel Highlights Video

On 21st August the trailer for James Cameron's first feature film since Titanic in 1997, called Avatar will be released. As will the trailer for the Avatar: The Game.

Here is a little none comic-con new, Ridley Scott is to direct a prequel film to Alien. For more info, click here.

Heroes Webseries Catch Up

Since Heroes: Volume 4: Fugitives started on Monday I thought I'd take this moment to catch up on the latest Heroes websieres.

The first one is Heroes: The Recruit which is a five part webseries and follows on from the Heroes graphic novel Stuck In The Mud, which was released after the episode titled Dual (which was the last episode in Volume 3: Villains).
Here is the promo:



The second is Heroes: Hard Knox which is a four part webseries, which was released between Volume 3: Villains and Volume 4: Fugitives.
Here is the first webisode, Part 1: Choices:



When these webseries first started I was really into them because I thought that they would tie into the show and would simply provide avid fans like myself a little more info and story to enjoy. However, it seems to me that each webseries ends on a massive cliffhanger, and none of them have yet crossed over into the show itself (I'm am excluding Heroes: Hard Knox from this review as it is actually just a set of deleted scenes from the show). Whilst I'm not too bothered that they haven't crossed into the main show, I am a little bothered that they all end on a cliff hanger. It feels like we are getting fed all these cool characters and stories and then simply getting cut off from them.

If NBC are to continue with these webseries spin-offs then I hope that we will get some closure on these stories, whether it is in the show itself, in more webseries or in the graphic novels.

Being Human

To see the three prequel videos to the up coming BBC series Being Human, click here. They are designed to provide a bit of background on how the ghost, the vampire and the werewolf all came to be.

Heroes: Destiny

With no sign of Echo De Mille (the character from the webseries Heroes: Going Postal) so far in appearing in Heroes: Villains, it raises the question of whether or not he will even appear at all. I certainly hope that he will, especially due to the cliff hangar at the end of the last webisode, because I doubt that they will be making any more webisodes of Heroes: Going Postal as a new Heroes webseries seems to have started.

Heroes: Destiny focuses on a new character called Santiago. For a sneak peak at this new webseries based in the Heroes universe, just view the trailer below.

Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Comes To UK iTunes And DVD

If unfortunately you missed the chance to see Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and then you cried because it was only available to download off iTunes in the US, then stop crying immediately. You can now buy the webseries on iTunes in the UK (and also in Australia). Acts 1 to 3 are available to download priced at £1.49 each. If you haven't seen Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, or haven't heard of it, then go buy it now. But if you're put off by the phrase "sing-along" in the title then don't be. I'm not a big fan of musicals, but I really enjoyed this and it is now one of my favourite things ever.

And I just thought I'd let you know that the soundtrack is also available on iTunes, because once you've seen the webseries then you are going to want to buy the soundtrack.

If you're not a fan of iTunes though you can purchase the DVD of the webseries off Amazon. However, it is currently only available in the US store. Although the DVD is region free so if you don't live in the US then you should still be able import it and play it on your DVD player.

The soundtrack is also available from Amazon as well. Although like the DVD it is only available from the US store.

Sanctuary

It would seem that American and UK television networks have been working more cooperatively recently, with shows such as Heroes arriving in the UK only a few weeks after their American broadcast. Sanctuary seems to be one of those.

Sanctuary started life off as a webseries, but now it has been picked up by an American network. I didn't actually know much about Sanctuary before last month so I never actually watched all the webisodes (I believe there were quite a few of them). Instead of being a continuation of the webseries they seem to have started a fresh. A definite positive for new fans but possibly not such a good move from the point of view of old fans.

I've seen the first four webisodes of which the two hour pilot episodes (all though ITV4 only showed one this week, part two is obviously next week) are basically a re-write of. But old fans should not be worried, they won't just be watching repeats of the webseries as the TV version will be taking a different root.

I was quite surprised that the TV version of Sanctuary had the same cast as the webseries. But when I watched the webseries and realised Amanda Tapping was in it I wasn't surprised. Although I was surprised that she was in a webseries to begin with.

The TV version is still shot mostly with green/blue screens although the special effects look much better in the TV version than the webseries, obviously due to the higher budget.

The show looks great so far and it definitely has a lot of great potential. If you haven't already checked it out then it is definitely worth doing.

Serenity: Those Left Behind

If you're a fan of Firefly and the sequel movie Serenity, then you might be interested in this. Serenity: Those Left Behind is a comic book that tells a part of the story which takes place in between Firefly and Serenity.

If you can remember the last episode of Firefly, then you will also remember that when you came to watch Serenity that there was a big chunk of story in between the two that hadn't been explored and therefore was left for the audience to fill in the gaps.

Well Serenity: Those Left Behind fills in some of those gaps for you. This is why I love Joss Whedon, because even though his show got cancel he still can't leave it alone, and I for one am glad. The comic reads just like an episode of Firefly and I found it very enjoyable to read. My only problem was that it was too short. But thankfully this is not the only Serenity comic. In fact there are three more comics, which are called Serenity: Better Days #1, #2 and #3. There is also a bonus story on Dark Horse Comics' Myspace (which also has lots of other free comics to read including Joss Whedon's Sugarshock) called Serenity: The Other Half.

In other Joss Whedon news, if you were lucky enough to see Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog then the soundtrack is now available internationally on iTunes.

Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

If you are a big fan of Joss Whedon then you are going to love this. These things seem to be all the craze now. Webseries started off as a way of lesser experienced film makers show casing themselves and making a pretty good, low budget series of episodes about 5 minutes in length. However, webseries seem to have grown beyond the amateurs and the professionals now seem to be embracing them. Some such as Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance and Heroes: Going Postal add up to become almost like a hidden episodes of their actual parent TV shows providing those that watch the webseries' with more information, but ultimately not being essential to the other fans of the TV shows that haven't watched the webseries'. But the professionals also seem to be making stand alone webseries such as this new creation from Joss Whedon (the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Serenity and the upcoming show Dollhouse scheduled to air on Fox in January of next year).

The webseries has 3 episodes or acts (as they are called in this show) totaling at just over 42 minutes. But hopefully that is not the end of the webseries as Joss Whedon said at this years San Diego Comic-Con that he would love to make a 4th act.

View the trailer below or click the image above to watch the webseries.

UPDATE: The webseries is now only available to watch online if you live in the US. So if you live in the UK or any where else then you're just going to have to wait for the DVD. But unfortunatly it could be a long wait.

Heroes: Going Postal

If you remember a few weeks ago I posted the trailer for the new webseries Heroes: Going Postal. Well unfortunately the webseries is not available to watch for those of us in the UK on the NBC website. So after searching YouTube I've managed to find all 3 episodes and have compiled them all in one place. Enjoy.


Chapter 1: A Nifty Trick



Chapter 2: The House Guest



Chapter 3: Let's Talk

Out With The Old And In With The New

Last week saw the end of the season for a number of TV programs: Chuck, Heroes, The Graham Norton Show, House and Doctor Who. But what new programs are coming our way? Well considering how many great programs finished there weren't many more that started this week. Bonekickers was pretty much the only one. Although the BBC has been showing the teasers for a new series called Merlin. I am guessing that it is about the wizard and so is probably going to be something like Robin Hood, which has been on the BBC for the last two years on the approach to Christmas. It will most likely take the place of Doctor Who on Saturdays. Although it doesn't look to be arriving to our screens for another few weeks. I am guessing that they are waiting till closer to the air date for the website to launch, since the page does exist, but is currently blank (http://www.bbc.co.uk/merlin/).

As for Bonekickers, it is about a team of archaeologists and the best way to describe it is probably Waking The Dead meets Time Team. It was pretty fast paced and kept me interested throughout. It possibly went a bit too far at the end, but so far the series looks promising.

Another upcoming show is Burn Up, which is a two part political thriller addressing one of today's big issues, climate change. It sees the battle between politics and economic success against fighting climate change as oil executives, environmental activists and politicians fight it out. For more info click here.

Another show to keep an eye out for in the future is Survivors, which is set in the present day in the aftermath of a virus which has wiped out most of the world's population. The remake of the 1970s program, which ran for three series, is set to come to our screens this autumn. For more info click here.

BBC 2 has also unveiled which shows will be coming to the channel this autumn. Returning shows include Heroes season 3, the popular documentary series Horizon, Jack Dee's Lead Balloon. Brand new shows include Einstein and Eddington and My Zinc Bed. And that's just for starters. For more info click here.

In other news, with season 2 of Heroes now at an end we have caught up with the US. NBC (the network behind Heroes) is launching a web only mini-series called Heroes: Going Postal. It follows a postman named Echo De Mille who is a new hero. I imagine that he will also appear in season 3 of Heroes, but for now you can catch the webseries on NBC.com from Monday. In the mean time here is the trailer for the webseries: