Even Batman couldn’t stand up to the combination of vampires, werewolves and tweens. Variety is reporting that “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” racked up $72.7 million on its opening day. Midnight showings at over 3,500 theatres accounted for $26.3 million of the total. This box office haul is enough to dethrone the previous champ “The Dark Knight” which earned $67.2 million on its first day in theaters. The sequel also dominated the original “Twilight” movie which brought in $36 million on opening day on the way to a $69.6 million weekend.
 See how comic books are bornNovember 21st, 2009, 12:44 am by Jayson PetersAtomic Comics and the organizers of Phoenix Comicon are joining forces to show you how comic artists and illustrators do their thang. Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Atomic’s Chandler store, 3155 W. Chandler Blvd., you can interact with Ben Glendenning (Tin Star Tex), Albert Morales (El Mystico) and Jeff Pina (Dr. Oblivion’s Guide to Teenage Dating) as they work — and if you’re lucky, you may end up being immortalized in one of their creations. It’s a monthly event held at various spots around the Valley to drum up awareness of Phoenix Comicon, which will take place May 27-30 at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Nerdvana Weekly: Nov. 15-21, 2009November 21st, 2009, 12:27 am by Jayson Peters
Like any big release, there’s a certain amount of controversy with ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′. A handful of links that didn’t get their own posts. Nintendo rolls out its first free online demos Welcome to the 21st Century.
We’re not dead yet! Arizona AG announces $3M settlement with Vonage Someone’s been naughty.
Pick your episodes, design you cover art. Caves discovered on Mars could hide life This is from the government.
To pick up where original series left off in 1989. Local bookseller throws quite a dead man’s party.
Seek it out Feb. 2. It only took Jacko’s death to make Disney dust off ‘Captain EO’ We are here to change the world. More guests announced for Phoenix Comicon: LeVar Burton, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, John Schneider Reverse the polarity! Developer cites ‘good progress’ on troubled ‘Stargate’ MMO Still not dead yet. Again.
‘Twilight’ sequel’s leading vamp sucks. Producing, may star in film based on new Capcom franchise ‘Dark Void.’ Nintendo establishes holiday beachhead at Chandler mall Try out new games for free. Nintendo establishes holiday beachhead at Chandler mallNovember 20th, 2009, 10:48 am by Jayson Peters
Chandler is the only Arizona city to host the Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience, an interactive event running Nov. 23 through Dec. 20 that lets shoppers take some of the newest video game titles for a spin. Starting Monday in the Sears Court at Chandler Fashion Center, you’ll be able to try Wii games like New Super Mario Bros Wii and Wii Fit Plus and DS games such as Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, which releases Dec. 7. Read on for a full description of the event and a list of all 35 U.S. shopping malls that are participating. Read the rest of this entry » Brad Pitt gets in the gameNovember 19th, 2009, 4:59 pm by Jayson Peters
 Brad Pitt Plan B Entertainment has agreed to develop a sci-fi action franchise for the big screen as a potential starring vehicle for the actor. Capcom will release Dark Void on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in North America on Jan. 19, 2010, and across Europe on Jan 22. The game is described as “an adrenaline-fuelled blend of aerial and ground-pounding combat which centers on Will, a pilot who crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle following a routine mission. “Will wakes up to find himself in ‘The Void,’ an alternate world resembling a primitive earth where aliens with superior technology are planning to take over civilization. Together with a faction of humans who have disappeared into the Void, Will takes on the alien race using their own advanced technology including a high-powered jet pack to defeat them and keep order in the civilized world.” ‘New Moon’ rises but doesn’t quite shineNovember 19th, 2009, 9:45 am by Jayson Peters
So, what do you do when you’re dumped by both your brooding vampire boyfriend and your brooding werewolf rebound? That’s the plot of New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, the movie based on Stephenie Meyer’s first novel. The answer, Bella Swan decides, is to throw yourself into one hazardous situation after another just to get a fleeting glimpse of your former happiness. What else? New Moon is a tight adaptation of the novel, which was full of action, humor and some decent drama. If you can get past the long stretches of unapologetic beefcake and the accompanying girly cheers and tween hype, it doesn’t make a bad movie. Where it suffers, unforgivably, is in its leading man. Read the rest of this entry » Developer cites ‘good progress’ on troubled ‘Stargate’ MMONovember 18th, 2009, 2:06 pm by Jayson PetersIncGamers recently spoke with Mesa-based Stargate Worlds developer Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment about the increasing flow of news about the long-stalled online RPG:
More guests announced for Phoenix Comicon: LeVar Burton, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, John SchneiderNovember 18th, 2009, 10:52 am by Jayson Peters LeVar Burton and Felicia Day Phoenix Comicon organizers have announced the next big round of celebrity guests for Phoenix Comicon 2010, coming Memorial Day weekend at the Phoenix Convention Center. Leading the pack is LeVar Burton, host of Reading Rainbow, Geordi LaForge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Kunta Kinte from Roots. Burton joins fellow TNG alum and ubergeek Wil Wheaton, along with the previously announced Jonathan Frakes, who played USS Enterprise first officer Will Riker. Frakes’ wife, General Hospital star Genie Francis, is also a guest. Other Hollywood stars announced: John Schneider (Smallville and The Dukes of Hazzard), actress and geek goddess Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), perennial guest and The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, and Kevin Grazier, Ph.D., science adviser to the Syfy series Eureka and Battlestar Galactica. Read the rest of this entry » It only took Jacko’s death to make Disney dust off ‘Captain EO’November 17th, 2009, 9:20 pm by Jayson Peters
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the short musical film produced by George Lucas and directed by Francis Ford Coppola will soon play again at Disneyland, where it ran in glorious 3-D from 1986-94. The unofficial Disney Blog reports that the park showed the space opera recently to Jackson family members — including the megastar’s children, who had never seen it. After EO left Disneyland, it was replaced by another 3-D experience: Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. ‘Star Trek Online’ box art boldly goes publicNovember 17th, 2009, 4:28 pm by Jayson Peters
The online RPG, due out Feb. 2, is priced at $49.99. Subscription pricing has not been announced. PC system requirements were revealed last week. Closed beta testing of the game, which is set in the generation after Star Trek: The Next Generation, began earlier this year. Developers also announced that fan displeasure at word that starship interiors would not be accessible at launch has led to the inclusion of bridges as a venue for social interaction within the game. But that’s not all! Hit the jump for a video showing how space combat will work.
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KeL’s take on the ‘Modern Warfare 2′ controversy
‘Stargate Worlds’ developer shows some class
Adult Swim offers custom DVDs shipped for $20
More lost ‘Doctor Who’ stories to be staged for audio
‘New Moon’ rises but doesn’t quite shine
Brad Pitt’s production company has snagged the film rights to Dark Void, a new video game property from Capcom.
“Yes it is good to have some new content to show and start to be back in the public eye,” marketing director Jeremy Taylor told the site. “Most of our time without announcements came from the uncertainty of funding as we did not want to give our community and fan base consistently changing info. Production has never completely stopped and we still have a good group of developers working on bringing good quality content to market. It is certainly true that we went through our fair share of attrition due to funding issues but there is a team here and they are very dedicated.”
