Archive for the ‘comic books’ tag

Sequel to Best Selling Batman: Arkham Asylum Video Game Announced

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on December 13, 2009 at 1:48 pm | 2 Comments

Batman and Joker will be back on video game consoles everywhere when the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum is released

Comic Book Resources is reporting that a sequel to the best selling Batman: Arkham Asylum video game is already in the works. The announcement came during Spike TV’s 7th Annual Video Game Awards. The site reports that, while the game didn’t win any awards, everyone’s favorite Dark Knight was present throughout the ceremony, with the [...]

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Spike TV’s ‘SCREAM 2009′ Premiering On October 27

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on October 12, 2009 at 5:36 pm | No Comments

Spike TV's 'SCREAM 2009' Premiering On October 27 At 10 PM ET/PT

PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — The stars are aligned for Spike TV’s “SCREAM 2009!” The 4th annual event commemorating all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book will feature the hottest films, TV shows, comics, actors, creators, and icons who have influenced and shaped these genres. “SCREAM 2009″ will also feature World [...]

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New Comics for 8-19-09

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on August 18, 2009 at 9:53 am | No Comments

Batgirl #1 Cover

After a long delay due to vacations, illness and other varying factors, our New Releases post is back! Yay! So what goodies are coming out this Wednesday, Aug. 19th? It’s kind of a light week for me, but there’s still some good stuff coming out that I’m looking forward to. Thanks to DC’s Blackest Night [...]

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Lionsgate Picked as Distributor for Kick-Ass

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on August 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm | No Comments

Lionsgate will distribute "Kick-Ass" to theatres in 2010

The movie based on Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass comic has found a distributor. Lionsgate will see that the film gets a wide release sometime in 2010. Kick-Ass follows the tale of a teenaged comic book fan who decides that he should become a superhero, even though he has no powers or training. Known for it’s ultra-violent [...]

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Siegel Family Given More Rights Over Superman

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on August 14, 2009 at 11:06 am | No Comments

The Siegel family estate now owns an even bigger piece of the Superman pie

DC Comics and parent company Warner Bros. have even less control of one of their mainstays. A ruling on Wednesday by Federal Judge Stephen Larson has ruled that the first two weeks of the daily Superman newspaper-strip and portions of early Action Comics and Superman comics were not “works-made-for-hire” under Federal Copyright laws. As such, [...]

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