A New LEGO Movie Trailer!

The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Emmet (Chris Pratt; Parks and Recreation, Guardians of the Galaxy) is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which he is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared."

Joining Chris Pratt in the voice cast for The LEGO Movie are Will Ferrell (The Campaign, Anchorman: The Legend Continues), Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Oblivion), Liam Neeson (Battleship, Taken 2), Will Arnett (Arrested Development, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Elizabeth Banks (30 Rock, The Hunger Games), Nick Offerman (21 Jump Street, Parks and Recreation), Charlie Day (Monsters University, Pacific Rim) and Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men). Hit the jump for the new trailer!

Thor: The Dark World: 1/6th scale Thor Collectible Figure

The next highly anticipated Marvel Studios film this year – Thor: The Dark World is soon hitting the theaters. Following the events of The Avengers, Thor returns to the big screen and sets upon a journey to confront a new enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand.

To celebrate the launch of this epic sequel of Thor, Hot Toys is proud to present the new 1/6th scale Thor Collectible Figure. The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor in the movie, featuring the newly developed head sculpt, muscular body, highly detailed costume, weapon and accessories.

Hot Toys – MMS224 – Thor: The Dark World: 1/6th scale Thor Collectible Figure Specification
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Image Comics Velvet #1 Reviewed

 By Andrew O’Brien

Some say the spy thriller is a thing of the past, or at least it’s slowly dying as time goes on. Some of that is right. The “spy” has become somewhat irrelevant after the Cold War because the world’s standard on “bad guys” has lost a nation behind them, so there’s no established structure to infiltrate and spy on. Also, they are not as well funded as the spies of the Cold War era and can’t afford fancy gadgets and gizmos. For the last 20 years, the spy thriller genre has done two things to prevent its own demise. They’ve either kept their stories contained in the 40+ years where their genre thrived or (for the ones that couldn’t do that) have created fictional groups with more established structures for their spies to infiltrate. (Or just turned Russia into North Korea.) These methods have worked, but only to a point since the further we get away from the Cold War the less Russian villains even matter. They just don’t have the staying power of the dreaded Nazi, but soon the Nazi’s standard as the overall bad guy will probably fade too. The second method just doesn’t hold the same real-world gravitas since there really is no Hydra or AIM, so the threat is not as large as the Soviets. So, after saying all that, does Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting’s Velvet embrace the first or second method to try and bring back the spy thriller? And does it work?

Call of Duty: Ghosts Extinction Reveal Trailer

Call of Duty: Ghosts introduces Extinction - an all-new 1-4 player cooperative game mode featuring a unique blend of fast-paced survival action, FPS base defense, scavenging and class leveling...as if you needed more reasons to play the mind blowing, ground breaking Ghosts!!

Welcome to Call of Duty: Ghosts, an extraordinary step forward for one of the largest entertainment franchises of all-time. This new chapter in the Call of Duty franchise features a fresh dynamic where players are on the side of a crippled nation fighting not for freedom, or liberty, but simply to survive.

Slender: The Arrival Now Available on Steam

Midnight City, the recently founded indie label of Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of games for the mass market, is proud to announce Blue Island Studios’ Slender: The Arrival at a discounted introductory price of $7.99 through November 4. This upgraded experience now features extended content, a new creature to contend with and full optimization for Steam players.

Since 2009, Slender Man’s internet debut, the mythos and canon around the persona has grown exponentially, spiraling off into fan fiction (creepypasta), video series and countless still images. Now, the ultimate immersive experience is available through the only official Slender Man game, with new content to discover and a new servant of Slender Man – Charlie – a young boy, now a lost soul, who exists solely for the sadistic pleasure of The Operator. As players explore, they can find new clues and information about Charlie’s past and how he came to be under the control of this ominous force. In addition, Blue Isle Studios has revamped the ending to provide a more robust experience for players who will have access to a suite of new Steam features. Online leaderboards, stat tracking, achievements, cloud saves, trading cards and full controller support for gamepads are all built into the game.

Get Techy with Emi Debos: Poser 2014 Reviewed

And now for something completely nerdy. We welcome Emi Debos to the fold as she tackles the occasional high tech gadget, killer software pack or techy event.

Poser 2014 is the latest software release of the infamous 3D modeling and animation program most elusive to freelance designers. Everyone in animation has revered Poser as one of the top animation programs for its great ability to create the best computer generated looking people, and yet barely any of us have the finances to use it (I did say “freelance”, right?). Now that I’ve used the program, I can see why. Its layout is similar to most other open source animation platforms with a customizable main screen, but with tools that are different than most programs I am familiar with. Given its ability to manipulate the Z-Axis, they create more options for altering different spaces. As opposed to memorizing a lot of key shortcuts (and there are a lot), they have it as part of their tools on the left hand side. They’ve put a lot of attention and care into creating very recognizable shapes for each tool, making it incredibly easy to pick up.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Fan Event

Gearing up for the December 13, 2013, release of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), fans will get a chance to meet new cast members joining the highly anticipated second film in “The Hobbit” Trilogy, including Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace and Luke Evans, as part of a global fan celebration to be held on Monday, November 4, at 5:00 pm EST, and simultaneous times around the world.  At each of the satellite-linked cinemas in four host cities—Los Angeles, New York, London and Wellington—Jackson and members of his cast and filmmaking team will gather with fans to show exclusive footage from “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and answer questions in front of a live audience, as well as offer a few surprises.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Takes Requests

Sylvester Stallone may have caught flack for charging over 300 dollars an autograph at New York Comic Con 2013 (I'm sure he is crying into his hundreds as we speak), but that doesn't mean all iconic action stars are ready to follow suit. I'm hoping the future contains a lot more moments like these. Arnold Schwarzenegger took to Reddit to take requests for people's favorite movie lines, which he very seriously recreated and posted on YouTube. I'm not sure how many he's going to do as the bit isn't obviously marked over on Reddit, but the "If It Bleeds" clip is the first to hit...although it isn't the first quote Arnold has thrown at the interweb. I think I'm starting to love this guy again. We've included several more ArnoldTV bits...because it's Friday...and no one wants to really get work done today anyways.

Cast of Last Vegas Take On Pop Song Lyrics

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard "What Does The Fox Say" and wished Morgan Freeman would read the lyrics to me before bed...well...I'd have a shit load of nickels. I'm just going to leave this right here...

Cast of Big Bang Theory Sings in Support of Music Cares

Ba-sing-a! The Big Bang Theory is getting musical with the release on iTunes of an original song performed by the cast. In the Thursday, October 24, episode “The Romance Resonance,” the plans Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) has to celebrate the anniversary of his first date with his microbiologist wife, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz (Melissa Rauch), are thwarted when a lab incident leaves her temporarily quarantined. In a romantic gesture, Howard performs the original song “If I Didn’t Have You (Bernadette’s Song)” outside her hospital room, with his friends Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Sheldon (Jim Parsons), Penny (Kaley Cuoco), Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) singing backup.

Celebrate Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary with 2 3D Screening Events in Theaters

BBC AMERICA announced today two special theatrical screening events of Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary special, Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, in RealD™ 3D on November 23 and 25, 2013.

In association with AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc., and Regal Entertainment Group, BBC AMERICA makes history by honoring eleven Doctors on Saturday, November 23 with a global simulcast 3D screening event in eleven cities at the same time the 75-minute Anniversary special premieres on BBC AMERICA and across the globe. Tickets for the Saturday, November 23 screenings will go on sale October 25, 2013 at 9:00am EST for theater locations* in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington DC, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Minneapolis. Tickets may be purchased at Cinemark.com and Fandango.com.

Walt Disney Japan Announces Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers

The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. announced today that it will produce the first Japanese Marvel animated television series targeted at boys. Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers is based on Marvel’s most popular team of Super Heroes, The Avengers and will premiere nationwide on terrestrial television in spring 2014.

      Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers will be produced by Nerima-ku, Tokyo-based Toei Animation Co., Ltd., which has produced multiple successful animated series for kids in Japan. Taito-ku, Tokyo-based Bandai Co., Ltd., which has a highly successful track record with major titles, will be responsible for character merchandising. The three companies will collaborate in creating a fully localized Japanese series as well as providing a lineup of attractive products and merchandise targeting the boys market.

Son of Monsterpalooza Show Report

Annnnd we're back. Those who have been reading Idle Hands for a bit know that October has become a horrific month for us, and not just for the sake of using horror puns at Halloween. With New York Comic Con and our participation at Rock and Shock alongside the usual spooky festivities, I find myself beat to hell, void of working vocal chords and with a strange bruise under my right eye...but I swear there were no drunken battles this weekend....at least none I took part in. At any rate, the show must go on and Emilie Noetzel returns with a look at the convention series quickly becoming a movie FX fan's dream come true.

On Saturday October 12^th, 2013, my trusted friend and co-photographer Nicole Marrokal and I made the drive to Burbank for 2 days of monster fun at Son of Monsterpalooza.  Having a 6 hours class (yes a single class for 6 hours) on the Friday, we could not come up from San Diego for all 3 days of the show.  Google mapping lead us to discover the way to Malibu and how much we are in need of a beach vacation, but that would have to wait.  After some recalculating, we made it to Burbank with a short detour and delay to join the rest of freaks and geeks at the Burbank Marriott. 

Disney & Star Wars Into 2015

Jedi News gets the scoop on Disney's lineup of multi media projects for Star Wars for the next two years, as found in a brochure handed out at the European Brand Licensing Show. Alongside the hotly anticipated, anxiety making, geek madening Star Wars Episode VII, you'll find some new LEGO video game bits, mentions of the new Rebels animated series premiere and the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars special...and my favorite...DARTH VADER THEMED TV SPECIALS!!! I hope they turn Vader into a Martha Stewart-like character who entertains Jedi younglings with scientific experiments aided by the force and..you know..a holiday crafting special. He's a natural.

HELL NO...The Sensible Horror Film

For those of you who get angry at the characters who go skinny dipping in the supposedly cursed lake where 25 campers were beheaded...who scream at the screen when folks think it's a good idea to run off in opposite directions from the single supernatural slasher...who beat their head against the closest wooden surface when the overly brainy girl starts reading Latin passages out of a book with eyes, teeth and fresh, dripping blood...FROM A BOOK....this one's for you.