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Above: A tribute to the classic Little Golden Books of a youth! Illustrator Rosemary Travale has created a Little Tolkien Book. Turning the The Hobbit into a series of children’s books, Rosemary did what many thought was impossible -making Martin Freeman even more adorable. [The Mary Sue]

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Yesterday the Firefly reunion panel happened – Nerd Bastards was at the following press conference, were you? – and it’s being hailed as one of those truly magical Comic-Con moments. It was a heartwarming, tearful, hilarious celebration of one our favorite science fiction shows, and those who were in attendance will have a great convention story to share.

Now we will too, sorta, if you fudge the details and leave out the part where you didn’t see it live but rather later on YouTube. Yup, thanks to TFAW the whole panel has been uploaded.

What are you waiting for, WATCH IT NOW!

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While the packed panel for the Science Channel’s 10th Anniversary Firefly panel seems like it was high on tears and reminiscence from both fans and the cast, the press conference that followed seemed a bit more cold and focused on the big question: is there any way we will ever get more Firefly?

Our Steven Sautter was there and has the following report. If you want to know what went on at the Firefly panel, go to HitFix and read Alan Sepinwall’s live-blog. We would have been at the panel ourselves, but lines are long and Comic-Con is big.

On the value of the “Warrior Woman” trope in geek culture and what Firefly says to women: 

Joss Whedon: Everything I do is going to contain the message that men who are going to be comfortable with powerful women are going to be more powerful men. They’re all going to have different energies, but the difference is the way you paint life. We covered enough bases.

On if the cast looks back at the show and see’s more now than hey did before:

Alan Tudyk: I just rewatched them again. And uh, no.

Nathan Fillion: It’s hard to pick up on it when you’re fast-forwarding everyone else’s lines.

Alan Tudyk: I watched “War Stories”. Listening to the commentaries, I had more knowledge back then. My memories are like blurry photographs. I love the show almost more now because it’s pure.

On the possibility of a Firefly video game:

Joss Whedon: It lends itself to an MMO, but I also still think the series should still be on the air.

On the notion of a reboot:

Joss Whedon: Yes, we need a younger cast. Captain Andrew Garfiled.

Sean Maher:Zac Efron as the Doctor

Joss Whedon: We’d have to shoot it with my phone. But these phones are getting good.

On a possible Serenity sequel in the style of Blake’s 7:

Joss Whedon: I don’t believe in evil twins and clones in that universe. You have to move forward. And by that I mean an intricate flashback sequel. The opened scene would be a conversation between Wash and Book

On possible future plans comic book continuations?

Alan Tudyk: I had a story, but..oh no. Some of my story got told. Patton Oswald wrote it. Mine got told, what are you guys doing?

Adam Baldwin: My guy didn’t fair so well.

Nathan Fillion: It’s hard for me to say I want more. I got a lot out of the show. I got a group of friends, I got a movie…

On a future animated return to the verse:

Nathan Fillion: I think that’s pretty cool. It’d be easy. You don’t even have to shower.

Joss Whedon: You can shower.

Nathan Fillion: There’s a water shortage in LA.

On if the show might fare better today — in the age of social media:

Adam Baldwin: Nope. You need a network that shows the pilot first!

Alan Tudyk: But there are more revenue streams..

Adam Baldwin: Make something for the internet?(Looks at Joss)

On Firefly’s less than Utopian view of the future:

Joss Whedon: I don’t have any faith in the future of mankind. But I have faith in my friends and their ability to band together. I don’t think we’re going to band together and solve problems.

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There is a scheduled panel for the Firefly 10 year reunion including the entire cast and our nerd lord and master, show creator Joss Whedon. Don’t get your hopes up, there won’t be any announcements or breaking news about a new Firefly movie, or television show, or Broadway musical, at best there maybe a book or new comic book story line series.

Even without the faintest hope that the franchise might get some rebirth, this will be one of the hottest panels at the show this year. You should just get in line after getting your badge, or just get in the line now forming.

Hmm, Broadway musical. Yeah I’d buy a ticket to see that.

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter -the fantasy/horror novel turned live action feature film- could be one of the hottest movies of the summer. Seriously, how could you go wrong with an American icon swinging axes like a boss and slaying Vampires? It’s so good, that creatives are already taken sequel.  In an interview with Screen Rant, Seth Grahame-Smith – author of the original novel as well as the script for the film adaptation – talked about a sequel potential.

“The short answer is yes, absolutely.”, says Grahame-Smith. Confirming that the Abe Lincoln’s origin story isn’t yet completed in Vampire Hunter, the possibility of a sequel could be in the works. Even with the average history nut knowing that Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865 this may not be the last we see of the American president. Here’s what director Timur Bekambetov had to say:

“If you read the book there’s an epilogue that leaves things open to that. In the film, without giving anything away, we don’t definitively end the origin story. We leave, not only a mentor story, but also possibly a Lincoln story open.”

“The scary thing is that they can convert you.”, says Bekambetov. “This is the scariest thing. Because we know that Lincoln was killed in the theater, but the whole movie you are afraid that they will bite him and we don’t know who was killed in that theater, and how…”

Could it be that Abe would return as some kind of Wesley Snipes‘ Blade, slaying vampires while fighting his own thirst for human blood? Sounds like a worthwhile sequel for the man who freed the slaves- in between chopping off Vampire heads.

Starring Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie and Alan Tudyk, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is set to arrive in theatres everywhere June 22nd, later this year.

Source: Comic Book Movie

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Twentieth Century Fox has put a behind-the-scenes video, an international poster, and a couple of new stills for their upcoming movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The two stills are not much to look at but it does drive home the point that Abe loves, and will be swinging his favorite axe. The movie poster is not what I was looking for either, we need to see Abe in the oval office polishing his axe.

Be sure to check out the behind the scenes video, it’s fun.

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the supernatural thriller is based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith, who also penned the script. Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell star in the June 22 release.

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We’ve got two official posters for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Directed by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (who also did Wanted), we’ve got Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper as part of the cast.  The author of the original novel, Seth Grahame-Smith, wrote the screenplay himself.  Hopefully this means good things.

Official plot synopsis:

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest President, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted) bring a fresh and visceral voice to the blood-thirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history’s greatest hunter of the undead.

The film opens June 22, 2012.

Hit the jump for the posters.  They’re pretty fuckin’ sick.

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Every week the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut.

On Mondays we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

This week’s edition: Catch Superman at the ATM, Darth Vader hot air balloon, Star Wars Lamborghini, Alan Tudyk on Twitter, Yoda head warmer, Two-Face from Batman: Arkham City, Bucky and Jason in Comics, Everybody!, Neville Longbottom = WILF, Geek girls’t conversations revealed, turbine powered Batmobile, How Mr. Meowmers Won The Medal Of Honor, Star Wars and hookahs, blasphemous Star Wars decoration of the day, super-gnomes, Hoptimus Prime, Super Nyan Cat, DIY Tardis socks, steampunk Iron Man, 19 Retro Games (That Should Have Existed), all time low score on Super Mario Bros., epic backyard battle, cardboard-D2, protocol droid pasta, best post Harry Potter 7.2 celebration, live-action Bomberman, Karen Gillan – best cosplay accessory, all future women hairstyles are the same, Pac-man swimsuit, LEGO Batcave diorama, 60 years of voice acting infographic, ultimate comic book movie guide, greatest Star Wars game you’ll never play.

Luke…I am your Heavenly Father (13GB)

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Yesterday saw the full trailer for Micheal Bay’s 3rd (and last) Transformers flick Transformers: Dark of the Moon. I’m not giving any credit to Bay (he’s NEVER deserved it), but I gotta hand it to his editing team, they sure know how to cut a trailer. Explosions, robots, skyscrapers being ripped apart by giant steel tentacles, Optimus Prime slicing through bots and so on. I admit I was excited. After the ABOMINATION that was TF2 I have a hard time wanting to give this a chance. Bay’s got a lot to prove. I’m waiting to laugh at his miserable failure of a film (despite how much money it makes), but I’d like to be proven wrong. For once.

Anyway, an official poster for ‘Dark of the Moon’ has been released. It’s serviceable. Optimus looks like a badass (did he bulk up? I guess if robots can grow mustaches then they can grow muscles too) but what’s up with the engines in front of his feet? Call me crazy, but they look like boobs. I guess subliminal areolas is what it takes to sell a movie these days.

The movie is set to be released in 3D, 2D and IMAX theaters on July 1st, 2011.

It stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Ken Jeong, Patrick Dempsey, Alan Tudyk, John Turturro and Leonard Nimoy.

Synopsis:

The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. In this new movie, the Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. There’s new characters too, including a new villain in the form of Shockwave, a longtime “Transformers” character who rules Cybertron while the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out on Earth.

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“I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar”

“Curse your sudden, yet inevitable, betrayal!”

Those two quotes were taken from the Joss Whedon movie Serenity and the television show that it was based on, Firefly, and said by the much favored pilot, Wash (played by Alan Tudyk).

But now, we learned that he has been cast in the upcoming movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!

According to ComicBookMovie.com:

Alan Tudyk will be joining the cast of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as Stephen A. Douglas, the man that Lincoln ran against to become the 16th president of the United States.

Stephen Douglas was known as “The Little Giant” due to his small stature, but was also a political strong man and gave Lincoln a good run for the 1860 election,which as we all know, eventually went to Lincoln.

For those unfamiliar with the story, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a fictional take on the life of the 16th president and his on-going battle with vampires. When Lincoln was a child, his mother was killed by a vampire and from that moment on, Abraham vowed to rid the nation of the blood suckers.

Are you excited about the movie?

With the addition of Tudyk to the cast, which includes Benjamin Walker (as Abraham Lincoln), Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie, Jimmi Simpson and directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) … I’m beginning to!

The film is set to be released on June 22, 2012.

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