Bazinga – Big Bang Theory iPad App

TBS Presents: The Big Bang Theory app brings a slice of the popular and hilarious sitcom to the iPad. This is a bit of its App Store intro:

There’s a new way to watch Penny, Sheldon and Leonard. Now, you can play along on your mobile device while watching The Big Bang Theory on TBS.

Here’s how it works:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10pm, open the app while watching The Big Bang Theory on TBS to get exclusive content and conversation presented in sync with the show.

 
Behind-the-scenes insights, polls, trivia and more will be at your fingertips, and all of it can be shared with your friends. Log in with your Facebook or Twitter accounts to join the live conversation with other fans during the episode.

 

If you’re using this app outside of the 10pm broadcasts of The Big Bang Theory on TBS, don’t worry, you can revisit previous episodes or set a reminder for the next live event.

 

NOTE: This app does not allow you to view full episodes on your mobile device. You’ll have to download the TBS for iPad or TBS for iPhone apps for that.

My wife and I are both huge fans of The Big Bang Theory and I’ve only just recently noticed that there are a number of iPad and iOS apps relating to the series. This one looked the most promising to me and I gave it a try last night.

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Gina Carano In Talks To Join ‘Fast Six’

Steven Soderbergh helped Gina Carano change careers from MMA star to actress when he and Lem Dobbs built the action film Haywire around her. In the wake of that film’s release, we’ve heard about possible next jobs for Carano, but now she’s set to join one of the biggest action franchises from any studio.

Carano is in talks to join Fast Six (or Fast & Furious 6, or Fast 6, or whatever the final title will be), where she’ll play alongside Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, and Vin Diesel. After beating the crap out of guys like Channing Tatum and Michael Fassbender in Haywire, that should’t be much of a stretch.

THR says that Carano’s full role hasn’t been revealed, but that she’ll be a member of The Rock’s government team.

Justin Lin will direct Fast Six, with Chris Morgan again scripting the latest entry in the series. (They made the last three films together.) Fast Six is scheduled for May 24, 2013. After shooting the film, Carano will make In the Blood, the other post-Haywire job she signed for some time back.

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Netflix signs multi-year deal with Hasbro

Hasbro, the toy-maker behind pervasive long-form ads shows for kids like Transformers, GI Joe and My Little Pony, is bringing its back catalogue to Netflix.

While the ’80s hits will arrive some time in 2012, both Transformer Prime and the more recent Pony-based adventures are already available to stream now.

Get a full list of the Hasbro heritage being readied for streaming in Netflix’s proud press release below.

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Disney and Marvel Announce ‘Captain America’ Sequel For May 2014

We still don’t know who will direct, and there is no confirmation of refutation of the director shortlist revealed recently, but Disney and Marvel have just announced the release date for the sequel to last year’s Captain America: The First Avenger. The film will hit on April 4, 2014. From the sound of things, the movie will also be set primarily in the present, rather than bouncing back to World War II.

Along with the announcement, the companies sent out the image above, from The Avengers. The contents of the brief press release are below.

The Walt Disney Studios has announced a release date for Marvel Studios’ sequel to the blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger on April 4, 2014.  The second installment will pick-up where the highly anticipated Marvel’s The Avengers (May 4, 2012) leaves off, as Steve Rogers continues his affiliation with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D and struggles to embrace his role in the modern world.

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Thanos To Appear In the Avengers Movie?

The Avengers heads into theaters May 4 and thus far, has been shrouded in secrecy. Movie Fanatic has uncovered a slew of plot points and if you don’t want The Avengers story spoiled, stop reading now and head over to our Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2012 (of which Avengers is one).

What do we know? Well, for one… Hugo Weaving is back as Red Skull. We first saw him in Captain America: The First Avenger and it appears he will cross paths with The Avengers’ main bad guy, Loki. Loki, as you recall, is the brother of Thor from the Thor movie and his presence on Earth is what compels Samuel L. Jackson’s character, Nick Fury, to call his Avengers into duty.

Loki is also spending time with Thanos. Rumors have abounded that Thanos would be in The Avengers and now we can confirm that is true. The devious Loki tricks Thanos… how? First, since Fox owns the rights to the alien race The Skrull, Marvel had to change the alien shape shifters to The Redacted. So, back to Thanos and Loki: Loki pulls the wool over Thanos’ eyes when he convinces him that the Infinity Gauntlet is more powerful than the Infinity Gems. When Loki gives Thanos the Infinity Gauntlet, he in turn gives Loki The Redacted for his mission to destroy Earth.

By now, we’re sure you’re curious about Red Skull and his dealings with Loki. Loki and Red Skull split up the Infinity Gems with Red Skull garnering the Soul, Time and Space, and Loki taking the Mind, Reality and Power gems. Something tells us, given Loki’s dealings with Thanos, that Red Skull will regret that deal.

Now, for the biggest reveal! Loki will eventually join The Avengers! How? Stay tuned for more and while you’re at it… check out The Avengers trailer!

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1st look at Renner and Arterton as Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel are all grown up! The fabled storybook siblings are dressed in leather and packing heat in the new film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Check out the first photo of Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the tortured pair.

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Starship Troopers Remake?

Robert Heinlein’s somewhat controversial 1959 book was made into Paul Verhoeven’s rather divisive 1997 movie: Some saw it as an insightful satire on the media-readiness of modern war, while others saw it as a candy-colored betrayal.

But now Sony has retained the writers of Thor and X-Men: First Class to fashion a new take on a classic tale.

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More News On The Evil Dead Remake

Here’s a little bit of movement on that remake of The Evil Dead that Panic Attack director Fede Alvarez will oversee. The movie is based on Sam Raimi‘s fan-favorite original 1981 film, with a script Alvarez co-wrote with Rodo Sayagues before Diablo Cody did a rewrite.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and FilmDistrict have partnered with Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures to make a big deal to distribute the movie, with the bottom line being that Sony Pictures will distribute The Evil Dead in many countries, including the US.

Variety has the new, saying that the film is set to shoot in 2012. Longtime Raimi producing partner Robert Tapert said,

For 30 years, Sam, Bruce and I have been looking for the right home where we could return the deadites to the big screen. Amy Pascal and Jeff Blake at Sony and Peter Schlessel at FilmDistrict have always been incredible partners who share our passion for great storytelling as well as our obsession for scaring the pants off the audience. Together, we are looking forward to terrorizing a whole new generation.

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New Image From ‘John Carter’ Shows Giant White Ape

The summer preview issue of Entertainment Weekly has more gifts. Last night it was the first new pics from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus that we’ve seen in months. Now it is a new image from Andrew Stanton‘s John Carter, which shows Taylor Kitsch as the title character facing off against off one of the film’s six-limbed, giant-toothed beasts. Check it out in full below.

So, yeah, it’s a little bit like something out of the Star Wars prequels — I could see a few lightsaber-wielding Jedi facing down that thing. We haven’t seen much at all from this movie, and while the trailer left some people pretty cold, I think this is just the beginning of the wave of alien creatures that are going to be revealed from the film. Read more

Doc Savage Movie Might Still Happen Says Shane Black

That epic new Doc Savage movie we’ve been waiting on for eons still has some life left in it. Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout) is attached to direct the strapping hero and believes the adaptation will get his full attention once his other little comic movie, Iron Man 3, is done.

Black came aboard the project back in 2009 to co-write the screenplay, then was assigned to direct for Columbia in February of last year. It is rumored to be a period piece set in the ’30s, the era in which pulp magazines were enjoying vast popularity. Seems like a juicy gig for the pulp-loving Black’s exotic tastes.

In a chat with Comic Book Resources at last week’s Long Beach Comic Con, Black outlined the feasibility of the Man of Bronze bursting onto the big screen soon:

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