Star Wars: The Clone Wars will have a season 6

Nerdgasms across the globe went off today as Dave Filoni, Supervising Director on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, announced via Facebook that season six would be released!

That's right Clone Wars fans 22 steaming hot off the press episodes which will wrap up the Ahsoka Tano story-arc and finally move Anakin into position to fit into the final moments of his life as a Jedi in 'Revenge of the Sith'.

Also we'll finally get to see more of the story surrounding that awesome teaser scene that was shown to us where one of the Clones suddenly taps into his sleeper agent orders and guns down a Jedi. 

Here was what Filoni had to say:

"Star Wars fans - I have some exciting news! We have wrapped production on all of the remaining Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes, and while that might be sad news in one way, it's good news in another. It means you will finally get to see them. When, exactly, is a detail I cannot yet share. I can confirm that in early 2014 you will be watching the final episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, including one of Master Yoda's most challenging missions. So, get ready. We've got Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels coming at you in 2014. Animated Star Wars is alive and well. Trust in the Force my friends.

- Dave"

So there you have it Clone Wars fans, we will finally get to see our beloved series come to the proper close that it fully deserves. It seems that Disney is not the power-hungry, nasty tyrant that we once thought it was.

...okay it still is all that stuff, but CLONE WARS!

No word yet on whether the final season will be broadcast on Disney XD or released via streaming online, but either way we will be seeing it in 2014.

Also we'll have Star Wars Rebels to look forward to keep us all entertained until the much awaited Episode VII hits theaters in 2015.

Until all that check out he video of that Clone gunning down a Jedi scene below, because 'good soldiers follow orders'.


By: James Bowler

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Bitten: The First Nibble of the Series

The teaser video for a new 13-episode Syfy series was released and we have all the gory details and first reactions here.

Bitten is based off the "Otherworld" series written by Kelley Armstrong and centers on Elena Michaels (Laura Vandervoort) who is the worlds only female werewolf.

Elena  thought she had left the furry world, and ex boyfriend Clayton Danvers (Greyston Holt), behind when she left Stonehaven to be a "normal" photographer in Toronto - a life she has longed to live. Hiding her secret from new boyfriend Phillip McAdams (Paul Greene), Elena learns of mysterious bodies that are showing up at the packs mansion, Stonehaven.

Now, after years of working to get the "protect the pack and man" out of her system, she finds herself dragged right back in the middle of the life she fought so hard to escape. She quickly learns that nothing can stop her from defending her pack.

Initial reactions on social media seem mixed with some saying it's a show worth howling over, some noting it seems like Twilight meets Smallville, and others still say it seems like any other romantic/drama with model-esque type characters and no real meat. Although, no matter the opinion, it seems many are willing to watch the series for themselves before placing final judgement.

The series will also star Greg Bryk as pack leader Jeremy Danvers and is set to air in 2014 on Syfy and Space. Until then, lets take a look at the trailer and some production photos below.

By: Britt Turkington

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The worst teaser ever released for 'Star Wars Rebels'

Well the first teaser for 'Star Wars Rebels' has come out and it's a huge pile of crap. Not that I expected anything more from Disney XD.

Now don't get me wrong, I have high expectations still for the series, but it seems like the production managers for Disney XD are extremely good at releasing completely underwhelming teasers and trailers for TV series.

I remember when I watched the trailer for Gravity Falls and I thought this is so stupid, but luckily I Wikipedia'd it and when I read the plot line I was dragged back in.

The trailer is posted below but I can probably save you 16 seconds of your life you'll never get back and tell you, its just an animated rehash of the first 5 minutes of Star Wars: A New Hope.

Yep its a big ship flying over the screen with the only difference being that the insignia 'Star Wars Rebels' is tacked onto the back, with the worst voice over I've ever heard. Basically this guy who sounds way too excited about this series making it sound completely cartoon-y and lame.

He also teases that the 'Jedi will rise' which doesn't make sense since I thought this series was supposed to be set between 'Revenge of the Sith' and 'A New Hope' when all the Jedi are systematically wiped out by the Empire.

In fact by the time 'A New Hope' starts we're to assume that Luke and Obi Wan are the only two Jedi left.

Disney XD had announced the release of the teaser last week and I really don't know why I expected anything more than what I received, which was a pile of nothing. Once again I'm getting more from Wikipedia than I am from the actual channel which will be airing this show.

'Star Wars Rebels' is slated for release on Disney XD in fall of 2014, may  feature some appearances by Ahsoka Tano (awesome) and is created by the team that brought us 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars', which is why I'm still going to watch the first episode.

Please don't screw this up for us Disney, we're still fragile after the loss of 'The Clone Wars'.

Watch the worst teaser in history below.


By: James Bowler

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Rainmaker Relaunches Reboot

Bust out your Tamagotchis and your high-wasted jeans because we're headed back in time with the announcement of a new Reboot series.

Rainmaker Entertainment inc. disclosed the news in a press release that coincided with the 20th anniversary of the debut in 1994... 1994? Does anyone else feel as old as I do?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the series, it is a Canadian CGI-animated cartoon that
was set in the inner world of a computer system known as Mainframe. The city was populated almost entirely by binomes, little creatures that represent either 1's or 0's, and some Sprites, such as Bob and Dot. The series consisted of adventures focused on fighting computer viruses, such as Megabyte, and defending the city from Game Cubes sent by the User.

Although there seems to be a lot of excitement around the mews, fans may have some reason to be weary. Back in 2008 Rainmaker announced it was working on a Reboot film trilogy. There was even a trailer released in 2009. Sadly, 5 years later, we have no such luck. Also, while heartbroken fans look forward to a new future, the show is still looking for a network to air on... I'm looking at you, YTV.

Maybe I'm the overly optimistic type, but the talk seems sincere. The company is even utilizing social media to gauge interest in the show. As for the fans, unless we want this news to be reformatted with the rest of the Reboot announcements, my suggestion would be to show your support on the official site.

There is of course the question of how the show will be restructured to fit the world today. While the original show focused on Bob defending Mainframe from the 1994 world of computer technology, with all of the advances, there is no telling where they can take a new series in 2013. Maybe Megabyte has been overpowered by his older, much larger cousin... Terabyte?

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The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXIV 'Couch Gag' released

Guillermo del Toro, genius, creator of epic films and reviver of the remains of films of haunted past.

Now he's joined The Simpsons to create an epic Couch Gag for the ages.

The recently released opener features references from a number of famous horror, psychological thriller, fantasy and adventure films throughout time, as well as a few of his own film references sprinkled in between.

There were even a few teases to some of the projects he's working on right like 'At The Mountains of Madness' by H.P. Lovecraft.

This is one hellishly good time since Fox allowed us to create our own couch gag openers for Treehouse of Horror a few years back (I made one where the guy fell down the steps and laughed for days).

Check out the opener below and don't forget to catch The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXIV (surprisingly before Halloween) this Sunday on Fox.


By: James Bowler

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Broadchurch heads for Fox with Tennant on board

Probably one of the highest rated series on ITV since Downton Abbey (which had everyone talking like Brits for like a year), is the one season wonder (so far), Broadchurch.

And the exciting news for fans is that, not only has Fox picked up the series for remake, but David Tennant is set to reprise his role as Alec Hardy in the series.

Set in a small British town, the show revolves around detective inspector Alec Hardy's (Tennant) first time on the smaller force since he left a larger force after an unknown incident forced him to retire his position there.

Of course he steps right in it, as on his first day there is a dead child found who so happens to be the child of his partner's friends.

And basically he goes around digging up the towns secrets and causing a huge raucous amongst the little town. I won't spoil it for you if you haven't seen it but this town has some deep dark secrets that they'd all rather stay buried.

But the biggest secret of all comes out tied to the death of  Danny Latimer when the case is solved. Its actually so screwed up that I wonder if Fox will have the balls to have the exact same plot scenario.

Now remaking British TV series for American and Canadian viewers is nothing new, its been happening since The Office with other shows like the Netflix hit series 'House of Cards' and the Canadian continuation of 'Primeval' (the results have varied drastically as well).

But this is the first time I know of that a show is being remade from the start with the same actor more than likely playing the same role. Tennant was a master playing Detective Inspector Alec Hardy, and slowly revealing his dark past to the characters in the show and the audience watching, so it totally makes sense for Fox to want to revive his role.

This will be the first time that Fox has jumped on the band wagon of British remakes. Now a year ago I would have been surprised by this decision. However it seems that Fox Broadcasting has finally realized that the numbers are in the more well-scripted not thrown together but a drunken frat party ideas. Shows like the recently finalized Fringe and Sleepy Hollow, even Brooklyn Nine-Nine have shown a clear adaption to a more intelligent audience.

Don't get me wrong Fox still has ridiculous shows like all their reality garbage and 'Bones'. But finally the people like me who crave creativity and a plot line that actually evolves and grows instead of rehasing the same garbage every episode will get something to chew on from the network.

The Broadchurch remake is set to hit Fox in the 2014-15 season, and if Sleepy Hollow and the upcoming J.J. Abrams series 'InHuman' keep their creative grip on audiences, it looks like its going to be a good year for Fox Broadcasting.

You can check out the first season of the ITV version of Broadchurch now, either online (nefarious ways are up to you) or order the DVD set.

Season Two of ITV's Broadchurch is set to broadcast in 2014 as well.

By: James Bowler

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Samuel L. Jackson: Elizabeth Olsen IS Scarlet Witch

For those of you who may have been lucky enough to catch this week episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, you may have noticed a familiar face show up at the end...the one and only Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson.

Sammy L. just recently chatted with the Wall Street Journal about his cameo, and when asked about when production is set to begin on Avengers: Age of Ultron, pretty much confirmed the rumours we've been hearing surrounding the casting of the Scarlet Witch:

“I don’t think we begin shooting before March of next year. I know we’re shooting in London, that James Spader is Ultron and going to be the bad guy, and that we added Ms. [Elizabeth] Olsen [who will play the Scarlet Witch], but I don’t know what she’s doing, if she’s on the inside or the outside. I haven’t seen a script.”

Next to an official Marvel confirmation, Olsen seems to have a lock on the role of  Wanda Maximoff AKA Scarlet Witch. It has previously been confirmed that Aaron Taylor-Johnson will be playing Pietro Maximoff, also known as Quicksilver.

Marvel has also hinted that we may see more cameos in AoS, which should continue to bring back fan boys and girls every week. I know I'll be back!!

You can watch Agents of SHIELD Tuesdays at 8pm EST on ABC/CTV. Avengers: Age of Ultron will hit theatres on May 1st, 2015.

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Fox picks up Commissioner Gordon origin story series

Yes Fox we get it, you're trying to compete with ABC with your constant terrible reality shows and both trying to play a hand at the newly hot paranormal dramas.

But really, a Batman series without Batman? I mean can anyone say 'Birds of Prey'? Please someone say it and then tell me how dirty you felt afterwards.

So Deadline dropped the news that Fox has announced they will pick up a series called Gotham, following Commissioner Jim Gordon in his 'early years', and while Batman will not be featured because, well he didn't really exist yet, there will be some major villains featured?

I smell the beginning season of Arrow. And before everyone gets up in arms about how good Arrow is, I'm talking about a major lack of added ingredient.

In Arrow it was super powers and the producers figured that out, hence the addition of Flash. Now you have Gotham city and some of its famous villains WITHOUT Batman? How the hell is anyone supposed to take these guys down if the city got so bad that someone like Batman had to be created?

From this view the series will just be about how shitty Gotham City got until Batman came along, and there's the end of your series. Or you go the Arrow route and have DC-based villains that are just watered down versions of the famous feature foes we all know and love.

Does anyone remember the old Spider-man live action series? He only ever fought cronies and never any real SUPER villains.

I feel like this is a reach, even for Warner Bros, who, let's face it, aren't doing too well in the superhero department recently anyways. Hey DC maybe you should just sell your rights to Disney as well and all the Superheroes can live in one happy universe.

I think after I said that every comic fanboy crapped themselves in rage.

As a fanboy myself I feel like the superhero hype is being forcibly moved to Television and this is how a trend dies, when execs try to force new aspects of the trend to just happen. When will you fat cats realize you don't have us all under mind control...yet. You can't force us to want to watch this dribble.

And this isn't new. There's been a number of times where studio execs have tried to force the superheroes on TV trend to happen. It's not working, you don't have the budget to bring in the big boys, and no one cares about small potatoes, at least not to have the entire spotlight on.

I'm very concerned for what they are doing with Flash as well, with the Justice League still apparently on yonder horizon, are you casting an entirely different actor for him? And at that point are you now saying that the universe you created and filled with a fanbase for Green Arrow doesn't actually exist in the universe you create for Justice League?

I'm going off on a different tangent already. Bottom line, this isn't going to work, especially with a chancy network like Fox attached which goes through one season shows like a college freshman goes through...uh...underwear. Unless by some godsend chance Gary Oldman decides he wants to slap on some make up to magically make him look 20 years younger and oh yeah move into a TV career and away from his booming film career. You know because everyone hates the idea of rolling on a pile of money naked.

Stick with CW Warner, you're much better off there, don't whore yourself out to other networks just to try to get a competitive edge on the massive cash cow that is the Disney brand.

And when Star Wars comes out none of this will matter anymore because J.J. Abrams.

By: James Bowler

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