Comic Book Resources is reporting DC Comics will be putting out a new Batman digital comic based on the 60’s television show which starred Adam West and Burt Ward as the Dynamic Duo entitled Batman ’66
TV Line is reporting Bob Newhart is set to guest-star on an upcoming episode of The Big Bang Theory as “Professor Proton,” the former host of Sheldon’s favorite science TV-show from his childhood
Before Sunrise and Before Sunset writer/director Richard Linklater and stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite one more time for Before Midnight which features the continuing adventures of Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delpy) nine years after the pair’s reunion in the sequel, and 18 years from the characters’ first meeting in Before Sunrise. Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed, Xenia Kalogeropoulou also star. The film opens in theaters on May 24th.
Here’s a short teaser for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa featuring Steve Coogan returning to the role of fictional radio and television presenter Alan Partridge. Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Anna Maxwell Martin, Nigel Lindsay, Felicity Montagu, and Simon Greenall also star. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa will open in theaters in the UK on August 16th, but as yet no U.S. date has been scheduled.
IMAX has released a new poster for Iron Man 3 which opens in theaters on May 3rd
Spinoff Online is reporting that Elena Satine has been cast for a pilot based on the Oni Press supernatural Civil War comic book Sixth Gun about six pistols embued with dark power
Variety is reporting that Turner Cable is in discussions with MillerCoors for an exclusive contract for their products (beer, signage, neon, logos, etc.) appearing in shows like Franklin & Bash, Rizzoli & Isles, Dallas, Perception, and even new reality programming Turner has in the works for the upcoming season.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting a list of this year’s SXSW award winners which include Short Term 12 from writer/director Destin Cretton and the documentary The Short Game about golf’s next generation of golf prodigies
Deadline is reporting producer Joel Silver (who has produced everything from Veronica Mars to Unknown) wants to do a new Escape From New York trilogy beginning with a Rise of the Planet of the Apes-style origin setting up the post-apocalyptic world and providing the origins of Snake Plissken (who, most likely, will not be played by Kurt Russell)
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting screenwriter Alex Garland (Never Let Me Go, Sunshine) is set to make his directorial debut with Ex Machina which involves the misadventures of a lowly employee babysitting his billionaire employer’s artificially intelligent female robot
