New True Blood Posters 6 And 7!

Aha! We have found some new True Blood season 3 posters for you lot to feast your eyes on!

HBO have released a series of promo posters, whetting our appetites for more supernatural jaunts and high-jinx with Sookie Stackhouse and friends. Bring. It. On. We’re um, whetted.

Poster 6 is set in a zoo or animal sanctuary and asks the public to refrain from feeding the shape shifters. Hehe! We like the idea of lots of Shape Shifters spending their days and nights in zoos. It makes us think about zoos in an entirely different light.. We’d also like to point out we’d be happy for Sam Merlot to er, phase in front of us.

Poster 7 must be dedicated to the fang-bangers amongst us. It features a “vamp stamp” plaster, complete with little blood spots. We think it's cute - does that make us weird? That’s a rhetorical question by the way.

So, what do you think? Are you enjoying HBO’s True Blood viral campaign? Do you want your very own vamp stamp? Let us know!

And we’re still waiting on those poster freebies HBO execs – boohoo!

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Scarlett Johansson; Your Woman Of The Month

Just piping poor Karen Gillan to the post, Scarlett Johansson has nabbed April’s title of Woman of the Month.

With more curves than the Monte Carlo circuit (so we hear), a set of bee stung lips Angie herself laments and sickeningly gorgeous blond or brunette, Scarlett is more than deserving of your prized votes.

Scarlett first rose to prominence in the critically acclaimed film, The Horse Whisper (1998), in the role of Grace MacLean and won The Hollywood Reporter Young Star Award for her efforts. The success from The Horse Whisper rocketed Scarlett’s profile sky high and the movie scripts started to pour in.

As she entered her mid-teens, Scarlett searched for more mature roles and won rave reviews for her portrayal of Rebecca in the frigging excellent Ghost World, alongside Thora Birch. Scarlett continued to pick her roles well and in 2003 she was nominated for two Golden Globes, one for The girl with a pearl earring and the other for Lost In Translation.

Since then, Scarlett has gone from strength to strength, with parts in The Prestige, The Black Dahlia and Match Point, making her one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood.

Currently Miss Johansson can be seen strutting her stuff as Natalia Romanova aka Black Widow in the new Iron Man 2 film. Deadly, super fast and with thighs that could crush an opponent’s wind pipe, Scarlett more than kicks ass.

You clearly thought so too!

Did you know?

Shortly after Lost in Translation (2003) was released, Scarlett said she had a connection to older men and couldn't see herself dating anyone under 30. True to her word, she had a relationship with actor Benicio Del Toro, who is 17 years her senior!

Director Sofia Coppola directed both Scarlett and her ex boyfriend Josh Hartnett, but not in the same movie. Scarlett was in Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003) and Hartnett starred in The Virgin Suicides (1999)

She's a massive Woody Allen fan.

Scarlett was originally offered the role of Evey in V for Vendetta and the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns (she would have been better than that wet lettuce, Bosworth).

She's a democrat and avidly supports Barack Obama.

She's a married woman! She married fiancé Ryan Reynolds in a quiet ceremony in Canada on September 27th, 2008.

Scarlett recorded an album comprised entirely of Tom Waits covers, titled "Anywhere I Lay My Head". The album was released on May 2008 but it made very little impact.

Her only vice is cheese. We hear you!

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Johnny Depp; Your Man Of The Month

We don’t know how to put this delicately, so we’ll be blunt: Johnny Depp is really effing fit. We mean seriously fit. So fit he’s out of this stratosphere fit.  Those magnetic eyes, hypnotic gaze and his perfectly sculptured cheek bones, carved by the all mighty architect we call God.
 
Basically, Johnny Depp is so fit you lot saw right to vote him numero uno on the GG poll.  Thank YOU!
 
Kicking off his early acting career with 21 Jump Street, Johnny Depp was quickly catapulted into the mucky fame game and soon earned the status of teen idol. Unhappy with this branding and fearing a cluster of type cast roles, Depp set out to try his hand at more challenging, off-beat and kooky characters.
 
It was shortly after this, in 1990, that Depp landed the role of Edward in Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. Massive critical and main stream success followed and it jump started a plethora of quirky and rich acting roles for Depp including Ed Wood, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and Sleepy Hollow.
 
Notice that 3 of the films listed in the paragraph above are also Tim Burton films? Good friends, Depp and Burton have collaborated on seven films in total, with the last being Alice In Wonderland. Producer Scott Rudin once said of the partnership, "Basically Johnny Depp is playing Tim Burton in all his movies”.
 
Burton aside, Depp has starred in a wide variety of films, from the gun tooting, western-esque, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, to the snuff snorting high jinx in Blow to wielding a butchers cleaver with deadly accuracy in Sweeny Todd, Johnny never fails to disappoint.  But it’s been his turn as rakish rogue pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow which really sealed Johnny’s mass appeal.
 
Like a fine wine, Depp’s just getting better with age - both aesthetically and theatrically - and we’re looking forward to savouring every single cinematic moment.
 
Did you know?
 
In 2007, Depp’s daughter, Lilly Rose Melody, contracted E. coli, an infection that began to cause her kidneys to shut down and resulted in an extended hospital stay. Happily Lilly recovered and to thank Great Ormond Street Depp visited the hospital in November 2007 dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow and spent 4 hours reading stories to the children. He later donated £1 million to the hospital. Can you say “Awwww”?
 

Depp has 13 tats (that we know of – we wish we could count ‘em in the flesh, sigh) adorning his sexual self. His best known tattoo is “Wino Forever” after his brief liaison with Amy Winehouse. Nah, we’re just yanking your chain! Previously inked in as “Winona Forever” Depp later had this altered after the he and Winona Ryder broke up, hence the Wino.  

There’s a reason Depp sometimes looks like he’s a roadie for Motorhead, he’s a dirty rock grunger – our favourite! Yay! He’s recorded a solo album, played slide guitar on the Oasis song "Fade In-Out" (from Be Here Now, 1997) and played on "Fade Away (Warchild Version)" (b-side of the "Don't Go Away" single).

And just when we thought we couldn’t lust him any more..

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Batman 3 Date Set for 2012

Rejoice Batman fans, Warner Bros have confirmed that the third Batman film will debut in cinemas and IMAX theatres from July 20, 2012. Eeeee!

As Nolan is still tied up in post-production for Inception (double Eeeee!), little else has been leaked about the film but it is thought that Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman will reprise their respective roles.

This will be Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film. How he will top Batman Begins and The Dark Knight is almost mind boggling but we’re supremely confident Nolan will pull it out of the bag again.

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Comic Book Virgins No More

Now what we know about comics could be fitted on to the head of a very, very small pin, so when we heard about the Geek Girl Panel Dinner at the Sci-fi London Film Festival we jumped at the chance to go and learn more (and maybe bag some freebies, which we did – thanks guys!)

The Geek Girl Panel dinner was chaired by Judith Lewis (a founder of the Geek Girl Dinners and a veteran of anime conventions) and featured three self styled Geek Girl speakers, Karen Rubins, Emma Vieceli and Kate Brown, who all work in the comic book industry and were very lovely.

Karen Rubins was the resident artist at the V&A Museum and recently penned a set of playing cards in comic book style, tying in with tarot themes (they were awesome, fyi). She found early acclaim for her self-published graphic novel The Dark and is currently attempting to finish a 120 page graphic novel for the next big comic Expo.

Emma Vieceli is a very accomplished comic book illustrator and draws online Manga story, Dragon Heir. Excitingly, Emma has also recently worked for the mighty Marvel in it's new series, Girl Comics (no, we’re not feeling the brand name either – but Emma’s work is truly fantastic!).

Kate Brown illustrated the Manga Shakespeare adaptation A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She sketches with pencil and uses Photoshop to colour in over her etchings. She predominently works in self-publishing (freelance) and illustrates for DFC comics. She has recently completed illustrating for Spider Moon (available to buy now kids!).

As comic book newbs, we were thankfully given an overview of the history of comics and the situation now – especially from a UK market perspective. Up for discussion was the recent influx of female graphic artists into the comic book industry and if Manga has been the main contributing reason.

We had no idea there were so many different comic book styles and so many different genres (alternative/esoteric, Manga, science fiction, fantasy, action/adventure, horror, humour, romance, childrens, and adult). We loved it - we’re throwing ourselves into comic book land with abandon – any suggestions to get us going would be greatly appreciated!

GG recommend the Sci-fi London festival to anyone interested in sci-fi - it is NOT just a bunch of geeks dressed up in Star Wars gear ...Okay, okay so there were a couple of Storm Troopers running about outside – it’s a sci-fi festival, duh!

The festival featured film premiers, workshops, panels and lots of other events and was more about getting people involved and breaking down the barriers to enter the sci-fi genre with an open mind. But we suppose we’re rather preaching to the choir here; you're already following our blog!

We urge you to go next year!

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Star Wars Day "May The Fourth Be With You"

Millions of Jedi fans take to the streets today to celebrate the official Star Wars Day. 4th May is dubbed 'Star Wars Day' mainly due to the famous pun 'may the fourth be with you'.

Obsessed fans all over the world use this day as an excuse to hold in-promptu lightsaber fights and spend the day talking like Yoda. Love it we do!

A spokesperson from Lucas films states "It's nice that this particular date seems to observe and celebrate the power of the Force, and we're thrilled that Star Wars fans continue to find new ways to connect with a galaxy far, far away".

So grab your lightsaber guys and gals and lets join the fun!

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Ooo! First Picture Still From Thor!

The first shot from Thor (UK release date 20 May 2011) has been revealed.

Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek) is seen here in all his Thor glory. 

Unfortunately not a full body shot here, but we get the idea and we like it! A pretty good likening to the comic book character we feel.

For those who don't know a great deal about the mighty God of Thunder, here's a quick synopsis: Thor is an arrogant warrior who gets sent to Earth to live among humans as punishment for his reckless actions. While on earth he learns how to be a true hero.

Let's hope some more piccy's like this are revealed soon. We'd like to catch a glimpse of Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Odin (Anthony Hopkins).

For those of you who haven't seen Iron Man 2 yet, we urge you to stay to the very end (after credits roll) to catch a small taster glimpse of Thor...  

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