Category: Announcements

Legend of Neil T-shirts Have Arrived

from The Legend of Neil:

Get your very own “You Deserve it After Committing Murder” T-shirt from the brand spankin new Legend of Neil Store. We’ve got posters too (which if you buy in conjunction with a T-shirt will be signed by creator Sandeep Parikh and star Tony Janning).

Help support the web-series you love, and look damn good while doing it. The T-shirts are high quality and come in almost every size imaginable including woman’s cuts. So get em while we got em (we only ordered 200) so they’ll go fast.

Spread the word and post the link on Facebook and Twitter: http://effinfunny.com/legend-store/

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV 4-DVD set due out this July

from Shout! Factory:

The Uproarious MST3K blasts off again on DVD!

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV

Featuring MST3K Film Episodes The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy, The Girl in Lovers Lane, Zombie Nightmare and Racket Girls, Limited-Edition Mini-Posters, and All-New Bonus Content

In Stores Nationwide July 7, 2009, 2009, from Shout! Factory

In space, no one can hear you laugh. Unless, of course, you are aboard with the hilarious and beloved space travelers on The Satellite of Love from Mystery Science Theater 3000to skewer B-movies. To further celebrate Mystery Science Theater 3000’s cinematic chuckle fest, Shout! Factory, in association with Best Brains, Inc. proudly presents Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV 4-DVD box set on July 7, 2009. The side-splitting 15th collection of the famed MST3K features the show’s never-before-released film episodes The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy, The Girl in Lovers Lane, Zombie Nightmare and Racket Girls, four limited-edition mini-posters, along with a wealth of new bonus content, including new interviews with the stars from Zombie Nightmare Frank Dietz and Jon Mikl Thor in Zombie Nightmare = MST3K Dream featurette, Glimpses Of KTMA: MST3K Scrapbook Scraps I (original wrap-around segments from the KTMA season), Behind the Scenes: MST3K Scrapbook Scraps II, Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu in a Sneak Peak from the Upcoming Hamlet A.D.D., and Promos. Join Joel, Mike, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot as they supply their own playful brand of commentaries on some of cinema’s most misunderstood “masterpieces” in Shout! Factory’s Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV. This collectible 4-DVD box set is priced to own at $59.99.

The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy
The battle between machine and the undead comes to a chilling conclusion when an insane scientist invents a robot for the sole purpose of stealing an ancient artifact guarded for eternity by an Aztec mummy!

Only the second show produced after MST3K’s original year on KTMA, this remarkable episode features J. Elvis Weinstein as a virtually unrecognizable Tom Servo, plus the first part of the classic short Commando Cody & The Radar Men From The Moon.

The Girl in Lovers Lane
After his spoiled protégé’s frequent missteps leave him with the responsibility of making things right with the law, local pimps and hoodlums, Bix Dugan’s life as a drifter may finally be coming to an end. And what a shocking ending it is!

Join hosts Joel Hodgson, Servo and Crow as they send up the movie that divided the MSTie nation. Love it or hate The Girl In Lovers Lane, this memorable episode’s song — “What A Pleasant Journey” — is guaranteed to have you in stitches!

Zombie Nightmare
When a young baseball player is struck and killed by a car full of rambunctious teens, his grieving mother convinces a mysterious voodoo priestess to resurrect her son, allowing his zombied corpse the vengeance necessary to finally rest in peace.

The Satellite of Love crew — Mike, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot — takes on this 1986 zombie classic starring Adam West and Tia Carrere in her very first feature film role!

Racket Girls
When lowlife wrestling manager-turned-gangster Umberto Scalli takes $35,000 from the wrong crime boss, he’s forced to run for his life. Real-life female wrestlers Peaches Page, world champion Clara Mortensen and Mexican champion Rita Martinez — as you’ve never seen them before — star in this sinister tale of deceit, drugs, prostitution and smack downs!

In this hysterical episode from MST3K’s sixth season, Mike Nelson, Crow and Tom Servo challenge the “gorgeous gals of the ring” for the comedy championship of the galaxy! But what’s funnier? The riffs onboard the Satellite of Love — or the Racket Girls themselves? Also includes the popular short Are You Ready for Marriage?

ABC picks up “V”

“V” Cast Promo Image
“V” Cast Promo Image

V, a remake of the 1983 TV miniseries, is coming to ABC’s 2009-2010 mid-season schedule.

The world awakens to find spaceships hovering over all major cities. Though the aliens claim to come in peace, some do not believe them. Homeland Security agent Erica Evans discovers that the aliens have plans to infiltrate our governments and businesses in a plot to take over the planet. Erica joins the resistance movement, which includes Ryan, an alien who wants to save humanity. However, the aliens have recruited earth’s youth, including Erica’s son, to serve unknowingly as spies.

For more information, visit HDFilms, IMDb, and VisitorSite.net.

Lumina — The Web Series

At first glance the new web series Lumina looks like an action thriller with a brooding atmosphere, but a closer look reveals a dark fantasy world that could be our own. I don’t know what influences series creator Jennifer Thym drew from, but, while rewatching the trailer (which I’ve done many times now), I am reminded of modern fairy tales (or urban mythology) by authors such as Neil Gaiman and Charles De Lint, who write about worlds that secretly coexist and interact with our own. The images on the Lumina website are beautiful and I look forward to seeing more of the world Jennifer Thym has created. I’m especially in love with the image of Lumina leaning against a wall while, in her reflection, Ryder caresses her. I think that image captures and poignantly illustrates the place inside all of us where our deepest loneliness is calling out to be loved.

Lumina premieres this summer on YouTube.

RockGinger and Sommertime Productions are proud to announce that the Lumina Web Series Official Trailer is now available to view online at www.luminaseries.com in the new High Definition YouTube format.

Lumina is a daring thriller web series starring JuJu Chan (Jiu Jo Remix MV for Terence Yin and 24 Herbs, TVB People’s Choice Award for Miss Chinatown USA 2009) as Lumina Wong, a young lonely Hong Kong woman who has a chance encounter with the mysterious Ryder Lee, played by Michael Chan, star of the viral YouTube sensation, Wall Street Fighter IV. Lumina’s diverse international cast includes Vince Matthew Chung, recent winner of The Amazing Race Asia 3, as Lumina’s best friend, Teddy Waits.

Directed and written by first time Asian American director Jennifer Thym (RockGinger) and produced by Sommer Nguyen (Sommertime Productions), Lumina was filmed on location in Hong Kong with the cutting edge RED One camera. The series will feature music from the independent Asian music collective, The Enigmatic Army.

“Lumina will open your minds cinematically, and the story will open your hearts to the impossible,” says producer Sommer Nguyen. “Web series is a new and exciting medium,” adds director Jennifer Thym. “With Lumina, we wanted to create a beautiful and intricately woven story, something that you could watch in bite sized internet friendly segments but would still tantalize you for hours to come.” 

Lumina Wong (JuJu Chan) is beautiful but works far too much; although she lives in a city of millions, she still feels lonely and isolated. Late one night, Lumina has a chance encounter with Ryder Lee (Michael Chan), a handsome young man from another world that she can see in mirrors and darkened window reflections. She revels in the fantasy relationship until mirrorspy Eben Sanchez (Jacob Ziacan) comes into her life, warning her of the treacheries of the people of the Dark Realm. Soon Lumina must choose between the safety of the world she knows and the deadly allure of the unknown.

Lumina the Web Series will premiere summer 2009. For more information, please contact us or visit our website, www.luminaseries.com.

Lumina Links:
Lumina — The Official Web Series Site
Lumina on Alive Not Dead
Lumina on Facebook
The Official RockGinger Blog

Tweet Your Support for Dollhouse

The Dollverse reports that tomorrow is decision day for Dollhouse. The fate of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse has yet to be decided, but maybe you can help sway Fox’s decision. If you use Twitter, send a message to @FoxBroadcasting expressing your support for the show and your desire to see a second season. Get all your friends involved. Overwhelm them with tweets. Inundate them with requests for a Season 2. 

The Dollverse also makes the following suggestions for showing your support:

If you want to make your voice heard about how much you want to see the show return, here’s how:

CALL — Leave a voicemail on 310 369 3066 for Peter Rice, Chairman of Entertainment @ FOX

EMAIL — askfox@fox.com

TWEET — Twitter @foxbroadcasting, point people towards this post

POST — Leave comments here. I’ll forward it to FOX.

So, what are you waiting for? Go Tweet already.

Vulcan, Alberta’s Trek Comes to an End

from Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station:

Well, Vulcan’s long and colourful journey that started in September 2007 with our ambitious quest to host the premiere of the new Star Trek movie came to a spectacular and memorable end last evening, as Paramount Pictures arranged for a special advance screening of Star Trek for 300 lucky Vulcan Guests.

It was Vulcan’s red carpet moment, and our brush with Hollywood Glamour as we welcomed actor Bruce Greenwood to the event, and were met by a wall of media flashbulbs and microphones.

I am so excited to report that in my mind, the new Star Trek movie did not disappoint! It was funny, action packed and suspenseful. The cast fit, and reinvented their well-recognized roles very well, and Star Trek is reborn.

Thank you so much to Paramount Pictures for arranging last night’s special event, and thank you for entertaining Vulcan’s lofty goal to premiere this wonderful new movie.

Star Trek is back — revived and fresh, and the town of Vulcan, Alberta is proud to be recognized by so many fans as a fun, if not quirky Star Trek destination, in the middle of the Canadian Prairies, 1 hour south of Calgary and 1 hour north of Lethbridge.

Signing OFF:

Live Long & Prosper
Dayna, Erin & The Crew of the Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station

The Guild: Season 2 DVD Now Available

from The Guild:

We are happy to announce that The Guild DVDs are now being sold through Amazon.com! The DVD launches May 19th.

Click here to pre-order!

Our Season 2 DVD has TONS of extras, including a “Play All” option without credits, English subtitles, commentary tracks, script, gag reels and many many extra bonus videos!

In addition, you will be able to download the episodes in HD format from Amazon’s Download on Demand service the day the DVD launches, an amazing feature for instant gratification!

International DVDs will be coming shortly, but Season 1 also available at Amazon.com May 19th as well. Thank you for supporting the show!

The Guild Management

Spock’s Spork at ThinkGeek

from ThinkGeek:

Fellow Voyagers,

[Scene: Vulcan landscape. Cue Spock vs. Kirk fighting music.]

[Kirk] Spock, snap out of it!
[T’Pau] He cannot hear thee, Outworlder.
[Kirk] Oh, wait, let me make sure my shirt is torn.
[Spock] Grrrrrrr…
[T’Pau] The air is thick, and the Lirpa is not made for thee.
[Kirk] Then, can we use these instead?

Star Trek Limited Edition Titanium Spork

Star Trek Limited Edition Titanium Spork — Spock’s Spork

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Scotty, Uhura, Dr. McCoy, Sulu, Chekov — all these names have one thing in common. Sure they are all serve on perhaps the most famous ship of the fleet: the NCC-1701 USS Enterprise. But the most important thing they have in common is: they all eat with their Starfleet issued titanium sporks; because sporks are the utensils of the future. And just for you, we snuck an empty photon torpedo casing full of them off the ship. But only 1701 of them. That’s right — these awesome sporks, laser engraved with the Starfleet emblem and “NCC-1701 Mess Hall” are a limited edition of 1701 pieces (each one individually numbered). They are the ultimate Star Trek collectible because titanium sporks are so durable they will last until we’re really exploring the final frontier. Time to boldy eat with something no one’s eaten with before: the Star Trek Limited Edition Titanium Spork.

Find more What’s New items at ThinkGeek!

Events for “The Legend of Neil” and “The Guild”

from The Legend of Neil:

So there a crap-ton of events coming up that I wanted to share with you all where we’ll be promoting The Legend of Neil and The Guild and actually selling T-shirts and what not!

ATOM.COM LIVE! in Los Angeles, CA on April 22nd

Meet Tony Janning and Sandeep Parikh as they screen an episode of Neil plus the first sketch they ever shot together! It’s at the Comedy Central Stage in LA! For the first time ever LoN t-shirts will be available for sale!

DELTA H CON in Houston, TX, April 24-26

Meet Sandeep Parikh (creator of Neil and Zaboo on The Guild) and the rest of The Guild (minus Felicia). They will be on hand signing autographs, judging contests and mixing and mingling:

Friday: April 24
Autographs 1-2 pm (main room)
Karoke Judging 4-6 pm
The Guild Season One Screening with Cast Q &A session 8-9:30pm

Saturday: April 25
Autographs 11-1pm (main room)
Panel: The Making of a Web Phenomena (Cast and Guild producer Kim Evey discuss what goes into making The Guild.) 3-4pm
The Guild Season Two Screening with Cast Q &A session 6:30-8pm

Sunday: April 26
Anime Music Video Judging 9-10:30am

COMICON in San Diego, July 23rd-26th

Details are still vague but the plan is still to premiere Season 2 of The Legend of Neil, and hold a Q&A! But seriously, with or without us, this event is more than worth going to. It’s the Con of all Cons (no offense other cons).

The Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition

from Shout! Factory:

Prepare yourself for the series that started it all…

The Transformers: The Complete First Season
25th Anniversary Edition
Relive the Action on DVD June 16 from Shout! Factory

Production now underway for The Transformers: 25th Anniversary “Matrix of Leadership” Edition Collector’s Set

Optimus Prime. Megatron. Bumblebee. Starscream. For 25 years an epic battle has raged between the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons. The “Robots in Disguise” have captivated children and adults alike, launching countless collectible toys, comic books, animated series and feature films beloved by legions of fans.

Now you can return to where the phenomenon began when Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro, Inc., unleashes the original animated TV series that started it all with The Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition DVD box set on June 16th. A must-have for kids and kids-at-heart, the set features all season one episodes in the order they were intended, remastered audio, a collectible Autobots magnet and special bonus content. The Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition DVD box set is priced at $29.99 SRP.

And for those who really can’t get enough of Transformers, Shout! Factory, along with Hasbro, is developing The Transformers: 25th Anniversary “Matrix of Leadership” Edition Collector’s Set. Brimming with over 38 hours of content, including the entire original animated “G1” series, a bounty of stellar extras and special collectible book, this 16-DVD box set is another fan must-have. The Transformers: 25th Anniversary “Matrix of Leadership” Edition Collector’s Set is expected to be available in mid July.

The Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition

Synopsis:

Four million years after crash-landing on an unfamiliar planet, sentient robots with the ability to disguise themselves as common vehicles awaken on present-day Earth. Engaged in a crucial race to find a new energy source for their home planet of Cybertron, Optimus Prime and the heroic Autobots must defend the innocent people of Earth against their archnemeses, Megatron and the power-hungry Decepticons.

Bonus Features Include:

  • Restored to the Original Broadcast Versions with a New Stereo Soundtrack Created from the Original Audio
  • Triple Changer: From Toy to Comic to Screen — The Origins of The Transformers
  • A Printable Script
  • Rare PSA

Technical Information:

Street Date: June 16, 2009
Packaging: The 3 DVDs are collected in thin packs with a deluxe foil board sleeve with embossed accents
Rating: Not Rated
Suggested Retail Price: $29.99
Running Time: approx. 360 minutes
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 4:30
Technical Info: English, Stereo.