Every week, I stick my fingers into the dark and varied crevices of the internet tubes to pluck out nuggets of geeky news. Every weekend, I share with you–the fortunate reader–the top seven gems in movies, TV, comics, and video games.

MOVIES

• Frank Darabont’s original script for Indiana Jones 4 was leaked to the internet. MTV calls it “a million times better than Crystal Skull.” Color me not shocked at all.
• The Weinstein company will release Fanboys later this year with the original plot intact. Woot!
• Check out the first Punisher War Zone trailer, first Death Race trailer, first domestic Babylon A.D. trailer, new Star Wars: The Clone Wars trailer, red band Wanted trailer, the first poster for Terminator 4, and the first poster for the Robocop remake.
• Marvel revealed the logos for its upcoming movies including Iron Man II, Thor, Captain America, and Avengers.
• Jon Favreau hasn’t been locked in to direct Iron Man II.
• Captain America will appear in the DVD cut of The Incredible Hulk, along with an additional 70 mins of footage not included in the theatrical cut.
• Sony and Columbia will produce a combination live-action/animated Smurfs movie. (Hear that? That’s the sound of an impending apocalypse.)

TV / DVD

• The next season of Battlestar Galactica won’t arrive until 2009, but it’s getting an additional 11th hour added.
• Upcoming Family Guy spinoff The Cleveland Show got a promo.
• Fans of Jericho have started a “Save Jericho Again” campaign, featuring a new commercial. Check out the newly-released alternate ending to Season 2 if you’re feeling wistful.
• Francis Capra (Veronica Mars) joined the cast of Heroes, William Katt (Greatest American Hero) just filmed a Heroes guest appearance, Jon Voight on 24, and Aziz Ansani (Human Giant) joined the cast of The Office spinoff.
• Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright will launch a US tour to promote the American DVD release of the BBC series Spaced on July 22.
• Season One of Angel will premiere on online video site Hulu on June 23.
• There are two upcoming animated Hulk projects, including a series (Hulk: Gamma Corps) and a direct-to-DVD movie (Planet Hulk).

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COMICS

• Check out this sneak peek at Buffy: The Vampire Slayer #20, written by Jeph Loeb.
• Chuck Dixon (Batman and the Outsiders) abruptly departed from DC Comics.
• Creator Todd McFarlane will return to Spawn starting with issue #185.
• D.J. Coffman is working with the band The Flobots (”Handlebars”) on a webcomic called Vote for Change, featuring stories inspired by Flobots fans.
• DC will release the comic book prequel to JJ Abram’s new TV show Fringe on August 27.
• Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 won the ForeWord Book of the Year Award.
• Vincent Price will headline a new monthly comic book series from Bluewater Productions.

VIDEO GAMES

• Research giant Gartner blames Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death issues on a faulty graphics chip designed by Microsoft.
• Call of Duty: World at War, the fifth installment in the series, will return players to WWII with a “survival horror flavor.”
• Crysis Warhead will be Crytek’s final PC exclusive title.
• Check out all the new gameplay in this new Star Wars: The Force Unleashed trailer (with plot spoilers).
• Unreal Tournament III will hit the Xbox 360 on July 7, Command & Conquer: Kane’s Wrath will drop on the Xbox 360 on June 23.
• Check out these first images of Nightwing, Bane, and Clayface in LEGO Batman.
• Team Xbox has a preview of the next Spider-Man game, Web of Shadows.

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