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

• Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to join the cast of Terminator Salvation.
• Writer Mark Millar (Wanted) has a producer and director lined up for a new Superman movie in 2011.
• Judd Apatow (Superbad, Knocked Up) will produce a comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) as Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as Watson.
• Check out the trailers for the next James Bond flick Quantum of Solace, and for the apocalyptic thrillers The Day the Earth Stood Still, Blindness, Mutant Chronicles, and Knowing. “End of the world” is the new black, yo!
• Saturday Night Live’s Kristen Wiig (Knocked Up) will costar with Jason Batemen and possibly Mila Kunis in Extract, the next comedy from Mike Judge (Office Space, Idiocracy).
• According to actor Luke Goss, the film adaption of video game Tekken might be rated R.
• Director David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en) optioned rights to produce a CG-animated film out of the comic book The Goon from Dark Horse Comics.

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TV / DVD

• G.I. Joe: Resolute, a new series of ten 5-minute, PG-rated cartoon episodes written by Warren Ellis will debut next year.
• Part 1 of Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog will debut on www.drhorrible.com on July 15. He hopes for an eventual DVD release.
• Check out photos from location shoot of the series finale of Battlestar Galactica. Meanwhile, actress Grace Park claims the next BSG movie has been greenlit and will start filming in August.
• In September, Google will syndicate via its AdSense ad system the new animated series Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy from the creator of The Family Guy.
• iTunes now carries episodes of several DC cartoons including Batman: The Animated Series, Super Friends, Batman Beyond and Aquaman.
• The DVD set of Spaced: The Complete Series will be released for the first time in North America on July 22. Check out the schedule of the four-city promotional tour.
• The major TV studios announced the shows getting promotional events at Comic-Con this month.

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COMICS

• The debut issue of DC’s summer event mini-series Final Crisis only sold 145,000 issues, far short of the 250,000 issues of Marvel’s Secret Invasion #1 that sold. Overall, sales are down and 11 series have been canceled.
• Joss Whedon revealed that fan-favorite character Oz will return to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Next Wednesday, Dark Horse Presents on MySpace will feature a The Umbrella Academy short story and a prequel to Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible web series.
• Avatar Press announced that Max Brooks’ next book, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks will get a late 2008 release. Also, the Black Summer team of Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp will collaborate on new title, No Hero.
• Project Rooftop revealed the finalists in their Superman: Man of Style contest. (Awesome!)
• Check out the gallery of Simone Bianchi’s character designs for Astonishing X-Men.
  
• Check out the preview trailer for the Microsoft Zune-only The Lost Ones graphic novel from Steve Niles (30 Days of Night).

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VIDEO GAMES

• Harmonix announced Rock Band 2 will hit the Xbox 360 in September, and the PS3 later this year.
• Blizzard has confirmed a another new forthcoming title, a next-gen MMO not related to Diablo III.
• A new page on MySpace reveals the first concept art for DC Universe Online.
• Sony has temporarily taken offline its latest PS3 firmware–the one that introduces a “trophy” system–due to reports of installation issues.
• Mega Man 9 drops on the Nintendo Wii in Japan in September.
• Check out the debut trailer for Crysis Warhead.
• Xbox LIVE has added all kinds of DC Comics content, including gamerpics, classic cartoon series, and the new Batman: Gotham Knight anime when it comes out on July 8.

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