Nerd News: Expendables 2 (!!!), Men in Black III, Star Wars holiday art and more

Vol. 2, Issue 48

Quite the festive post I've got for you today!

In movie news:

• Iron Man 3 is shaping up awesome, or so says RDJ.
• Info about possible X-Men: First Class sequel, and Daredevil and Fantastic Four reboots.
• Here's an update about Top Gun 2, from Tom Cruise.
• Some new promo photos from The Amazing Spider Man have been released.
• Mark Strong wants Green Lantern 2 to be about him Sinestro's fall.
• Steven Spielberg is still talking about Jurassic Park 4.
• Check out these first images from the new Great Gatsby. Carey Mulligan is so cute.
• Looks like Talia al Ghul will be in The Dark Knight Rises. Maybe. We'll see.
• While we're on the subject, this new TDKR poster is pretty dreary:

A few clips/previews:

Expendables 2

(via)

I am flailing, you guys. I know absolutely nothing about the plot, but the cast. I die.

Men in Black III

(via)

I'm really excited for this and the return to music it implies for Will Smith.

G.I. Joe: Retalliation

Of course they save the Bruce Willis for the end. He makes everything better. (Although, so does The Rock. So this could actually be pretty good.)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

(via)

Battleship

(via)

Nerdy gingerbread has been all the rage this year.

(via)

(via)

(via)

According to "The Hanukkah Song," Harrison Ford is a quarter Jewish. So this works. (Thanks, Wes!)

That's A LOT of paper!

(via)

Speaking of paper, these are cute. Excuse me while I grab my scissors.

(via)

I'd like to watch this movie.

(via)

In TV news:

• Two lost old-school Doctor Who episodes have been found. (Thanks, Annika!)
• David Tennant will be voicing Shrek in a new BBC3 hour-long special.

A couple of previews:


Game of Thrones

(via)

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

(via)

I can't fault this logic.

(via)

These lovely ladies go nicely with the other hardcore Disney characters I posted a while back.

(via)

Miss Piggy can do anything, can't she?

(via)

SCIENCE!

• News on the Higgs Boson particle.
• Matrix-style learning might be close to reality.

This is a really moving video, no joke.

(via)

In game news: There's going to be a Doctor Who Playstation game!

Mondo Tees (purveyor of some really gorgeous limited-edition posters) is running a series based on the tales behind Once Upon a Time. The first two posters: Rapunzel and Red Riding Hood.

(via)

I strongly dislike snow. But I do enjoy a well-thought-out snowman. (Thanks, Shaun!)

(via)

I like all of these women for different reasons. But you go, Janeway. (Thanks, Rachel!)

And finally, a different take on a classic story. (NSFW for language.)

(via)