Seth Green: Detours is just on hold

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Dunc over at Club Jade spotted a Reddit AMA with Seth Green. While many of the questions asked had to do with other projects and shows Green has been involved with, someone was kind enough to ask him about the state of Detours. His answer:

So there’s actually been quite a bit of talk about this, but Detours is just on hold currently. We have 39 finished episodes and around 62 finished scripts. But that entire show was created before the decision to make more Star Wars movies, so our show (which was created by George Lucas) is an animated sitcom in the world of Star Wars, so we had a lot of conversations with Kathleen Kennedy about Star Wars in not just the next 3 years but the next 30 years, and when you’re in as privileged a position as we were to be able to work on Star Wars content with its creator, you get a great sense of responsibility to the whole. I was introduced to Star Wars as a child and it was without any ironic or comedic lens, so I saw Darth Vader as scary, and I saw all of those messages very very clearly. We didn’t think it made any sense, in anticipation of these new movies coming out, to spend the next 3 years with an animated sitcom as 3 generations’ of kids first introduction to the Star Wars universe.

I’ve had a lot of parents approach me in the last few years where they showed Robot Chicken or Family Guy Star Wars before they showed them regular Star Wars. The writers on Robot Chicken and I are seeing this a lot. The same way we were introduced to classic music through Bugs Bunny or Tom & Jerry, kids are taking our ironic interpretations of He-Man or other pop culture icons and never having the opportunity to meet them sincerely. It’s a really bizarre thing to wrap your head around, and because I’ve witnessed it firsthand, it made me more thoughtful about what we were putting it out.

I do feel that Detours is a timeless bit of entertainment. Media distribution is changing so quickly, so dramatically, that can you even imagine what distribution of content will look like in 5 years? In a day and age when Netflix series are nominated for the top accolades TV has to offer, what is to say what it will look like when the new Star Wars movie comes out? So Detours can sit on a shelf until the Star Wars movie comes out without losing any of its lustre, because what we’ve created is very funny, very smart and like I said before, timeless.

So are there immediate plans for releasing Detours? No, not yet. But Green is hopeful that it’ll be out there at some point.

Via Club Jade

Convention Report: Baltimore Comic Con 2013

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bcc_logo smallWhen you step back and compare Baltimore to other conventions, it’s hard to call it anything but rather excellent.  Baltimore Comic Con is that perfect established mid sized convention where the emphasis is absolutely on comics.  There are no media guests, only comic creators.  Sure, you can still see costumes wandering around the convention of all the usual fandom suspects (I have a list of costumes you’ll see at every convention) but this is still a comic book show.

This was (surprisingly) my first year attending Baltimore Comic Con even though it’s my “local” con but it absolutely left me with a positive feeling and a desire to return again next year.  I absolutely recommend it for any interested geeks but especially those who want to see a comic focused show.

That’s the short version.  The long version can be found after the jump.

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Women of Odd Enthusiasms #1: TV 2013 – What you should watch

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Bria and Emily bring you the first episode of Women of Odd Enthusiasms: the monthly podcast where they bring you the best of whatever they happen to be excited about right now, be it crafting, cosplay or computer games.  This month’s episode is all about the upcoming season of TV, as our intrepid hosts discuss what to watch, what to DVR, and what to skip.  Sit back and relax, because WOE is us!

Our monthly book recommendations can be found at Amazon.com.

Emily: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

Bria: Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

You can contact Bria on  Twitter @chaosbria, and Emily @carrkicksdoor.  Women of Odd Enthusiasms is part of the Tosche Station Radio Network and affiliated with Tosche-Station.net and a part of Majestic Giraffe Productions. If you like what you hear, please leave a review on the iTunes Music Store. We can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by Her Universe and Audible.com.

JK Rowling to Pen “Harry Potter” Spin-Off Film

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Fantastic_beastsJ.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. have brokered a deal for her to pen the film version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a “textbook” from the Harry Potter universe, originally published in 2001.

Rowling said in a statement, “‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world. The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry’s gets underway.”

This will be first movie of a new franchise, which will also include a video game and other products. Warner Bros. will also distribute a TV adaptation of Rowling’s novel The Casual Vacancy.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will mark Rowling’s screenwriting debut.

Report: Abrams setting up Episode VII post-production facilities in L.A.

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JJ AbramsAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, J.J. Abrams is setting up an Episode VII post-production shop at the Bad Robot facility in Santa Monica. Among the additions:

A green room, sound studios and other new facilities will be developed within the three-story, 18,000-square-foot Santa Monica building, which already includes editing bays, a workshop for making props, a screening room that can double as a set and Abrams’ personal suite of offices. Star Wars: Episode VII is set to be released in 2015 by Disney.

No comment from either Bad Robot or Disney at this point, but it would make sense and would probably helpful for Abrams, who did joke that shooting in England would be a little difficult for his family.

Review: Star Wars: Legacy #6

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Legacy6CoverAfter a whirlwind past couple of issues, Legacy #6 feels like a deep breath as our heroes regroup.  That’s not to say there isn’t any action since, as the cover advertises, it’s a Sith vs Sith battle but Ania Solo’s very bad day finally has come to a close.  Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman follow up on their excellent first arc with a transitional issue that’s a good read nonetheless.

This review contains mild spoilers for the issue.

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Bria’s ‘Razor’s Edge’ cosplay featured on Suvudu

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Our own Bria was featured in an interview over at Suvudu to discuss cosplay and one of her latest costumes: Leia from the cover of Razor’s Edge.

What inspired you to create this costume?

From the minute I saw the cover for Razor’s Edge, I knew that I wanted to do the costume. I’ve said to my friends in the past that so many of the book covers with Leia bore me because they almost all show her in her film costumes. This was absolutely not something she wore in the films but it works so well for not only her character but also for the role she’s filling within the book as a leader of the Rebel Alliance on a vital mission. She gets to wear an outfit that shouts ‘this is meant for action!’ without automatically having to wear a catsuit. I had an idea for how I wanted to make the costume and one day, I challenged myself to complete the costume in 12 hours because I loved the look of it that much.

For the rest of the interview and for more photos, head over to Suvudu.

Words. Just WORDS!

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I don’t know how this escaped us for this long.
Now, in further research you’ll find that, disappointingly, it’s a ‘social rpg’ for iOS and Android. Starting to sound more like a Facebook game than a real game. On the other hand, it will be our first opportunity as fans to interact with the world that we’ve come to love so very much. Now, here’s my real question, why couldn’t some BIG name company pick up this IP and do something with it? Don’t you think that BioWare would have done a knockout job of this?

“Honor Among Thieves” Gets a Blurb

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re-honor-245x372The Star Wars Books Facebook page has released the full blurb for Empire and Rebellion: Honor Among Thieves, by James S.A. Corey.

When the mission is to extract a high-level rebel spy from the very heart of the Empire, Leia Organa knows the best man for the job is Han Solo—something the princess and the smuggler can finally agree on. After all, for a guy who broke into an Imperial cell block and helped destroy the Death Star, the assignment sounds simple enough.

But when Han locates the brash rebel agent, Scarlet Hark, she’s determined to stay behind enemy lines. A pirate plans to sell a cache of stolen secrets that the Empire would destroy entire worlds to protect—including the planet where Leia is currently meeting with rebel sympathizers. Scarlet wants to track down the thief and steal the bounty herself, and Han has no choice but to go along if he’s to keep everyone involved from getting themselves killed. From teeming city streets to a lethal jungle to a trap-filled alien temple, Han, Chewbacca, Leia, and their daring new comrade confront one ambush, double cross, and firestorm after another as they try to keep crucial intel out of Imperial hands.

But even with the crack support of Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing squadron, the Alliance heroes may be hopelessly outgunned in their final battle for the highest of stakes: the power to liberate the galaxy from tyranny or ensure the Empire’s reign of darkness forever.

They had me at “Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing squadron.”

The Han-centric novel is scheduled for release on March 4, 2014, in hardcover and ebook formats. The first book in the Empire and Rebellion series–Razor’s Edge by Martha Wells, starring Leia–releases on September 24.

Review: The Star Wars #1

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This is not your father’s Star Wars: it’s your alternative red-tinged universe’s father’s Star Wars.  The Star Wars has taken George Lucas’s original rough draft screenplay of A New Hope and has been translated into a comic by writer J.W. Rinzler and artist Mike Mayhew.  The names are similar and so is the basic galaxy but otherwise, this is absolutely a different story.

It is a somewhat familiar tale at the start: the Jedi-Bendu are all but extinct as the Knights of Sith hunt them down for being enemies of the New Empire.  Jedi Kane Starkiller and his two sons are on the run while the Emperor announces to defeat the last frontier and conqueror the final refuge for the Jedi: the Aquilaean system.  King Kayos of Aquilas prepares for war along with General Skywalker.  In the midst of all this, the Princess Leia leaves the palace for her studies and Starkiller arrives on Aquilas with a plea to Skywalker.

This first issue is very much about exposition and establishing this alternative universe and yet it never feels boring.  If nothing else, the familiar names and places that continuously pop up in different ways than fans know them will definitely keep readers intrigued.  The elements and archetypes are familiar but they’re put together in a completely different order.  I’m actually mostly unfamiliar with the original script aside from the basics but Rinzler has definitely done a good job with his translation.  He manages to make you care about some of these new characters in just a few short pages and to hook your interest by the final page.

The artwork by Mike Mayhew with colors by Rain Beredo is a perfect fit for the story.  It gives it that very classic and almost retro feel while still being dynamic.  Seeing all the visual changes and tweaks from the original script is fascinating.  Characters like the stormtroopers and Darth Vader and ships like the Star Destroyers look both familiar and yet quite different.  It helps establish the story as being in its own universe and they even include a few pages in the back with sketches and commentary on “redesigning a universe.”  Princess Leia will still look familiar to readers with her double hair buns while characters like Darth Vader present more of a mental what if? scenario.

At the end of the day, The Star Wars is a visual treat with a “new” twist on a story we all know so well.  Is it essential reading for all Star Wars fans?  No.  Was the first issue enjoyable and does it warrant a read if you’re even the least bit intrigued?  Absolutely.