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Check out this sweet new trailer for The Adventures of Tintin.

From the few shots we get in the trailer it looks like they’re staying pretty close to the source material, which is great news.  I loved these books as a kid and read them all several times.  They’re all worth checking out if you’re still a kid at heart.

It seems the script is mostly based on The Secret of the Unicorn but apparently they’re also throwing in elements of The Crab with the Golden Claws and Red Rackham’s Treasure (which is actually a direct continuation of Unicorn’s story) to fill in the story.  Spielberg is directing the first one, while Peter Jackson is producing and on the hook for directing a sequel. Wikipedia has the details, of course.

PS: Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock is particularly inspired casting but the other cast is great too.

Bioware continues to spread their metaphorical peanut butter over all my favorite chocolate with today announcement that Felicia Day will be staring in a six episode web series based in the Dragon Age universe.

So that doesn’t mean much to everyone, but it means a lot to nerds like me. If you’re unfamiliar with Felicia Day go watch Dr. Horrible or The Guild and get back to me.

Here’s a couple stills of and an interview with Felicia Day on location and rocking a great costume.

Update (Feb 18th): Here’s the first trailer.

Here’s why national televised award shows are stupid: Lots of people are confused (or worse) because they’ve never heard of Arcade Fire before the band won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

Thanks to Kottke for the LOLs.

Dear X-Men movies: it’s been too long. I want you back like the good old days.

Will First Class scratch my itch? The trailer certainly does; let’s hope the movie proves just as awesome!

Holy shit! Clint Mansell is composing the score for Mass Effect 3.

Jack Wall did excelent work on the first two Mass Effect games, but Mass Effect and Mansell is like peanut butter and jelly!

For the details, check out Mansell’s recent interview with The Quietus where he also muses on composing the score for Black Swan and working with Aronofsky.