BBC news brings us news of a new animated series called “The Infinite Quest” starring none other than The Doctor himself, Doctor Who. Currently planned to be a 13 episode series it will feature the Doctor and his new sidekick traveling through many worlds to find an ancient spaceship.

Anthony Stewart Head, best known as Giles the Watcher in Buffy: The Vampire Slaver, will voice the vilain of the series, Balthazar. No confirmation of whether David Tennant and other stars of the live action series will be featured as the voices of their respective characters has been made at this time.

Although this was made by the creators of Soul Calibur and Tekken, this game is more like Power Stone meets Def Jam Vendetta than either of those two titles. You play as Brad Hawk, an out-of-town mercenary recruited to help stop a gang war. You’ll play through over 90 levels and recruit new fighters to your cause. This game boasts a line up of over 60 characters (among them Paul and Law from Tekken), many of which are unlockable. Multiplayer modes for up to four players help up the replay value. Although it’s simplified compared to Tekken, the fighting engine is actually deeper than most brawlers. You can perform counters, weapon strilkes, and even team up with another fighter to preform an assist. This may not be the deepest fighter you’ve played, but it’s definently fun to play, especially when you have friends over.

Rush Hour 3. Chris Tucker’s last movie was Rush Hour 2. The one before that? Rush Hour. How is it he has only made 3 movies in a decade? Jackie Chan has made 16.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters may or may not be good. The trailer made me laugh. It opens March 23rd.

King Of California is at Sundance and doesn’t yet have distribution, but will likely see a wide release this summer. Michael Douglas stars as a mental patient who takes his daughter on a hunt for Spanish gold.

1408 is based on a Stephen King short story with John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson. I think the names are an endorsement enough of this one, but the trailer looks pretty good too.

While I fully realise that none of our readers seem to care about Day Break I still feel the need to report on this amazing show in the hopes that someone will actually watch it.

Plans to release the episodes online have been finalised and this coming Monday, January 29th 2007, all 4 remaining episodes of the show will be available for download according to this episode guide on ABC.com.

As a follow up to my post from earlier this month my brother has some bad news. This week instead of Day Break NTV played 24. The Rogers Digital Cable listing, up to and including the time when the show played, showed that Day Break would play. Next week Day Break is shown as playing again with the description of the same episode that was meant to play yesterday.

So best case we get the new episodes one week later, starting February 8th, and worst case we won’t be getting them at all. This isn’t a big deal considering the episodes will be available online at ABC.com but is still relevant as the quality and convenience of a TV broadcast makes it worth keeping an eye out for.

Thanks again to Togast for this news.

Update!

Canadian viewers, along with all other non US viewers, will likely not be able to view new episodes of Day Break as they are released on ABC.com. Eager viewers will instead be greated by a message stating that Only viewers within the United States can watch these full-length episodes.

I’ll see if I can find a work around…

To celebrate 20 glorious years, New England Comics is putting together “The Tick’s 20th Anniversary Special Edition #1,” featuring almost 30 creators (with more to be announced), including creator Ben Englund…….’s father, Richard Englund. (Okay, Ben too. But his dad?  I can’t work with my dad on the the VCR, let alone a comic.) According to the press release, “the creators were each asked to to write and draw a one page (in some special cases, 2 pages) Tick short tale as if they had total control over the character.”

While the list isn’t generally populated with the “big” names in comics right now, there are definitely some interesting names, from Fred Hembeck to Arthur Suydam (who also does one of the two covers – you might recognize him from all those Marvel Zombie covers he does). For a character that’s spawned two TV shows, Taco Bell toys, and a moderately not bad Super Nintendo game, it’s a happy 20th birthday indeed! Click through HERE for the full press release and list of creators, and look for the 48-page book in April, for $5.95.

He-man.org is reporting the details of the release for the second and final volume to the New Adventures of He-man. The set is scheduled to be released on March 27, 2007.

I never received a press release for this volume, which is odd since I got one for the first volume. He-man.org does say that there will be more documentaries, art cards, easter eggs, profiles and more as extras in the set. Having just purchased the first volume, I can say that they definitely have put together a nice package. The art cards are definitely a nice touch. They allow modern comic artists to give a glimpse at how they would portray pieces of the He-Man universe.

This year, the GI Joe brand celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the 3.25 inch toy line. To celebrate, Hasbro has created a line consisting of the top 25 fan-favorite characters in the 3.25 inch figure style. These figures will feature added articulation that seem to be comparable to the Marvel Legends Showdown figures currently available in stores.

MasterCollector had revealed the news of this line and were going to announce a new figure each day this week to the collector club (and still are), but Hasbro accidentally posted pictures of the entire first wave of 10 figures, effectively letting the cat out of the bag. To add insult to injury, just after the initial announcement, CobraIsland.com posted the listing of the first wave that someone from the TNI boards found in the computer at the toy store for which they work. Oddly though, the listing does not match the pictures that were revealed.

Here’s the listing for those too lazy to follow hyperlinks:

GIJ 25TH ANNIVERSARY STORM SHADOW
GIJ 25TH ANNIVERS SNAKE EYES WITH WOLF
GIJ 25TH ANNIVERSARY COBRA OFFICER
GIJ 25TH ANNIVER CORBRA COMMANDER W/HOOD
GIJ 25TH ANNIVERSARY FLINT
GIJ 25TH ANNIVERSARY BEACHHEAD
GIJ 25TH ANNIVERSARY SERPENTOR
GIJ 25TH ANNIVERSARY BUZZER
GIJ 25TH ANNIVERSARY LADY JAYE
GIJ 25TH ANNIV COBRA TROOPER

Yesterday was the fourth day of announcements so the following figures have already been announced in order: Storm Shadow, Duke, Scarlett, and Gung Ho. The figures all seem to sport outfits that are based on their original figures from the first line.

I have posted all ten of the images after the jump. If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t look. I’ll be darned if these aren’t some good looking figures, though.

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UPDATED – 1/26/2007, 10:47 PM
DC sent out a new teaser image today, coupled with the sentence, “Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.” It’s unclear exactly what this ties to, but keep reading after the jump for a full shot of the image, and a rundown on the surprisingly shocking characters present for it.

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