Marvel is putting out a new bust. This bust features Rachel Grey as she appeared on the cover of Uncanny X-Men 468 where she is sporting a new tattoo forced upon her as marker by the Shi’ar identifying her as a carrier of the phoenix force.

 

Action Figure X-Press has gotten themselves an exclusive version of the bust where Rachel is using some of her phoenix abilities.

 

Last night the Canadian network Showcase premiered a new science fiction series “Continuum”. It scored great ratings and seems to have hit a cord with fans, but without an American distributor, can we expect it to last much longer than the 13 episode season which has already been completed? To get a taste of the show check out the 3 minute trailer embedded at the bottom of this post.

The show’s premise is pretty solid. In word … time travel! The series’s first episode, “A Stitch in Time”, begins in the futuristic world of 2077, but the main character of Kiera, played by Rachel Nichols, travels back in time to the year 2012 along with a bunch of death row inmates. In a plot that’s not unlike the 90s TV series Time Tracks, but without the British hologram lady, she burdens herself with tracking them down.

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I’ve been listening to a lot of Top 40 radio lately, and this is at least as good if not better.

A little background on this video, which is already going viral like mad… Its the creation of Stand up comedian Rachel Bloom, who doesn’t exactly have a lot of credits yet. I have a feeling in about 2 months, she’ll be on TV.

In the mean time, she’s got a twitter and a facebook page.

Stalk away, men of the internet.

(Thanks BZ3!)

Diamond Select Toys has announced the 33rd wave in the Marvel Minimates line of figures. This wave is set to include the following:

Modern Thor & Modern (and female) Loki
Menace & Anti-Venom (both from New Ways to Die storyline)
Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers) & Sentinel
VARIANT: “Hound” Rachel Summers & Sentinel

Also in the announcement was this tidbit:

In addition to the standard removable and interchangeable pieces, the Sentinel army builder featured in this wave will also include a special “Sentinel Army” design feature – allowing you to partially customize your own Sentinel Squad in either modern or retro styles.

Paramount sent a photo to JoBlo of actress Rachel Nichols all dolled up as the heroic Master Sergeant Shana M. O’Hara, better known as Scarlett.

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Looks dead-on, right down to the cross bow. Not unlike Wolverine in X-Men, she gave up the yellow on her suit to a more realistic all black. Combine this with our first glance at Snake Eyes, and I’m a pretty excited fan. No telling how good the acting, action, and writing will be until we see the movie (or at least a trailer), but if Michael Bay could make Transformers, maybe Stephen Sommers can make GIJOE.

Shooting begins next month and so now we have some of the final pieces in the puzzle of who will play the leads in GIJOE.
Irish actor David Murray has been cast as James McCullen Destro XXIV, primary villain. He’s largely known for stage work, but he’s been in a few movies too. The character Destro infamously wears a silver mask over his face, so its not known how much of Murray we’ll really see.Read more about Murray, and Destro.
Duke, the leader of GIJOE on the ground, will be played by Channing Tatum, an actor/model/dancer. I sure hope he’s tough on screen, because that photo I plucked for this story makes him look like a real sissy. Read up on Tatum and Duke.
Finally, Zartan, the master of disguise in COBRA, will be Arnold Vosloo, Vosloo is a South African best known as The Mummy from the film of the same name, also directed by GIJOE director Stephen Sommers. Read more about the actor here, and Zartan here.

Just to recap the cast so far: Dennis Quaid (Hawk), Sienna Miller (The Baroness), Ray Park (Snake Eyes), Rachel Nichols (Scarlett), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Heavy Duty), Said Taghmaoui (Breaker), Marlon Wayans (Ripcord), and Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow).

This isn’t the only casting I’m aware of right now. I know who is playing Cobra Commander, but its a major plot spoiler to even say who it is, so I’m putting it after the jump so only those who are serious about wanting to know see it. You’ve been warned.
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Paramount Pictures is confirming 4 new additions to the GI Joe movie cast according to IESB and Hollywood Reporter.

First up is Storm Shadow, the Cobra ninja and personal bodyguard to Cobra Commander. He’s the “swordbrother” of GI Joe’s resident ninja commando, Snake Eyes. He’ll be played by South Korean actor Byung-hun Lee. Western gamers might recognize him as the face of Wayne Holden in the game “Lost Planet: Extreme Condition”

Model/Actress Rachel Nichols has been cast as the GI Joe member Scarlett (seen above). Scarlett is the team’s counter intelligence officer and uses a cross bow, she’s also been romantically linked to Snake Eyes. Rachel Nichols previously starred as an FBI agent on Alias, and has also taken an unspecified role in the next Star Trek. Nichols will dye her hair red and speak with a southern accent or else everyone will cry.

LOST fans looking for a shot of Mr Eko are going to be pleased to see Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has been cast as Heavy Duty, the unit’s demolition and ordinance specialist.

Boxer turned actor Said Taghmaoui has also been cast though the announcement makes no mention of his role. Fans speculate he’s taking the roll of Breaker, the communications expert.

Today brings us more news from the San Diego Comic Con concerning upcoming toy lines and exclusive figures. We’ll start pretty much where we left off yesterday. We’ll try to cover the following topics:

• Marvel Legends Icons and 2-Packs
• DC Universe/DC Superheroes
• Castlevania

So read on for more details…

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