On Tuesday the studios made their final offer to SAG. Of course the actors are all still mulling over the negotiations, but no word yet if there will be a strike. That being said, many movies are moving forward with filming schedules.

Terminator 4's John Connor and Dark Knight's Batman, Christian Bale didn't seem to pleased about the possibility of a strike. In an interview with ReelComix he tried to blow it off, but you could see he yearns for work, "I mean clearly I hope there is nobody out there who wants to have a strike. I hope that everybody wants to be able to make a deal. The industry has been reeling from the writers strike, people have barely recovered from that. [So] I cannot understand why anyone would be desiring a strike rather then make a deal."

Even pugnacious Hellboy star Ron Perlman hoped for peace and told the Associated Press, "I hope that cool heads prevail and that people get a chance to work...I'm hoping and praying that they find some middle ground."

I think Batman and Big Red's sentiments are shared with much of Hollywood. Didn't they punish the middle guy enough? Think of the grips, makeup artists and set designers and artists that would have to go with out movie money again. With the ever impending recession, it's no wonder that half of Hollywood isn't living in a old timey Hoovervilles anyways. But if it happens, they'll both be prevented from talking to the press or working on any upcoming projects at all. Heroes producer Tim Kring says the show's third season will be totally ruined if the strike goes forward.

Big-budget scifi films Terminator 4 and Transformers 2 have decided to push through the strike as of right now. (Although Transformers 2's filming schedule built in a "hiatus" around now to work on visual-effects stuff without any actors, in case the worst happens.) According to the New York Times both studios seem to believe it will all work out. But just in case both movies have been filming at a feverish rate (Transformers 2 almost constantly) is this a mad dash to finish what they still can before the actors whose egos are bruised cause an all out riot?

So it looks like the big scifi movies will keep burning the candle at both ends until they can't anymore, but what of our beloved Comic-Con?

Slash film speculates that we could be seeing a celebrity-free Comic-Con. Which they deem a positive thing, and I tend to agree. Why waist time standing in line for a pictures with a celebrity when you can now spend countless more hours bothering writers and producers for spoilers. Plus imagine the fan boy riots when they find out Leonard Nimoy isn't coming — priceless!

Iron Man 2:

Thor won't be making a cameo in Iron Man 2, says director Jon Favreau. He also mentions he's seen early art from from the Captain America movie, and it looks great. [IESB]

Hellboy 2:

Variety also posted its review of Hellboy 2, and it includes some spoilers. As the movie starts, Hellboy's girlfriend Liz is pregnant, but he doesn't realize this at first. There's an early sequence where he battles a giant green forest deity, cradling a baby in his arms. We see a flashback to 1955, where Professor Broom (John Hurt) reads Hellboy more of that story about the making of the mechanical Golden Army to protect the Elves against the humans. The crown controlling the army gets split up, with one part going to the humans and two parts to the ancients.

Fifty years later, Hellboy is working for the Department of Paranormal Research and Defense. His boss wants Hellboy to be discreet and low-profile, so of course he gets thrown out of a burning building and onto a police car. It turns out the Elf Prince Nuada wants to reactivate the Golden Army, but his sister Princess Nuala hides her piece of the all-important crown. The army finally does get awakened, in Ireland, and Hellboy fights Nuada on top of a giant clockwork mechanism. [Variety]

Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3-D:

Variety also posted its early review of Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3-D, with more spoilers. Brendan Fraser plays Trevor, whose brother Max disappeared years ago. Max's bratty teenage son Sean shows up for a visit, bringing a box of Max's papers including a copy of Jules Verne's Journey To The Center Of The Earth. It turns out Max had a theory about volcanic "tubes" that could carry you past the Earth's magma layer into the planet's core. He takes Sean off to Iceland to discover the truth. They hook up with a mountain guide, Anita, who believes Verne was actually writing the truth. They ride a broken down mining rail, over a steep cliff, plummeting miles below sea level into a giant jewel-encrusted cave. They cope with carnivorous plants, Alien-like fish, and dinosaurs. [Variety]

Transformers 2:

Jon Voight (the Secretary of State in the first Transformers) says he won't be back for the sequel. [Collider]

Also, I totally missed the snippet towards the end of this article, where Michael Bay mentions a bit about the plot of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. Sam Witwicky goes off to college at an Ivy League-esque East Coast school, but Mikaela (Megan Fox) can't afford college. She travels from L.A. to visit him at his school. [NJ.com via TrekMovie]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles:

Garret Dillahunt's Terminator, Cromartie, will be a regular in the second season of the Terminator movie spin-off show Sarah Connor Chronicles. Cameron (Summer Glau) has some issues after surviving that explosion at the end of season one, and everybody changes at the end of the first episode. We'll also see Cameron trying to eliminate other girls in John Connor's life, if she feels they pose a strategic threat. [E! Online]

Smallville:

Young-Superman show Smallville is casting three characters for the first episode of season eight: a guard, a scientist and a researcher, all of whose storylines relate to Chloe somehow. Also, Clark has a surprise for Lois when he returns to Metropolis. [Kryptonsite]

Doctor Who:

So what exactly happened at the end of Saturday's episode of time-travel soap Doctor Who, when the dying Doctor started to regenerate? Nobody knows, but there are a few theories:

1) The Doctor has a failed regeneration, with his severed hand involved somehow, and as a result he turns into two different Doctors, both played by David Tennant. (We showed some pics of Tennant wearing two different colored suits on the beach where he said goodbye to Rose in season two.)
2) The Doctor has a failed regeneration, which splits him into two Doctors, one played by David Tennant (thanks to the severed hand?) and the other played by David Morrissey (who's in the Christmas special later this year playing a character referred to as "the other Doctor" on the actors' trailers.)
3) The Doctor has a failed regeneration, which splits him into two Doctors — one of whom is actually Donna. (Not sure where this one comes from, actually.)
4) The Doctor "rolls back" his regenerations for a bit, and turns into Sylvester McCoy, the Doctor from the late 1980s. (The main evidence for this is that Syl was interviewed for Doctor Who Confidential, and was wearing a version of his old costume on camera.)
5) The Doctor's regenerations are tied to the Master's now, so he somehow turns into John Simm. (This has apparently been debunked. Simm won't be back this week, but the Master will show up sometime in 2009.)
6) Something different will happen.
All we do know for sure is that Tennant was filming the Christmas special a while back, so he's definitely not being gotten rid of — unless that was the most elaborate foiler ever. [Doctor Who Forum]

But if you really can't wait, here's someone's fanfic of what might happen on Saturday. [Yo-Mawari]

We do know that Sarah-Jane Smith won't die, because Elisabeth Sladen says she's in the middle of filming a second season of Sarah-Jane Adventures already. [Spoiler TV]

And here's a trailer for Saturday's episode, which reveals almost nothing, except that Davros wants to reduce the universe to atoms, which will become nothing. "The destruction of reality itself!" (What if Davros actually succeeds, and then reality reforms itself, because of nature abhorring a vacuum?) [Planet Gallifrey]

Heroes:

"Villains" is volume three, not season three, of superhero melodrama Heroes — the show's third season will consist of both volumes three and four. (Volume three is just 13 episodes.) The season doesn't introduce many new characters, but some new villains will show up. There's definitely more to Nathan's assassination than meets the eye. Also, we'll explore what will happen if "Sylar were only the tip of the iceberg" in terms of morally corrupt people with superpowers. [Collider again]

Star Trek:

Harry from Ain't It Cool News saw about 7 minutes of rough footage from the Star Trek reboot, and he posted some descriptions. First he saw a scene of baby Spock being cradled by Sarek and Amanda (Winona Ryder) on Vulcan. Then he saw a sequence involving the Kelvin, that Federation ship 25 years before the Enterprise's time. The shot starts as a close-up, then pans back to show the ship (with a saucer and one nacelle above and one below) against an angry sun. Then we glimpse inside the ship, which looks like an old submarine.

Then he saw a scene in a hangar, with cadets massing around shuttlecrafts waiting to hear what starships they'd be assigned to. Leonard McCoy gets assigned the Enterprise, but Uhura doesn't. And Kirk demands to know why his name wasn't called at all — turns out he's still in trouble over that Kobayashi Maru training-simulation stunt he pulled, and his future in Starfleet is at stake. McCoy helps Kirk to get on a ship, in a funny scene that shows their chemistry developing. Meanwhile, Uhura confronts Spock over her assignment to a ship other than the Enterprise.

And then there was a scene on the Enterprise bridge, commanded by Captain Pike, with Sulu at the helm. The Enterprise bridge and uniforms look like "classic Trek," but everything is more functional. (Harry's description explains more what he means by that.) [Ain't It Cool News]

The Dark Knight:

Here's another new trailer for the Batman film The Dark Knight, and a blurry scene of Batman and the Joker playing chicken that showed during Entertainment Tonight. [Wired]

Plus there's more speculation that the Joker kills Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) by dropping her off a tall building. [Topless Robot]

And here's a clip from the direct-to-DVD animated anthology spin-off, Gotham Knight, that went up on MTV Movies the other day. [MTV Movies]

Doctor Who:

Here's another clip from Saturday's Doctor Who, showing a scene we've already described in some detail before. [Spoiler TV]

G.I. Joe:

Brendan Fraser confirms he has a brief cameo in G.I. Joe in a "training scene." [MTV Movies]

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen:

Remember that Transformers 2 scene we mentioned, where Sam goes to class and starts freaking out and writing equations? More details have come out. Apparently, it's the Astronomy 101 class taught by Professor Colon (played by Rainn Wilson) who also wrote the class' textbook. The prof tells the class to turn to page one, but Sam reads the entire page in seconds, then starts telling the professor which parts are wrong. Then he gives a speech about what Einstein got wrong as well. He demands to know why nobody understands him, then finally leaves. (The second day, he comes back to class, but acts less nuts.) Meanwhile, he also warns Mikaela not to touch "it" (a piece of the Allspark?) maybe because of the effect it had on him. [The Movie Blog]

Meanwhile, a call-sheet from Transformers 2 turned up a couple of weeks ago, and I don't think we blogged it at the time. It gives more details about that Shanghai steel mill sequence that was filmed in Pennsylvania. A strike force in Hummers and Trikes pulls off its hazmat suits. Meanwhile, an ice cream truck rolls up to some kids and they run to get treats, but the truck splits in half and spins away from them, leaving some treats behind. (This is the Decepticon known as the Twins.) Then the three motorcycles that make up Arcee roar past the ice-cream truck. So do an Audi R8, the Hummers, the Stingers and the Trikes. The Twins chase the R8 into an alley, then crash and split in two again.

There's also a scene at the Smithsonian where Sam, Mikaela and Simmons sneak in, using a radiation detector to find the hidden Decepticon Jetfire. Along with a Transformer named Wheels. They find Jetfire, but he transforms and it sounds like he escapes. [Comic Book Movie]

Heroes:

Heroes producer Tim Kring gives some hints about season three. The questions the show originally asked, about identity and how people are connected, and where all these powers are coming from, all get turned on their head "in an interesting way" in season three. Unibrowed ubervillain Sylar will be an integral part of the whole season, and won't be going anywhere any time soon. [Sci Fi Wire]

The picture on the right is the on set location from TFW2005, the left is Frenzy. You could make the argument that this is a new Decepticon, as their faces look a bit different. There are rumors circulating that this may be one of Soundwave's hench-bots.

For more on set video check out Philly Film Girl.

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen:

Here are some some new set pics from the Transformers sequel, showing Shia LaBeouf as a diligent college boy, fumbling with his books while talking on the phone. And Megan Fox was also around filming scenes at Princeton. [Flynet and JustJared]

There's also a new motorcycle, an Aprilia RS 50, that was spotted near the Princeton shooting location. It has no license plate and was kept in a special location. Could it be important to the film's storyline? Besides Shia and Megan, Ramon and Isabel were also on location. There was a Saturn Astra, which Shia seemed to be driving, including one scene where it gets driven into a pole. Also, there's tons of video of the Saturn Astra tearing down the street, along with the camera Go-Kart. Megan filmed a scene where she gets out of a taxi.

And then there are spoilers/rumors about what happens to tear Shia away from his happy college life in the weird fusion of Princeton and UPenn. Sam touches some kind of Transformers-related object and starts freaking out in class and drawing weird symbols the same way his grandfather did. He gets hauled off to prison or an asylum, and needs to get busted out. There are also references to the return of Megatron. [Transformers Live via Seibertron]

Wall-E:

Here are some new Wall-E images, including one nice spaceship pic and a nice view of the glitzy human habitat. [IGN]

The Avengers:

Marvel is talking about having 2011's Avengers movie star Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Ant-Man... or basically, all the heroes who are starring in their own movies, says Iron Man director Jon Favreau. [USA Today]

The Dark Knight:

IGN interviewed Christian Bale right after he filmed a scene where he and Gary Oldman (Jim Gordon) compare notes on the Joker's daring bank heist. Batman throws some money to Gordon, who catches it. Bale says Bruce is "a little older and he's coming to realize that maybe he's not quite as in control as he believed himself to be." And Batman has to question whether he's part of the problem, or part of the solution. And we'll still see more of Bruce's billionaire playboy facade. Along with Bruce's splashy new digs, there's a new Batcave. [IGN]

Four new TV spots for July's Batman movie give a bit more footage of the Jokery being zany. Is it just me, or is Heath Ledger's Joker actually more menacing the less you hear him talk? Although, it actually looks as though he drops Maggie Gyllenhaal off a building in a couple of those trailers — could it be true that she actually dies? [Reel Movie News and Guess Which Movie]

Doctor Who:

In this Saturday's Doctor Who episode, Earth and 26 other planets are snatched away somewhere. The Doctor and Donna arrive in the TARDIS, hovering in bewilderment in the empty space where Earth used to be. Meanwhile, on Earth, everything is mass panic and hysteria, and some of the Doctor's past companions start to band together. Rose, meanwhile, pays a visit to Donna's family, but she does get reunited with the Doctor at some point.

Also, a woman we know very well gets exterminated this week. (My guess: Jackie Tyler.) And we learn where the bees have gone. And finally, there's no K-9 in this episode, which means that spoiler about K-9 going to rescue the Doctor's daughter was definitely fake. [Digital Spy]

And here's a short scene from the episode, courtesy of kids' show Blue Peter. Sarah Jane, Jackie and Mickey are all prisoners aboard the Daleks' Crucible! OMG! [Cathode Ray Tube]

The Middleman:

More details about the July 14 Middleman episode about the zombies who crave trout instead of human flesh. Turns out the trout-craving zombie epidemic is due to an energy drink that has weird side effects. M.M. and W.W. scramble to stop the distribution of the problem drink before it's too late. Meanwhile, Lacey and Noser feel abandoned because Wendy isn't helping them with their annual art crawl exhibition. [Spoiler TV]

Eleventh Hour:

Here are a couple of promo pics of Rufus Sewell and Marley Shelton as the scientist and bodyguard in the Jerry Bruckheimer remake of anti-mad-science thriller Eleventh Hour. [Spoiler TV again]

Chuck:

In Chuck season two, there'll be more of a season-long arc, and less of the episodic hijinks. At the start of the season, something huge happens to shake up the characters, and it sends them on a big mission. By the end of the season, we won't see the characters the same way again. [TV Guide via Spoiler TV]

Knight Rider:

Some new casting calls have come out. Episode one includes a "Euro trash guy" who goes to meet with Kelli, the ex-special forces soldier, and does an exchange with her. (Maybe this has something to do with the guy who has the magic cipher-cracking DNA?) Also, episode two, includes a good-looking "counterculture physicist" in his thirties named Ryan Arrow. I met a counterculture physicist, and it's never a good idea to eat any dark-matter cookies they may offer you. [Spoiler TV]

Thanks to Lauren Davis for research help.

X-Files: I Want To Believe:

Here's a new trailer for the X-Files sequel, which includes more about Billy Connolly's weird visions, and maybe settles once and for all exactly what it is that scared Scully. [Apple]

And here's one new still from the movie, showing all the main cast except for one. [Multiple Verses]

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen:

Some new locations for Transformers 2 include some library steps at UPenn that could stand in for any number of fancy buildings. Eastern State Penitentiary is being done up as Cell Block 7, with some electronic rigging. And then Philadelphia City Hall was done up as a French cafe in Paris, where Sam's parents are on vacation. Also, a chase sequence was filmed involving Bumblebee, an orange car and a green car. [Transformerslive]

Doctor Who:

The BBC issued a new plot synopsis from the Doctor Who season finale, "Journey's End." It's pretty spoilery, all told:

The entire universe is in danger as the Daleks activate their masterplan... The Doctor is helpless, and even the Tardis faces destruction. The only hope lies with the Doctor's secret army of companions – but as they join forces to battle Davros himself, the prophecy declares that one of them will die.

[BBC Press Office, via Planet Gallifrey]

And here's a bevy of pics from the penultimate episode of the season, "The Stolen Earth." It looks like the spoiler about Dalek Caan being all chained up and fucked up is true. And you can see the Daleks out in the streets, herding humans as in the set report we posted months ago. We'll meet a new UNIT commander, General Sanchez. The red Dalek reminds me more and more of the sports car my friend's dad got — do you think Davros is having a midlife crisis? [Blogtor Who]

Death Race:

Here's a new (I think) pic of Tyrese Gibson in Death Race. [Black Voices]

Lost:

Some guy claims on his Livejournal that not only did Jin survive the freighter explosion, but he somehow made it back to the island. He'll be chillin' with Sawyer and the crew all next season. [Hellhounds Lair]

Heroes:

In a video interview, Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli) says Angela Petrelli is the mother of three superpowered people. Does he mean that she's Claire's grandmother? Or is there a third child of Angela that we're going to discover next season? [Heroes Revealed]

Batman: Gotham Knight:

Here are a few more stills from Batman: Gotham Knight, the new direct-to-DVD animated anthology. In one, Batman glares upward from the sewers of Gotham City, where Scarecrow and Killer Croc are lurking, in David Goyer (Batman Begins)' segment. In another, the animalistic Man-Bat version of Batman (not to be confused with the actual Man-Bat) flies towards the camera in one of the Rashomon-esque tales told in Josh Olson's segment. And in the third, Batman is wounded and crawling through the sewer while he recalls his training in India, in Brian Azzarello's segment.

Wanted:

The first preview screenings of super-assassin movie Wanted were yesterday, and one guy posted a super-detailed summary to writer Mark Millar's web forum. Here's the gist:

The movie starts out with a super-assassin visiting a woman, and she freaks out. But he says if he was there to kill her, she'd be dead already. He looks across the window and sees some guys with guns targeting him, and he backs up to the elevator, then runs and jumps out the window, killing all four guys. One of the guy's phone rings, and the super-assassin picks it up, telling their boss he shouldn't have sent amateurs to kill him. The boss says those four guys were just decoys, and the guy realizes he's standing on an "X" just before a bullet explodes his brain. We "rewind" the path of the bullet, back to an apartment, where Cross has just fired it with a super-telescope.

Then we cut to Wesley (James McAvoy) in his apartment, with his nagging girlfriend, whom he knows is cheating on him. He's filled with anxiety and hates his best friend for taking advantage of him. Wesley's boss is fat and gives him lots of grief. And then, he meets Angelina Jolie in a drug store and (you've probably seen this clip) she tells him his father was a super-assassin, who just died on a rooftop. She saves him from Cross, the other super-assassin, and tells him he's inherited all his dad's money and guns.

Eventually Wesley gets taken to the HQ of the Fraternity (of assassins, I'm guessing), which is a textile factory. They make him shoot the wings off a fly at gunpoint, and Morgan Freeman offers to train him in badassery. Wesley freaks out and runs home, putting his gun in his toilet tank. He realizes he now has $3.5 million in the bank. He quits his job, telling off his boss and smacking his best friend in the face with his computer keyboard "resulting in lost teeth, blood and keys flying everywhere."

Outside, Wesley sees the newspapers list him as a wanted fugitive, along with Jolie. She's parked nearby and he gets in her car. Wesley realizes his old life is over, so he joins the Fraternity. Then the hazing begins. (Well, it is called the Fraternity!) Wesley is put through tests, in between dips in a super-healing bath that heals all wounds in no time. The Repairman breaks Wesley of old habits by beating him up. The Butcher teaches Wesley to handle a knife, slicing him up in the process. And the Gunsmith teaches Wesley to shoot a gun. And the Exterminator is a Russian guy who likes to attach bombs to rats. Wesley trash-talks the Fraternity, and gets sent to the Repairman for another beating.

Wesley thinks he's ready to go after Cross, the super-assassin who tried to kill him. But Morgan Freeman doesn't agree, so Wesley has to do baby training assignments with Angelina. He learns to jump on and off moving trains.

Wesley fails to kill some rich guy at the last moment, questioning why that guy needs to die. Then Wesley learns the history of the Fraternity: they were medieval weavers who noticed a pattern in the loom, and the pattern generates names in binary code. (ASCII?) The Frat-boys (and Angelina) kill people who would go on to kill thousands of others — and one guy whom a Frat brother failed to kill slaughtered Angelina's parents. It's Morgan Freeman's job to interpret the loom and decipher the names. In the end, Wesley goes back and kills the rich guy whom he failed to kill the first time.

Wesley kills more people, including the clip we showed where he kills a guy in a limo by flipping his car over the sunroof. Cross, meanwhile, is killing Fraternity brothers one by one, and Wesley studies his unstoppable super-assassin ways, including untraceable bullets.

Wesley breaks up with his girlfriend by making out with Angelina Jolie in front of her. Then he spots Cross outside and shoots at him, leading to a big chase. The Exterminator shows up and gets shot, then Cross shoots Wesley in the shoulder, leaving a traceable bullet. Wesley thinks Cross is goading him into a confrontation. Morgan Freeman orders Wesley to go kill Cross. And then as soon as Wesley heads off to kill Cross, Morgan turns and orders Angelina Jolie to kill Wesley.

Wesley tracks the bullet to a monastery and forces the bullet-maker (Terence Stamp) to arrange a meet with Cross at a train station. Wesley spots Cross on the train and Terence Stamp flees the scene. Angelina Jolie chases after Wesley and Cross, who are alone together on the train. There's a big shootout on the train, and then Angelina slams her car into the train, destabilizing it. The train goes careening off the tracks, and Wesley and Angelina are falling. Then Cross pulls Wesley up, saving his life, but Wesley shoots him in the chest.

The train car they're in falls into the chasm, but gets wedged halfway down. Cross tells Wesley that he's Wesley's real dad, and the Fraternity is evil. Cross was never really trying to kill Wesley, which is why he only shot him in the shoulder when he had the chance. He just wanted to get him away from Angelina. She admits it's true about Cross being Wesley's real dad, and he shoots the floor out of the train, so he falls the rest of the way into the chasm.

Terence Stamp rescues Wesley and shows him Cross' apartment, which is right across from Wesley's apartment. Cross took lots of pictures of Wesley as a kid. Terence Stamp explains that Morgan Freeman's name came up on the loom of fate, as a target for assassination. But instead of allowing himself to be killed, Morgan Freeman started manipulating the Fraternity into killing targets of his own choosing.

Wesley stumbles on his dad's secret stash of weapons, and buys a ton of peanut butter. He lures some rats (with the peanut butter) and steals a dump truck. He attaches bombs to the rats and then drives up to the Fraternity's headquarters, dumping the rats so they run everywhere and then blow up.

Wesley jumps out of the truck and starts killing everyone. He grabs guns as they fall out of bad guys' hands and shoots everyone right and left. He shoots a hole in the Repairman's face and then puts his hand through the hole, shooting a bunch of other people through it. He fights the Butcher and gets cut, but finally jams the Butcher's knife blade into his gun, then shoots it into the Butcher and kicks it further into him.

Finally, he confronts Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, plus their cronies. Wesley shows everyone the "kill order" with Morgan Freeman's name on it. Morgan Freeman admits it's true and says everyone else in the room has also had his/her name come up and been spared. All the other Frat members are welcome to shoot themselves if they want to go by the strict Frat rules — otherwise they should "kill this motherfucker!"

Angelina Jolie winks at Wesley, then shoots a bullet that curves all around, killing everyone in the room, including herself. But not Wesley or Morgan Freeman, who has fled. Then Wesley goes and checks his bank balance, which is back to being pathetic.

The next scene shows Wesley back at a desk, with a voice over as Morgan Freeman approaches and points a gun at him. But it turns out not to be Wesley at the desk but a decoy. Morgan Freeman looks down and sees that he's standing on an "X" and says "Fuck!" and then a bullet ruptures his brain. Then we "rewind" the path of the bullet to see it went through Wesley's boss' donut, and his former best friend's energy drink, and then we're back at Wesley's dad's apartment. Wesley turns to the camera and says something along the lines of, "I had a sucky life, job, girlfriend, best friend and gave it all up. What have YOU done lately?" [Millarworld]

Transformers 2:

There's a ton of new Transformers 2 spoilers. A description of the movie's video game confirms that now the Transformers will have vehicle, robot or "weapon" modes. And it's pretty definite that Arcee, the girl-robot, will split into three different pink motorcycles when she's in vehicle mode. There's a new character, Leo, who seems to be getting cozy with Mikaela (Megan Fox) — which may indicate that Mikaela and Sam are no longer dating in the second movie. And fans caught the first glimpse at a scale model of Starscream, the Decepticon that's also F-22 Raptor. Here are a couple of pics. [Slashfilm]

Doctor Who:

Those Doctor Who pics we featured the other day, of evil scientist Davros and his red Dalek creation, have now appeared in British tabloid The Sun. Which makes them slightly more official. [Outpost Gallifrey]

There are some new British magazine scans that give some clues about the last few episodes of season four. In "Turn Left," Donna's on an alien planet and she goes to see a fortune teller, who delves into her past. (And according to one interview with writer Russell T. Davies, the fortune-teller "casts a spell" on Donna.) And then suddenly we see Donna in a world where she's never met the Doctor. Instead, she meets Rose, who calls her the "most important woman in creation." There's a "circle of mirrors" that Donna has to go back to, to make everything right.

In the season finale, we may get some closure on that interrupted conversation between the Doctor and Rose in Bad Wolf Bay, from the end of season two. (Where she told him she loved him, and he was conveniently cut off.) Also, Martha Jones' cellphone, still aboard the TARDIS, will be "very important" to the season finale. There's a nice moment that emphasizes how much the different companions mean to the Doctor, and how he needs them in different ways. And here's a nice pic. [Spoiler TV]

Knight Rider:

There's a casting call for the first episode of NBC's smart-car show Knight Rider. The episode will include a bad-ass ex-special forces soldier named Kelli, who hijacks "the package" from Mike and doesn't kill him only because she owes him. (Although he doesn't remember meeting her.) As for "the package," his name is Jay Hunt, a nervous guy whose DNA holds "the cipher that can decipher any code." Really. And then there's Jackson, an ex-military henchman who's willing to do whatever it takes to find Mike. [Spoiler TV]

Meanwhile, Paul Campbell (Billy from Battlestar Galactica) will play the head research technician at Knight Industries. [TV Guide]

The Middleman:

And there's also a casting call for the ninth episode of straight-edge superhero show The Middleman. We meet Guy Doddard aka 69, who's a former Middleman cryogenically frozen in 1969. He's a hard-drinking, smoking sexist whose unfrozen to fight one of his old enemies, whom everyone thought was dead. And then he's unwilling to cede his power to the current Middleman, and may try to trick the gullible Wendy into helping him with some nefarious scheme.

We also meet Derek, who lived near a supervillain named the Candle, who could melt anything at room temperature. When the Candle died, Derek inherited his raygun and was instructed to use it for the good of humanity — but couldn't resist using the gun to rob a jewelry store instead. And then there's Lord Jeremiah Purcell, a foppish British arms dealer who runs an arcane card game that's often played to the death. He welcomes the undercover 69 and Wendy as new players, but turns ugly when he realizes they're hiding something. [Spoiler TV]

Heroes:

In Heroes season three, archvillain Sylar will have a "change of heart" and turn out to be connected to one of the heroes we already know. [Superhiro.org]

Lost:

Captain Gault, the freighter captain who died towards the end of Lost season four, will be back for a few scenes in season five, probably in a flashback. [Lost Room 23]

The Avengers:

Could the Hulk be the villain of the Avengers movie? Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier thinks so. Just look at Ed Norton's green-eyed evil grin at the end of the Hulk film — he's someone who could potentially enjoy his mayhem a little too much. [Comics2Film]

Wanted:

Here's a new clip from Wanted that cropped up on Entertainment Weekly, involving Angelina Jolie in a giant train crash. [Entertainment Weekly via Comic Book Resources]

Transformers 2:

Want to know what happens in Transformers 2? Do you not care if what you're reading has any conceivable relationship to the truth? Then check out this allegedly leaked treatment for the Transformers sequel, which is probably a fake. In a nutshell, Sam goes to NYU and gets drawn into the world of street racing. And Megatron gets resurrected thanks to Soundwave's "mystic healing" harmonizing his particles. It turns out that Las Vegas' glittery lights were powered by the Allspark, and there's still enough stored Allspark-energy to power Vegas for generations — but the Decepticons and Starscream are coming to claim Vegas' power source for themselves. There's a massive battle for Las Vegas, and specifically the Luxor casino, which is the gateway to the remaining Allspark energy. The U.S. Army tries to trigger an EMP, but fails, and Vegas is trashed. And Sam's girlfriend Mikaela is killed. The movie ends on a downer note, with our heroes in disarray until the third movie... but Mikaela miraculously comes back to life at the last moment. [Scribd via CobaltSS]

G.I. Joe:

UGO has one of its patented spoiler round-ups for the G.I. Joe movie, and this time there's a fair bit of info we haven't reported, maybe because we weren't covering this movie much until recently. The main villains are Destro and Baroness, with Cobra Commander as a shadowy manipulator behind the scenes. Cobra Commander is played by Joseph Gordon-Leavitt, and it's rumored he's General Hawk's best friend and a former G.I. Joe who fell from grace. (He and Hawk went on a mission to stop Destro, and Cobra Commander was scarred horribly and turned evil, the way people do when their faces get scarred.)

The rivalry between the two ninjas, Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes, forms the heart of the movie — it's rumored they studied with the same sensei and fought for two days without landing a single blade. But Snake Eyes made a mistake and was deafeated, so he went to Brazil and learned a new weapons-free discipline. The evil organization Cobra enlists the aid of the mercenaries known as Dreadnoks, led by Zartan and his brother and sister, Zarana and Zandar. Zandar has the ability to change his skin color to blend in with his surroundings. There's more at the link. [UGO]

The Descent 2:

Here's the first look at the Crawlers from The Descent 2, in which a traumatized Sarah emerges from the caves covered with blood. The police force her to go back into the caves to help them look for her five missing friends, but she starts having flashbacks and remembering more of the horror she endured there, as the group gets closer and closer to getting trapped in the dark with those monsters. [Fangoria]

Battlestar Galactica:

In the remaining 11 Battlestar Galactica episodes, airing next year, we'll see the relationship between Bill Adama and Laura Roslin deepen. And we may get more of a sense that Laura has been grooming Lee Adama as her successor all along, despite their disputes. And Roslin actor Mary McDonnell definitely seems to think they just found Earth. In the rest of the season, she says, "whatever has been complicated becomes more so." [Zap2It]

We haven't seen the real reactions of our characters to their discovery in last Friday's episode yet. "Revelations" and the next episode fit together closely, like a two-parter, and they're meant to be seen a week apart, says writer Jane Espenson. [TV Squad]

Lost:

Actor Cynthia Watros (Libby) accidentally refers to her Lost character as Annie. Was this a slip of the tongue... or did she let slip something by accident? And apparently we may see more of Libby at some point, and have some of our lingering questions answered. [Spoilers Lost]

Heroes:

It turns out Claire isn't the only character on Heroes who's adopted. And the discovery of another adopted character will change... everything! We'll see more of Monica and Nana Dawson (Nichelle Nichols) in episodes focusing on their relationship with Micah. But we probably won't see any more of Claire's beau West. [E! Online]

Chuck:

In the fourth episode of Chuck's second season, an old high-school friend of Sarah's named Heather shows up at the Orange Orange, Sarah's new job. And Heather blurts out Sarah's real name, shocking Chuck, who has fun almost blowing Sarah's cover and finds out more about Sarah's background. Heather is married to another high-school classmate of Sarah's, a nerd who turns out to be more than he seems when Chuck meets him and "flashes" on him.

So Sarah and Chuck have to go undercover at Sarah's high-school reunion, to foil the sales of high-tech bombs to evil Russians. Chuck manages to look like a hero while Casey fumes, and Sarah confronts her high-school demons. Meanwhile, Lester teaches the nerds at Buy More about "friendly negotiations" with customers, with unexpected results. [Chuck TV]

The Middleman:

Says Middleman star Matt Keeslar of upcoming episodes:

We have a Peruvian flying pike that, when it injects its venom into a victim, the victim turns into a trout-craving zombie. We have several different aliens from different planets. From one planet they happen to look like people on Earth who have had a lot of plastic surgery. From another planet they're a boy band. From another planet they embody a 14-year-old. And then there are, of course, other more fantasy-type characters, like an ancient terra cotta warrior who comes back to life to find and bring the heir to the Xing Dynasty to the underworld.

Just a wild guess, but I think he meant Qing Dynasty, not Xing. [Comic Book Resources]

Transformers 2:

Here's a silver concept car that was spotted on the set of Transformers 2 in Philadelphia. Fans speculate it's a 2009 Saturn Astra sedan, or a Corvette C7. (More at the link.) [Transformers Live via Seibertron]

And some other set photos show Bumblebee and Shia, plus a shot that required exact measurements of elbow-to-car-door distance. [Flickr via Latino Review]

Another set report involves a scene at a frat party at "the Castle," where Shia has parked Bumblebee in the bushes. Some cute coeds walk past, oohing and aahing over the cool car. And then Bumblebee's alarm sounds, and Shia runs outside. Some frat boys get pissed that a freshman parked his car in the bushes, but Shia says it's a friend's car and he just parked it there for a moment. The frat boys are all like, "why don't I park my foot in your ass?" and Shia says he'll move the car. Then he roars off to deal with some Decepticons. [Tformers.com]

G.I. Joe:

Remember that G.I. Joe drill vehicle we showed you from the New York Licensing Show? Apparently it's called the Mole Pod, and Cobra operatives — possibly including Destro and Storm Shadow — use it to tunnel into G.I. Joe headquarters at the Pit. Here's a video. [The Man Room]

Wall-E:

Here's a new Wall-E featurette that talks about the cinematography (with the help of industry legend Roger Deakins), but more importantly shows a bit more of the Tomorrowland-inspired world the humans live in — which is jammed with consumerist holographic banners for Buy'n'Large stuff, including some gross-looking fast food. [First Showing]

The Spirit:

Remind me again how Frank Miller's The Spirit movie isn't another Sin City? Here's a new poster that showcases how Scarlett Johansson will look as Silken Floss, and apparently she's a naughty dominatrix. Click to enlarge:

Doctor Who:

Supposedly these are leaked pictures of Davros and the new Red Dalek from the end of the current season of time-travel dramedy Doctor Who. They look pretty genuine to me, for what it's worth. [Cathode Ray Tube]

And Digital Spy once again has nine true spoilers and two fake ones for next Saturday's Doctor-lite episode, "Turn Left." It makes sense that we'll once again see characters from "Smith And Jones" and shots of the Titanic crashing from "Voyage Of The Damned," since we'll be revisiting those episodes without the Doctor's involvement. And it seems plausible that Rose would warn Donna that Davros "lives." [Doctor Who Hideout]

Meanwhile, there are non-jerking-around spoilers for "Turn Left" in a British magazine article. The episode is "bookended" by scenes in "our" reality, but the rest of the episode takes place in an alternate reality. Donna drives in a different direction (turns left instead of right) on the day she met the Doctor — so she never meets him. She starts seeing flashes of a mysterious blonde woman (Rose) who warns her that time and space are fracturing. Rose won't say her own name, and says she can't say certain words in certain places because of the unraveling of the space/time continuum. And Donna has a beetle thingy on her back. The episode ends with a ginormous cliffhanger back in the "real" reality. (And I'm actually quite looking forward to this one — I love alternate reality "what if" stories.) [Bad Wolf One]

The Middleman:

Some more spoilers for The Middleman, the superhero show that starts tonight on ABC Family. One minute Wendy is answering phones at a laboratory, the next she's fighting "a tentacled beastie with 10 eyes." The Middleman, impressed with her prowess, tries to recruit her and tells her supervillains are real. How come she never knew this before, she asks. He replies: "People want to believe reality’s normal. The ones who don’t are freaks and no one believes them, anyway." Wendy accepts a gig fighting crime at his side, but more just because she needs the work. Also tonight, a killer is gunning down scientists and leaving a banana peel at the scene of each crime — and an ape lab run by Mary Jo Rajskub (24) may be involved. At one point Wendy asks someone, "Did you skinny dip in the stupidity pool?" and there's a black-and-white homage to the 1960s TV show The Avengers, with John Steed and Mrs. Peel. [Boston Herald]

Also, apparently the whole first episode is available as a free download on iTunes. But you have to give them a credit card number, which I refuse to do. [iTunes, via Buzzsugar]

Heroes:

In the new Heroes season, Greatest American Hero star William Katt plays a seedy reporter who chases after Nikki Sanders (Ali Larter), in whatever personality she's expressing this time around. [Newsarama]

And Linderman, the shadowy Vegas manipulator played by Malcolm McDowell, will be back for five episodes in Heroes season three. Yes, nobody is ever gone forever from that show. (Although it could be flashbacks only, you never know. McDowell seemed to hint his character would be back for realz though.) [Superhiro]

Babylon A.D.:

Here are a few new stills from Vin Diesel's new post-apocalyptic movie Babylon A.D. [DVD Forum via IESB]

Incredible Hulk 2:

The Incredible Hulk sequel (if it happens) will feature Sam Sterns, aka the Leader, as its main villain — to the surprise of nobody, since the first film clearly set Sterns up for that role. [Entertainment Weekly]

Transformers 2:

Just how badly do you want to see what Arcee, Transformers 2's pink motorcycle robot, looks like in her "vehicle mode"? Badly enough to wade through a four-minute music video about Michael Bay and how much he rocks our universe? Well then, this is your lucky day. There's a few seconds of Arcee goodness (around 3:22) in this otherwise paintastic video. [TFW2005]

And hey, here are some incredibly boring set photos, including Sam Witwicky's frat house! [The Faded Silver Screen]

Battlestar Galactica:

The Battlestar Galactica season finale got a sneak preview in L.A. the other night, and someone posted a full recap. Since by the time you read this, you'll be able to watch the whole episode over at SciFi.com (showing hourly from 9 to 4 EST) I'm not going to bother retyping the whole summary, but it's here. [Sci Fi Heaven]

Wanted:

Fox, the character Angelina Jolie plays in Wanted, is unhappy because her father was killed, and she's obsessed with the assassin's code she lives by. Fox doesn't talk much — mostly because Jolie insisted on editing most of her character's dialog out of the script.

Dragonball:

Some new Dragonball photos have cropped up. There's also a leaked script, but apparently it's a fake. [Dragonball Movie Blog]

Fringe:

Here's a behind-the-scenes video for Fringe, J.J. Abrams' new evil-science-conspiracy show, including some new footage from the pilot. [Spoiler Geeks]

The Middleman:

In the fourth Middleman episode, airing June 30, Wendy goes to train with Sensei Ping, a martial arts master. But Ping gets kidnapped by Lucha Libre wrestlers seeking revenge. The Middleman goes looking for Ping — and gets captured too. So it's up to Wendy to rescue them both. [Spoiler TV]

Doctor Who:

The long-secret title of Doctor Who's twelfth episode came out just after our deadline yesterday: It's called "The Stolen Earth." And here's the plot synopsis:

Earth's greatest heroes assemble in a time of dire need, in tonight's penultimate episode in this series of Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama. But can the Doctor's secret army defeat the might of the new Dalek Empire?

With battles on the streets and in the skies, the Doctor and Donna must brave the Shadow Proclamation to find out the truth. However, a fearsome old enemy waits in the shadows...

Fearsome old enemy, presumably = Davros. [BBC, via MTemplar]

In this Saturday's Doctor Who, Donna decides to stay behind by the pool on a resort world, while the Doctor goes off in a shuttle journey to visit a sapphire waterfall. (Donna's hardly in the episode at all.) The shuttle has 10 people on it, but by the end of the episode, there are only 6 left. It's like the inside of a 1970s or 1980s jumbo jet, and an evil entity breaks in and takes over. Someone has to make the ultimate sacrifice. Singer Rafaela Carra appears as the shuttle's "entertainment packae." And someone (Rose?) calls the Doctor's name from a viewscreen, but he doesn't hear. Also, in the following episode, Donna has a "time beetle" on her back. And apparently the founders of the Shadow Proclamation are the Shadow Architects.

And here's a rumored storyline for episode 11, "Turn Left": The Doctor dies fighting the Racnoss (back in the 2006 Christmas special), because Donna isn't there to help him. And the Judoon take over the hospital, killing Martha, because the Doctor's not there. Sarah Jane Smith also dies somehow. The Sontarans nearly kill everybody, and the Torchwood team all die. The Titanic crashes into Earth and causes a nuclear disaster. The Adipose wipe out America because the U.S. is full of fatties. And then the stars start to go out, because it's the end of the universe. And Rose/Bad Wolf comes back. [Doctor Who Forum]

And hey, here are some promo pics from "Turn Left" [Spoiler TV]

Also, the BBC put up a new "FAQ" that actually includes some spoilers. There are "no plans" to bring back the Master. (Really?). The Doctor may have more than 13 lives now that the other Time Lords are gone. You'll see extra areas of the TARDIS (the Doctor's ship) in upcoming episodes. And the Doctor really, really is half-human on his mother's side as the 1996 TV movie established. [BBC]

Incredible Hulk:

Some new clips from Incredible Hulk went up at IGN, and here they are — including a fair bit of new footage. [IGN]

Transformers 2:

Is Optimus Prime in mourning? Apparently the Transformers 2 shooting just included a scene at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Fairmount Park, PA, where Optimus himself was hanging out. [Seibertron]

The Dark Knight:

Here's a new The Dark Knight TV spot, which reveals that some kids are annoying in the film. And the Joker makes a weird "Hmm" noise.

The Happening:

Here's a spoilery review of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. Bits of new information include the fact that the mass suicides start in New York's Central Park. And then a ton of construction workers jump off a high-rise. And the convoluted scientific explanation for what's going on starts emerging pretty early in the movie, mostly through long speeches by Marky Mark and an eccentric nursery owner. Marky Mark and friends stay on the run, trying to avoid the wave of suicides — and at one point, they're in a field trying to outrun the wind, and things get silly. [Fangoria]

And there are some new clips from The Happening at this link. [MovieWeb]

Hancock:

A new TV spot for Will Smith's Hancock highlights the part of the movie that makes me uneasy: the whole god-who-can't-go-near-Charlize-Theron subplot. Hancock is becoming mortal! [Worst Previews]

Star Wars: Clone Wars:

Some new Star Wars: Clone Wars desktop patterns show a new look at Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and Anakin. Plus, cute.

Doctor Who:

Here's a sneak peek from Saturday's new Doctor Who episode, the first to be written by showrunner Russell T. Davies since the series premiere. [Spoiler TV]

Lost:

I don't know if you care what Lost star Jorge Garcia thinks is going to happen next, but it sounds pretty great to me. Garcia predicts his character Hurley will have lots of buddy-comedy road-trip adventures with Sayid, who picked him up from the sanitarium in the season finale. (I would totally watch that.) And Garcia thinks the show will end with a fight over the island between different groups that lay claim to it. [E! Online]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles:

Here's the first pic of Garbage singer Shirley Manson on the set of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where she plays a software mogul. [Legion Of Geek]

Smallville:

Lois will only appear in 13 episodes — give or take a couple — of Smallville season eight. [TV Guide]

Chuck:

The episode ominously titled "Chuck Vs. The Breakup" will introduce a new agent named Juliette, who's 27 years old and looks ethereal, like one of the elves from Lord Of The Rings. But she's all business. The episode also features the leader of a Columbian cartel and Hans, a scary Nordic man. [TV Squad]

Spectacular Spider-Man:

Spider-Man fights Venom at last in the Spectacular Spider-Man finale. Here are some pics! Am I on crack, or does the middle one look sort of Miyazawa-esque?

Incredible Hulk:

You know how the Hulk talks in the new movie? And says "Hulk Smash!" Well, here's a TV spot where they show it. There, that's your last reason to see the movie gone. [Cinema Gaslight]

(BTW, I saw Hulk, and there was no Captain America cameo that I noticed. I even sat all the way through the endless credits, and no easter egg — other than the Tony Stark cameo before the credits. But maybe there will be a post-credits easter egg in the non-preview versions, as there was for Iron Man?)

Transformers 2:

More details about the filming of the air-and-space museum scenes of Transformers 2, where Shia and friends are searching for a hidden Transformer. Shia dresses in an old-timey aviator outfit, with white scarf and goggles (maybe to blend in with the mannequins?) and tasers a security guard. And at one point John Turturro points at the Blackbird SR-71 (which plays a huge role in the movie apparently) and yells "Decepticon! Get behind the MIG!" [Superhero Hype]

Hancock:

Here's a featurette about the making of Hancock that includes some new footage, including Hancock taking a whiskey bottle into the bathroom. Plus it puts the footage you've already seen in a bit more context. (It's from a Korean site, hence the subtitles.) [Naver via Comic Book Resources]

Watchmen:

The scene from the dystopian Alan Moore graphic novel Watchmen where the young Kovacs (Rorschach) walks in on his sex-worker mother with a client will appear in the movie. And in fact, director Zack Snyder's own son plays young Kovacs in that scene, where he sees his mother in bed with a strange man, who then flees. And the mother belts the child in the face for losing her business. The scene will be a bit shorter than in the movie and may appear during flashbacks when Kovacs is talking to his psychiatrist. [ComicRelated]

Lost:

Apparently ABC has been asking focus groups how they feel about Michael's death on Lost, and whether they'd want Michael to come back from the dead. So maybe his death isn't final after all? Also, it's possible Walt, and Sun and Jin's child, also have to go back to the island along with all the adults. [E! Online]

Heroes:

In the first few minutes of Heroes season three, Claire shoots at her uncle Peter. And we see Claire with dark hair, due to a "shift in time." (It sounds as though this will be a future version of Claire.) [E! Online again]

Chuck:

On Chuck, Morgan saves Anna from some video-game jocks who are being mean to her. (Probably the same jocks who are taking over the home theater dept. at Buy More for their own personal frat house.) [E! Online again]

Also, Chuck dies this season... twice! And they've cast the role of the debonair ex-spy who teaches Chuck to be more of a ladies man, and it's not Roger Moore. It's... John Larroquette??. (Okay, that's different.) Also, as we may have mentioned, Arrested Development's Tony Hale plays a "corporate efficiency expert" who comes in to shake up the Buy More. And Michael Clarke Duncan plays a great villain. [Chuck TV]

Doctor Who:

Supposedly this is the first picture of Davros, the evil creator of the cyborg Daleks, from the tail end of the current Doctor Who season. Real or fake? You decide. (I'm thinking it looks a bit too cheesy to be real, but you never know, and people are posting it all over.) [Pop Culture Zoo]

The Middleman:

Here's the official synopsis for the second episode of superhero show The Middleman:

When a Terra Cotta Warrior is brought back to life, The Middleman and Wendy set out to stop him before he can take the last living heir of the Qin dynasty to the land of the dead, releasing a hail of fire that will rain down on the Earth for a thousand years. With some help from fashionista and reformed succubus, Roxy Wasserman, the two must make a daring trip to the underworld to get the deed done. But will Wendy be able to focus on their latest mission, or will the fallout of her argument with Lacey get in the way?

Still stinging from Wendy's harsh criticisms, Lacey lands herself a job as Roxy's assistant, which tests her activist spirit.

[Spoiler TV]

Star Trek:

The IMDB page for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie is full of spoilers. (Assuming it's accurate. How trustworthy is IMDB?) First of all, Winona Ryder plays Spock's mother, Amanda Grayson — a human, just like on the TV series. (There were reports a while back that she was playing a Vulcan, which made no sense.) Greg Ellis plays "Chief Engineer Olson," who may be Scotty's predecessor as chief engineer of the Enterprise. Ben Cross plays Spock's dad Sarek, and there's also an "Uncle Frank," who could be Kirk's uncle. There's a "Flirty Cadette," who probably flirts with Kirk.

And then there are the aliens. Rachel Nichols plays "Orion," which I'm guessing is a species, not a name, and Diora Baird plays "The Green Girl." Green dancing women, anyone? Lucia Rijker plays "Romulan CO." There are "Vulcan Bully" #1, #2 and #3, which makes me think we'll see the scene where Spock gets teased by his fellow Vul-kids for being half human. (Which was in the animated series already.) There's also a Vulcan Elder. And then there's Klingon Guard #1.

Most shocking alien race mentioned in the cast credits: Kelvin Alien #1. Are we really going to see the return of those uptight peeps from Andromeda, with the belt buckles that turn you into bath salts? Really? Update: As various people have pointed out, this is actually an alien from the U.S.S. Kelvin, not one of those aliens, known as the Kelvans. (Which means I've been spelling it wrong forever, and so have lots of other people.) [IMDB]

Meanwhile, Uhura actor Zoe Saldana gave another interview, with one new piece of information: She does say "Hailing frequencies open" in the new movie. [Coming Soon]

Transformers 2:

Cinemablend got more new pics of the filming of Transformers 2, involving some attack helicopters flying over a steel plant in Bethlehem, PA.
[Cinemablend]

Meanwhile, actor Matthew Marsden will play a British special forces commando named Graham, who teams up with Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson to fight the Decepticons all over the world, in this more globe-trotting sequel. [MTV Movies]

The Middleman:

The Middleman, the new superhero show from Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Lost), features a wholesome, milk-drinking gunslinger, The Middleman, fighting crime and "goofy CGI monsters." Wendy, his sidekick, is also his office temp. And Grillo-Marxuach mentions several times the show is light and fun. And fun. [Spoiler TV]

Fringe:

Here are some spoilers for the pilot of Fringe, J.J. Abrams' not-really-X-Files show, which honestly I think are all stuff we've posted before. But just in case, here they are. [Spoiler Geeks]

Lost:

I was wrong when I said there would be no more Lost spoilers for a while. First of all, there's reassurance that Jin totally survived that freighter explosion, without a scratch. He was in the hold, while Michael was up on deck. And in case you missed it, Claire will be absent during season five, but will be back in full force for season six. And that was totally the real, corporeal Ben in the funeral parlor at the end of the episode — he's probably been off the island since 2005, operating in the "real world." [E! Online again]

Smallville:

With Lex, Lana and Kara gone, who's going to scowl at Clark on Smallville next season? Turns out Green Arrow will be around a lot. Like, in almost every episode. [E! Online]

Doctor Who:

Still wondering about the little girl in last Saturday's episode of time-travel adventure show Doctor Who? Apparently she transforms into something in this Saturday's episode, and it involves something being stuck to the actress with glue, with makeup that needs to be activated with rubbing alcohol. [Planet Gallifrey]

Oh and here's today's crazy Doctor Who rumor: the TARDIS control room gets totally trashed, and the Doctor rebuilds it... as a retro steampunk control room. Sort of like the 1996 TV movie version, or the wooden version from 1977, only with more brass cogs and big levers. [Doctor Who Forum]

Torchwood:

Just a random observation: Martha Jones will most likely not be a regular character in season three of Torchwood after all, since actor Freema Agyeman just signed on to star in the remake of Terry Nation's post-apocalyptic show The Survivors. [Den Of Geek]

Stargate: Atlantis:

This is the year we pursue romance on Stargate: Atlantis, producers tell TV Guide. (With newly regular actor Jewel Staite? Pls??) As the season begins, pregnant Teyla is held hostage by Michael, a vengeful Wraith, while the rest of the cast is buried under rubble. And as we've mentioned, Woolsey (Robert Picardo) arrives to take charge, and at some point a galactic coalition holds Atlantis accountable for its supposed crimes. [Spoiler TV]

Spectacular Spider-Man:

Which villain does Spider-Man face in this Saturday's Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon? Here's a clue:

Jazz is back, bitches. Or at least that's what the internet rumor mill is claiming. Even though the evil Megatron snapped Jazz's robot spine in two in Transformers, TFW2005 reports that both Darius McCrary (the voice of Jazz) and a Pontiac Solstice have been spotted on the Transformers 2 set. Although Bay has denied Jazz's return, the rumors seem to be pointing to his resurrection. And Jazz should return. Transformers 2 will need the smack-talk and break dance transforming that only Jazz can give.

New set pictures from Philly show a Chevy Malibu Chinese police car, which could mean that the autbot Prowl has joined the Transformers team. Since it is a Chevy Malibu, which is from the corporate