This is the first official image of The Lizard, the primary villain on this Saturday’s episode of “The Spectacular Spider-Man.” The episode, entitled “Natural Selection,” premieres March 15, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on Kids’ WB! on The CW.

Popular animation and video game voiceover actor Dee Bradley Baker provides the voice of Curt Connors/The Lizard. Baker’s credits include work on the hit shows “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Ben 10,” “The Fairly Oddparents” and hundreds of episodes within other animated series. Of note: For the Activision “Spider-Man” (2000) and “Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro” video games, Baker provided the voice for The Lizard, as well as several other villains.

In “Natural Selection,” Peter Parker and Spider-Man both must learn to own their choices when decisions made by Dr. Curt Connors transform Pete’s mentor into The Lizard.

I watched the premire episodes last week with my son. I was really suprised actually pretty impressed at how well the characters were being developed. It’s not your run of the mill/villian of the week cartoon show. My son had a great time watching too; which means it has enough story and plot for us older kids and keeps the little ones entertained as well. Winning formula guys! A++.

Gary Gygax, one of the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, he was 69.

Gygax co-wrote the original D&D game in 1974, and went on to create the Dangerous Journeys as well as a number of board games. He went well beyond the role of game developer and became an icon to gamers, appearing as himself in episodes of Futurama and participating in discussions on role-playing-related message boards as well as appearing at gaming conventions everywhere.

In a 2005 interview with Game Spy interview Gygax was quoted as saying:

“I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with everybody else.”

Rest In Peace.

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For Immdeiate Release

PRODUCERS OF BATMAN BEGINS AND THE DARK KNIGHT BRING YOU THE DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT
ON DVD FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO
ON JULY 8, 2008!

The Title is the Third DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie and will be timed for release with the much anticipated theatrical release of The Dark Knight.

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Here is another video interview from the FX Show 2008 in Florida. This time we talked to Greg Grunberg who stars as Matt Parkman on NBC’s Heroes. Greg goes into detail about the last episode of Season 2 right before the break and the writers strike.

Here is a quick interview we got with Nichloas Brendon (Xander Harris) star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This was shot at the FX Show 2008 in Florida.

Just a quick reminder … The Spectacular Spider-Man premieres Saturday, March 8 at 10:00 a.m. on Kids’ WB! on The CW. Also here is one of the first episode images to be released.

The series will debut on Kids’ WB! with back-to-back episodes.

In “Survival of the Fittest” (10:00 a.m. ET/PT), summer is over for Peter Parker and school’s ready to start — both literally (it’s his junior year of high school), and in the real world of crime-fighting — as Spider-Man faces his first real challenge (The Enforcers) and his first real super-villain (Vulture). Peter Parker is voiced by actor/musician Josh Keaton, and Robert Englund (”A Nightmare on Elm Street”) voices Vulture. Victor Cook directed the script, which was written by Greg Weisman.

In “Interactions” (10:30 a.m. ET/PT), Peter Parker and Spider-Man both try to make connections. Nerdy Pete attempts to tutor the popular Liz Allan, while Spidey reaches out to stop a new menace: Electro. Alanna Ubach (”Legally Blonde,” “Waiting”) and popular video game and voiceover specialist Crispin Freeman provide the voices of Liz Allan and Electro, respectively. Troy Adomitis directed the script by Kevin Hopps.

I got this yesterday from a friend who works over at Warner Bros. It’s “Desperate Housewives” star Kyle MacLachlan’s thoughts on voicing Superman in WB’s upcoming “Justice League: The New Frontier” cartoon.

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Marvel let this one out of the bag back in September. Just a couple of days ago the first trailer showed up on the web. I like the fact that Wolverine is pretty much in charge now. The series is speculated to air in fall 2008.

Here is the Series Synopsis:

When an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor, the beaten heroes walk away from it all. But then they’re given a rare glimpse into the future, and see a world in utter ruin, ruled by giant destructive robots - a world that spiraled out of control because the X-Men had given up. So now the most legendary of all X-Men takes the lead: Wolverine! Reuniting these broken heroes, Wolverine embarks on the ultimate mission - to prevent the world’s destruction. To rescue us from ourselves. To save the future.