ABC has officially announced that its ultimate milk and honey show, Lost, will begin its final season on February 2, 2010. The station will attempt to make an event out of the evening by airing one of their hour-long recap episodes right before the two-hour Lost premiere airs. The final season is set to air 18 episodes, with the premiere and likely two-hour finale counting as four of the total episodes. There have been talks of the show possibly taking a short break when the upcoming Winter Olympics take place, but that is still unknown for sure.

The sixth season has the ultimate of challenges ahead of it. The show has consistently delivered some of the best writing and most compelling television in the history of the medium, but with so many questions left to answer, the task at hand is for them to remain as flawless as they’ve been while still answering most of the mysteries that remain. And with one of the mysteries being the random “sightings” of deceased characters, expect to see many familiar faces within the final run.

OK, so this isn’t exactly the geekiest of news, but it is potentially one of the more earth-shattering entertainment news stories to break in a long time, and so here it is. Oprah Winfrey’s label Harpo put out the press release today, officially announcing that on September 09, 2011, the very last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show would air, which will cap off the universally popular talk show’s 25th season. It looks as if Oprah plans to concentrate on her network, OWN, when the show reaches its closure point.

Rumors of the show’s end have risen and faded, risen again and faded again, but never have they ever come to this kind of finality that her seven million daily viewers feared so dearly. As those of us who are not fans and do not watch know, Oprah is about as close to a god on Earth as there is when it comes to her loyal following, so expect many a hearts to be broken by the news. Lives have been changed, perspectives and paths and physical appearances altered, and books — good and bad — have been made into super-hits all by this woman’s hand. Love her or hate her, the end of Oprah is an occurrence of epic proportions.

Click over to the other side to read the press release from Harpo.

For as long as the Jackass crew has been doing what they do, fans have had to assume it was only a matter of time before they just couldn’t handle that kind of damage anymore. Even so, after the success of Jackass: Number 2, it was all but guaranteed that if they could take the hits, there would be a third film eventually, and it appears that that time is now. Cinematical is reporting that a list of Paramount Pictures’ 2010 slate of movies includes not only a third movie in the franchise, but specifically a Jackass 3-D!

Since the last movie, the gang moved on to many different projects of their own. Bam Margera has had a few TV shows added to his resume with regulars like Ryan Dunn appearing often. Steve-O and Party Boy Chris Pontius had their show Wildboyz for a while, and Pontius has unexpectedly moved on to more serious acting roles, recently snagging a part in a future Sofia Coppola film. Johnny Knoxville hasn’t appeared in nearly as many movies as it looked like he was building toward, but he and some other members of the cast and crew have begun other TV shows like MTV’s Nitro Circus, which is just like Jackass, but with professionals, and just as entertaining if you’re into that kind of “humans doing incredibly stupid things” kind of humor.

Gentle Giant will release a fully-loaded deluxe version of R2-D2 complete with eight accessories.

The ever-popular astromech droid from the Star Wars saga will come with a periscope scanner, mechanical gripper, utility saw, Luke’s Return of the Jedi lightsaber, and more, all of which can all be assembled into the statue’s exposed chest or dome panels.

The 7-inch-tall, 1/6th scale Poly Stone statue is hand painted and will be a limited edition.

This deluxe R2-D2 will be available Spring 2010. No word yet on price or pre-ordering.

In the same interview with the NY Post that revealed the possibility of a Call of Duty movie being made, Scottish actor Kevin McKidd also talked about HBO’s Rome and the rumored feature film that its producers are hoping to make of it.

Since Rome was canceled WAY too soon, not much has been spoken of it; but within the past year or so, Ray Stevenson began speaking of a possible movie that producer Bruno Heller wanted to make that would be based on the show. The very thought of this is immensely exciting for fans like myself who thirst for more of this merciless, graphic, semi-historically accurate series, but the situation would also be a tricky one as Rome was one of the most expensive shows ever made (the reason why HBO killed it so quickly), and most of its sets were destroyed (supposedly). Another tricky aspect would be the content — as I’ve said before: the content on HBO included countless things that you would NEVER see in a theatrical production, so it would be difficult indeed.

Kevin McKidd is one of those actor who is incredible in all that he does, but isn’t really known among those who haven’t seen his works. The Scottish actor is best known as the main character of HBO’s Rome, Lucius Vorenus, but he’s been making a decent mark on more mainstream television series like Grey’s Anatomy and the canceled Journeyman. Next year, he will play Poseidon in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, but right now, he’s appearing in a less-visual role: Captain “Soap” MacTavish in the video game mega-hit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Recently, McKidd spoke to the NY Post about his current prospective projects, and Call of Duty came up. He confessed that he had no idea that the game would be so popular, and that now they’re apparently toying with the idea of a movie based on the title. This comes as no surprise to anyone considering how popular the games are, and considering the genre, it could absolutely work well in movie form.

Pre-ordering is now open at Steeles Publishing for the standard and deluxe editions of The Art of Tim Burton book.

The 430-page hardcover book contains film concepts and over 1000 illustrations, including those from Tim Burton’s personal archives and some which have never before been shown to the public. The Deluxe edition contains a signed inside cover and comes with cloth slipcase, as well as a numbered and individually signed lithograph – ready for framing, not folded.

The standard edition is $69.99, while the deluxe is $299.99; both ship in 2-4 weeks.

See below for more details on the book and check out the publisher’s site for samples of the artwork included in the book.

In conjunction with Monty Python’s 40th anniversary, Universal CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood will become “SillyWalks” tomorrow night for a live event that will attempt to set the world record for the most people ever to do “silly walks” at one time in one place.

The event, which is the first-ever SillyWalks for Hunger, will go to benefit the hunger relief organizations Feeding America, the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, and the Global FoodBanking Network. Check in for participants begins at 5:30pm, with the event is scheduled to begin promptly at 7pm, and will be broadcast worldwide across television, radio and the Internet.

“SillyWalks” derives from the classic skit from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, called “The Ministry of Silly Walks,” about a government agency dedicated to the development of new ways to walk silly. In the sketch, John Cleese played the head of the agency. (Watch the skit here below.)

Comedian and SNL alumni Jon Lovitz, who is producing the event with MashCast and choreographers Rich & Tone, will serve as the the Minister of SillyWalks for the day.

Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that Stephen Susco (The Grudge) has been hired to write the script for Hack/Slash, the upcoming movie based on the Tim Seeley comic book. Back in April of 2008, the project had Justin Marks writing the script that was to be directed by Todd Lincoln. Lincoln was also replaced back in July when Fredrik Bond was brought in to helm the movie (Read: ‘Hack/Slash’ Gets A New Director In Fredrik Bond)

Hack/Slash follows Cassie Hack, a girl who never had it easy growing up. When her evil Lunch Lady mother — who was murdered after it was discovered that she had been killing children and processing them into the food — comes back from the dead and resumes her murderous habits, Cassie takes her own mother out. After that, she begins her life as a slayer of Slashers, the vicious living and dead beings who walk the Earth, slaughtering all who cross their paths. She is joined by a giant named Vlad who acts as her bodyguard and strength.

Not much was known of the new Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea movie that was well on its way to us, but one might imagine that Disney had plans of bringing another massive water-filled adventure much like their Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. They had gotten so far as to hire Terminator Salvation director McG to helm the flick, and names like Will Smith were rumored for the role of Captain Nemo. None of this matters anymore now, as Disney has slammed the brakes on with force and stopped all forward progress on the project.

The movie was set to tell an origins tale of the fabled Captain Nemo and the building of his ship, the Nautilus. It was actually on the fast track at one point, but it appears that the controversial firing of popular chairman Dick Cook may have knocked it off its course for the time being. The original 1954 film starred Kirk Douglas and it was Disney’s very first live-action film production.

Do not ask how it happened, but for some reason, this news — which seems to have broken in late October — never ever reached our ears, and this pains us. In true “better late than never” fashion, here’s the good news for those of you who also have yet to hear.

On the Playstation blog, Product Marketing Manager of SCEA, Anthony Caiazzo, announced that the realms of video games and movies would finally cross paths in a fashion that did not involve one of them making a terrible adaptation of the other or vice-versa. The big reveal was that when Neil Blomkamp’s ultra-popular science fiction drama District 9 was released, a playable demo for God of War III would be included exclusively on the Blu-ray edition of the film.

Not that anyone needed more of a reason to go out and buy District 9, but rabid fans of the God of War series will certainly be even more inclined to rush out and buy it now. Hell, it wouldn’t be at all shocking if some who have never even heard of District 9 pick up the movie just for the demo — some of those gamers are unstoppable like that. Fans do have the option of buying the God of War Collection, which came out this week and offers the first two games remastered in high definition, and will also include the demo, but for those who already own the first two and don’t want to re-buy, this is a great option.

Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of the Norse god comic book superhero Thor is showing up in the news more and more often these days, and with each and every new morsel, the excitement for the movie builds up steadily. The latest news announcement from Marvel is that Thor’s Asgardian god friends the Warriors Three — Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun — have now been cast!

Branagh has contracted the talents of Stuart Townsend to play the role of Fandral, Tadanobu Asano for Hogun, and the fantastic Ray Stevenson for the part of Volstagg. Townsend is best known for his work as the vampire Lestat in Queen of the Damned and as Dorian Gray in The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Stevenson recently ended many lives in Punisher: Warzone, but is best used as a brutal warrior, as he has played in King Arthur and on HBO’s Rome. Asano is a Japanese actor who hasn’t done an American film yet, but he appeared in the Oscar nominated Mongol.

The Warner Bros. Home Entertainment division announced today the launch of DVD2Blu.com, a site for consumers to upgrade their current WB DVDs to Blu-ray for a fee.

The DVD2Blu program currently offers an Blu-ray upgrade on 55 of the WB’s home entertainment DVDs for the price of $7.95 to $9.95.

To get the Blu-ray version, visit the site and select the movie(s) you want to trade in (there’s a limit of 1 DVD per title; up to 25 titles per order) and then mail the DVD disc (without case) with special pre-paid postage to WB’s processing center. In 4-5 weeks, you’ll receive that title in Blu-ray. If you spend more than $25 on your order, you’ll get free shipping (otherwise, it’s regularly $4.95 per order).

Some of the films up for swap are Pan’s Labyrinth, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Superman II: Richard Donner Cut. Check out the site for all the available titles.

Well, Twifriends, we are one day closer to the premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon and I am one day closer to implosion…or possibly explosion…a little of both? Whatever, point is, I’m freakin’ EXCITED! And last night’s look at the stars on the red carpet for the LA Premiere only served to fuel the fire (believe me, it’s burning, like bad vamp James funeral pyre in Twilight). If you missed it, MTV has tons of great pics here of the Cullens, Wolf Pack, Volturi, and of course, the tasty humans. I for one, have a new appreciation for the Volturi…umm, hello Charlie Bewley, I’m talking to you…B I T E M E.

The New Moon cast is all over the tube in recent weeks, and last night was no exception. Jay Leno had the ab-tabulous Taylor Lautner on his couch last night (lucky, lucky man). Yet another New Moon clip was shared, this one highlighting Bella and Jacob at something of a turning point in their relationship…and let me just say, I’d plant a tree outside my bedroom window if I knew that’s what it would take for Taycob to pay me a little visit.

You can watch the interview here below, as well as the newly released clip. We’ve also embedded the video for Kristen Stewart’s appearance last night on the Tonight Show (more on that below).

In the summer, music legend Paul McCartney played the inaugural concerts at New York’s Citi Field, the site of the former Shea Stadium, the same place the musician performed with The Beatles back in 1965 to thousands of screaming fans.

Now, McCartney’s three-night run at Citi Field has been captured in his latest live album Good Evening New York City, which was released today in both standard and deluxe formats.

We here at Geeks of Doom have both formats to give away to some lucky readers!

Two (2) winners will each receive:

• One (1) Good Evening New York City Deluxe 3-disc CD/DVD by Paul McCartney

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AMC is currently running their miniseries remake of the original 1960s British television series The Prisoner, which will conclude with tonight’s broadcast.

While you don’t have to watch the original series, which starred Patrick McGoohan as Number 6, in order to enjoy the miniseries, I’d recommend checking it out just for your simple enjoyment.

Luckily, AMC has posted the entire original series online for free viewing. You can watch all 17 episodes in their full version, or if you’re low on time, they’ve also provided a one-minute video synopsis for each episode. Watch the pilot episode right here below.

The complete original series was recently re-released on Blu-ray and Collector’s Edition DVD.

Also, there’s still a chance to win a DVD or Blu-ray copy from Geeks of Doom in our Prisoner DVD/Blu-ray Contest.

The latest Star Trek film was released today on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download and a few videos from the release are now online.

A few weeks ago, a deleted scene — Prison Interrogation and Breakout — was posted online, as well as a few other clips (which Paramount promptly had taken down).

Now, watch here below 4-minute clip on Zachary Quinto as Spock, which is part of the DVD’s “Casting” featurette, as well as a video on Leonard Nimoy’s advice to Quinto on playing Spock.

The Blu-ray release is packed with extras, see the full list here below. For a guide to the release’s detail exclusives, check out the previously released list.

Recently we were treated by the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) himself to a brand new poster for Alice in Wonderland via his Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter Facebook page. He promised that with 7,500 likes, he would release a second “treat,” which he did, and then promised a the third treat would come after 9,000 more likes. These final two posters have now been released and you can check them out right here. They didn’t exactly reach 9,000 to unlock the final poster, but as we said in the first post, the “likes” didn’t likely matter much, and these were being put out no matter what.

One of the posters features Alice and the White Rabbit at one of the Hatter’s lovely tea parties, while the other features the Hatter and the Caterpillar with a suspiciously familiar castle on the horizon. Looks just a little bit like the iconic Walt Disney castle, does it not?

Click on over to check out these new posters!

[UPDATE: Download the book today for free HERE.]

Author of Shatnerquake — the novel featuring James T. Kirk, TJ Hooker, Denny Crane, Rescue 911 Shatner, Vocalist Shatner, Shakespearean Shatner, Twilight Zone Shatner, Cartoon Kirk, Esperanto Shatner, Priceline Shatner, SNL Shatner, and the man himself William Shatner — is offering the book as a free download today only.

The 100-page story by Jeff Burk chronicles the battle that takes place at the first Shatner-Con between an army of rabid Bruce Campbell fans and the combined might of every character ever portrayed by Shatner.

Geeks of Doom first mentioned this soon to be classic work of fiction just before the premier of the new Star Trek film. [Read: Ode To An Absent Space Captain - 6 Reasons Why Bill Shatner Is The Greatest Performer of All Time]

The Gold Box deal of the day over at Amazon today is It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Seasons 1-4 on DVD for only $44.99 (that’s 62% of the list price of $119.94.)

If you order the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 4-season combo pack today along with the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Its A Very Sunny Christmas, you’ll save an extra $10 at checkout when you add both to your cart. The Christmas DVD, which was released today, is priced at $15.99 so you’ll only be paying $5.99.

Note, both deals are for today only while supplies last.