The Gold Box deal of the day over at Amazon today is the classic 1960s television series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan, on recently re-released Collector’s Edition DVD and Blu-ray.

The Blu-ray edition is on sale for $40.99 (that’s 59% off the list price of $99.95); the Collector’s Edition DVD set is on sale for $28.99 (that’s 59% off the list price of $69.95).

The Blu-ray release contains a high definition restoration and sound re-mix of the series’ original 17 episodes, and both versions include tons of bonus material like a feature-length documentary, featurettes, rare footage, audio commentaries, and much more.

Note, this sale is valid only for today (Nov. 22) while supplies last [...]

Last month we learned that Eclipse, the third book in author Stephenie Meyer’s popular vampire series Twilight, had heightened awareness of the classic Emily Brontë novel Wuthering Heights. [Read ‘Twilight’ Gives Boost To ‘Wuthering Heights’.]

In Eclipse it is revealed that Brontë’s 1847 novel is a favorite of Bella’s, the main character in the Twilight series.

Now, Hulu is streaming the 1939 film adaptation of Wuthering Heights online for free to residents of the United States. (You can watch the entire film here below.)

The black and white film, directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn, starred Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff and Merle Oberon as Catherine. Both the film and the book are worth checking out, but this film takes some liberties, not surprisingly [...]

In their “Countdown to Black Friday” event, Amazon is currently giving $40 store credit when you purchase a qualifying Hero video game bundle from offered in their Hero Bundle Deal.

For a limited time, buy one of the qualifying games on their lists — a version of Band Hero Super Bundle; DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable; or Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle Game — and you’ll get $40 Amazon store credit. Bundles are available for Xbox 360, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii.

The offer is only for qualifying titles shipped and sold by Amazon (meaning, NOT a third-party listing on Amazon), and is limited to one per customer. Offer ends on November 27, 2009 11:59 PM Pacific time [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, check out the list here below. For a guide to the release’s detail exclusives, check out the previously released list [...]

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 [...]

Part 1 of AMC’s remake of The Prisoner, starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen, aired last night, with Part 2 beginning tonight at 8pm.

If you missed the first two episodes from last night — “Arrival” and “Harmony” — check out the video recaps here below to get you up to speed for tonight’s continuation of the miniseries with Episodes 3 and 4 (”Anvil” and “Darling”).

The miniseries will conclude with Episodes 5 and 6 (”Schizoid” and “Checkmate”) on this Tuesday night at 8pm. Encore presentations will follow.

If you want, there’s also Sneak Peek videos of tonight’s episodes, which you can watch here below as well [...]

[Updated: The interview came and went, so if you missed it, watch it here below. It includes footage from Star Trek, including parts of some of the deleted scenes.]

The folks over at G4 gave us the heads up that Star Trek director JJ Abrams will be appearing on the cable network’s Attack of the Show tonight at 7pm ET/PT.

During tonight’s show, Alison Haislip will interview the director about the Star Trek DVD and Blu-ray, both of which will be released tomorrow, as well as the bonus features on the 3-disc Blu-ray edition. Abrams will also be talking about his favorite deleted scene from the film.

Abrams will also reveal what fans can look forward to in his planned sequel to Star Trek [...]

Fans of the original Star Trek television series already know all the details behind “The Cage,” the original pilot for the 1960’s series. The first pilot did not include William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, and was rejected by the network at the time for being “too cerebral.” Instead of scrapping the show, created by Gene Roddenberry, NBC ordered a second pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” which did star Shatner and led to the series’ three-season run.

Apparently, there was an alternate version of the second pilot which was completed in 1965 that was never aired and never released to the general public. This version of “Where No Man Has Gone Before” was completed in 1965 and features archived footage never shown before and is believed to be what was originally screened for NBC.

The alternate second pilot will be included in the release of the Star Trek: The Original Series – Season 3 Blu-ray, due out on December 15, 2009.

According to THR, the newly discovered pilot will be presented in three parts with 1970s-style act breaks and contains an entirely different version of Captain James T. Kirk’s opening monologue (”But now a new task. A probe out into where no man has gone before”) with music that contrasts from the famous opening theme and an extended action sequence.

Check out the video here below which contains some clips from the unreleased alternate pilot, as well as the full list of Blu-ray extras from the upcoming Season 3 release [...]

Over the weekend, head geek of Ain’t It Cool, Harry Knowles, posted to his Twitter account links to images of what he called “Jack Kirby’s Premiere ish of a 5-issue INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS mini-series from the 70s.”

While I saw the original tweets — one each for each of the five covers — I was waiting for a follow-up tweet or post on what exactly these covers are, but one never came. Like, where did these covers come from? And will there be a comic book adaptation of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds? One can only hope.

But for now, all we have are these five Jack Kirby-inspired covers to drool over. Check them out here below (click for full, larger view).

Oh, speaking of Inglourious Basterds, an awesome awesome movie, it will be released on DVD and Blu-ray, and as a digital download on December 15, 2009, and is available for pre-order now [...]

R2-D2, it is you, it is you!

Gizmodo has discovered the location of the hidden R2-D2 in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek.

Check out the cropped image here above of an R2-D2 floating in space during one of the battles, and head over to Gizmodo to check out the full hi-res image.

George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic did the visual effects on Star Trek, which will be released on DVD/Blu-ray tomorrow, and they oftentimes like to insert the iconic Star Wars droid into their work. (They did it in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as well — see here.) It’s a cute little Easter Egg for us nerds [...]

Part 1 of AMC’s remake of The Prisoner, starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen, aired earlier this evening, with Part 2 airing tomorrow at 8pm on AMC.

If you didn’t get a chance to watch tonight’s premiere, I hope you got to record it, because it was surprisingly good. I say surprisingly because I’m a fan of the original show and I just assumed the remake couldn’t live up to it (my general feelings on most remakes), and also because nearly every advanced review of the miniseries I’ve read was negative.

Anyhow, definitely check out the new Prisoner, and also, there’s a tie-in online graphic novel (well, really more like a motion comic) to accompany the series. Check out Book One: As the Air, Invulnerable, chapter 1 of a 10-chapter story. In Chapter 1, we’re introduced to Rebecca, who’s looking for her missing sister. Chapter 2 will be posted online immediately following Tuesday’s television finale on Tuesday, November 17 [...]

Metal Queen Lita Ford broke her silence regarding the bio-pic about The Runaways, the bio-pic based on the 1970s all-girl band of the same name of which Ford was the lead guitarist.

“Most people would want to be in a movie, but I sure didn’t want anything to do with this one,” admits Ford about the film, which has the working title of The Runaways. “They’re using my name and that makes me nervous as some of the people involved have tried to destroy my career since 1980.”

The film, written and directed by Floria Sigismondi based on Runaways singer Cherie Currie’s memoirs, stars Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie, and Scout Taylor Compton as Lita Ford, and is scheduled for theatrical release in 2010

Apparently, Ford’s apprehension about The Runaways has changed a bit now that she’s actually met the 20-year-old actress who will portray her in the movie. Compton made a special trip out to Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe, Nevada last week to see Ford perform with Queensryche and to meet the musician. (See pictures from the meeting here.) [...]

I love metal and I love the holidays. Put them both together, and I am in all my glory.

And glory be, because Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has just released a holiday album with his solo project Halford!

Halford III: Winter Songs is a collection of classic holiday songs given a heavy metal arrangement, like on “Oh Holy Night” and “What Child Is This?”, along with new holiday songs written and arranged by Halford (”Get Into the Spirit”).

Seriously, do I need to explain any further why this album is a must-have? I didn’t think so.

I’d say this is going on my Christmas wish list, but I can’t wait that long. I’m buy it right this minute on MP3 [...]

The city of Boston has declared today Leonard Nimoy Day!

The Boston native is back in his hometown today as the headliner for New England Fan Experience for the convention’s Sci-Fi Experience.

The actor, famous for his role as the Vulcan Spock in Star Trek, will spend the day signing autographs and doing photo-ops with fans, as well as appearing at a Q&A panel.

Looking at the event’s schedule for today, it appears that Nimoy has already started some of the signing sessions, but there’s still more happening later. Tickets for today are still available at the door [...]

The MP3 deal of the day over at Amazon today is the album Candy-O by The Cars for only $2.99.

The quadruple-platinum album, originally released in 1979, was the sophomore effort for the Boston-based new wave pop band and included the popular tunes “Let’s Go,” “Dangerous Type,” and the title track — three great songs definitely worth the three bucks on their own.

Written by frontman Ric Ocasek with vocals by bassist Benjamin Orr, “Let’s Go” is probably the most recognizable by the general public, especially since its currently being used in TV ads for Lee Jeans.

Note, this sale is today only [...]