The first image of Lord of the Rings and Star Trek star Karl Urban in the upcoming reboot of Judge Dredd has shown up online.

Urban will be playing the same lead role played by Sylvester Stallone in the 1995 adaptation. But while the look of Dredd himself isn’t too different here, it’s been promised that this new movie will not be anything like that attempt, and will be completely and totally faithful to the original comic which debuted in the UK’s 2000 AD magazine.

Along with Urban, the movie also stars Olivia Thirlby (Juno, The Wackness) as Cassandra Anderson, and is currently filming in Johannesburg, South Africa.

You can head on over to the other side now to read the synopsis and check out the first image of Karl Urban as Judge Dredd now!

BBC America has finally released the official trailer for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special. Entitled Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, the trailer indicates that the storyline seems to emulate the classic Dickens tale of the same name.

Scroll down to watch the full trailer.

A Christmas Carol features Matt Smith continuing his journey as the Eleventh Doctor, along with his time-traveling companions, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. The adventure has been penned by show runner Steven Moffat who has previously stated that this year’s special will be the most “Christmassy Christmas special ever“.

Directed by Toby Haynes, the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special picks up where Series 5 left off, and also features Michael Gambon (otherwise recognized as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series) who, according to the TARDIS Index File, will be playing a character named Kazran. Additionally, Katherine Jenkins joins the cast playing an as-of-yet unspecified role.

For those who aren’t aware of its existence yet, a new game is on the way from publisher Rockstar Games and Australian developer Team Bondi titled L.A. Noire, and so far it looks like it’s going to blow minds.

The game is very much in the same vein as acclaimed film L.A. Confidential — set in the decade prior in post World War II 1940s Los Angeles where “corruption, drugs, and jazz” reign. The city was meticulously recreated for the time period right down to billboards and ads selling actual products from back then, setting the stage for one of the biggest and most ambitious video game titles to date.

If you’d like — and it’s highly recommended that you do — you can click on over to the other side now to see the first trailer for the game, as well as a bunch of new screenshots. See for yourself why gamers are oh-so-very-excited for this one.

PadWorx Digital Media has announced that they will be releasing an interactive ebook for the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.

The ebook will be available this Christmas through the App Store for iPad and iPhone, with pricing to be announced in the coming weeks.

Watch the trailer for the ebook here below.

A Christmas Carol interactive ebook will have 130 abridged pages from the Dickens holiday tale, that are illustrated with a steampunk design, and will be enhanced with original music, soundscapes, and effects.

The ebook was designed “to feel as if the iPad or iPhone you’re reading it on has been itself transformed into a steam-powered machine,”according to Jeffery Alan Schechter, CEO and producer at PadWorx Digital Media, Inc.

Just in time for the holiday partying season, Neatorama’s NeatoShop is offering up a TARDIS Ice Bucket for all you Doctor Who fans.

As Neotorama so cutely points out, the ice bucket is not dimensionally transcendental [something that appears larger in the inside than the outside, e.g., the TARDIS], but apparently, it is big enough to hold lots of ice.

The TARDIS Ice Bucket, which is 5″ x 5″ x 10″ with a hinged lid top, is on sale right now for $24.95.