Josh Trank‘s Fantastic Four could have changes that would be welcomed by most fans. Though the changes aren’t radical, they would give the film a more contemporary feel. But Toby Kebbell, who will play the film’s villain Doctor Doom, recently dropped a few details about the character he will play during a recent interview for the DVD release of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

According to him, Doctor Doom won’t be the character we have been seeing in the comics, films, or the cartoons; instead, he will be a programmer who does a lot of angry blogging on the side. Hit the jump for more.

King Diamond is one tough dude! The 58-year-old rocker has endured a triple bypass surgery, but that hasn’t stopped him from launching his first American tour in 16 years, and on this night neither would food poisoning, but more on that later.

The current trek by the former Mercyful Fate leader and his eponymous solo band has been highly acclaimed, playing to sold-out houses and glowing reviews. Lucky fans, including myself, were ecstatic to learn that the tour would be making its Los Angeles stop on Halloween, a holiday that is custom made for King Diamond’s brand of macabre, occult fueled, shock rock theatrics.

Today sees the release of the new Quirk Books title Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Covers in hardcover and for the Kindle and it’s a real treat for Jane Austen fans.

The 224-page mini coffee table book boasts over 200 color reproductions of various covers of Jane Austen books along with in depth commentary by Margaret C. Sullivan, author of The Jane Austen Handbook and founder of AustenBlog.com. Covers for literary classics like Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and many more are featured.

Monkey Shines
Blu-ray
Director: George A. Romero
Screenwriter: George A. Romero
Cast: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Christine Forrest, Janine Turner, Stanley Tucci
Scream Factory
Rated R | 113 Minutes
Release Date: November 11, 2014

In 1968, Night of the Living Dead became a cult classic and a defining moment for modern horror cinema. Since then, filmmaker George A. Romero has made some truly interesting films with socio-political overtones.

In the ’70s, Romero gave us The Crazies, about a military biological weapon that turns people into homicidal maniacs; Jack’s Wife (also known as Season of the Witch) – a feminist film about housewives practicing witchcraft; Martin, a satirical, transgressive vampire film, and Dawn of the Dead, an apocalyptic horror masterpiece.

After what amounts to a ridiculously long wait for rabid fans, Batman, the iconic and campy TV series from the 1960s, finally makes its nod on Blu-ray and DVD today with Batman: The Complete TV Series box set from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

For fans of the program, which spans generations and which has never saw a proper release in the home video market due to a myriad of business reasons and concerns, this is the crème de la crème for not only a full-on geek person’s collection, but for those who are collectors of television programs, too.

Check out the video here below which shows a scene in split-screen mode, with one half being the original version and the other the remastered edition.