The Walking Dead hasn’t begun it’s first season and already AMC has picked the series up for a season 2. What is that you say? This isn’t new news?

Well, the people over at Fangoria.com have their fingers on the pulse… of… the zombies? That’s not right. They have their ears to the ground and have come up with news from a source that says they will begin shooting in February. No word on when season 2 will air.

This comes as fantastic news to people who are anticipating even the first episode of the series, which will debut this Halloween.

UPDATED:

Eric Goldman from IGN just tweeted that AMC has contacted IGN to say that The Walking Dead has NOT been renewed for a second second. More on this as it develops.

This is a little behind-the-scenes look at creating the first zombie we see in the upcoming television series, The Walking Dead.  Greg Nicotero explains his genius and gives us a speed-up of the process him and his team used to create the decaying female.  You can Check out the vid here.

As if the San Diego Comic Con news about the upcoming Ultimate Spider-Man animated series wasn’t enough, MTV has brought us another exclusive piece of news.  Paul Dini, who has had his writing and producing hands in little known projects like Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, and Lost, has offered his talents to the web-crawler’s new show headed for Disney XD.

Ultimate Spider-Man is a hugely successful series by Brain Michael Bendis which was a part of the ‘Ultimate Marvel’ books and ran from 2000 to 2009.  A videogame based on the series was made in 2005.

In an interview with MTV News, Paul Dini has this to say about the appeal of Spider-Man to him in relation to his usual superhero of choice, Batman:

I love Spider-Man, and I’ve never worked with the character before. It’s fun to try something new. There’s a different energy to Spider-Man than there is to Batman. Batman is dark and moody and spooky, and in some cases, methodical. There’s more of an element of a procedural around Batman, and there’s all sorts of great things you can do within his world. In animation, when we first rendered Batman’s world at Warner Bros., we were able to make it very dark and noir-ish and grim, which all takes its cues from Batman’s character.

Spider-Man’s world is more chaotic, more kinetic — it’s almost like stream of consciousness. You have to really put yourself in that mindset to tackle Spider-Man effectively. If you’re redefining the character that way, you want to redefine his world along those lines as well, and move things along and make it a lot faster. He’s a character who makes mistakes and has to go back and set things right and then continue on. He’s somebody who’s constantly thinking on his feet and trying to figure this out, because he hasn’t been doing it as long as Batman — it’s all new to him. It really is “great responsibility.” As cool as it is to be Spider-Man at times, there’s also a price to pay for that — and he has to learn to balance things out.

You can read the full interview here.

Sweet Marvel anime goodness! You heard it here first! Well, you’ve probably heard it from Marvel.com first, actually.

The home of tech/geek/video game shows like Attack Of The Show and X-Play, G4 has acquired four anime-themed programs based on the Marvel properties X-Men, Blade, Iron Man and Wolverine.  Each series will have twelve 30 minute episodes that will begin airing sometime next year.

Executive Vice President and Head of Television at Marvel Entertainment Jeph Loeb says:

“Bringing Marvel and our characters to G4 is such an awesome opportunity. The size and scope of the animation from top-flight studios Madhouse and Sony is nothing short of mind-blowing. We look forward to the start of a beautiful friendship and can’t wait to see the reaction from our worldwide fan-base.”

The series will be produced by Madhouse for Marvel Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Television, Inc.  For more detailed descriptions on each program, check out this link.  To check out the trailers for Iron Man and Wolverine, click here.

I, for one, am proud of G4 for landing such a good deal.  I am also excited for the future of comic characters from Marvel and DC alike simply because they are showing up all over television and movies!

Breaking news out of DC’s The Source blog this afternoon seems to confirm that everyone’s favorite undead will return this October.  The following image was the only thing included in the content of the post, but we can get some details from the David Finch piece. Out of the 12 to return, the 6 Black Lanterns featured below are all the main heroes that were brought back, and as we know from events in Brightest Day, they’ve been experiencing side effects from the Black rings. Time will tell, but this could bring some excitement to the Brightest Day book for those like myself who aren’t as happy with it.

According to Sir Michael Caine, the next Batman film will begin production next year. Caine was being interviewed by Digital Spy about his most recent film, Inception, when he briefly mentioned word about the next highly anticipated movie on the Caped Crusader.

Sir Michael, who plays Alfred Pennyworth in the recent batch of Batman movies, told DS “I think they’re going to do it in April, that’s about as much as I know.”

Inception is being released in the U.S. next friday, while “Batman 3” will see the light of day on July 20, 2012. You can view the full interview here.