I’m interested in the putative The Sixth Gun adaptation for a number of reasons. I mean, the fact that it’s a paranormal western featuring fantasy tropes from the undead to the mythical thunderbirds doesn’t hurt it much. But it also prominently features a young female character with what promises to be a hero’s journey of a story arc from farm girl to gunslinger. Laura Ramsey has been tapped to fill that lead role of Becky Montcrief, who winds up allying herself with shifty gunslinger Drake Sinclair and his friend Bill John O’Henry for protection and help putting the terrible secrets and powers of the Six guns to rest.

Naturally, any good western has its unambiguously evil gunslingers as well, and one of them, Missy Hume, “widow” of the undead General Oliander Bedford Hume, was cast this week.

Oni Press’ The Sixth Gun concerns the adventures of a few good heroes and six pistols that grant mysterious powers upon the gunslingers whose lives in which they entwine themselves. But nobody’s lining up to form a six-man superhero team here: the Six are deadly, magical, mysterious weapons with subtle minds of their own and their owners wind up fighting the guns’ curse as often as those who would kill them to obtain them. And then, you know, there are undead Confederate generals, flesh-eating plagues, thunderbirds, train robberies, and more ghosts than you can shake a trap at.

NBC is currently producing a pilot for a putative television series based on Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn‘s comic series, and Laura Ramsey will be taking the lead role of Becky Montcrief.

60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft learned the hard way not to question Dame Maggie Smith. Which is problematic considering they were conducting an interview. Watch as she reveals she’s never actually watched the popular British drama she stars in and Kroft’s attempt to almost scold her on it. BIG mistake.

(via BBC America)

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Samuel Deats is an artist, animator, and director who’s worked on Darksiders 2, DC Universe Online, and both Epic Mickey games. He calls this piece, featuring, to name but a few, Marcus Phoenix, Samus Aran, and the female Barbarian of Diablo III, “Gamer Girl.”

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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins join the cast of Red 2 with Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, and John Malkovich reprising their roles. They’ve got a new director this time around though, Dean Parisot. You may know him from such films as Galaxy Quest. And well, that’s all you need to know because Galaxy Quest is awesome.

(via Deadline)

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Says the artist behind this redesign: “I Have always thought Wonder Woman should look more like a warrior, and less like a pinup. The Amazons of Classical Greek lore were from the region of Scythia. I wanted her outfit to reflect that culture and be almost ceremonial,” which is why he’s equipped her with a ceremonial Death Mask for headbutting and a deadly meteor hammer in place of her lasso.

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This is but one third of cartoonist Madéleine Flores‘ guide to dressing for different body types. You can find the rest here. Also she does a webcomic!

Ok, first off, check out this adorable Firefly fan art from Patrick Ballesteros (He calls them “Brownie Coats”). Now imagine them all covered in dog pheromones. Wait, what? Care to guess who’s idea that episode was? 

NO TOUCHIE GEORGIE!!!! Sorry, I’m ok, I swear. We previously showed you a video of George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy discussing Disney’s acquisition of LucasFilm. Guess what? There’s a part two! In this new clip, they say a few things we already know – they’re making new films, etc. – but if anyone thought the sale meant Lucas wouldn’t be involved in the next trilogy (a death sentence to most fans), they’d be wrong. Lucas is still Creative Director and will have his hands aaaaaallllll over that script. Also, Kennedy claims there’s no source material to go to for the new films which means you can ask for your money back on all those supposedly in-continuity novels, comics, etc. you’ve bought over the years.

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We’re almost certainly not getting a Firefly animated series, but we are getting a ten-year reunion special (I’ll give you a moment to feel old) next month, airing November 11th on the Science Channel. Here’s the first clip from it, where Nathan Fillion tries to give us flashbacks of “Out of Gas.” We’re not having it, Fillion. I don’t have time today to be a miserable wreck of a human being.

(via Nerd Approved.)