This week Kevin Smith announced that he has finally completed a first draft of the long awaited Clerks III. “IT IS ACCOMPLISHED!” Smith proclaims via Twitter. “First draft of CLERKS III is 137 pages.” I hefty accomplishment. Fans can sit at ease though. It took 12 years between the first and the second film, this one will only take roughly 8. What with the first film being an instant cult classic in it’s nostalgic black and white demeanor, we can only have high hopes for stylization and crack up writing. Smith claims that this film will be the “Empire Strikes Back of the Clerks trilogy.” We can only speculate some crazy comparisons. I’m crossing my fingers that Dante... 

This is the first full length trailer for the new upcoming show on ABC, Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. I think I’m not the only one who is excited for this show. With the collaboration of television and movies coming along from Marvel/Disney I think it’s safe to say that this is going to beautiful marriage between cinematic displays and will pave the way for upcoming franchise looking to expand their audiences and fans enjoyment level.  

Shadow Kingdom Records debut’s The Vein’s first album Scouring the Wreckage of Time. Between creating other metal albums, the two Altar of Oblivion members formed the Vein. They are a Death/Doom Metal twist to their previous project Altar of Oblivion, and have done different takes on albums like last year’s Grand Gesture of Defiance. Although these bands are very similar The Vein offers something much darker and heavier. Their style is very relatable to classic 80’s and 90’s death metal. This is a double EP feature being released which is a unique and rare find.  

Having a commodity of different lines added to the junk pile recently, DC has announced that Dial H and Demon Knight will join Legion of Superheroes in the cancellation stock of New 52 comics this month. Fear not though fans, there will be issues released tying up lose ends.  

If there is ever a man worthy of wielding the excuse of being busy, J.J Abrams is him. In addition to his ongoing productions of the new Star Trek films and recent released information regarding him directing the new Star Wars, he is now also signed on for a new television show on Fox, Almost Human.  

There are a lot of awesome things coming in the way of the Marvel lines this summer. As a teaser for fans Marvel has released cover art for Infinity #1 done by Adam Kubert. This series will be a six part release brought to us in part by Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung, Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver. This series will cover the span of the Marvel Universe including the Avengers in a jaw dropping and race for time story line that will be the most exciting survival story that the pages of books has ever seen. Just think Avengers, Thanos, earth in danger and calling on some old friends, going by the name of Black Bolt. This series comes to shelves and digital media market in August, be ready.  

After the death of original bandmate Chi Cheng last month, there has been an eerie glow surrounding the band. Even though Cheng had not played with them since 2008 where a car crash rendered him in a semi-conscious state. Statements of love and appreciation had seemed to be the only words spoken from the band until this week. They say that the best art comes from tragedy. Noisey debuted the bands new music video for the track “Swerve City”. There’s a lot of reoccurring themes in this video. Mountain and horses and what have you. A little redundant, but hey, it’s the Deftones, they’re allowed to be. This track is off the album Koi No Yokan, which is in store now.  

On Thursday Tim Lambesis was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to one count of solicitation for murder. A video from the trial was released through NBC studios stationed out of California. Lambesis is being held on $3 million bail. In the event that he posts bail he will be required by law to turn over his passport and wear a tracking device monitoring his every move.  

The newest television spot for The Last of Us aired on Friday. The game comes out on June 14th and will feature a post apocalyptic United States. From creators Naughty Dog Studios who are responsible for the Uncharted series as well as Jak and Daxter this will be the newest installment of roleplaying game awesome that every fan should own. Exclusive to Playstation users only. Dark Horse comics has recently released a series following one of the characters prior to the game creating for and awesome medium clash experience. See the trailer within.  

In the last 10 years of comic films, it is hard to compare the awe, wonder and wit in other heroes to that of Robert Downey Junior portraying Tony Stark, better known as Iron Man. Between the ingenious screenplay and the block buster graphics all of the films have landed in the top five Marvel reboot movies. These are movies that appeal to the masses. Anyone who knows nothing about comics can go into these films and enjoy them. With this being said, at what cost does Hollywood press to keep the masses happy instead of the fans that kept this company alive for so long?  

Continuing the Marvel – “ization” of film and TV, ABC has picked up Joss Whedons “Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. for the Fall 2013 season. Included in the series is one Agent Coulson…which if you saw The Avengers, was killed by Loki. So how is Coulson alive in this series. Well I guess we’ll have to watch and see. By the way Marvel/Disney…a little more color in the cast please, this is 2013, it’s OK to have a Latino agent and/or an African American in a T.V. show. Check out the trailer below…  

With the passing of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman last week, Slayer has released a statement on what they are planning as a “Celebration of Hannemann life”. Here is the official statement…