What is Movie News After Dark? Hold on, it needs to finish this level of Angry Birds, then it will be ready. Alright fine, one more level. Seriously, just give it a second. God*^*% stupid pigs! Alright, anyway, time to do the news. Tonight’s top story: former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel has been hired by Rovio to develop a film about the addicting mobile game Angry Birds. Apparently a game that has been downloaded over 250 million times has some sort of commercial appeal. Personally, I hate this idea. I thought Rovio made a great move partnering up with Fox on Rio and doing cross-promotion. It’s not a cinematic franchise, but I will buy a game with some Samba background music.

What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly column with a bunch of movie news in it. What, are you new here?

What is Movie News After Dark? This is a question that I am almost never asked, but I will answer it for you anyway. Movie News After Dark is FSR’s newest late-night secretion, a column dedicated to all of the news stories that slip past our daytime editorial staff and make it into my curiously chubby RSS ‘flagged’ box. It will (but is not guaranteed to) include relevant movie news, links to insightful commentary and other film-related shenanigans. I may also throw in a link to something TV-related here or there. It will also serve as my place of record for being both charming and sharp-witted, but most likely I will be neither of the two. I write this stuff late at night, what do you expect?

What if William Shatner had played Dare Devil in a 1970s exploitation flick? What if Alfred Hitchcock had gotten the idea for Halloween and made it with Kim Novak and Robert Mitchum? What if Mickey Rourke played Superman? These are the questions that haunt me in the moments just before I close my eyes to go to bed. Fortunately, someone else out there is even more obsessed with the possible worlds out there where Boris Karloff was Freddy Krueger (and the resulting movie posters).

William Shatner is planning on saying some shit. This will not be much of a change for him though, as the man can certainly talk. This time however, he will be joining the CBS sitcom based on the popular Twitter account Shit My Dad Says, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

This week Culture Warrior asks, just how ‘new’ is the new Star Trek, anyway?

It might have been a while since you’ve seen an episode of Star Trek. In fact, you may have never seen one at all. And for those of you who feel out of the loop this week, resident old guy Kevin Carr is here to help you out.

It may seem inconceivable, but there are a large number of folks in the world who just don’t know anything about Star Trek. I know, I know—tough to believe. But, guess what? I’m one of these people. So for all my fellow Star Trek virgins, I would like to present the top ten things outsiders just don’t understand about Star Trek.

Perhaps a big budget, CG-injected Star Trek extravaganza isn’t what everyone wants — but it is what we are going to get. That said, it is always fun to watch fandom manifest itself in the form of video mashups.

I am beginning to get the feeling that most people have lost interest in the movement to save Fanboys. That said, here’s a new trailer. Enjoy.

A rain drenched city of sin sets the stage for a serial killer with a message and the two cops tasked with stopping him.

Neil’s weekend project: Identify the most entertaining fake Twitter users and deliver them in list form. Also, create a list of the must-follow real Tweeters for movie fans. Mission accomplished.

Kevin Smith and J.J. Abrams have both been talking about Star Trek this week. One says Chris Pine is awesome in the flick, the other explains why Shatner is going to be missing.

This just in! William Shatner may be in Star Trek XI after all!

The Weinstein Co. provided us with 3 new photos from Fanboys this week, the long anticipated film homage to geeks. It has us wondering, are all of you still excited about this flick?