Occasionally, highly anticipated characters from summer blockbusters will be revealed months before in toy form at merchandise fairs, despite the studios best attempts to keep a lid on the reveal until the hype machine really kicks in. Below is one such example, although it’s in a slightly more abstract form, namely a Pez Dispenser!

How close this crudely designed sweet holder will actually resemble the villainous alter-ego of Rhys Ifans’ one-armed scientist Curt Connors is debatable, but fans will undoubtedly be hoping that he doesn’t look like a cross between the aliens from the 80’s version of V and Swamp Thing.

Hopefully the first real images of the Lizard will arrive soon to put any fears to rest.

Thanks to Comic Book Movie.

Prepare for the final showdown between The Fifth Column and The Visitors when V: The Complete Second Season arrives on 24th October on Blu-Ray™ and DVD.

To celebrate the release we have 3 copies of the DVD to giveaway.

Featuring Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell (Erica Evans) as the leader of The Resistance Movement (The Fifth Column) and Firefly’s Morena Baccarin as the ruthless Queen Anna, Season 2 charts the on-going battle between these two women as they fight for the future of the planet.

The season is jam-packed with suspense filled sci-fi storylines; from Erica’s mission to find out the truth about Red Sky which leads to the discovery of a horrifying secret, to Tyler (Logan Huffman) and Lisa’s (Laura Vandervoort) blossoming relationship which is being carefully monitored and manipulated by The V’s, to Ryan’s (Morris Chesnut) risky battle to save his daughter from the evil clutches of Queen Anna, and Lisa finding the courage to form an unlikely allegiance with Erica – this is a shocking second season finale not to be missed!

To be in with a chance of winning V: The Complete Second Season on DVD/Blu-Ray™ please answer the following question using the form below,

Who stars as Queen Anna in V: The Complete Second Season?

• Helen Mirren
• Morena Baccarin
• Jennifer Aniston

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

The small print:

• Open to UK residents only
•  This prize is non-transferable.
• Only one entry per household will be counted
• The competition will close 7th November at 23.59 GMT
• The winner will be picked at random from entries received
• No cash alternative is available

The usual T&Cs can be found here. Good Luck!

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As the summer season approaches, the TNT network in the US is providing a taster of what’s to come. One of its main attractions is the alien invasion show Falling Skies, from an executive producer who knows a thing or two about that world, Steven Spielberg.

The clip (available on the TNT site) offers a nice and economical introduction, by setting up a backstory via a child’s innocent point of view. Like the recent TV adaptation of The Walking Dead, it will be fun to see another genre piece being given time to breathe and play out at a more leisurely pace.

It certainly looks grittier than the recent reinvent of famed alien domination series V, and these intergalactic critters share more of a resemblance to Spielberg’s 2005 invasion feature War of the Worlds, than his cuddly, homesick phone-hogging 80’s space creature.

A decent cast (including ER veteran Noah Wyle and sturdy supporting player Will Patton) should help engage audiences with this world. Enjoy.

Thanks to Bleeding Cool for the ET heads-up

Whilst getting my Robert Englund autobiography signed by the great man himself on Wednesday evening, I did what I had to do whilst wearing my HeyUGuys Badge, I asked a few probing movie/TV related questions in the short couple of minutes I was with him.

I asked Robert if he was going to be making a cameo appearance in the new Nightmare on Elm Street remake, possibly as a victim.

He said he wasn’t, which is a shame as the thought of the original Krueger possibly being a victim of the new Krueger would have been a nice send off for Robert Englund’s contribution to the franchise.

I asked Robert about any other projects he had lined up and he interestingly said that there is a possibility he will be making an appearance in the new ‘V’ TV series which has just started to huge ratings.

Unfortunately I couldn’t find out if the part was a return as the hugely popular friendly Alien character Willie or just a general cameo role but anyways it’s great to hear that he could be returning to the franchise that started him on the road to stardom.

Robert Englund in V

The awesome original intro to V

The not so awesome new V TV series