Friday Quick Caption is a weekly update of quick links and blurbs from the world of entertainment news. Expect your fast pace, A.D.D. dose of movie trailers, comic news, celebrity updates, and video game announcement from throughout the week.

 

Xbox360 To Become Very Affordable – Rumors starting up over at The Verge have it that Microsoft is looking to cut costs of a 4GB Xbox with Kinect for just $99 and a 2-year subscription to Xbox Live Gold. Soon may be the time to add to your console collection if you don’t already have Microsoft’s gaming monster.

 

Higher Earth Sells Higher Than Fanboys Vs Zombies – Sam Humphries, the man behind Our Love Is Real and Fanboys Vs Zombies, has a new series coming out next week (May 9th). This new series, Higher Earth, is yet another one of Boom Studio’s famous $1 issue #1’s. But the big news is that this comic is not even out yet and has already sold out, with plans for a second printing. Humphries describes the series by saying  “Space is dead. Why conquer other planets when there’s a perfectly good Earth in the universe next door? Heidi, a girl born in garbage. Rex, a soldier gone rogue. The only thing between them and their destiny is an empire of a hundred different Earths, across a hundred alternate timelines. One majestic planet dominates them all: Higher Earth.” The second printing for Higher Earth #1 will have brand new cover by Zach Howard.

 

 

Black Sails On The Horizon For Starz – Starz has jumped straight to the point in commissioning 8-episodes of a new pirate TV series called Black Sails. The series will be produced by director Michael Bay and play as a prequel to the well known Robert Louis Stevenson novel, Treasure Island. The story of Black Sails will take place 20 years prior to the adventures of James Hawkins, following the exploits of Captain J. Flint, John Silver, and their crew. The series will begin filming in Cape Town, South Africa next year and air on the premium movie channel in 2014. Expect this to be the next Spartacus.

 

AM2 Reveals Their Passport Covers – AM2, the free convention in Anaheim California on June 15-17, 2012, has a unique way of admitting entry to its events. Being a ‘free’ convention, the way this convention funds itself is charging for just specific events, which you purchase a ‘passport’ for. This year the passport has been designed to look like the Japanese passport. This will be the limited edition version of the passport and will also act as a ‘fast pass’ of sorts to the convention while also gaining owners discounts at theme parks and local restaurants in the Anaheim area.

 

SPJA to Adopt San Diego’s Anime Conji – The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is adopting the San Diego anime convention Anime Conji. In the weeks to come papers are going to be drawn up and meetings will be held to handle the details of this transition. The SPJA is the same group that puts together Pacific Media Expo (PMX) and Anime Expo (AX) in Los Angeles.

 

John Romita Jr. To Attempt Guinness World Record For Most Signatures – John Romita Jr., the famous Marvel artist who helped create Kick Ass and is currently working on Avengers VS X-men, is attempting to break a record. Having started earlier today, JR Jr. will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Most Signatures in a 48 hour period, with all the proceeds going to the Heroes for Jordan charity that benefits research for his niece, Jordan Alyssa Atherton, and other children suffering from cancer. The signing is happening right now through Sunday, May 6th, at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas, NV. You can watch it live by checking out the stream below. Of course, if you are in or around Vegas, it might be worth getting some awesome comics signed or sketched.