Leopold Keber from LOOM sent me this trailer for their independent film, Tartarus, and it blew me away. The teaser is visually interesting and completely engaging. I can’t wait to see more. The film itself is an alien invasion mystery/thriller that is based in 18th century Imperial Austria.

To check out a second trailer to the film and watch a few production diaries, head over to the group’s YouTube page (note: the videos are in German).

It might be mid-week, but it feels like the perfect time for a new edition of The Pit. Enjoy!

• Last night, Conan O’Brien was hysterical as the new host of The Tonight Show. If you missed it, you can thankfully check it out online. God, I love Hulu.

• Hollywood the Game, the film and television simulation game, is entering the last week of their virtual television season. What is on the air? Click here to find out.

• Anthony Stewart Head really wants to do a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Giles spin-off movie and series. The project, titled Ripper, has been in development for a long time, will we finally see it come to life? Gosh, I hope so!

• The Inside Report has released an all new episode that features an interview with the UK based documentary filmmaker, Jamie McDine. The award winning filmmaker going into detail about what it is like to make documentaries and why he has chosen this path.

• CNN takes a look at some of the happenings at E3.

• Don’t forget to leave a comment and help us decide what to give away in our next contest.

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What do you get when you mix a detective/cannibal/clairvoyant together? You get Chew, a new ongoing comic from Image Comics by writer John Layman with art by Rob Guillory. The twisted new series focuses on Tony Chu, a cop who can get a psychic impression for anything he eats.  Need to find out who murdered someone? Well, he just needs to nibble on the corpse.  Things get a bit more complicated after the government figures out his secret. I wonder what they are going to make him eat?

The issue hits stands this Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009.