Jackson Publick added a new blog entry to Publick Nuisance today. Entitled Nocturnal Emissions, he gives us a production update on the upcoming episodes of the Venture Bros. season 4. Jackson writes that five of the episodes have been completed, while the last three episodes are nearing the final stages of production. “We think you’re really going to like these next eight episodes” says Publick. “We liked the last eight a whole lot, and we think these are better. I can safely say these new ones have more of the things you thought were missing from the last ones, less of the things you thought there was too much of, and quite a few new and unexpected twists.”

Along with the update, Jackson also posted a collage of fifteen screen grabs of the upcoming season and posted episode titles.

SEASON 4 VOLUME 2 – EPISODE TITLES

“The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-glider”
“Pomp & Circuitry”
“Every Which Way But Zeus”
“Everybody Comes to Hank’s”
“Bright Lights, Dean City”
“Assisted Suicide”
“The Silent Partners”
“Operation: P.R.O.M.”

SEASON 4 VOLUME 2 – SCREEN GRABS

Girl Hitler at the United Nations in New York City.

Have you seen the Venture Brothers, Hank and Dean?

Sgt. Hatred and Pete White in the Panic Room.

Super runaway? Dean Venture in a crappy, roach infested apartment.

Monstroso Henchmen approach the Venture compound.

Dr. Jonas Venture Jr. working on Gargantua-2 in the stratosphere.

Master Billy Wayland with sexy villainous types.

A spider-man like character saluting Dr. Venture.

Pirate Captain is a fake ghost pirate again! Possibly an origin story.

The second half of The Venture Bros. season 4 will premiere on Sunday, September 12th at 11:30pm EST.

Released this week on AdultSwim.com are details of convention programs featuring the The Venture Brother’s, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. On Friday, Doc Hammer’s band WEEP will perform live at Dragon*Con at the Marriott Atrium Ballroom. On Saturday, The Venture Bros. Panel and Signing at the Hyatt Regency. Be sure to check out our Dragon*Con Coverage page for new convention programs and schedules as they are announced.

WEEP LIVE AT DRAGON*CON – SEPTEMBER 3rd

On Friday, September 3rd at 1:30am, WEEP perform Worn Thin LIVE at Dragon*Con. Remix album release at the show.

What: WEEP Live at Dragon*Con
Where: Marriott Atrium Ballroom
When: 1:30am – September 3rd (Technically 9/4/2010)

VENTURE BROS. PANEL WITH JACKSON PUBLICK & DOC HAMMER

On Saturday, September 4th at 1:00pm, the Venture Bros. Panel featuring Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. Panel will be moderated by Ken Plume, featuring a sneak peak at the upcoming season of the series, followed by a Q&A with fans.

What: Venture Brothers Panel
Where: Hyatt Regency Centennial 2-3
When: 1:00pm – September 4th

VENTURE BROS. SIGNING WITH JACKSON PUBLICK & DOC HAMMER

On Saturday, September 4th at 2:30pm, the Venture Bros. Signing featuring Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer.

What: Venture Brothers Signing
Where: Hyatt Regency 5
When: 2:30pm – September 4th

Venture Party at Dragon*Con 2010

The Venture Bros. Blog is hosting a Venture Party at Dragon*Con! Event will feature Holly Marie Gibbs and Marilee Griffin of Very Venture Vodcast and Ann-Marie Gearhart of People’s Republic of Venture. Venture Party at Dragon*Con will be held on Sunday, September 5th at 10:30pm.

What: Venture Party at Dragon*Con
Where: Pulse Bar & Lounge
When: 6pm to 9pm on Saturday, September 4th

DAVID BOWIE: LOVING THE ALIEN

On Sunday, September 5th at 8:30pm, David Bowie: Loving the Alien, A look back at the influence of David Bowie. Panelist include Doc Hammer, John Everson, Mari Mancusi, Athan Maroulis. Panel moderated by DJ Ichabod.

What: David Bowie: Loving The Alien
Where: Hyatt Montreal/Vancouver Room
When: 8:30pm – September 5th

View our FULL Dragon*Con Schedule:
The Venture Bros. Blog Dragon*Con Schedule

Come celebrate Dragon*Con with fellow Venturoo’s on Saturday, September 4th at 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Pulse Bar & Lounge at the Marriott Marquis. Special guests include Marilee Griffin and Holly Marie Gibbs of the Very Venture Vodcast and Anne Marie Gearhart of People’s Republic of Venture, hosted by the Venture Bros. Blog.

What: Venture Party at Dragon*Con 2010
Where: Pulse Bar & Lounge at Atlanta Marriott Marquis
When: 6pm to 9pm on Saturday, September 4th

Schedule and venue subject to change.

Adult Swim video interview with Bif Bang Pow’s Jason Lenzi on the Venture Bros. toyline at Comic-Con. On display and for sale at the convention were six retro style action figures by Bif Bang Pow. The company also debuted four upcoming action figures, Dr. Orpheus, Dr. Girlfriend, Phantom Limb, and Hank Venture. Coming soon to the Adult Swim Shop, Venture Bros. action figures! For a full listing of Venture Bros. collectibles, visit EntertainmentEarth.com.

[AdultSwim.com]

On Sunday, September 5th at 8:30pm, David Bowie: Loving the Alien panel at Dragon*Con. The Dark Fantasy panel discussion is a look back at the influence of David Bowie on science fiction. Panelist include Doc Hammer, John Everson, Mari Mancusi, and Athan Maroulis. Panel moderated by DJ Ichabod.

What: David Bowie: Loving The Alien
Where: Hyatt Montreal/Vancouver Room
When: 8:30pm – September 5th

Check out our FULL Dragon*Con Coverage page:
http://venturebrosblog.com/dragon-con

Doc Hammer posted on his Myspace blog that WEEP will be performing at Dragon*Con this year. Weep will be playing with Projekt label-mates, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Voltaire, and The Cruxshadows on Friday, September 3rd at the Marriott Atrium Ballroom. Also announced, was news of a Worn Thin remix album. The remix is comprised of 5 songs from Worn Thin and a track from the Never Ever EP. Album will premiere at the show next month.

Doc Hammer’s Blog: http://blogs.myspace.com/dochammer
Projekt Live Events: http://www.projekt.com/projekt/live.asp

WEEP Live at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA

When: Friday, September 3, 2010
Time: 1:30 AM (technically that’s Saturday Morning)
Venue: Marriott Atrium Ballroom
Also performing: Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Voltaire, The Cruxshadows.

Worn Thin Remix – Sampler

The second half of Venture Bros. Season 4 starts in less then a month. What little nuggets of truth and hilarity can we learn from the trailer? With images flying by at a rapid pace and not knowing the clips in their context, it can be hard to sort it out. After watching the Venture Bros. Season 4.5 trailer more times then should be allowed by law, this is what I think is going on.

The trailer opens with Dr. Venture in his underwear, blindfolded, tied up, and nipples clamped with wires running down them. A deep voice calls out his name. The scene pans back to show Hank, Dean, and Hatred. Hatred is holding the end of the wires and wearing a Transformers voice changing helmet. Dr. Venture gets shocked and says he’s up. Just another day at the Venture compound, it looks like. The scene then changes to announce the coming of season 4. whatever the hell it’s being called.

Interesting Trailer Scenes:

I believe Phantom Limb is Doc Ock like character. There’s a ton of Spider-Man references in the trailer including The Monarch’s glider and the guy who shoots web out of his back.

The black and white scene where Dermott is getting gut punched by a gangster (who looks a bit like the Alchemist) as Hank stands by looking tough. Is Hank dreaming or narrating a story? It doesn’t seem to fit anywhere except as a dream sequence type deal.

A bloody Shore Leave and a shirtless 21 (Hench 4 Life!) are fighting gladiators. It’s hard to tell who the gladiators are. I’m psyched that Shore Leave and S.P.H.I.N.X. appear to be teaming up with Two Ton 21. 21 must have proved himself while taking down Monstroso in the last episode.

Phantom Limb in his costume and fighting a huge robot while on a Diamond Dog. I’m guessing it’s a flashback. The last time we saw Phantom Limb, he was teamed up with a shoe, a mug, and a toaster.

The Monarch flying into the Venture compound and kidnapping an injured Rusty. As they leave, you can see Pete, Hatred, and Billy knocked out on the floor. There is another scene that has to happen before Rusty is taken. Hatred is full of tranquilizer darts and bear adrenalin. Rusty is lying on a table. There’s a dry erase board with all sorts of aliments written on one side of it. The other side describes a “pill popping”, “no exorcise”, “middle aged” man. Hmm…

The Monarch appears to be unconscious on a table as Dr. Mrs. The Monarch rips his costume open and tells 21 to keep him alive. This broke my heart. Even if it’s part of the possessing Dr. Venture clip that was shown at Comic Con, I never want to hear her say those words again.

Dr. Mrs. The Monarch gargling before bed. It’s thrown in there among all this chaos and fighting. Awesome.

Hunter’s “men don’t have secrets” talk. This is hilarious, but why is he giving that speech to Pete?

Is 21 losing his mind? How does a ghost order Dr. Mrs. The Monarch a drink? Why is she in the Henchmen lounge wearing a flimsy disguise anyway? So much speculative drama.

Hatred sings about his lost love. The look of anguish on Pete’s face is priceless. To make matters worse for Pete, they’re in the panic room and Hatred got something gross growing on his foot. Eww.

What can top a ballad about Princess Tinyfeet? Shore Leave’s “genital formal wear.” Brock’s not thrilled.

Dr. Venture, Hank, and Hatred are sitting in the kitchen eating Apple Mummy! Rusty’s complaining about being a marked man. He tells Hank to cover his ears and hum before talking to Hatred. To test that Hank can’t hear them, they proclaim Hank showers in throw up and Dean could beat him up, among other things. We don’t get hear what’s so important.

The trailer ends with dozens of undead Hank and Dean clones trying to hug The Monarch as he screams. Is this a nightmare or part of him possessing Rusty? Personally, I think it would be cool if it actually happened. Bring on the Hank and Dean Zombie Apocalypse!

What can we learn from the Venture trailer?

It looks like Hank ditched the Brock tribute mullet. Doc and Jackson said at Comic Con there will be more Brock and the trailer clearly shows this. Hatred is with the Ventures too. I think Hatred will still be the “official” bodyguard, with Brock and S.P.H.I.N.X. living on the Venture compound. Pete and Billy seem to be taking Conjectural Technologies to the next level. In the trailer, they are shown on what looks to be their motor scooter, but souped up and awesome. Perhaps they took Rusty’s offer to live at the compound and are now involved with S.P.H.I.N.X. activity. This could also explain Hunter’s “speech” to Pete. What else is S.P.H.I.N.X. doing? In the scene with Brock flying, it looks like he’s being chased by Guild helicopters.

Through a Cerebro type device, The Monarch possesses Rusty. It also seems to greatly harm him. Is this why 21 is briefly seen sitting in The Monarch’s throne? 24’s ghost is back, which I’m glad to see. Although, it’s possible that 21 is just going crazy and imagining he is still there. (I hope it’s really his ghost, though. ) My gut feeling about these scene is The Monarch is out of commission for awhile after the possession of Rusty. 21 and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch might run things together. Still, that doesn’t totally explain why she’s in disguise at the lounge. It looks shady, but I refuse to believe they would be meeting for anything nefarious.

Besides what’s shown in the trailer, there are other unanswered questions that hopefully will be addressed in the second half. It’s pretty obvious that Brock is Dermott’s dad. We still don’t know who his mom is or if it’s a new character or someone we know. We don’t know if 24’s death was an accident or not. I’m willing to bet the moppets pushed the button. King Gorilla and Underbheit are coming back, but to what extent is unknown. Although, King Gorilla looks like he maybe shacking up in Malice. There wasn’t too many The Order of the Triad clips in the trailer. Does that mean Orpheus and team will be playing a smaller role? The new episodes of Venture Bros season 4.5 start on September 12. Until then, Venture fans will be racking by their brains speculating about what’s next.

Sideshow Collectibles has recently acquired the license to produce 12″ Venture Bros. collectible statues. The team at Sideshow Collectibles are huge fans of the show and say that it’s a great project to work on. They mention in their “New Licenses” video that the design team at Sideshow are starting with a Brock Samson collectible, followed by a Molotov Cocktease companion. From there they will explore the rest of the characters. No release date announced.

[SideshowToy.com]

VentureBrosBlog.com is looking for fans interested in doing a regular podcast on the Venture Brothers. With the new season fast approaching, we look to do a retrospective of the past 4 seasons and discuss future episodes. Once the show premieres on September 12th, we plan to record a weekly recap of show with fans till the season finale. Our goal with this podcast is to feature real fans and record their thoughts on the series as a fan discussion.

Tentatively, we will record the Venture Bros. retrospective on the week of August 23rd. To participate, you’ll need a working microphone, a Skype account and a valid email address.

Please send us your full name and Skype username to VentureBrosBlog@gmail.com or add us on Skype at username VentureBrosBlog.

Deadline for submissions is August 21st.

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Released the other day on AdultSwim.com, the official trailer of the new season of the Venture Bros. The trailer originally premiered at Comic-Con and opens with the question what should the new episodes be called? Fans may recall that season 4 was split into two halves, the first half aired from October to December of last year. There was some confusion among fans stemming from an Adult Swim bump, labeling the upcoming episodes as Season Five. Ultimatly, the DVD sets of the Venture Bros. will be known as Season 4, Volume One and Two. The new season of the Venture Bros. premieres Sunday, September 12th at 11:30p ET/PT.

Trailer Screen Caps – Thoughts & Theories

Dr. Venture awakes bound to a chair and blindfolded with clamps on his nipples…

Camera pans revealing that it’s Dean, Sgt. Hatred and Hank holding Dr. Venture captive. Is this another one of Sgt. Hatred’s panic room tests?

Here’s a new character that one fan suggested might be based on Bacteriophage.

Phantom Limb flashback? Phantom Limb avoids fire from the Guild while riding a Diamond Dog. We believe this is a flashback scene after the events of Showdown at Cremation Creek. With treacherous Phantom Limb on the run, David Bowie sends the Diamond Dogs after him.

It would appear that Monarch has commandeered Dr. Venture’s body using some kind of X-Men style Cerebro! But at what cost?

New Conjectural Technologies! It’s the old scooter & sidecar but upgraded! The Pink Phantom & Master Quizboy have finally arrived! Supposedly, ‘Girly Mags’ guy from the ‘Tag Sale–You’re It’ episode will be Billy’s arch nemesis.

Henchmen 21 takes command of the Cocoon! “Not on my watch” Henchmen 21 declares. If Henchmen 21 is third in command, what happened to the Monarch & Dr. Mrs. The Monarch?

Here’s a new character that resembles Spider-Man. He swings onto a moving taxi cab and shoots web out of his backside. Is this Scarmantula or akin to Scaramantula? By the way, did Scaramantula have any powers? Fans may note that the vehicle next to the taxi in this scene is Myra Brandish’s car, complete with PussyKat license plate. We have doubts that Myra has a role in this particular story. Astrobase Go from time to time, reuses animation, including cars.

I’m not sure if there will be a full musical episode, but I hear there will be music numbers in the upcoming season. As seen here with Sgt. Hatred and Pete White in the panic room.

In the last clip of the trailer, we see zombie clones of the Venture boys attack the Monarch at his control panel. I believe this scene takes place in Dr. Venture’s psyche and could be the reason why the Monarch is no longer in command.

Fans have been eagerly awaiting new episodes of the Venture Bros. since the last episode aired in December. At Comic-Con, Doc Hammer mentioned that Bill Hader will be joining the cast. It is rumored he will be replacing Stephen Colbert as Professor Impossible. Jackson Publick stated on his Publick Nuisance blog, that the season finale will be an Hour Long Extranvaganza with new and recurring characters. The new season of the Venture Bros. airs Sunday, September 12th at 11:30p ET/PT.