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Chevy Chase will star with Burt Reynolds, Vinnie Jones, and Michael Madsen in a spoof of those oh so trendy spoof films called Not Another Not Another Movie. Chase will portray a studio exec that quits the company and leaves his ex-con sibling in charge. The aforementioned ex-con hires a gangster friend, played by Jones, to direct a spoof of spoof ...
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Youtube has partnered with MGM and will soon be offering streams of the studio's content. The catch, though, is that the first titles being offered are somewhat sub-par. We get old episodes of American Gladiator, Legally Blond, and Bulletproof Monk. Hopefully the first run is a success so that better offerings will follow.
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David Lindsay-abaire, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright responsible for Rabbit Hole, has been hired to write the script for Spider-Man 4. This isn't the first literary hoity-toity literary type to be attached to a Spider-Man film. The second installment of the series was co-authored by Michael Chabon, who one the coveted prize 2001. Sam Raimi's back, Toby Maguire's back, and a respectable writer ...
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It is with great sadness that I today deliver the news that David Tennant has announced he'd be stepping down as Doctor Who prior to the 2010 season. Tennant will be a part of the four specials which will air throughout 2009 beginning with the annual Christmas special this December. Who-vians will remember that the reason behind the decision not to ...
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BOOM! Studios will release a new comic series based on the SciFi Channel's See video below for more information.
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Marvel Comics will release another Orson Scott Card adaptation this December. This time they'll take on Ender's Shadow, the parallel novel Card wrote to go along with his Ender's Game. The creative team of Mike Carey (X-Men: Legacy) and "rising star" artist Sebastian Fiumara will produce the book. Ender's Shadow: Battle School #1 will be on newsstands on December 3. A Jim ...
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Lucasarts and BioWare have teamed to create Star Wars: The Old Republic. This MMORPG will supposedly have a higher level of realism than the pairs previous collaboration, Knights of the Old Republic. See the press release below for details on the games storyline. LucasArts and BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the development of Star Wars®: The Old ...
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New England Comics pays tribute to the genius of Ben Edlund with the release of The Tick: The Complete Edlund. This book collects issues 1-12 of The Tick, which Edlund created, along with a bonus "Psuedo-Tick" issue. Extras include the first story featuring The Tick that Edlund creatred for the NEC Newsletter, rare backup stories, pin-ups, and commentary from the man himself The ...
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BlackVoices.com recently interviewed Samuel L. Jackson and inquired as to whether or not we'd be seeing more of Nick Fury in Iron Man 2. He replied with the following quote: "I saw Jon Favreau last night (at the Scream Awards), and he told me we were. I was standing next to George Lucas and he said to me, 'Hey! I hope you ...
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A while back the nerd blogs the world over were buzzing that actor Russell Tovey would become the next Doctor on BBC's Doctor Who once current star David Tennant decides to step down. This announcement was taken as gospel but now appears to be nothing more than a rumor. Paterson Joseph, a former Who guest-star, is said to now be in the ...
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Marvel will release a one-shot entitled Super Hero Squad: Hero Up! in January. The book is based on Hasbro's Super Hero Squad line of toys which feature legendary heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe. Here's a bit of PR spin for ya: "Written by fan favorite scribe Paul Tobin (Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes) and featuring art by the can’t-miss team of Marcelo ...
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Aintitcool.com reports that the makers of Heroes have begun casting for season four of the series which has officially been dubbed "Fugitives". Zeljko Ivanek, known from his work with Ted Danson on Damages, has been hired to portrary someone called The Hunter. Fugitives? The Hunter? Sounds like next season will feature heroes on the run. I'd like to gauge our readers' opinions on the current ...
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The new edition of Entertainment Weekly hits newsstands tomorrow. It features Zachary Quinto as Spock and Chris Pine as Captain Kirk from J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek. To the best of my knowledge, this is the best, full-color look we've had at them in character. What do you all think?
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A friend and I have created a new video game podcast called I Am Error. Each week, we pick one theme and play 4-5 video games that go along with it. On the show we discuss our experiences with the game, the companies behind them, and where the genre is today. Our first episode, entitled "Holy Crap", is now available here. On ...
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The controversial subject of in-game advertisement looks to once again be in the public eye. Last week, GamerPoltics.com mentioned that Barack Obama campaign advertisements have began appearing in EA's Burnout: Paradise. Today GigaOMH managed to snag an official statement from an EA rep on the aforementioned ads. Here it is: I can confirm that the Obama campaign has paid for in-game ...
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