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September 3, 2008 in
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- Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is promising the Pentagon that it’ll have weapons-grade electric lasers by the end of 2008. PEW PEW PEW.
- A rubber Dalek toy from the 1960′s sold for three thousand times its original sales price. It sold online for around $3000.
- James Marsters will be playing Piccolo in the upcoming Dragonball movie. As of now, he is NOT green. Color correction may still be done before release, which is set for April 10th, 2009.
- The firefly population of Thailand has fallen 70% over 3 years. “Curse you FOX curse you!”
- A remake of Heavy Metal has recently been dropped by Paramount, and now David Fincher and Kevin Eastman are shopping it to other studios.
- Kevin Eastman‘s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is going to be another origin story that reveals more about where Shredder comes from.
- The Siegel & Shuster Society is trying to save the house where Jerry Siegel created Superman in the 1930′s. Help at www.ordinarypeoplechangetheworld.com.
- Daniel Radcliffe admits that he lost his virginity to a much older woman, in addition to admitting that he would love to play a cross-dresser just so he could wear lots of slap and eye make up.
- The trial date for FOX vs. Warner Bros over Watchmen has been set for January 6th. This may cause delays as it is close to the March release date.
- Coca-Cola has agreed to a £5million deal to plug its brand alongside the new James Bond movie. It is coming out with limited edition black bottles and a special Coca-Cola Zero Zero Seven logo.
- Wanted creator Mark Millar pitched Warner Bros on a “big three-picture Superman thing, like a Lord of the Rings epic, starting over from scratch again with a seven-hour Superman story.”
- Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine has died. He was 68.
- Disaster Movie made a miserable $6.2million and will likely be in the bargain bin by Halloween.
- The voice actor for Snoopy, Bill Melendez, has died. He was 81.
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