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- Happy 50th Birthday NASA! NASA was actually founded in 1915 and at the time was known as the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics — or NACA. But after Sputnik was launched Eisenhower revamped the defunct committee and on October 1, 1958, the new agency officially went into business.
- Think you can writes good? Transformers: All Hail Megatron writer Shane McCarthy wants you to prove it online. Whoever comes up with the funniest/most inventive caption or dialogue to go with the image online wins. The winner will receive a copy of AHM #1 – #4 (with the Hutch covers) signed by him and Trevor Hutchison. Anyone who wants to enter has until October 22nd to do so at smactalk.com.
- As a potential heir to Smallville’s….erm throne? The CW has begun work on The Graysons, about the young boy wonder, before his parents got turned into a Pollack and a rich single man gave him short shorts. “Smallville” exec producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, as well as “Supernatural” exec producer McG, are behind the project.In the one-hour “Graysons,” which will be set in modern times, young DJ will face challenges involving first loves, young rivals and his family as he grows up.
- Can I get one order of Salvation, hold the blessing? Even though McG announced at Comic Con that he wouldn’t move forward without James Cameron’s blessing on Terminator Salvation, Cameron doesn’t seem to remember bestowing such a favor on the Terminator 4 director. Cameron revealed to a Canadian paper that not only did McG not have his blessing, but he’s never actually seen or heard anything about the script.
- BBC Radio is launching a huge science fiction “drama season” that will span three stations in the month of March: Radio 3, Radio 4, and BBC 7. Audio plays, including adaptations of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama and Iain M. Banks’ The State Of The Art (adapted by Paul Cornell), will air during Radio 3′s Afternoon Play, Classic Serial and Women’s Hour timeslots. Meanwhile, BBC 7 will launch a new 10-part audio series called Planet B.
- IMAX to the MAX! Michael Bay has decided to shoot three Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen scenes in IMAX. Now you can see things go boom in the biggest most Bay-tastic way possible, on a bigger and badder screen. Also, D.J. Caruso expressed interest in shooting Y: The Last Man in IMAX as well.
- LucasArts plans to release new characters and a new single player campaign set in the Jedi Temple as downloadable content for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed in coming months. The content will be coming to the 360 and PS3 version of the game.
- J. Michael Straczynski says Kenneth Branagh is perfect for directing a ‘Thor’ film. Straczynski, who also created Babylon 5 says, “‘Thor,’ at his best, has always had a classical bent to the character in terms of his history, the way he speaks, and the often Shakespearean intrigues and dramas that surround him. That kind of dialogue and character needs the hand of someone who comes from a theatrical/classically trained background in order for it not to sound forced or artificial. Branagh is absolutely the perfect choice.” The movie is expected to be released July 16, 2010.
- The First Avenger: Captain America, is due on May 6, 2011.
- The Avengers movie on July 15, 2011, and Iron Man 2, May 7th, 2010.
- DC’s Green Lantern has been given the green light to shoot the upcoming movie starting the spring of 09.
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