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October 15, 2008 in
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- Don Cheadle is stepping in to replace Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2, Marvel Studios’ sequel to its summer blockbuster, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Howard played Jim Rhodes, Tony Stark/Iron Man’s best friend and the future armor-clad hero War Machine. Sources close to the deal say that negotiations with Howard fell through over financial differences.
- In a promotion tied to the DVD/Blu-ray release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Papa John’s will offer a free extra-large “Explorer” pizza to anyone in the United States named “Dr. Jones” until Oct. 26; if Dr. Jones lives in Indiana, he or she will also get a free Indy DVD.
- NBC is developing a new take on Jason and the Argonauts, which would be produced as the first-ever green-screen drama developed for prime time. NBC also aired the unrelated Robert Halmi miniseries Jason and the Argonauts, in 2000.
- A cryptography technique that relies on Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle was recently unveiled. It uses a stream of photons to create a quantum data stream that alerts anyone trying to read it and shuts down the transmission.
- As a tie-in with the new Quantum of Solace release Dr. No, Die Another Day, Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia with Love, and Thunderball are all heading to blu ray in November Suggested retail price of $34.98 and packaged with a movie ticket for the new Bond adventure.
- The golden gun from the 1974 James Bond film starring Sir Roger Moore and Christopher Lee has been stolen from Elstree Studios. The gun is valued at about £80,000.
- According to IMDB there is an untitled Bill and Ted project scheduled for 2010.
- The first episode of a new Witchblade anime series is now available on iTunes for free until Oct. 26.
- Rob Tapert, who is producing director Sam Raimi’s upcoming Drag Me to Hell, says the film is a return to Raimi’s horror roots.
- AskMen.com has constructed a Jedi workout. Their slogan? “You too could harness the Force in your muscular fitness.” The routine includes Force jumps, hyperspace holds, and lightsaber pulls.
- The Toxic Avenger musical debuted this month in, where else, New Jersey. The Toxic Avenger Musical is playing through November 2nd at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- Lost’s Rebecca Mader joins up with George Clooney as a lead in the movie adaptation of The Men Who Stare at Goats. The movie is based on Jon Ronson’s novel about US soldiers who were trained to use psychic powers in battle (i.e., killing a goat just by staring at it). Also in the Goat cast are Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and, Jeff Bridges.
- In Transformers 2, Soundwave will join the cast….as a pickup truck. No word on the sound system on the pickup but he has already been a nascar car and a Scion xB with a loudspeaker system.
- The next Doctor Who may just fill the Tardis. Every surviving actor who has played the Doctor will appear for this years Children In Need special, with rumors of Prince Charles also joining the cast.
- Fox 2000 has acquired the rights to Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel “The Forever War” and has Ridley Scott attached to direct.
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