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- A man wielding a “Star Trek Klingon-type sword” robbed two Colorado Springs convenience stores early this morning, police said. Officers searched the area but didn’t find the robber or the weapon. However upon geek review of footage it appears to be a knock-off smaller weapon.
- Michael J Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Riff Trax infamy has vowed to eat nothing but bacon during February. “American bacon”. No “Canadian bacon”, which is really just lunchmeat. No pork chops. No turkey bacon. No “tofacon” or any such horror. Just bacon. And to drink: water, wine, beer, or martinis.
- Fanboys of Fanboys the Movie have brought Weinstein’s empire to its knees. Weinstein removed the cancer portion of the much delayed movie because it left him “cold,” however director Kyle Newman disagreed. The film has been reshot since then but efforts have brought back the original effort. Fanboys opens this weekend in select cities.
- John Stevenson, one of the directors of Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda, has been tapped to direct the new He-Man movie based upon the 1980s Mattel toyline, from a script written by Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li’s Justin Marks.
- A research team at Britain’s Durham University have adapted the Valve Source engine to create a fire drill simulator. Recreating the university campus, it’s aimed at familiarizing staff with the best way to escape the building in case of an emergency. However the gamers who played the simulation tended to try running through the fire instead of trying to find a safe exist.
- Actor Chris Pine is preparing to be named “Male Star of Tomorrow” by movie tradeshow expo ShoWest for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie by J.J. Abrahms.
- The “Tiberius,” “Pon Farr” and “Red Shirt” fragrances will be available in finer stores starting the spring for an undisclosed price in a strange tie-in with the new Trek movie.
- Dan Fogler of Fanboys confirmed to the press that he would be joining up with Robert Zemeckis for the movie of Mars Needs Moms, the children’s book by Berkeley Breathed (of Opus’ Bloom County comic strip fame.) The story follows a brave little boy who goes to Mars to save his kidnapped Mommy.
- Doctor Who’s most faithful traveling companion K9, the robot dog is starring in a spin-off series, now filming. Because the BBC isn’t involved in making the spin-off, it can’t feature any characters or concepts from Doctor Who other than K9 himself. But there will be tons of easter eggs and clues aimed at longtime fans. This version of K9 is the first model of K9, before he ever met the Doctor.
- Black Hawk Down screenwriter Ken Nolan has been brought on to rework the script for Paramount’s untitled moon project, a sci-fi action movie about lunar colonization starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
- Collectible card game trade report Scrye Magazine’s final issue will be #131, the April 2009 edition, ending a 15 year run.
- The reboot of Friday the 13th doesn’t come out until Friday Feb. 13 but talk of a sequel is already in the air. The original 1980 movie spawned 10 sequels, a television show, novels, comic books, video games and merchandise. Several actors have sequel options in their contract and have gone on record saying they would love to reprise their roles.
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