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- Captain is looking for red/blue 3d glasses.
- Japanese all-female acting troupe just put on Phoenix Wright: The Musical.
- A first edition of Truman Capote’s 1968 children’s book The Thanksgiving Visitor signed by the author to Harry Potter is listed on the site of used-book seller AbeBooks for $1,000, according to the Los Angeles Times. The inscription reads, “For Harry Potter with gratitude, Truman Capote January 1978.”
- Paul W.S. Anderson, best known for the Resident Evil series and Alien vs. Predator is bringing The Three Musketeers to the big screen, this time in 3D.
- Lena Headey, star of the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series, has nabbed the last major part in HBO’s Game of Thrones pilot, according to Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune. Headey will portray Cersei Lannister, a devious noble woman.
- Yes, Disney bought Marvel for $4 billion dollars, no this doesn’t mean Marvel will being Iron Mickey as a serious piece. Calm down. It does mean Marvel now has access to Gargoyles and Darkwing Duck and lots of Disney resources. Disney has promised Marvel the autonomy of Pixar.
- The books in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series were the most-downloaded novels on BitTorrent this year and the only fiction to make the top 10 list, The complete list is: 1. Kama Sutra 2. Adobe Photoshop Secrets 3. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amazing Sex 4. The Lost Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci 5. Solar House—A Guide for the Solar Designer 6. Before Pornography—Erotic Writing In Early Modern England 7. Twilight—Complete Series 8. How To Get Anyone To Say YES—The Science of Influence 9. Nude Photography—The Art and the Craft 10. Fix It—How to Do All Those Little Repair Jobs Around the Home. Everything you need for a green Victorian Bordello.
- Warehouse 13 continues to set rating records for Syfy. The show’s sixth episode, “Burnout,” which aired on Aug. 11, was the most watched series telecast in the network’s 17-year history, with a total viewership of 4.4 million. The previous record for the most-watched series telecast on Syfy had been the fifth episode of Warehouse 13, aired the previous week. More than 1 million of the 4.4 million total viewership came via DVR playback. The six episodes of Warehouse 13 broadcast to that date, including full Live + 7 DVR data, all rank in the top 10 most watched series telecasts ever on Syfy. Hoooray something other than night vision reality shows leading Syfy!
- J.J. Abrams’ big-screen reboot of the Star Trek franchise grabbed the most nominations of any sci-fi, fantasy or horror project this year as the Spike Scream Awards finalists were announced, with nods in 17 categories.The blockbuster film was recognized not only for Best Science Fiction Movie, Best Director (J.J. Abrams) and both Best Breakout Performance: Female and Best Science Fiction Actress (Zoe Saldana), but also in such categories as the Fight to the Death Scene of the Year (for Kirk vs. Spock), and the Holy S–t! Scene of the Year (for the space dive onto orbital drill).
- 20th Century Fox scouts have been combing the jungles of the Big Island of Hawaii for possible locations for their new movie in the Predator franchise Predators.
- Guillermo del Toro has posted on TheOneRing.Net that contrary to certain rumors that have been circulating, his two-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit will not be filmed in 3D.
- Terry Gilliam’s fantasy The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, the final film of Heath Ledger, will be released on Christmas Day after a premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September and a UK release in mid-October.
- Weinstein Co. co-chairman Bob Weinstein has announced that the next movie in the rebooted Halloween franchise will be Halloween 3D, according to the Los Angeles Times.Rob Zombie, the director of the recent Halloween and this past weekend’s strong opener Halloween II, is currently developing a second remake of The Blob and will not be attached. No director for the upcoming sequel has been selected yet.
- Box Office Mojo is reporting that the superhero movie The Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen has been moved back five months, from an original release date of July 7, 2010, to Dec. 17, 2010.
- Kate Beckinsale on Friday denied widespread reports that she has signed on to a fourth Underworld film, which would begin a new trilogy in 3-D.
- Joel Silver is hoping he can utilize 3D technology for his upcoming Swamp Thing remake.
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