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- LucasFilm and Del Rey Books will be publishing a Star Wars horror novel in October 2009 titled DeathTroopers. No Windows No Doors and Chasing the Dead author Joe Schreiber will be penning this, the first horror novel in the Star Wars expanded universe. No details yet but the cover art features a battered and bloody storm trooper helmet hanging from a hook through the eye.
- A Netherlands man named Theo Zijderveld, is currently doing postgraduate work on the intersection of faith and “World of Warcraft” at University of Colorado’s Center for Media, Religion and Culture. After taking a course on gaming, Zijderveld wrote his master’s thesis in theology on “World of Warcraft” while studying at Utrecht University in his home country.
- Dr Who actor Freema Agyeman says Martha Jones, will return for one of the 2009 specials. Noel Clarke who plays the much maligned Mickey also wants to return. With a Rising Star BAFTA nomination he may just get his chance.
- Stan Lee Media is suing… Stan Lee…for 750 million. The lawsuit claims profits from Lee’s comic creations belong to the company, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2006. The suit claims Lee, Marvel and others have violated Stan Lee Media’s copyright interests and that the firm is due profits from all properties, including blockbuster films that were made after 1998 and based on Lee’s creations.
- Kim Manners, veteran producer-director who directed dozens of episodes of The X-Files and Supernatural, died Sunday in Los Angeles from lung cancer. He was 59.
- Murdered Mexican wrestlers are lurching out of their graves for a feature movie. Dark Horse comic El Zombo Fantasma is getting a big-screen release. Kevin Munroe is writing and directing. The deadly wrestler comes back from hell to be the guardian angel for a little teenager, who is more than she seems.
- The BBC reported that the cult sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf will return to TV, 21 years after its initial launch, and will appear on the digital channel Dave in the United Kingdom for a two-part Easter-weekend special. It’s unclear when or where the special might air in America.
- Warner Brothers and producer Dan Lin are in early development on a reboot of Lara Croft. Rumors spread that Megan Fox from Transformers might don the tank top and shorts, but her camp denies it.
- A big budget zombie musical thriller is in the works… Thriller. The Nederlander Organization (large Chicagoan theater producers) have bought the musical rights to MJ’s Thriller. Jacko will be personally involved in the creation of the show.
- Kevin Munroe (TMNT) is directing War Monkeys, about two janitors who get stuck in an underground research facility and run into a bunch of military-trained war monkeys who have been released in the building. Sammo Hung is signed on to be one of the human actors.
- Best-selling author Neil Gaiman’s novel The Graveyard Book is the winner of this year’s Newberry Medal, the most prestigious award for children’s literature in the United States.
- ABC has given a pilot order to V, a re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about an alien invasion. Written on spec by The The 4400: The Complete Series co-creator/executive producer Scott Peters, the new V will center on a female Homeland Security agent.
- He may have already died and come back once, but this summer the Man of Steel will crave BRAAAIIIIIINS. DC comics is undeadifying several heroes in “The Blackest Night” storyline.
- Cyanide Studio is adapting Game Workshop’s fantasy (and by fantasy we mean orcs and goblins and lizardmen) sports game Blood Bowl for several platforms and is set for release on Q2 2009.
- A new course being offered at UC Berkeley aims to teach students how to enjoy the “art of competitive Starcraft“. While the course isn’t listed on the UC Berkeley website, the university’s Haas School of Business verified that the course is real. The course is being taught by a student at the school as part of the Democratic Education in Cal initiative and students can receive college credit for taking it.
- Square Enix revealed a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII this week which you can find online at the official square enix site.
- New expansion for Eve Online on March 10.
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