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- The Guardian newspaper has reported that author J. G. Ballard has passed away after a long battle with prostate cancer. His agent, Margaret Hanbury, announced that Ballard died on the weekend. He was 78.
- Chris Pine wrote to his Star Trek predecessor William Shatner to make peace after hearing about bad blood among the studio bosses and the original Kirk. “I wrote William Shatner a letter and explained who I was because I heard there was bad blood between him and the studio. I said, ‘I’m just an actor who happened to get a role that happened to be James T. Kirk, and I’m not trying to usurp your status or anything’. He replied, ‘Thank you very much for the letter. I wish you the best of luck.’ I have it on my fridge.”
- It has also been revealed that JJ Abrams first choice before Chris Pine was Matt Damon.
- A Dune “reboot” may be in the works thanks to Hancock director Peter Berg and Fighting producer Kevin Misher. The work is still in the writing stage but already the team is scoping actors and locations.
- Pushing Daisies has gotten a 12 issue order from DC Comics. The canceled Emmy-Nominated TV show about a pie maker with the power of limited resurrection, will itself see new life this fall. There is also some speculation about a Comic-Con giveaway as a preview comic was a giveaway in 2007 before the show debuted.
- Zac Efron is looking to bring Luke Skywalker to the small screen after toying around with Star Wars props at George Lucas’ California mansion. The High School Musical star filmed scenes for his new movie 17 Again at Lucas’ museum-like home, Skywalker Ranch, and now he’s begging for a leading role in his Star Wars TV series.
- Veteran actor Graham Greene has joined the cast of the Twilight sequel, New Moon. The Canadian performer appears as Harry Clearwater, an old friend of Bella’s father and a Quileute tribal leader. Greene appeared in the films: Dances with Wolves, The Green Mile, Die Hard With a Vengeance, and the TV show, Northern Exposure.
- The Warner Bros.-based horror label Dark Castle has picked up rights to Devil’s Due graphic novel The Nye Incidents, from sci-fi and horror novelist Whitley Strieber. Todd Lincoln will direct. Inspired by true events, the comic book revolves around a medical examiner on the hunt of a killer of alien abductees.
- Hostel director Eli Roth has discussed two of his upcoming projects. The first was an unnamed project that he didn’t give too many details on but said it will be a huge sci fi piece in the theme of Cloverfield and Transformers, lots of action, lots of explosions. He also discussed his “Thanksgiving” project, first seen originally as a fake trailer in 2007′s Grindhouse (1, 2). Roth boldly claimed: “I want to make the highest body count slasher film I can.”
- Constantine 2 is still in the makes. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner commented on the potential for a Constantine sequel, remarking “Looks very good. Thinking about it. Looking for a writer.”
- “Syfy” and Will Smith are going to make supernatural crime-procedural magic together. Their first collaboration is a TV movie called Unfinished Business, and focuses in on a cop who can see the memories of the deceased. It will air as a two-hour movie, and it could lead to an ongoing series.
- Online game publisher NCsoft has been Steamed, with all of its online titles available today for purchase and play via Valve’s Steam service. All current NCsoft titles should be available via the Steam service today, from the recently released City of Heroes Architect Edition to the Guild Wars series. This also covers upcoming NCsoft games, including the eagerly anticipated Aion: The Tower of Eternity.
- Online store ThinkGeek is selling new Dreamcasts in the box for $99.
- Bethesda has announced that a new Fallout title, Fallout: New Vegas (note the lack of a number, we’ll get to that later), will be released next year for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Bethesda is not developing the title. Instead, Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Knights of the Old Republic 2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 (and its expansions), will be working on New Vegas.
- 4 edition D&D’s Arcane Power just came out.
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