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- Robert Downey has signed a contract confirming his reprisal role in two more Iron Man movies as well as the Avengers.
- Ripley Scott may direct a werewolf film starring Russel Crowe and written by the man who wrote “Death Sentence” and the Castlevania movie.
- The new Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition DVD collection selects four episodes from the series and some sweet extras that track the show’s history. The limited-edition $70 set comes in a metal gift box with four custom lobby cards and a Crow T. Robot figurine.
- Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day has now officially begun filming in Toronto. Sean Patrick Flannery and Billy Connelly are both back. The cast and crew are video diarying the experience and you can check them out on YouTube.
- Fanboys, the movie about a group of friends in 1998 trying to break into the Skywalker Ranch to see Episode One before their terminally ill friend dies, is set to finally be released in January. The film drew fire when the Weinsteins published a version that eliminated the cancer storyline and the film’s actual fanboys protested. So just 3 months until you can see Kristen Bell as slave Leia.
- Saw V earned 30.5million this weekend, making the Saw franchise the top grossing horror franchise of all time. The Saw films have earned over 317million, surpassing both Friday the 13th and Halloween.
- EA has signed a deal with Universal Studios to bring Army of Two to the silver screen. This follows the Fox deal to make The Sims into a movie. Will Wright has said that Spore has also been considered.
- Tokyo’s Disneyland is getting some new additions, like an awesome Monsters, Inc. plant from the CG Disney movie. It’s set to open in April.
- Tim Burton has cast Crispin Glover to play the Knave of Hearts in the upcoming Alice movie.
- Piccolo will turn green in the new Dragonball movie, not start green.
- LittleBigPlanet and Fallout 3 came out this week. Why is anyone here? Go decapitate fire-spitting giant ants with lawn gnomes already.
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