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Halo: Reach beta? Yes please.

Written on April 22, 2010 – 6:51 pm | by Joseph |

Eagerly awaiting your chance to play in the Halo: Reach beta that begins on May 3? IGN has a primer of what to expect and a full article on their impressions of what some are calling “The definitive Halo title.” For your information they love it. Related Stories:

Leonard Nimoy Retiring From Acting

Written on April 21, 2010 – 3:33 pm | by Seth Quillen |

After 60 great years our favorite green blooded alien is beaming right out of the business and into retirement. Leonard Nimoy, who famously and I’ll also add expertly play Mr. Spock, the Vulcan, in the Star Trek universe told the Toronto Sun that he will finally hang up his pointy Vulcan ears. “I’ve been doing [...]

The Second ‘Hobbit’ Script Is Finished

Written on April 21, 2010 – 12:59 am | by Seth Quillen |

In an exclusive moviefone.com interview with Peter Jackson promoting the Lovely Bones DVD, he clued them in on the fact that the script for the second Hobbit film is finished and has been sent to the studio for review. He also said that they movie has not been delayed because they’ve never announced a date [...]

Curb Your Enthusiasm Renewed For An Eighth Season

Written on April 20, 2010 – 4:24 pm | by Seth Quillen |

My favorite current television comedy has got to be the quasi-improve HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm. My wife constantly accuses me of giving her the Larry David face when I don’t want to do something she expects of me. Anyway, Curb being my favorite show, I’m happy to pass along the news that Curb creator and Co-creator of [...]

The Next James Bond Movie Is Now On Indefinite Hiatus

Written on April 20, 2010 – 2:51 pm | by Seth Quillen |

The producers of James bond said in a press release yesterday that “Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended development on BOND 23 indefinitely.” Which more than likely means that there will be no 007 for 2011. Producers Michael [...]

Finally A ‘Star Wars’ POST-quel… I Mean Sequel

Written on April 19, 2010 – 12:15 am | by Seth Quillen |

So after more than a decade of total immersion in Star Wars prequel mythology, it looks like we will finally get a story set after the events of Return of the Jedi. Finally we get to see what happened to Luke, Leia, Han, and probably the droids after they all assisted in the destruction of [...]

New Predators Featurette And Trailer

Written on April 15, 2010 – 12:00 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Topher Grace is featured in this new featurette for the Predators movie coming out on July 9. Topher plays the scrawny Edwin who will probably be a smart, idealistic Self-deprecating human and in the end be killed in a most dastardly manner. Or maybe he was a serial killer who will make it to the [...]

Austin Powers Getting Readied For Another Go Round

Written on April 14, 2010 – 2:16 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Last week at ShoWest, Austin Powers Director Jay Roach was honored as the Comedy Director of the Decade. Roach spoke a little about the fourth Powers movie that is currently in the writing process. Related Stories:

Duchovny Up For Third X-Files Movie. But Are We?

Written on April 13, 2010 – 11:12 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Recently David Duchovny spoke to MTV.com about the possibility of another X-Files film. He said “I love the characters on it; yes [I'd do another one],” and added “I am so proud of that franchise that, [if we can't make it] until I have to wear a girdle and a toupee, that’s fine.” I’ll first [...]

Conan O’Brien Finds A Home At TBS

Written on April 12, 2010 – 2:22 pm | by Seth Quillen |

We knew he would end up somewhere soon. Talent like Conan O’Brien was not about to go to waste for long. Even before he left the tonight show rumors were flowing that Conan would end up at Fox, but it looks like TBS had what Team Coco was looking for. I think this will be [...]

Harrison Ford Is In ‘Cowboys & Aliens’

Written on April 9, 2010 – 5:26 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Yesterday Jon Favreau via his twitter account confirmed Harrision Ford will be in his upcoming movie Cowboys and Aliens. And apparently Favreau wants you to keep it a secret. Here’s Favreua’s Tweet. “Please stop asking if Harrison Ford is in Cowboys & Aliens. Okay? He is. Please don’t tell anybody.” So when I first saw this [...]

‘Friday Night Lights’ Hunk, Taylor Kitsch, Joins ‘Battleship’ Movie

Written on April 8, 2010 – 6:30 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Taylor Kitsch, the troubled student on Friday Night Lights, who was last seen in theaters as Gambit in the yawn, X-Men Origins: Wolverine has signed on to star in Universal studios adaptation of the Hasbro board game Battleship. Related Stories:

Another 80s Video Game ‘Spy Hunter’ Headed To The Big Screen

Written on April 8, 2010 – 5:59 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Yet another video game that my older brother used to kick my butt at as a kid is driving to the big screen. Yep, this time it’s Spy hunter, which is set to hit theaters in 2012. If you recall Spy Hunter had one of the most repetitive and mind numbing theme songs, I would [...]

Captain America Lands A Sidekick

Written on April 2, 2010 – 12:49 am | by Seth Quillen |

Source: Heat Vision Sebastian Stan, one of the actors who tested for the title role of Marvel’s “Captain America” which ultimately went to Chris Evans, has nabbed the key role of Captain America’s sidekick Bucky Barnes. In comic book lore, Barnes, a teenaged orphan, was too young to join the army but became one camp’s [...]

New Action Heavy Trailer For ‘The A-Team’

Written on April 1, 2010 – 3:54 pm | by Seth Quillen |

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