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James McAvoy is Professor X in X-Men: First Class

James McAvoy (Wanted, Atonement) has landed the role of the young Charles Xavier (Professor X) in the upcoming film, X-Men: First Class, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. X-Men: First Class will follow the relationship between the young Xavier and Erik Lensherr (who later becomes his arch nemesis …

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Aladdin: Legacy Of The Lost Trade Paperback Arrives In July

Outside the mystical city of Shambhalla, an evil sorcerer plots to steal an artifact from a legendary cave. The only one who can help him is Shambhalla’s most nortorious thief: Ala ad-Din, better known as Aladdin. But when the sorcerer crosses Aladdin, it sparks an adventure that spans from Shambhalla’s …

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Logan’s Run Remake Lands a New Director

If everything goes right, the long delayed remake of Logan’s Run might finally see the light of day.  According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, Warner Brother’s has tapped Carl Rinsch to direct the film, with Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman producing. Rinsch is best known for his work …

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“Mass Effect” Goes Big Screen WIth Legendary

The Hollywood Reporter announced taht Legendary Pictures picked up rights to “Mass Effect,” the Electronic Arts-BioWare video game. Mark Protosevich, the scribe who wrote “I Am Legend” and worked on “Thor,” is in negotiations to pen the movie, which will be produced by Avi and Ari Arad as well as …

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Orlando Bloom & James Corden Join Cast of Three Musketeers

Paul W.S. Anderson’s Three Musketeer’s cast just keeps growing and growing.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Orlando Bloom and British actor James Cordon have signed on to the film, which is set to go before cameras later this summer. This is the first big studio project Bloom has appeared in …

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Palmiotti & Gray To Ignite Time Bomb

Radical Publishing proudly presents Time Bomb, the newest Sci-Fi/Action thriller from acclaimed creators Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (Jonah Hex, Power Girl), now available to order in the May 2010 edition of Diamond Previews. Featuring interior art by award-winning industry favorite Paul Gulacy, Time Bomb takes the action and adventure of science fiction and throws it …

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Spurlock, Whedon, Lee & Knowles Join to Form the League of Super-Geeks

In the vein of Trekkies, Trekkies 2 (feature documentaries about Star Trek fans)  and Ringers (Lord of the Rings), Morgan Spurlock, Joss Whedon, Stan Lee and Ain’t it Cool News founder Harry Knowles are teaming up to bring us the documentary Comic-con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope with Spurlock on …

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Dynamite Acquires Chaos! Comics Library

Dynamite Entertainment has acquired the Chaos! Comics’ library and all assets associated such as Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, Purgatori, Jade, Omen, Bad Kitty, Cremator, and Lady Demon, with the exception of Lady Death.  Chaos! Comics was the leading independent comics publisher of the 1990’s, achieving over thirty …

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Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene Will be in Breaking Dawn

Twilight fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Both Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene are reprising the roles of Emmet and Alice Cullen in the last (still possibly two) films of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the deals were signed last night after a week …

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Juno Temple May be Three Musketeer’s Queen

Juno Temple, daughter of director Julien Temple, is now in talks to play the queen in Paul WS Anderson’s version of The Three Musketeers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. If she comes on board, she would be joining other cast members Ray Stevenson as Porthos, Luke Evans as Athos, Matthew …

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