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TNT’s critically acclaimed drama series Southland will return for a fourth season. TNT has ordered 10 new episodes of the gritty, realistic cop drama, which wrapped up its third season March 8. Southland stars Michael Cudlitz (Band of Brothers, A River Runs Through It),Shawn Hatosy (Dexter, Public Enemies), Regina King (Ray, Jerry Maguire) and Ben McKenzie (The O.C.). …

Underground Toys announced details of our two new Classic Doctor Who items: The Destiny of the Daleks Collectors’ Set & The Genesis of the Daleks Collectors’ Set. “Destiny of the Daleks” Collectors’ Set The Fourth Doctor and Romana arrive on Skaro and discover that the Daleks are using a group of humanoid …

Production has commenced in Wellington, New Zealand, on “The Hobbit,” filmmaker Peter Jackson’s two film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s widely read masterpiece. “The Hobbit” is set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the …

SEGA announced Thor: God of Thunder and Captain America: Super Soldier, scheduled for release this spring and summer, will feature eye-popping stereoscopic 3D graphics on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Additionally, both games will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS system later in the year as an immersive new handheld 3D …

Bradley Cooper starrer Limitless opened to a better-than-expected $19 million. Overall, the weekend remained weak. The other new movies — Lionsgate’s Matthew McConaughey legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer and Universal’s sci-fi comedy Paul — grossed $13.4 million and $13.2 million, respectively, not quite enough to best holdovers Rango and Battle: Los Angeles. The top 12 …

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced that Kevin Costner will play Jonathan Kent, the father who raised Clark Kent as his own son, in the new Superman movie to be directed by Zack Snyder. Snyder stated, “Jonathan Kent is the only father figure Clark has ever had, the man …

He’s got an eye for details and a knack for saying the wrong thing . . . but fortunately forShawn Spencer (James Roday, The Dukes of Hazzard), USA Network’s favorite “psychic detective,” his best friend Burton “Gus” Guster (Dule Hill, “The West Wing”) is there to make sense of it all.  Featuring …

Marvel Knights Animation announced Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, an all-new four-episode series debuting on iTunes, Xbox LIVE, and PlayStation( Network on Monday, March 28th. Further episodes debut weekly on Wednesdays beginning April 6th, with each high-definition episode priced at $2.99 (standard definition is also available at $1.99/episode). Inspired by the acclaimed graphic novel …

Sony’s Battle: Los Angeles topped the weekend box office with a strong $36 million opening, but Warner Bros.’ Red Riding Hood and Disney’s Mars Needs Mom weren’t so lucky. Mars Needs Moms and Red Riding Hood failed to meet expectations, limping into their first weekend. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the …

BBC America will bring back “Doctor Who” on April 23, with the first part of a two-part debut written by showrunner Steven Moffat. The new season features guest appearances by Mark Sheppard of “Supernatural” and “Battlestar Galactica” as well as Alex Kingston of “ER,” the story notes. The show will also …