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Building upon solid ratings and critical acclaim for returning hits Warehouse 13 and Eureka, and newcomer Haven, Syfy announced a development slate of seven scripted projects featuring television icons Lee Majors and Kevin Sorbo; theSanctuary creative team of Damian Kindler, Martin Wood and Amanda Tapping; a swashbuckling space opera and an alien version of The …

TNT has ordered new seasons of three of the network’s hit series.  The Closer, which continues to rank as ad-supported cable’s #1 series of all time, will return for its seventh season.  Rizzoli & Isles, which currently ranks as cable’s #1 new series for the year-to-date, will return for a …

“Inception” held off newcomers “Dinner for Schmucks” and “Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” to keep the top spot at the box office for the third consecutive week. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, August 1, 2010, are as follows: …

J.J. Abrams is adapting “Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel,” to the big screen. The graphic novel-picture book hybrid by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, tells the story  of the world’s first robot. Boilerplate’s story is told ala Forrest Gump, mixing the images to tell the story of Boilerplate’s adventures in the late …

During his announcement last week that he will be working on a Haunted Mansion film for Disney, Guillermo del Toro hinted that his next directorial effort will be announced very shortly, and will be scary to boot.  According to Deadline, he  will finally make what some have called his labor …

Russell Crowe reunites with Gladiator director Ridley Scott to reveal the untold story of a common archer’s rise to become a hero in Robin Hood, the $309 million worldwide blockbuster coming to Blu-ray Hi-Def Combo Pack, 2-Disc Special Edition DVD and single disc DVD on September 21, 2010 from Universal …

Atari and Cryptic Studios announced the availability of Season Two: Ancient Enemies, the latest content update for the Star Trek Online universe. Season Two: Ancient Enemies is available at no additional cost to current Star Trek Online players. The content update allows players to encounter and battle even more of …

Dark Comet Games (DCG) announced several content enhancements to their Stargate Resistance third-person action shooter video game. Included in this recent release are the following features: New Gameplay Modes with the “King of the Hill” Gameplay Mode for the Amarna Temple Game Map and “Team Death Match” Gameplay Mode added …

G4 will be home to four anime series based on some of Marvel Entertainment’s most successful comic characters in partnership with Madhouse for Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan. The four series are: Iron Man, X-Men, Wolverine and Blade.  Each series will have 12 half hour episodes and will be …

Will Eisner’s graphic novel “A Contract With God” is being adapted into a live-action feature by writer-producer Darren Dean. The story recounts Eisner’s memories of growing up in a New York City tenement. Divided into four parts, four separate directors, Alex Rivera (“Sleep Dealer”), Tze Chun (“Children of Invention”), Barry Jenkins …