Find more info, formats and links at: http://bit.ly/18sZAC This week on CastaBlasta: GEEK NEWS FTW: - Futurama coming back! - Neil Marshall (director of Doomsday) to direct sequel to Predator. - “Predators” (Robert Rodriguez) now being called a sequel, not reboot.
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- Marcus Nispel (director of the rebooted Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th, plus Pathfinder) to direct Conan the Barbarian. - Rumors that G.I. Joe director fired and new director/editor brought in to save it. But not confirmed. - Ghostbusters 3 still in limbo. No final script. Nobody signed on. - IMAX version of Transformers 2 will have 2 extra minutes of robot fighting. - Ridley Scott’s new web series “Purefold” set in bladerunner universe. But not. Due to licensing isues with Philip K Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Will be… creative commons. GAMES: -Ghostbusters 3 out this week - Nintendo’s Shigiro Miamoto says that next Zelda game will REQUIRE Wii Motion Plus, and that link may not have a sword (?!?). - Blizzard announces WoW’s next patch content: ”Isle of Conquest” — a new pvp battleground. Free! - Mirror’s Edge 2 confirmed by EA VP Patrick Soderlund. - Also from Soderlund, “we have maxed out the XBox360, but not the PS3″ — developers skeptical about 10-yr lifecycle, even with intro of Natal. - And MORE EA news: $1billion loss in the previous financial year (1,100 jobs cut), because their games “haven’t been good enough” (quote from COO John Pleasants). - Paramount Pictures has released a “Star Trek Timelines” flow chart for use on Star Trek Online’s website, confirming that the ST universe has officially become a multiverse franchise. (http://www.startrekonline.com/startrek_xi) MOVIES: - Akira (live action) project appears dead, after losing director. - “Predators” (Robert Rodriguez) now being called a sequel, not reboot. - Star Trek still going strong, totaling $230million in box office so far. - Bond franchise gets serious about scripts, hires Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen, Last King of Scotland) to write next film. - Pictures released of Mickey Rourke on set of Ironman 2 MOVIE REVIEW: - Land of the Lost review TV TIME: -24 Season 7 -Dr Who spoilers (we save it for the end) - Starbuck in 24 Season 8? -Virtuality gets a date Distributed by Tubemogul.
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