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Blade: The Series cancelled?

Writer, director and producer David Goyer (writer of all the Blade movies, Dark City and Batman Begins as well as writer of upcoming movies Thor, The Flash, The Dark Knight and Captain America) hasn’t been as successful on the small screen as he has on the big.

His first foray into TV was Threshold which was promptly cancelled halfway through a season; mainly because the only thing good in it was Peter Dinklage, that guy can out act people twice his size, though it helps if you put him in a movie with Vin Diesel (Find Me Guilty).

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Goyer was happy to move on to Blade: The Series which managed to make it through a whole season before according to co-star Jill Wagner is to be promptly cancelled. Wagner announced to her friends on her MySpace that she was informed the show won’t be picked up for a second season; no word on a fourth movie.

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The series has yet to air on Australian TV though should premier any day now that its cancelled and cheap. The show staring Sticky Fingaz wasn’t bad though casting a rapper who apart from being black looks nothing like Wesley Snipes, was a stupid idea. Pretty much the only thing going for the show was its cool factor, that and the fact that half the cast is Australian; which is weird since its filmed in Canada.

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What do I think of his upcoming movies?
The Dark Knight (2008) > Captain America (2009) > The Flash (2006) > Thor (2009).

Iron Man cast.

Iron Man

Director Jon Favreau recently confirmed rumours that he has cast the titler role of Tony Stark aka Iron Man in the upcoming comic book movie. It was previously reported that several actors were up for the role including Tom Cruise, and then Terrence Howard popped up but was quickly confirmed to be playing the sidekick role of Jim Rhodes aka War Machine. So who is Iron Man? Robert Downey Jr.

Favreau had this to say, “It is true. Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark. I am about as excited as I can be. I saw what he can do and he is extremely enthusiastic about playing Stark. I can say with absolute certainty that there is no better choice. The humour and emotional dimension he brings truly raises the bar on this project. Get ready.”

I actually like this choice; Robert Downey Jnr. is a great actor, shares a resemblance to Tony Stark and definitely has experience in playing/being an alcoholic.

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Potter Pics

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Warner Brothers have released a couple more pictures from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Including Harry looking like a kid even I would have beaten up at school, and Luna Lovegood looking like she’s going to kick some arse while someone in the foreground pokes her in the chest.

Check out the new pictures and higher quality versions of the others below. Thanks to Joblo.

Revision 3 v2.0

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One of the lead companies in the online television scene is Revision3. Revision3 was formed in Los Angeles, California by Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Dan Huard, Keith Harrison and Ron Gorodetzky in April, 2005. Kevin and Dan bringing the original source of viewers as the both used to appear on the cable channel TechTV (also G4) in the show The Screensavers.

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There starting show was thebroken a show about the more shady side of technology; later they started their biggest hit Diggnation which was a news and discussion show about all the top stories on Digg; the social bookmarking website developed by Rose. The show is hosted by Kevin Rose and his former co-host of The Screensavers, Alex Albrecht.

They continued to create more shows including the cooking show Ctrl+Alt+Chicken hosted by Alex Albrecht and Heather Stewart. Revision3 also incorporated the geek podcast Geekdrome hosted by Jonathan London and Dan Trachtenberg.

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Well that brings you somewhat up to date with the company so here’s the good news; Revision3 just went 2.0 and with that comes a new site, new forums and of course new shows. The new shows are:

Web drifter:

I have done little else but surf the Internet since the Clinton Administration. But then, one grievous day, I finished it. My life torn asunder, clawing for a reason to keep living, I decided to re-trace my steps, but this time, I wouldn’t do it online–this time, it would be for real. Journey with me now as I visit the physical loci of the most outrageous, surprising, intriguing and important websites I’ve bookmarked during my years of furious Internet surfing, actually going ‘behind the websites’ to get to know, and learn from, the time travellers, shamans, UFO cult leaders and other geniuses who created them. And who, you ask, am I? I am Martin Sargent: Web Drifter.

Mysteries of Science:

Ever wonder just how or why a particular scientific phenomenon is the way it is? Our crackpot scientist does, but not for long, as he provides the answers to life’s great mysteries every week in Mysteries of Science Explained.

NotMTV:

Not Mainstream Typical Videos goes behind and inside the independent music scene. Whether it be a band interview, concert, or sound check. Not Mainstream will introduce you to different scenes and sounds.

PixelPerfect:

Be amazed and learn as master digital artist Bert Monroy takes a stylus and a digital pad and treats it as Monet and Picasso do with oil and canvas. Learn the tips and tricks you need to whip those digital pictures into shape.

Well that’s all the new shows so head over to Revision3 and watch them, because its people like them that are pioneering the next generation of entertainment.

Barcelona X06 – Bungie announce Peter Jackson and Halo Wars RTS

Currently underway in Barcelona, Spain is X06, Microsofts own personal gaming convention. It’s a great source of fun and news for XBOX fans, though Bungie have straight up taken the focus with two big announcements. With good reason too.

First of all, they’ve announced a whole new video game studio has recently emerged, “Wingnut Interactive”. This studio is a collaboration of film master Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie guys. Together they’ll be working on a new Halo episode (don’t worry, Halo 3 is still on schedule), but exactly what this new episode will involve is still being kept under wraps. Bungie didn’t mention much about the Halo movie, but considering the production values of the past two Halo episodes, now with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh involved, this’ll be something to look forward to. Mr. Jackson had this to say -

“Working directly with the Bungie guys to help carve out and reimagine another piece of the Halo game universe is a dream come true. Combining the creative and technical talents of Bungie Studios with the fire and passion of Wingnut Interactive just seems like a great recipe for success and the perfect way to start a new kind of partnership in the video game world. I can’t wait.”

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Age Of Empires meets Halo. Literally.

As if that, Halo 3 and the Halo movie isn’t enough for fans to look forward to, Halo Wars has just been unveiled, with a live website now up (including a nifty trailer). Halo Wars, though many questions are being asked, appears to be a fairly traditional RTS for the XBOX 360, based in the Halo universe. Players will control dozens of popular vehicles, such as Warthogs and Scorpion tanks. Once again, don’t worry about Bungie taking time off Halo 3 for this one. Halo Wars is being created by RTS masters Ensemble Studios, who are responsible for the Age Of Empires series. Bungie state they’re taking care of the story though, and watching over Ensemble so to once again immerse players in the Halo universe, this time from a birds eye perspective. Bungie are still keeping a fair bit quiet about this, though a few interesting things they’ve confirmed is that it’s set before Halo 1, it is 360 exclusive, and they’re convincing us that the RTS genre won’t once again be ridiculed via console controllers.

So, 2007 is looking like a good year for Bungie, and i’m sure Microsoft are more than happy to hear all this coming their way; and Microsoft need all they can get with the competition soon to arise.

Letters of Iwo Jima trailer.

A new trailer for Clint Eastwood’s World War 2 drama movie duo Flags of our Fathers and Letters of Iwo Jima has been released. The trailer (which is basically an English version of the previously released trailer) focuses on Letters of Iwo Jima which follows the battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers.

You can check out the trailer in one of the following QuickTime qualities:

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Eragon international trailer.

The Eragon fan site Shur’tugal.com (and people think Space Meat is a weird name) has got there mitts on the international trailer for the “epic fantasy adventure” Eragon.
The trailer is a bit darker in theme then the previously released one and though I was hesitant at first this movie is starting to look alright; sort of Lord of the Rings meets Narnia, meets Reign of Fire.

You can check out the trailer here.

Wii shortages?

According to a Gamespot article, Nintendo recently questioned their supply of Wii consoles to Australia. While they won’t give us an exact figure, reportedly they’ve confirmed there will be sufficient supplies for pre-order consoles, but the numbers may not hold out for long. Meanwhile North America will be getting one million units at launch, keeping them happy.

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Is there enough Wii for all?

Well i’d imagine that alot of the opening consumers would be going to pre-order way anyway. Some stores are even giving some nifty independent pre-order deals, so I highly suggest Aussies pre-order to secure their launch spot. Hopefully this all means launch is looking to be bigger than expected from Nintendo, which is great for them.

Actually, I should put down a pre-order for myself…

First Look: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Though I admit I used to get a little giddy when a new Harry Potter book was coming out thankfully I have been over that for years, but that doesn’t really matter when it comes to the movies because they’re just a good time. The highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the 5th movie and follows Harry through his 5th year of that messed up and absurdly dangerous school, Hogwarts.

All the previous actors are back to reprise there roles including: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, and the main man Gary Oldman. This movie will be introducing a bunch of new folk including Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch), Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham-Carter), Kingsley Shacklebolt (George Harris), Professor Dolorees Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) and some other less important people. Also for those of you under 18 or that are a bit creepy, Emma Watson is a year older (16).

Check out the first pictures from the movie (thanks to Joblo.com):

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Ubisoft slip up.

Recently, via NeoGAF (an internet gaming community), a 2GB RAR of unreleased Ubisoft goodies has been leaked onto the net. This package includes videos, screenshots, artwork, and general information on a number of Ubisofts upcoming hot titles.

Ubisoft had this to say – “We are clearly displeased that confidential information from Ubisoft has been distributed on the internet. The publication of this type of information can only be harmful to the game development process and we will take all steps necessary to prevent this from happening in the future. We are still investigating the events that lead to this information leak and at this time have no further comment.”

They’re most certainly not happy. Somehow the .rar wandered onto their ubi.com FTP server, which was then uploaded onto a NeoGAF thread by a user. Ubisoft killed off this source as soon as they could, but once it’s already out there, there’s not much they can do. So the thread doesn’t link to the 2GB file, but alot has been uploaded throughout it, including new Prince Of Persia artwork, some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles screenshots and art, and some FarCry stuff they certainly wouldn’t want out.

The pack included titles -

Assassins Creed
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Farcry PSP
Farcry Wii
Lost
Naruto
OpenSeason
Prince of Persia
RB6: Vegas
Rocky PSP
Splinter Cell 4
Splinter Cell 5
Surf’s Up
Star Wars PSP
Shaun White (Snowboarding game)
TMNT
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I think Ubisoft will be checking what goes on their FTP server a bit more thoroughly now.