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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Geek News for Tuesday, September 9, 2008

MOVIE NEWS

It appears as though Micheal Caine was mistaken when he told MTV about the villains for the third Batman movie or at least the part about Phillip Seymour Hoffman being the Penguin as Mr. Hoffman told MTV that he has not even talked to Christopher Nolan or Warner Bros. about the role.

And while on the subject of false rumors from yesterday, Marvel has come out and said that they have never even thought about casting Will Smith as Captain America. via Slashfilm

Slashfilm has found out why William Shatner will not be in the eleventh Star Trek,and that reason is basically Shatner loves Shatner and will not do cameos.

The theatrical trailer for Quantum of Solace has been released and can be watched below or here in higher quality.



VIDEO GAME NEWS

Microsoft has confirmed the rumors that Ensemble Studios, the company that is making Halo Wars, is closing but a new company is being founded by the managers that will support Halo Wars. via Joystiq

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Apple announced quite a few things today so lets get started, iTunes 8 has been released and includes everything Kevin Rose said it would, NBC shows are back on iTunes, all TV shows can now be downloaded in HD for an extra dollar (via Engadget), Apple will put in-ear ear phones out for sale in October for $79 (via Engadget), the new ipod nano looks just like the picture Kevin leaked and comes in every color of the rainbow plus pink (via Engadget), the shuffle is also getting new colors (via Engadget), and finally the ipod classic will now only come in a 120 GB version (via Engadget).

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