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The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Smallville's former show runners, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have been hired to right the script for the film adaptation of the anime Robotech, set to be produced by Tobey Maguire.
New trailer for Star Trek and Watchmen premiered with the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
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VIDEO GAME NEWS
Latino Review has some pictures of Watchmen: The End is Nigh, an upcoming video game that will focus on Rorschach and Nite Owl.
Bemanistyle has some spy photographs of the upcoming Guitar Hero arcade game.
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
You can now order Domino's pizza from your Tivo. via Engadget
Variety is reporting Jude Law is currently in talks to play Dr. Watson opposite Robert Downey Jr. in Warner Bros.' 2010 Sherlock Holmes movie.
The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Stephen Chow has been cast as Kato, Green Hornet's sidekick, and will direct the upcoming Green Hornet movie (June 25, 2010).
William Shatner has responded to the comments J.J. Abrams comments from early in the month, saying that he was never approached by anyone for a cameo and then goes on to praise himself.
Dread Central is reporting that Brett Ratner is in talks to direct the new Conan movie. Why are people even bring up his name to direct films after he completely destroyed the X-Men 3.
TELEVISION NEWS
Gateworld has descriptions of the main characters for Star Gate Universe.
VIDEO GAME NEWS
Megaman 9 will be released in September 22 on WiiWare, September 25 on the Playstation Network, and October 1 on X-Box Live Arcade. via Joystiq
Siliconera is reporting that Konami has registered a trademark on the name Metal Gear Solid Existence.
The new Prince of Persia game has been given the release date of December 2nd. via Joystiq
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Talk Android has photos of the first Android phone, the HTC Dream G1, in the wild. the phone is expected to be released next month.
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).
