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Thor coming to game consoles as well as theaters

“By Odin’s beard!” SEGA today announced they will bring Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise Thor to video game systems for an epic third-person adventure titled Thor: The Video Game, scheduled for release on all five major video game platforms in 2011 including the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment ….

Fantastic Fest schedule includes yakuza crime thrillers, cult horrors and martial arts heroes

The sixth edition of Fantastic Fest, which describes itself as a film festival with the boring parts cut out, is scheduled for September 23-30th, in Austin, Texas. The festival announced part of its programming for this year’s event, including: Bedevilled (2010) Director: Cheol-soo Jang, South Korea, 115 minutes If you beat, brutalize, dehumanize and torment ….

New action drama No Ordinary Family bringing super powers and free t-shirts to Comic-Con 2010

ABC has a series of San Diego Comic-Con 2010 events planned to celebrate its new action drama, No Ordinary Family – all of which take place on Saturday, July 24th. Things commence at 1:00 p.m., when Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz will be available in the No Ordinary Family booth (#3921) to autograph full-sized posters ….

First look at Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern plus other characters from the adaptation

Screencrave has posted the Ryan Reynolds cover for next week’s San Diego Comic-Con 2010 issue of Entertainment Weekly. It features Reynolds as the Green Lantern with his mask and power ring at the ready. According to the report, the costume will be completely CGI, which which was gleaned from photos of Reynolds on set wearing ….

Dare Comics to unveil concept art from The Hunter film adaptation at SDCC 2010

Dare Comics is set to unveil concept designs for The Hunter feature film at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 next week, to give fans a sense of how the comic will translate to film. Australian director Shane Abbess, noted for directing feature film Gabriel, has been instrumental in shaping the strong aesthetic. Dare Comics writer and ….

Warner Bros. to give first look at Green Lantern, Sucker Punch and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at Comic-Con 2010

The Warner Bros. Hall H presentation will again present some of the biggest films coming to theaters – Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. First up is Green Lantern, where Con-goers will get an exclusive first look at the upcoming sci-fi action adventure being directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, ….

Disney unveils images from its groundbreaking Tron: Legacy toys and electronics line

Fans will get a first look at the all new TRON: Legacy-inspired toys and electronics at San Diego Comic Con next week, as Disney showcases an interactive TRON booth that will engage fans with an array of merchandise that will launch this fall. The TRON: Legacy line will also include collectibles, apparel and accessories for ….

Tron: Legacy banners preview San Diego Comic-Con

The organizing committee for San Diego Comic-Con International posted these striking banners for Disney’s Tron: Legacy, which are now up throughout the downtown “Gaslamp” area, heralding Comic-Con 2010. San Diego Comic-Con 2010 takes place from July 22-25, 2010. Tron: Legacy hits theaters on December 17, 2010. Click on the thumbnails below to see them full ….

Peter Jackson in talks to direct The Hobbit films himself

Peter Jackson is now in negotiations to direct The Hobbit film adaptations, which were left without a helmer after Guillermo del Toro left left the project because of delays, according to HeatVisionBlog. Before his sudden departure, Del Toro devoted a great deal of time and energy working with Jackson on pre-production for the movies, even ….