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Electronic Arts’ subsidiary Pandemic Studios is partnering with New Line Cinema on a new “Lord of the Rings” video game to be released this fall.
“LOTR: Conquest” is first-person shooter game that will provide fans the chance to play as Frodo and other heroes or as the legions of Sauron’s evil army in the battle for [...]

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The gong is back.
Comedy Central has greenlighted “The Gong Show With Dave Attell,” ordering eight half-hour episodes of an updated version of the classic talent show to premiere July 17.
The series — from Sony Pictures Television, Happy Madison Prods. and executive producer Andrew Golder (NBC’s “Identity”) — will feature offbeat acts judged by a panel [...]

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Lionsgate has picked up the rights to the comic book “Deal With the Devil” and has set scribe Kyle Ward to adapt.
David Tischman and Lisa Brause are producing; Ward, who brought the comic to Lions¬gate, is co-producing.
Published by Alias, the story centers on a Chicago detective who is forced to take on an unlikely new [...]

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Warner Home Video has provided us with this new Q&A with Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Azzarello in which he discusses writing for the upcoming DC Universe original animated DVD, Batman Gotham Knight, in stores on July 8. Additional photos are below the interview as well:
One of the most sought-after writers in comics today, Brian Azzarello [...]

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Do they, or don’t they have the rights? Nu Image/Millennium Films told IGN that no deal is in place yet, but now Variety says that Nu Image/Millennium Films has acquired film rights to “Buck Rogers,” and will develop a live-action feature about the venerable pilot who awakens in the 25th Century and battles evil.
IGN also [...]

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