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SAN FRANCISCO — Activision is adding drums, bass guitar and microphone to its popular “Guitar Hero” video game, a move aimed at winning away fans of MTV’s rival musical title “Rock Band.”
“Guitar Hero World Tour” will include the ability for two groups of four people each to compete online, as well as let players compose […]

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Industry tracking shows Uwe Boll’s “Postal” making a late surge in prerelease polling against the recently bowed “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”
Psych!
Actually, “Postal” appears to be going nowhere. Originally slated by Boll-owned distributor Event Film as a wide release with as many as 1,500 playdates, those plans have been scratched after […]

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Hulk smash!
NBC will air a special “Incredible Hulk”-themed episode of “American Gladiators” with guest star Lou Ferrigno sharing the arena with host Hulk Hogan.
Ferrigno played the bulky green avenger in the 1970s TV series version of “The Incredible Hulk.” The “Gladiators” episode will include a hulked-out Gladiator Arena and an exclusive 60-second preview from the […]

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Runaways” is the latest Marvel Comics book to get the big-screen treatment from Marvel Studios.
Brian K. Vaughan, who co-created the series with artist Adrian Alphona, is writing the adaptation, for which Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige will act as producer. Vaughan is also a co-producer and writer on ABC’s “Lost.”
As opposed to other Marvel characters […]

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ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Warner Bros. Pictures has scheduled a September 19th release date for the Dominic Sena-directed Whiteout, starring Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short and Alex O’Loughlin. This is how the studio describes the film, based on Greg Rucka’s graphic novel:
After two years stationed at Antarctica’s South Pole research base, lone U.S. […]

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Filmz.ru alerted us that they’ve posted a new international and R-rated trailer for Wanted, opening June 27. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the fantasy-thriller stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common and Angelina Jolie.
This one’s definitely worth a look. Check it out here!
source: superherohype.com

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Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar’s UFC 87 bout against UFC Hall of Famer Mark “The Hammer” Coleman is currently in the process of being changed due to a knee injury suffered by Coleman, as reported in an article on UFC.com May 22. Lesnar’s Aug. 9 fight in his home state of Minnesota will still take […]

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