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Whatever one thinks of the second season of Heroes, there’s one thing you can’t deny. It sure ended with a bang with the assassination attempt of Nathan Petrelli.
Note the key word, “attempt”. You don’t think they’d kill a leading character that easily, do you?
But let’s not bury the lead…. Heroes fans will jump with [...]

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Josh Friedman, the creator and executive producer of Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, told SCI FI Wire to expect more visitors from the future–as well as more scenes set in the post-apocalyptic future. And the show will visit one of the locations from the original Terminator movie and re-use an iconic prop as well.
Speaking [...]

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Bill Melendez, best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life with such classics as “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” died Tuesday at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica. He was 91.
Melendez, the only animator permitted by Charles M. Schulz to work with the Peanuts characters, earned eight Emmy [...]

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Ricky Schroder has signed to direct “Hellhounds,” a telefilm that will air next year on Sci Fi Channel.
The movie, set in 500 B.C., stars Scott Elrod (”Men in Trees”) as Kleitos, a Greek warrior who with his companions fights against the hellhounds of Hades to rescue his bride from the Underworld and bring her back [...]

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George Lucas spoke to AP about some of the upcoming “Star Wars” projects he has going on, including converting the six “Star Wars” film using new 3-D technology.
First, he has the animated “Star Wars: Clone Wars” appearing in theaters on August 15th, which will be followed in the fall by an animated TV series by [...]

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During the San Diego Comic-Con, Fox has premiered the first footage from the third “Futurama” DVD that will be hitting stores on November 4th. The name of the new movie is “Bender’s Game” and in addition to the footage, the studio has also unveiled the poster, which could end up being on the cover of [...]

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“Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” is a go. Days after the Adult Swim show landed a best animated series Emmy nomination for its “Star Wars” episode, the cable network is moving ahead with a sequel that will premiere Nov. 16.
“It doesn’t even seem real — getting to make Star Wars twice!” said “Robot Chicken” [...]

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Jimmy Fallon’s debut as the new host of “Late Night” will come online, not on television, reports THR. Fallon, who will take over the NBC show when its current host, Conan O’Brien, replaces Jay Leno on “Tonight” next year, will hone his approach in brief Internet shows, “Late Night” producer Lorne Michaels said Sunday.
Fallon, a [...]

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Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert says he’s cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous.In an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show “in a new direction” and he won’t be associated with it.
His announcement came [...]

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“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane spoke during the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour, revealing that the follow up to the “Star Wars” parody “Blue Harvest” is nearly finished. The new movie will parody “Empire Strikes Back” and it won’t air until “Family Guy” spin-off “Cleveland,” which starts mid-season.
As for what other property he’d like [...]

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