LOL: Star Wars “The Force” Action Figure
Lets face it, LucasFilm is a whore when it comes to merchandising. I personally don’t have a problem with any company making money of a large fanbase. If a market exists, and fans are hungry for the product, than that’s great. But I do find it kinda sickening the extent of the outer and extended universe offerings. For example, action figures of characters who showed up in the extreme background of a scene. I found this image over on Fukung (via: TDW ) that says everything I want...

'Star Wars' live-action series...still far, far away
Okay, well, at least another year or so anyway. Rose Byrne got the gossip wheels spinning this week when MTV News quoted her as saying her friends had been auditioning for a long-discussed live-action Star Wars television series. But EW has confirmed with a Lucasfilm rep that a casting agent in Australia is "doing some preliminary ground work, but official casting will not start until the scripts are complete." At the earliest, the series would go into production in 2010, the rep a

'Star Wars' live-action series...still far, far away
Okay, well, at least another year or so anyway. Rose Byrne got the gossip wheels spinning this week when MTV News quoted her as saying her friends had been auditioning for a long-discussed live-action Star Wars television series. But EW has confirmed with a Lucasfilm rep that a casting agent in Australia is "doing some preliminary ground work, but official casting will not start until the scripts are complete." At the earliest, the series would go into production in 2010, the rep a

Original 'Darth Vader,' David Prowse, battling cancer
David Prowse, who wore Darth Vader's black armor in the original Star Wars movies, revealed that he is battling prostate cancer, but is responding well to radiotherapy treatment for his illness, according to a report in the British Daily Mail newspaper. The 73-old-actor, who appeared as Luke Skywalker's nemesis, has been undergoing radiotherapy for the last couple of months, the newspaper reported. Speaking on a British radio show, Prowse added that he was feeling fine. Prowse is being treated...

'Star Wars' scientists create laser gun to kill mosquitoes
Scientists in the U.S. are developing a laser gun that could kill millions of mosquitoes in minutes.

Star Wars&squo; Darth Vader actor David Prowse battles prostate cancer | Herald Sun
The 73-old-actor, who appeared as Luke Skywalker's nemesis in the original Star Wars films, has been undergoing radiotherapy for the last couple of months, according to the UK's Daily Mail. He explained on a radio show in the UK yesterday that he was feeling fine, apart from 'hot flushes' and praised highly the hospital where he has been attending. He has been going for treatment to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, the same hospital where reality TV Star Jade Goody had been atten

Zach Snyder Set for Star Wars Reboot!
Jaw-dropping news hit the convention floors at this year's Showest as attendees of the Lucasfilm panel witnessed Watchmen director, Zack Snyder and George Lucas himself announce to the world that Snyder has been tapped to reboot the Star Wars franchise. Snyder is apparently writing and directing a new version of the seminal George Lucas opus, with plans to "re-imagine" Lucas's original fan-beloved trilogy, with episodes 4, 5 and 6 of the franchise. "To be honest, Zack wasn't always my...

Darth Vader actor battles prostate cancer
David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" films, has revealed he is suffering from prostate cancer but is still feeling "fantastic."

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Capt. Kirk's chair coming soon to a Trekkie's living room near you
doll , a commemorative Shatner vs. Takei "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" play set and a willingness to take the life of a combative Star Wars nerd in the show's defense. Now you can add a fourth requirement to that list: a replica of the Captain's chair. Trekkies across the country are building replicas of the Captain's chair that Kirk's alien babe loving butt sat in oh so many years ago. And they aren't hiding them in their parents' basements or backyard sheds from the prying, judgmental...

Darth Vader actor David Prowse treated for prostate cancer
David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, has been treated for prostate cancer.

Mark Millar On His ‘Superman’ Movie Trilogy: ‘Nothing Is Happening’
You've turned the page to the place where panels and popcorn meet. From coverage of comic-inspired flicks to that buzzed-about graphic novel that's being primed for the big-screen, you'll find it all here at MTV's Splash Page. Check throughout the day for breaking news, exclusive chats with Hollywood stars and comic legends, and first looks at the blockbusters of tomorrow. tips@mtvmoviesblog.com    Subscribe to the MTV Splash Page RSS...

Zatanna, DC’s Fishnet-Stockinged Magician, Debuts On Tonight’s ‘Smallville’
Clark Kent hasn’t demonstrated too many weaknesses over eight seasons on the CW television series “ Smallville .” Mostly, it’s been Kryptonite causing headaches for the young Superman . However, Zatanna’s guest appearance on tonight’s episode, “Hex,” might prove that magic and beautiful women are just as painful as irradiated rocks when it comes to the Man of Steel.

Smallville 8.18 “Eternal” - description
Davis Bloom was created for one purpose: to kill Superman. Since his Kryptonian mother gave away Bloom’s origins, and he completely turned into Doomsday , it is actually interesting that the man hasn’t gone after Clark Kent yet and got it over with. Last week’s episode was just another wrenching look at his struggle to stay human, and you can’t help but feel for the man. The Smallville writers have certainly done a great job at painting Bloom’s tortured soul.

Zachary Quinto To Record ‘Star Trek’ Audiobook
It's being reported that Spock himself, Zachary Quinto will lend his voice to the reading of the novelization of JJ Abrams upcoming reinvention of Star Trek for the recording of the audio book. The book will be written by Alan Dean Foster, who isn't new to the novelization game, not in the least. Foster was a ghost writer on the adaptation of the Star Wars movie, and he wrote a Sequel to Star Wars called Splinter of a Mind's Eye. Other notable novelizations he's penned include The Thing,...

THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF WATCHMEN'S SUCCESS?
opened this weekend to 55 million dollars. An early March release of a hard R, nearly three hour long, almost defiantly non-mainstream, movie star free movie based on a comic book that is, probably more than I wanted to admit, niche, opened bigger than Batman Begins and Superman Returns . Those are two PG-13 films based on characters so iconic one of them is on stamps , and that opened in the summer, the traditional blockbuster period. Now, Superman Returns didn't do so hot in the

James Bond - 007 Tops Movie Heroes Poll
Superspy James Bond has been named Hollywood's top hero ahead of Indiana Jones, Superman and Harry Potter in a new U.S. magazine poll. Bond, who has been played on screen ...

Harrison Ford & Calista Flockhart: Engaged!
Harrison Ford and his longtime love Calista Flockhart are engaged, reports People . Harrison , 66, surprised Calista , 44, with an engagement ring on Valentine’s Day weekend while the two were away on a family vacation with son Liam . The couple met over seven years ago at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards. Congratulations to the happy couple! FYI: When Calista was on The View last week, she admitted she hadn’t even seen the Star Wars films, where Harrison ...

Empire: Movie News - Robert Pattinson To Star In Memoirs
Good news for fans of Robert Pattinson’s hair. The Twilight star’s massive barnet is in talks to accompany its owner on a new movie named Memoirs . A romantic drama about two new lovers who struggle with their relationship when they’re beset by family tragedies, Memoirs may be directed by Allen Coulter, who was last seen directing Ben Affleck in true-life Superman drama, Hollywoodland . Affleck, of course, has beautiful, shiny hair, but Coulter will never have worked w

Nicolas Cage's rare Dracula poster sells for $310,000 at auction
A 1931 Dracula poster sold for $310,000 at Heritage Auction Galleries' Spring Vintage Movie Poster auction held March 20-22, the company announced today. The poster, from the collection of Nicolas Cage, is one of only three known existing copies in this style. The Oscar-winning actor previously made headlines when he sold his personal comic book collection, including a copy of Superman's 1938 debut, for more than $1.6 million at auction.

Is Mark Millar's 'Superman' Film Dead?
"Warner's talked to us and a few other writer/ director teams, but things seem to be in stasis right now. As far as I understand, nothing is happening with 'Superman' at the moment and so the director and I are just working on another project. If it happens, great. If it doesn't, no biggie."'Kick-Ass' taught me that creating your own stuff can be at least as much fun and you don't have to answer to anyone. It's the future, baby. -- Mark Millar says progress on "Superman" has stalled and he's...

S.S. Natalie Portman’s Star Wars Wardrobe Test Shoots
Putting up these pictures from Natalie Portman’s Star Wars wardrobe test shoots will no-doubt secure my recognition in the archives of my online Jedi Council Forum, right behind Alderaan21’s Trapper Keeper drawings of Princess Leia naked and Qui-Gon Tims’s miniature Twi’ilek collection.

How will 'Battlestar Galactica' void be filled?
One of the best science fiction series ever put on television closes out tonight, as "Battlestar Galactica" ends its four-season run with a two-hour finale. In a galaxy somewhere south of it, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," an animated series on the Cartoon Network, ends its first season on a ratings roll.

Orci & Kurtzman: Why they don't call Star Trek a reboot
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, co-writers of J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek movie, told SCI FI Wire that they don't consider the movie a "reboot" of the franchise or the original series and argue that the film's time-travel element was necessary to bridge the new story with everything that has come before. They also told us why this Trek may have more Star Wars in it. (Spoilers ahead!) In this final part of our three-part exclusive interview, Orci said, "We couldn't imagine not having this...

Mark Millar Gives Up On Superman, For Now
Mark Millar has been talking about his pitch for an 8-hour epic trilogy of Superman films for w while now. He even claimed that he was working with an unnamed big director on a pitch for the studio. But now the comic book writer admits on his website that it likely won’t happen after all, or at very least, not anytime soon.