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Predators Sneak Peak Video
In conjunction with a presentation at the South by Southwest film festival last night Fox has released a sneak peak video for Predators which includes the first footage of the film. Robert Rodriguez, a producer and co-writer on Predators, guides with some discussion of goals and concepts over the footage. Starring Adrian Brody, Topher Grace, and Laurence Fishburne the movie is directed by Nimrod Antal (Armored, Vacancy). The story finds a group of elite warriors kidnapped and dropped on an ali...
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MLB 10: The Show Online Impressions
The MLB: The Show franchise has produced what has been widely regarded to be some of the best sports titles over the past few years but one major deficiency has held the series back. The online play options and performance has always been terrible, or at the very least disappointing, especially compared to how other games have advanced in the area. After spending some time online with MLB 10: The Show and reading a large number of accounts from others it can be determined that overall the perf...
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Hugo Weaving Cast in Captain America
While the anticipation over who will get the lead role of Steve Rogers in Captain America continues to generate a great deal of speculation, Marvel is in final talks with an actor that will take on the role of film's villain. Hugo Weaving (Matrix and Lord of the Rings trilogies) is expected to sign on to play Red Skull. Hitler gave Johann Schmidt a unique uniform with a grotesque red skull mask and he emerged as the Red Skull. His role was the embodiment of Nazi intimidation, while Hitler co...
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 3/12
After last weekend was dominated by the one release, as Alice in Wonderland raked in $116 million, this weekend there are four new films hitting theaters. Green Zone goes for the action crowd, Remember Me targets the teen females, and She's Out of My League provides the mainstream comedy while Our Family Wedding aimed at an urban crowd. None are expected to contend for the top spot as Alice should carry the weekend yet again. (more...)...
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Marcus Stephenson Moves To THQ For SvR
Some of you may already be familiar with Marcus Stephenson. He has been around for quite some time driving community initiatives or just being accessible within the community. After running a Madden fan site for years he took a position as a Community Manager at the EA Canada studio before moving between a few different projects, most notably as a Producer on NBA Live 10. He has now left the EA Sports studio and holds the position of Game Designer for WWE Smackdown vs Raw at THQ. I had the opp...
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Backbreaker Release Pushed Back A Week
The release date for Backbreaker appears to have been pushed back by a week to May 25th. Why this would be done remains a mystery but retailers including Gamestop, Amazon, and Gamefly along with gaming sites such as IGN and Gamespot all show the new date meaning 505 Games has informed them of the change. At this point a delay of a week would not seem to signify that there are issues at hand with the game as anything serious would not be solved in such a short period of time. Still this creates...
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Robert De Niro To Play Vince Lombardi
News has made its way out that Robert De Niro has signed on for the role of Vince Lombardi in the story about the legendary NFL coach. Lombardi is now in development with backing from ESPN and the NFL. The script is being written by Academy Award winner Eric Roth, who has a stellar history which includes Benjamin Button, Munich, Ali, The Insider, and Forrest Gump. The movie is expected to cover the career of Vince Lombardi from the time he took over the Green Bay Packers through the events ...
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First Round NFL Mock Draft #3
This mock draft version follows the early days of free agency which resulted in some signings and trades that are likely to have altered draft strategies for multiple teams. This also continues to include thoughts coming out of the combine, though most of those notes were cited in the previous mock. Continue on for the "early in free agency" mock draft and leave your thoughts in the comments! (more...)...
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