The Line Drive 10/3
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The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
- Early indications are NBA Jam for the 360/PS3 will be a retail release and not downloadable as originally planned, with more content added in to justify the costs. Will have an article on this tomorrow.
- An analyst floated an estimate of $60 million being lost due to the delay/cancellation of NBA Elite 11 (saying it would’ve sold 1.1 million copies) however that is way off base. Not only was Elite never going to sell near a million copies, but additionally publishers don’t get $60 for each one sold. It certainly will be a big hit on EA’s numbers for the quarter regardless.
- A second copy of NBA Elite 11 is up on Ebay and is already at $265 will almost a full six days still remaining. The first copy went for just $255 so this one is looking to finish much higher.
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News and content that may have been missed from the last week around the site.
- Emma Stone in Spider-Man. Offered role of Mary Jane Watson in the reboot.
- Review: The Social Network. The movie finally opened (#1) this weekend!
- Trailer for True Grit. Coen brothers adaptation/remake.
- Fox Cancels Lone Star. First casualty of the fall TV season.
- ABC Cancels My Generation. Second new series to be shut down.
- Hitch to become TV series. Several networks bidding to acquire the rights.
- New Trailer for Skyline. The sci-fi thriller releases on November 12th.
- Star Wars to release in 3D. Starting in 2012 with all six films on the way.
- Superman Reboot Rumors. Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman’s names floated.