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"Halo: Reach" Breaks Records " Halo: Reach ," Microsoft's prequel to one of the video game industry's biggest franchises, recorded more than $200 million in sales in the U.S. and Europe on its first day. Microsoft late Wednesday highlighted that the sales for the first 24 hours make "Halo: Reach" not only its biggest game release ever, but also the biggest U.S. entertainment launch of the year. Its one-day gross exceeded the opening weekend box-office hauls of Hollywood blockbusters such as " Iron Man 2 ," " Alice in Wonderland " and " Toy Story 3 ," the company emphasized. The new game, which hit stores Tuesday, also exceeded the previous "Halo's" first-day haul of $170 million, which had set an opening record in 2007. But it fell short of the record $310 million in sales set last year by " Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ." "Reach" is an Xbox 360-only title, while the Activisi

Voltron Movie Concept Art Richard Suckle and Ted Koplar producers for the upcoming Voltron film have stated that the film is alive and it is slated for a summer 2013 release. Last I reported the film was in movie hell. Turns out I was wrong. Joblo got their hands on what appears to look like concept art for the Atlas entertainment project. Check out another picture after the Jump.. Please Leave A Comment- Source- JoBlo

Sacha Baron Cohen To Play A Queen Are you ready for Borat to play a queen?  Sacha Baron Cohen has closed a deal to play Queen front man Freddie Mercury in a film that’s being scripted by Peter Morgan for a 2011 production start. The untitled film will be financed by GK Films partners Graham King and Tim Headington, who'll produce in partnership with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Productions, and Queen Films. Morgan is already working on a script focused on the band’s formative years, leading up to Queen’s appearance at Live Aid in 1985. Queen’s performance is considered one of the rock's all-time great live concert appearances. A rights package has been set that includes the band’s tunes, including Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions , Another One Bites The Dust and You’re My Best Friend. It is unclear whether Baron Cohen will sing—I’m told he can sing—or whether Mercury’s vocals will be used. Nobody sang like Mercury, so trying to rep

Russell Crowe Knows Kung Fu? Hip-hop artist and actor RZA tells me that Crowe has signed on to costar with him in The Man With the Iron Fist , a kung fu flick the Wu-Tang Clan founder is also directing. RZA will play a weapons-making village blacksmith in feudal China—and as for Crowe, RZA doesn't want to say too much. "I won't spoil it for you, but Russell's gonna be the baddest man alive," he told me yesterday at the VMAs. "That man is in fighting shape. That man will knock you out." The Man With the Iron Fist (no relation to the Marvel Comic superhero Iron Fist) starts shooting in Shanghai in December. "It's nerve-wracking," RZA said of directing Crowe. "He's a master of the craft. I'm quite sure that I may learn something from him." Crowe and RZA worked together three years ago in Ridley Scott's American Gangster . They even recorded a song together, but Gangster producers decided not to include it on t

Would You Like To Get Tangled? Disney has unleashed the full trailer for their upcoming film Tangled. Starring Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore . It will be the 50th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, planned for release on November 24, 2010. The story is loosely based on the classic German fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm. Watch the trailer after the Jump.. When the rogue Flynn Rider ( Zachary Levi) chooses an isolated tower for his latest hideout, he has no idea the tower is already occupied by a princess who was kidnapped as an infant by the greedy Mother Gothel ( Donna Murphy ). Rapunzel ( Mandy Moore ), who can use her magical hair to heal, sees the devil-may-care bandit as her escape from the tower and a chance at a life of adventure – one that may reunite her with her long-lost parents and restore her royal heritage. Please Leave A Comment-

“Thor”Film To Stand On It's Own “ Thor ” director Kenneth Branagh is a big fan of the “ Iron Man ” tandem of director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. , but he says his entry into the ever-expanding cinema of the Marvel Universe will be quite different in tone and construction. “It’s a different story, and also, in that regard, Jon is a bit of a genius when it comes to that orchestration and getting the max out of another genius in Downey,” Branagh said. “It’s how you dance pretty close to the edge to get the sort of modernity and the edge that ‘Iron Man’ has and the real sharp comic sensibility of those two men,” he said. “So it’s a different kind of dance. “I think ‘Thor’ comes from a different place story-wise and character-wise. We have both Norse histories for Thor, hundreds of myths and fables told in many different ways, in addition to what Marvel has pillaged for the past 40 years or so to come up with their version of things, which sits in very strong str

Goosebumps To Get Hollywood Treatment Screenwriter Carl Ellsworth " Red Dawn " (Will this film ever get released? Call MGM) and " Disturbia " co-writer has come aboard to write the screenplay for a live-action feature adaptation of the R.L. Stine book series " Goosebumps " for Columbia. Scholastic publishes the hugely popular kids' horror books, which number in the dozens and have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide, second only to the "Harry Potter" series in total sales. Columbia picked up film rights to the series in May 2008 and is looking at a family-driven potential franchise. The property has spawned video games, TV shows, additional book series and straight-to-video films, but this would be the first big-screen treatment. Screenwriters Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander ("1408") previously worked on adapting the material. Please Leave a Comment- Source- THR

DJ Steve Porter Remix/Trailer For Season 1 Of COMMUNITY We were sent over this Remix/Trailer video for the upcoming DVD release of COMMUNITY done by none other then DJ Steve Porter . The video blends together all the highlights from the first season with the smooth DJing From Steve. This Remix was first shown at Comic Con this year. Watch the Video After The Jump.. Smooth talking ex-lawyer Jeff Winger has got a lot to learn, and he's come to Greendale Community College to avoid every bit of it. Unfortunately for Jeff, he's not the only misfit to enroll here, and people in need have an odd way of finding each other. First, his fake study group becomes a real study group. Then, over the course of a strange year - from Mexican Halloween to the final 'Tranny Dance' - including bad trips, great debates, drunk dials, food fights, epic paintball battles and sinister chicken finger conspiracies - the group becomes a family, something Jeff never wanted, but clearly nee

The Merc With A Mouth Talks Deadpool Film Ryan Reynolds hopes to be the face of two competing superhero franchises with “ Green Lantern ” and “ Deadpool ” but, after reading the gleefully subversive script for the latter, he isn’t too concerned about moviegoers getting the characters confused. “It goes in such a different direction than a superhero movie usually goes,” Reynolds said over lunch recently at 101 Coffee Shop. “It’s a nasty piece of work. It’s just based in so much emotional filth, completely. It’s like ‘Barfly‘ if it were a superhero movie. It sort of treads into the world of an emotionally damaged person. I always say that Deadpool is a guy in a highly militarized shame spiral…. It’s so different than the superhero movies to date, it departs so far from that.” In “ Green Lantern ,” due next summer, Reynolds plays Hal Jordan, the cocky but courageous test pilot who becomes the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps, an interstellar peacekeeping group armed wi

Kevin James To Enter The Octagon If you follow or watch the UFC then you have seen Kevin James at many of the fights. It looks like he will be entering the octagon very soon. Sony made a deal to have James star in an untitled Mixed Martial Art comedy that will start production next year. The script will be written by Allan Loeb (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) which should be interesting. James is attached to play a physics teacher whose school faces drastic cutbacks. In an attempt to save his best friend's job and the music program his students love, he moonlights in the octagon as a mixed martial arts fighter, ultimately leading to brawling in the UFC. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Deadline

Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior Coming To The Big Screen Paramount Pictures announced today it has made a deal for Shawn Levy's 21 Laps Entertainment to do a big-screen adaptation of sister company Spike TV 's original hit series " Deadliest Warrior ." The announcement comes on the heels of the show’s Season 2 finale, which brought about exceptional ratings for the network. Spike TV has renewed the series for a third season. " Deadliest Warrior " pits history's greatest warriors against one another to determine who reigns supreme. Along with the use of 21st century science and the latest in CGI technology, the series enlists world-class fighters, historians and weapons experts to provide insight into the unique history and style of these combatants which culminates in a head-to-head final fight between two warriors to declare which one would have been the deadliest. The first two seasons showed such memorable battles as Spartan vs. Ninja

Olivia Wilde To Star Opposite Reynolds & Bateman In between rounds as House doctor, Olivia Wilde is spending more and more time on the big screen. She has signed to join Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman in The Change Up , the David Dobkin-directed Universal Pictures comedy. Bateman plays a married man who switches bodies with slacker best friend ( Reynolds ). Wilde will play the married guy's law firm co-worker, who's an impetus for the body switch. The comedy, written by The Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, films this fall. Neal Moritz is producer. Wilde will next be seen in the Paul Haggis-directed The Next Three Days opposite Russell Crowe , the Hugh Jackman - Jennifer Garner comedy Butter , and she plays a digital warrior trapped in a computer world in the Joseph Kosinski-directed Tron: Legacy . She just shot Cowboys and Aliens , the Jon Favreau-directed DreamWorks/Universal film that stars Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford for next summer release. P

I Would Run If He Was Coming After Me Today CBS Films left a little gift for the sandwich. Its the new poster for the upcoming Dwayne Johnson) film "Faster." The movie stars Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton and newcomer Oliver Jackson-Cohen star alongside Carla Gugino (Watchmen), Maggie Grace (Taken) and Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) Here is the trailer for Faster . Synopsis: After 10 years in prison, Driver ( Dwayne Johnson ) has a singular focus – to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his imprisonment. Now a free man with a deadly to-do list in hand, he’s finally on his mission…but with two men on his trail – a veteran cop ( Billy Bob Thornton ) just days from retirement, and a young egocentric hitman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) with a flair for the art of killing and a newfound worthy opponent. The hunter is also the hunted. It’s a do or die race to the list’s finish as the mystery surrounding his brother’s mu

Never Trust A Big Butt And A Smile Columbia Pictures today has released the trailer, via Yahoo, for The Tourist . The film stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie . It is a remake of the French film Anthony Zimmer . Watch the trailer after the Jump.. The film revolves around Frank ( Depp ), an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise ( Jolie ) is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path in order to mislead all those following her former lover. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Venice, Frank pursues a potential romance but soon finds himself the pursued as he and Elise are caught in a whirlwind of intrigue and danger. The movie follows the series of manipulations, as characters realise that they are merely pieces being played by an unseen mastermind of the game. Please Leave A Comment-

Forget About It. What A Combo It's Goodfellas meets Casino meets Heat. So if you're a fan of those great crime movies, get ready: I'm told Al Pacino and Joe Pesci are now circling The Irishman , the mob drama that Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have been working on together based on the exploits of mob hitman Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran as chronicled in the book I Heard You Paint Houses . The pic's being developed at Paramount by De Niro and Jane Rosenthal's Tribeca Productions. Pacino has worked with De Niro in the Michael Mann-directed classic Heat, as well as Righteous Kill. Pesci and De Niro of course teamed with Scorsese on Goodfellas, Casino and Raging Bull. Steve Zaillian wrote the script. Please Leave A Comment-   Source- Deadline

Eastbound And Down Season 2 Trailer Here's the official season two trailer for HBO's " Eastbound & Down ." Season one struggled to break through in the ratings while gathering a pretty rabid online fanbase. This upcoming season will be seven episodes long. Actor Steve Little and Deep Roy , who has joined the cast as one of Kenny's new sidekicks named Aaron. Shaun Bavington is to play Shaun Withnail, though the characters role has not been announced. The Mexican baseball team owned by Pena's character Sebastian Cisneros is said to be called The Charros and coached by a man named Roger played by actor Marco Rodriguez . Co-director Jody Hill has reportedly described the season as "a cross between the films Amores Perros and Bad News Bears" and says it will mirror the look and feel of a feature film. Hill is said to be directing four episodes in season two, meanwhile David Gordon Green is directing three. Watch the trailer after the Jump..

R2-D2 Edition Droid 2 Information And Website R2-D2 edition Droid 2 is legit, and we're having a hard time containing our excitement just dreaming about the design. Said phone will be available online only in September, and it'll ship with "exclusive Star Wars content and external hardware designed to look like the trusty Droid from the film saga. I am sure this phone will sell out in no time. Oh, and if you're wondering how on Earth you're going to swing this upgrade, Verizon's allowing any customer with a contract ending by December 31, 2010 to upgrade now. More pictures of the phone after the Jump.. The phone has a release date of September 30,2010 The R2-D2 edition portal is now up for you viewing . has gone live. Please Leave A Comment- Source- engadget

Hold On To All Your Pieces Here is the new poster for Hatchet II And Trailer For the film. Hatchet II will be hitting the AMC theater chain on October 1st Unrated. Hatchet II is a 2010 American horror film written and directed by Adam Green. The film stars Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Rileah Vanderbilt, Tom Holland , and R.A. Mihailoff . It is set to be released unrated in the United States on October 1, 2010. It is the sequel to the 2006 film. Scroll down to the bottom of the story for the list of theaters you can watch the movie at. Watch the trailer after the Jump.. Picking up right where the original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley . After learning the truth about her family’s connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher. Theater First

VOTD: Geek and Gamer Girls Anthem! Where do these girls live? And how can I meet them? Every gamer and geeks dream., A girl who loves all things Geek. The music video is a parody of Katy Perry's California Girls . The video features The Lovely ladies from Team Unicorn , Milynn Sarley as Psylocke , Clare Grant as Lara Croft , Rileah Vanderbilt as The Baroness and Michele Boyd as Han Solo . With surprise guest Seth Green, Katee Sackhoff From Battlestar Galactica and the man Stan Lee . Watch the Video after the Jump.. Geek and Gamer Girls Song - Lyrics and mp3 available Here Friend them on Facebook Here- Team Unicorn Please Leave A Comment-

The Original Avengers vs. The New Avengers By:Jonathan Cyfer The Avengers is a unique superhero team because, from the very beginning, they were never meant to have a permanent roster. If you recall the comic book origin from way back in 1963, The evil Loki , half-brother to the heroic Thunder God, was planning a trap for Thor by tricking the powerful but hapless Hulk into destroying a railroad trestle. At the last second, the Hulk was able to save the train, including passengers and crew, from falling into a canyon, but it was too late to keep him from being branded a "killer". Loki was hoping to trick Thor into going after the Hulk, then springing whatever trap he had in mind, but he goofed. When he diverted a radio message about the Hulk's attack that was intended for the Fantastic Four , so that it could be heard on an ordinary radio in the office of Dr. Don Blake (Thor's alter ego), he didn't count on it also being picked up by Tony Stark (

True Lies Television Show On The Way For many years there has been talk about making a sequel to the film,(check out my Exclusive with Cameron, as I ask him about True Lies 2) now that he is developing a TV show I serious doubt there will ever be a sequel. Sorry Tom Arnold. James Cameron is returning to TV with what is one of the hottest projects this development season: a TV series take on his 1994 action comedy True Lies that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis . I hear the project, from Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, is about to be taken out to the networks. Rene Echevarria is the writer/showrunner, exec producing with Cameron and Lightstorm’s Rae Sanchini and Jon Landau. The 1994 movie centered on Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger), a computer salesman/family man who lives a double life as a government spy. During a top-secret mission, Harry discovers that his mousy wife Helen (Curtis), is seeking adventure. Harry sets out to give her

New Clip From "127 Hours" We will have to wait until November 5,2010 to watch the movie in theaters, but Cinemablend got their hands on the first clip from the upcoming film. The film stars James Franco as real life climber Aron Ralston . The clip shows Franco getting to know a few of the ladies in the upcoming film. Watch the clip after the Jump.. Watch the trailer Here . Official Synopsis: 127 HOURS is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award winning director of last year’s Best Picture, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. 127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s ( James Franco ) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is final

New Clip From "Buried" Today we were blessed with a new clip from the upcoming Ryan Reynolds film "Buried" What would you do if all you had was a lighter, cell phone and 90 minutes of air? Watch the clip after the Jump.. Reynolds plays Paul Conroy, who wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why and life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time – fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true. Please Leave A Comment-

Joseph Kosinski's "Oblivion" Has Found It's Scribe William Monahan , the Oscar-winning writer of “ The Departed ,” has been hired to write Disney’s Joseph Kosinski sci-fi project “ Oblivion .” The move solidifies the high-priority status of the project at Disney while continuing to show the studio is willing to work with big-name talent to develop its projects. The story is set on a future Earth, where civilization lives above the clouds and alien scavengers stalk the irradiated surface below. When a surface drone repairman is thrust into an adventure after he finds a woman inside a crashed spacepod planetside. Kosinski partnered with Radical Studios for “Oblivion,” first hatching it as an illustrated novel before setting it up at the studio. Disney had in the past developed a reputation for being a bit tight with the purse-strings when hiring writers and directors to develop talent. The first sign things were changing under the Rich Ross-Sean Bailey regime

Sherlock Holmes 2 To Have A Dragon Tattooed Girl Noomi Rapace , the Swedish star of " The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ," has booked her first English-language role: the plum part of the female lead in Warner Bros.'s " Sherlock Holmes 2 ." The sequel reunites most of the team from the original: Robert Downey Jr . as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson. Guy Ritchie is back as director while Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Lionel Wigram and Dan Lin return as producers. The logline is being kept under wraps, although it is known Holmes will face off against Moriarty. Also making an appearance will be Holmes' brother, Mycroft. Rapace's role is shrouded in mystery although sources say the character may be a French Gypsy. It is unclear if the role is romantic in nature. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR