Morning everybody. Plenty going on in the world and we're as busy as bees so here's your quick-and-dirty summary of what's going on:
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Want to play as the Doctor? Look out for the new Doctor Who: Adventures in Time & Space role-playing game in October, thanks to Cubicle 7. It's based on the current incarnation of the BBC TV series, comes in a deluxe box set that contains a 144-page Gamemaster’s Guide, an 86-page Player’s Guide, a 30-page Adventures Book, 4-page Quick Start Guide, Pre-Generated Character Sheets, Blank Character Sheets, Gadget Sheets, tokens and dice.More details here.
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Universal Pictures has acquired the screen rights to the Larry Doyle novel Go Mutants! according to Variety.
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Transformers 2 hits the number one slot. It opened top in the UK, and playing in only two key non-US markets, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen pulled in $19.6 million from 833 locations. Find out more at The Hollywood Reporter.
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"The Hatter was great fun, and it's one of things where you're just amazed you weren't fired, you know?" Johnny Depp spills the beans about playing the Mad Hatter, and also talks about The Lone Ranger and Pirates 4, over at Latino Review.
I just saw revenge of the fallen last night.
In conclusion: Bay wanted to make a movie about big ass mechanical aliens fighting on earth, Transformers just happened to be both in they way and available.
Posted by
tropeofmonkeys (127.0.0.1)
on June 23, 2009 at 12:21 PM BST
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Re: The Last Airbender trailer. The Stig wasn't actually Michael Schumacher, he's some wee dude who knows martial arts! "Some say he's a myth... Some say he knows two facts about ducks, both of which are wrong" etc. etc.
Trailer looks pretty good though, lets hope there are no evil plants in it.
Posted by
Franck (127.0.0.1)
on June 23, 2009 at 07:52 PM BST
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In conclusion: Bay wanted to make a movie about big ass mechanical aliens fighting on earth, Transformers just happened to be both in they way and available.
Posted by tropeofmonkeys (127.0.0.1) on June 23, 2009 at 12:21 PM BST #
Trailer looks pretty good though, lets hope there are no evil plants in it.
Posted by Franck (127.0.0.1) on June 23, 2009 at 07:52 PM BST #