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Screenwriters working on new Terminator movie

The next long-rumoured instalment in the Terminator franchise has moved a step closer to fruition with the news that a new script is currently in the works. Laeta Kalodgris and Patrick Lussier have been hired by Skydance Pictures to pen a new script, details of which remain clamped firmly under …

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Primeval: New World 1.02 Sisiutl REVIEW

Primeval: New World 1.02 “The New World” REVIEW Episode 1.02 Writers: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens Director: Andy Mikita THE ONE WHERE A giant sea serpent eats a couple pipeline workers near First-Nations territory; Dylan is officially recruited to the team. VERDICT Just remember: if you think you’re about to be …

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Dishonored dev says games can help curb violence

Violent games have reclaimed their status as a global scapegoat for societal ills, and gamers and game makers are nigh-unilaterally trying to shut down the conversation. Dishonored developer Joe Houston thinks games are probably not part of the problem, but he wrote in a Rock, Paper, Shotgun guest editorial that …

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Jailed Arma 3 developers released on bail

“As a result of repeated dealings, today the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras informed Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas over the telephone that the two Czechs arrested by Greek police because of supposed photography of military objects on the island of Lemnos have been released. Both can now return back …

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HMV enters administration

HMV plans to call in administrators from Deloitte today after failing to agree on new terms for its debt during crisis discussions with banks and suppliers over the weekend. The 91-year-old UK entertainment retailer has struggled in the face of growing demand for digital downloads, and lenders couldn’t be convinced …

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Tweets of the Week

Starfleet meets the Canadian Space Agency, Simon Pegg’s severed head and Nathan Fillion’s method for coping with the end of Firefly , all in the latest Tweets Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) There are plenty of things wrong with Twitter. The relentless, ever-changing list …

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The Vampire Diaries Sires A Spin-Off

The Vampire Diaries is to sire a spin-off, a show concentrating on the Originals – the first vampire family, aka, Klaus and his squabbling siblings. According to The Hollywood Reporter , the new show will be called The Originals , and will star Joseph Morgan as Klaus and Phoebe Tonkin …

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14 Sci-Fi And Fantasy Movies That Never Happened

A follow-up to our dream sequence feature , here’s a selection of films that never happened because they were all a dream (allegedly) or just someone’s flight of fancy… Invaders From Mars (1953) (opens in new tab) The “plot”: Young boy in a small US town sees a spaceship crash …

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