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Excellent New DBZ Battle of Gods Movie Trailer

Toei Animation has released yet another brand new trailer for the upcoming movie, Dragon Ball Z Battle of Gods.

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/notyetamovie/news/?a=74823

First Trailer For BBC Zombie Drama IN THE FLESH

Like Warm Bodies, In The Flesh features one of the undead as the main protagonist - a "Partially Deceased Syndrome" sufferer named Kieran. The show will focus on his efforts to manage his "condition" and reintegrate himself into society..


Now known as PDS sufferers (Partially Deceased Syndrome) - and since the passing of the PDS Protection act - the government have set an agenda of acceptance and tolerance, one that is at odds with the communities abandoned at the time of the rising, and the bloody battle between zombies and humans that ensued.

A cauldron of brutal anti-zombie sentiment and the source of the 'rotter' hating Human Volunteer Force (HVF), Kieren returns to his home in the rural village of Roarton. Here he is forced to confront his family, the community that rejected him and the flashbacks that continue to haunt him of what he did in his untreated state.


In the Flesh airs on March 17 on BBC Three.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53I2_DbVUqU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53I2_DbVUqU</a>

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Noooooo!

http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/03/05/cbs-boss-says-dexter-season-8-will-be-the-last/

CBS Boss Says ‘Dexter’ Season 8 Will Be the Last


This may be the final nail in the coffin for “Dexter.”

It’s been speculated over the last year that the Showtime serial killer drama was setting up its “end game” and preparing to wrap up the story of Dexter Morgan for good with Season 8.


“Dexter” fans holding their breath for a change of heart will be disappointed to hear that scenario is likely the case.

On a call with investors Monday, CBS president Les Moonves (CBS owns Showtime) seems to have delivered confirmation on the fate of the show, when he referred to this upcoming season of “Dexter,” which premieres in June, as its “last,” according to Broadcasting & Cable.



While that has been presumed for some time, Showtime president David Nevins has yet to officially announce that Season 8 is “Dexter’s” final season, leading viewers and industry observers to speculate that perhaps they were considering an extension.

But with Moonves being the top brass at CBS Corp., one has to assume he knows what he’s talking about. Sorry, “Dexter” fans. Now viewers can obsess over how “Dexter” will go out — Will he finally get caught? Will he get away with it and disappear into the sunset? Will he die? Let the speculation begin!

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/FortressOfAwesomeness/news/?a=75222

DOCTOR WHO: Ice Warriors, Smith Interview, Gaiman Episode, & Agyeman On 50th

With the return of the British sci-fi show Doctor Who approaching and the 50th Anniversary taking place this year, much news surrounding the show has popped up in the last week.

New Ice Warriors Revealed

The new look for classic Doctor Who monsters the Ice Warriors has been revealed.
The image was unveiled by magazine SFX, and shows how the Martian race will appear in the BBC sci-fi drama's latest 7th series (returning at the end of March).

The Ice Warriors were created by writer Brian Hayles in 1967, returning this year in a new episode penned by Mark Gatiss.

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/FortressOfAwesomeness/news/?a=75273

BBC Unveil New DOCTOR WHO Series 7 Images

Today the BBC have released various photos previewing the returning episodes of it's popular British sci-fi show Doctor Who.
The images released are primarily from the first of the new episodes, 'The Bells Of St.John', although some also reveal scenes from episodes two, three and four of the new run.

The 'Bells Of St.John' marks the official introduction of the Doctor's new companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Described as a "modern-day urban thriller" and features landmarks including Westminster Bridge and London's South Bank.

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http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/03/06/beverly-hills-cop-pilot-eddie-murphy-judge-reinhold-to-reunite/

‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold to Reunite


NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Billy Rosewood and Axel Foley will get together again.


Judge Reinhold, who played by-the-book law-enforcement officer William “Billy” Rosewood in the “Beverly Hills Cop” movie series, has signed on for a cameo in CBS’s “Beverly Hills Cop” pilot, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.


Eddie Murphy, who’s serving as a producer, will also appear in the pilot, reprising his Axel Foley role.

CBS has not yet responded to TheWrap’s request for comment.


Further details on Reinhold’s role in the pilot or how he will fit into the plot were not available.


The “Beverly Hills Cop” pilot, which comes from “The Shield” creator Shawn Ryan, is a continuation of the movie franchise, centered around Foley’s police officer son, who takes down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills.

Sony Television is producing the pilot, which will also star Brandon T. Jackson and Kevin Pollak.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Don Jon

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Casting Watch: Theo James of 'Downton Abbey' to Star Opposite Shailene Woodley in Sci-Fi YA Entry 'Divergent'

“Underworld: Awakening” and “Downton Abbey” star Theo James will portray leading man Four opposite Shailene Woodley in Summit Entertainment’s upcoming sci-fi action film “Divergent,” adapted by Evan Daugherty ("Snow White and the Huntsman") from the bestselling YA novel of the same name by Veronica Roth.

Roth’s novel, set in a dystopian Chicago, concerns a futuristic society in which individuals who do not fit easily into certain personality types are labelled as “divergent.” Shailene Woodley, nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” will star as Tris Prior, one such Divergent who unveils a mass conspiracy to destroy the titular group. Hailing from a group called the Dauntless, Four is the charismatic instructor who aids her in her quest.

28-year-old James played a role in the first season of “Downton Abbey,” and has since enjoyed increasing success as David in 2012’s “Underworld: Awakening” and the leading role in CBS’s new crime drama, “Golden Boy.”


Lionsgate co-chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger, who brought the YA “Twilight” saga to the screen with blockbuster results at Summit before their company was acquired by Lionsgate, purchased the rights to the book last October. They stated: “Theo is not only an incredibly talented actor, he is also who we envisioned as Four when reading Veronica’s novel which has taken the world by storm.”


“Divergent,” to be directed by Neil Burger ("The Illusionist," "Limitless") stands to be another young adult-oriented box-office hopeful for Lionsgate, which spawned the hugely successful “The Hunger Games.” Here's TOH's round-up of upcoming YA movies.


"Divergent" is slated for North American wide release on March 21, 2014.

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/scifimediazone/news/?a=75352

HELIX: Ron Moore & Syfy Team-Up For New Series

Syfy is giving a 13-episode greenlight to Helix (working title), its newest original scripted series for 2013, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. Helix is Executive Produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), Lynda Obst (Sleepless in Seattle, Contact), Steven Maeda (Lost, CSI: Miami, The X-Files) and Cameron Porsandeh, who wrote the pilot, will serve as Co-Executive Producer. The series will be produced by Sony Pictures Television.

Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind’s salvation or total annihilation.

“With its well-drawn characters, taut drama, and incredible production team, we couldn’t be more excited to see this intense thrill-ride of a series come to life,” said Mark Stern

Helix is expected to begin production early in 2013 to debut later this year.

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http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment-eonline/20130329/b402731/


Richard Griffiths, Harry Potter's Grumpy Uncle Vernon, Dead at 65


Richard Griffiths, the veteran British character actor best known for playing the heartless Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter movies, has died. He was 65.

According to Sky News , Griffiths passed away on Thursday from complications following heart surgery.


His Harry Potter costars remembered him as a kind and gentle mentor with a gift for storytelling.


Daniel Radcliffe, who played the titular boy magician, paid tribute to Griffiths, who was there the first day he set foot on the set of the fantasy franchise.

 

 
"In August 2000, before official production had even begun on Potter, we filmed a shot outside the Dursleys', which was my first-ever shot as Harry," said Radcliffe in a statement. "I was nervous, and he made me feel at ease."
 
He continued: "Seven years later, we embarked on Equus together. It was my first time doing a play, but, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage and humor made it a joy. In fact, any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence. I am proud to say I knew him."


Harry Melling, the actor who played Vernon's muggle son, Dudley Dursley, also praised him.


"Sad news today. What a beautiful man. Beautiful actor. Thoughts and love to anyone who was lucky enough to have listened to one his stories," tweeted Melling.



Aside from earning fame in Harry Potter, Griffiths was perhaps best known Stateside for such movies as Chariots of Fire, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Gandhi, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Withnail and I, Goldeneye and The Naked Gun 2 1/2, among many others.


He also made forays into television, most notably starring in the mid-'90s BBC series Pie In the Sky playing a detective turned chef.


Griffiths' stage work was just as memorable. Perhaps his most famous performance was playing teacher Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys, for which he accomplished the rather rare feat of winning a Tony Award in New York and an Olivier Award in London. He later went on to reprise the role in a 2006 big-screen version and was honored with an OBE in 2008 for his services to drama.


Last year, the portly actor appeared with Danny DeVito in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys at London's Savoy Theatre and was slated to headline a Los Angeles version of the production, set for September.

Griffiths is survived by his wife, Heather Gibson.

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'Harry Potter' actor cast as William Hartnell in 'Doctor Who' movie 'An Adventure in Space and Time'


Hogwarts will meet Who in the forthcoming TV movie An Adventure in Space and Time, which details the creation of the 50-year-old British science-fiction show Doctor Who. It has been announced that Harry Potter actor David Bradley, who played Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the beloved film series, will portray “First Doctor” William Hartnell in the TV movie.


Meanwhile, Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity) is set to portray BBC Head of Drama Sydney Newman and Jessica Raine has been cast as Doctor Who producer Verity Lambert. BBC America — which is co-producing the film with BBC Cymru Wales — will premiere the movie in the U.S. later this year.


An Adventure in Space and Time is being directed by Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad) and written by Mark Gatiss, who has penned several episodes of Doctor Who since its successful revival in 2005, as well as co-creating, and starring in the amazingly bizarre BBC sitcom League of Gentlemen. The movie will be executive produced by Gatiss and current Who exec producers Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner.


“It’s a lovely story about very fascinating characters,” Skinner says. “There are lots of witty and entertaining stories about the genesis of Doctor Who which say quite a lot about what the early ‘60s in Britain was like. But it’s also a very personal story about William Hartnell and Verity Lambert and their relationship being forged in the making of what turned out to be a sensational hit show that we’re still watching today.”


As previously announced, BBC America will premiere the second half of the current season of Doctor Who on March 30.

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Karl Urban To Reunite With J.J. Abrams On Futuristic Pilot HUMAN

According to TV Line, producer J.J. Abrams has hired Karl Urban - who previously worked with the busy director/producer on 2009's Star Trek- to star in his latest television pilot, Human. The Fox drama, penned by J.H. Wyman (Fringe), is a futuristic thriller that "is being billed as an action-packed buddy cop show set in the near future, when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids." Urban, who will reprise his role as Bones McCoy in this summer's Star Trek Into Darkness, will play 'John Kennex', "a respected police officer who has shut down emotionally after a tragic mission left him critically injured. He is paired with Dorian (Common Law‘s Michael Ealy), an android detective who, ironically, has a better grasp of humanity than he does." Minka Kelly, Lili Taylor, Michael Irby and Mackenzie Crook also star.

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/FortressOfAwesomeness/news/?a=75273

BBC Unveil New DOCTOR WHO Series 7 Images

Today the BBC have released various photos previewing the returning episodes of it's popular British sci-fi show Doctor Who.
The images released are primarily from the first of the new episodes, 'The Bells Of St.John', although some also reveal scenes from episodes two, three and four of the new run.

The 'Bells Of St.John' marks the official introduction of the Doctor's new companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Described as a "modern-day urban thriller" and features landmarks including Westminster Bridge and London's South Bank.



The "Revisited" episodes of the first 3 Doctors begin to air at 6:30 pm Sunday.

Plus, don't miss 'The Doctors Revisited: The Fourth Doctor' special followed by 'Pyramids of Mars' this Sunday, April 28 at 8pm/7c, only on BBC America.

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Dr. Who 50th Anniversary special behind the scenes

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Em8lmmTNkA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Em8lmmTNkA</a>

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The last scene of the Doctor Who episode. Spoiler for those who have not watched the season finale:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EStxac8rTro" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EStxac8rTro</a>