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Zoe Saldana (The Terminal, Guess Who, and James Cameron’s Avatar) has been cast as Uhura in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. Played by Nichelle Nichols in the original series, Uhura is from the United States of Africa and speaks Swahili (her name means “Freedom”). She remained part of the USS Enterprise bridge crew throughout the series [...]

A sophisticated robotic face can express a wide range of expressions, and even transform itself to LOOK LIKE ANYONE. The WD-2 robot created by researchers at Tokyo University is a malleable face mask with rear projection. The mask changes shape to match a face, then the projector handles all the details of appearance and expression. [...]

Director Matthew Vaughn says his Thor movie will have comic-book sensibilties.
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According to this image from the Norweigan Halo 3 early sell, the game will ship with 11 multiplayer maps. This is certainly on point with what Bungie has been syaying, and it is enough to keep us busy — for now!
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World War Hulk #3 crawled back to the top of the charts in August after losing to Thor #1 last month, posting a number only slightly below sales on #2. Over 5200 copies of World War Hulk #1 and over 7700 copies of World War Hulk #2 were also sold in August. Thor [...]

If you’re looking for a little Homer for the holidays, you’re in luck. The Simpsons Movie will be out in either a full screen or widescreen edition on December 18th.
The preliminary artwork (seen at right) continues the donut-eating Homer motif from the theatrical release and should provide enjoyment for eye-popping last-minute Christmas shoppers.
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Viz has signed up Langer Juices to help promote the upcoming DVD release of Naruto: The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow. The DVD sets will include a coupon for Langer products. Select Langer juice packages will have a Naruto mini-manga and larger bottels of juice will have a sweepstakes entry form on [...]

Join Spider-Man and one of his Sidekicks in Co-Op or Single Player action on the rain-slick rooftops of downtown Tokyo.
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PhoenixOne writes “Another chapter in the long and sometimes-frustrating history of the name ‘FASA’ comes to a close today, as Microsoft’s FASA Studio has closed its doors. ‘It is my sad duty to announce that FASA Studio has officially closed its doors. Today was the official last day of employment for those of us who [...]

New York Times had the chance to speak to a GameStop executive about the Xbox360 sales.

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The GameStop executives said they have noticed that sales of Microsoft’s XBox 360 have not been hurt by the machines’ widely reported design defects, which cause the consoles to fail. “All I can say is that we have not seen [...]