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SCI FI Wire was among the few outlets invited to visit a post-production house in Santa Monica, Calif., on June 24, where director Rob Cohen was putting the finishing touches on the upcoming sequel film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
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David Bowers, who is currently directing the upcoming animated feature Astro Boy, told SCI FI Wire that it will not veer far from the story told in the original manga and the later animated TV series.
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Aaron Eckhart, who plays Gotham City district attorney Harvey Dent in the upcoming The Dark Knight, told reporters that his character undergoes a major transformation when faced with the villainous Joker (the late Heath Ledger).
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Luke Goss and Anna Walton, the British actors who play the elf twins Nuada and Nuala in the upcoming Hellboy II: The Golden Army, told reporters that they endured hours of tedious makeup to transform them into the white-skinned, long-haired fantasy creatures.
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Frank Spotnitz, who co-wrote the script to The X-Files: I Want to Believe, told a Los Angeles Film Festival audience that the sequel is an intellectual horror film.
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Will Smith remained king of the July 4 weekend as his superhero film Hancock soared to first place, taking in about $107.3 million since its July 1 opening, the Associated Press reported. Over the three-day weekend, the film took in $66 million, the AP reported.
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Robert Picardo told SCI FI Wire that he has not yet seen the completed version of the animated feature Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey, but that he is honored to be a lead voice in the film along with John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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BBC Video announced a four-city tour to promote the DVD release of Spaced: The Complete Series, the British SF-tinged comedy TV series, which becomes available for the first time in North America on July 22.
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Selma Blair, who reprises the role of firestarter Liz Sherman in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, told reporters that her character is a stronger woman this time around.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal--who takes over the role of crusading prosecutor Rachel Dawes in the Batman sequel The Dark Knight--told reporters that she wanted to respect Katie Holmes' previous incarnation of the character, but ultimately had to make it her own.
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Robert Picardo, who joins the regular cast of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate Atlantis, told reporters that he likes that his character, the abrasive bureaucrat Richard Woolsey, isn't the obvious choice to command the city.
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Joseph Mallozzi, executive producer of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate Atlantis, told SCI FI Wire that it's unlikely former series regular Torri Higginson will return as Dr. Elizabeth Weir in the upcoming fifth season, though her storyline was left hanging.
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The third installment of Disney and Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia franchise will move its production to Mexico from New Zealand, where the previous two installments shot, Variety reported.
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Tracy Morgan, the 30 Rock star who hosts SCI FI Channel's returning Scare Tactics, told reporters that he couldn't resist an offer to be the show's new host because it gave him a chance to channel his inner Rod Serling.
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The German Murnau Foundation, dedicated to film preservation, reported that long-lost portions of Fritz Lang's seminal silent SF movie Metropolis have been discovered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Larry Harmon, who turned the character of Bozo the Clown into a show-business staple for more than a half-century, died last week of congestive heart failure, the Associated Press reported; he was 83.
A blog, BloodCopy, and a product Web site for Tru Blood "synthetic blood nourishment beverage" have gone live, part of a viral marketing campaign to promote HBO's upcoming vampire drama True Blood, which premieres Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Because of the July 4th holiday, SCI FI Wire will not be updated again until July 7.
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Ghost Hunters |
1.8
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100 Million B.C. |
1.7
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The Hulk |
1.4
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Savage Planet |
1.3
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Sound of Thunder |
1.3
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Grizzly Rage |
1.2
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Maneater |
1.2
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Star Trek: The Next Generation |
1.0
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ECW |
1.0
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Doctor Who |
1.0
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Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 6/16/08 to 6/22/08 |
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