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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Thor, WarGames: The Dead Code, TV DVD News, Watchmen, ABC & CBS New Seasons, Comic Previews


Thor

Latino Review published the rumor here that Marvel is throwing around some names to play the title role in "Thor," and they want Brad Pitt.



WarGames: The Dead Code

MGM Home Entertainment will release the 25th anniversary edition of "WarGames" on DVD, featuring newly produced audio commentaries and featurettes, on July 29. They will also release the direct-to-DVD sequel, "WarGames: The Dead Code" on the same day.



TV DVD News

TVShowsOnDVD.com has posted info about "Everybody Hates Chris" (Season 3) here, "The Untouchables" (Season 2, Vol. 2) here, "Ghost Whisperer" (Season 3) here, "Las Vegas" (Season 5) here, "Cheers" (Season 10) here, "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (Season 5) here, and "Chuck" (Season 1) here.



Watchmen

Artist Dave Gibbons spoke here to Comic Book Review News about the adaptation of the comic.



ABC & CBS New Seasons

ABC has announced that it will put forward only one new drama in the fall, David E. Kelley's "Life on Mars," about a police officer from our time who finds himself in 1970 America. ABC will also air a final season of "Scrubs," which was dropped by NBC. Also new is the Ashton Kutcher reality series "Opportunity Knocks" (described as a combination of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."). The upcoming fifth season of "Boston Legal" will be its last, but "Oprah's Big Give" won't return.
Variety reports that CBS will not renew "Moonlight" for a second season. Here is CBS's New schedule (all times are EST):
Monday
8 p.m. "The Big Bang Theory"
8:30p.m. "How I Met Your Mother"
9p.m. "Two and a Half Men"
9:30. "Worst Week" (new)
10p.m. "CSI: Miami"
Tuesday
8 p.m. "NCIS"
9 p.m. "The Mentalist" (new)
10 p.m. "Without a Trace"
Wednesday
8 p.m. "The New Adventures of Old Christine"
8 p.m. "Project Gary" (new)
9 p.m. "Criminal Minds"
10 p.m. "CSI: NY"
Thursday
8 p.m. "Survivor"
9 p.m. "CSI"
10 p.m. "Eleventh Hour" (new)
Friday
8 p.m. "Ghost Whisperer"
9 p.m. "The Ex-List" (new)
10 p.m. "Numb3rs"
Saturday
8 p.m. "Crimetime Saturday"
9 p.m. "Crimetime Saturday"
10 p.m. "48 Hours: Mystery"
Sunday
7 p.m. "60 Minutes"
8 p.m. "The Amazing Race"
9 p.m. "Cold Case"
10 p.m. "The Unit"
PLUS: Fans of the CW's "Reaper" will be happy to know the show has been picked up.





Comic Previews
Comics Continuum has posted preview pages of
X-Men Origin: Colossus,




Genext #1,



Guardians of the Galaxy #1,



New Exiles #6,



Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #1,



X-Men: Legacy #211,



& Sky Doll #1











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