Now that TDKR has passed the 1 billion mark in theaters, we now look onto the long rumored director’s cut of the film. It has been rumored that this even longer version of the 2

hour 45 minute epic will contain scenes of Bane’s true origin along with scenes of him training with the League similar to Bruce in Begins.

It will also show us how his mask evolved and will feature more scenes with Ras Al Ghul to further expand on his back story, it is also reported that this version will be about 30 minutes or so longer than …

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Haifaa al Mansour is making history at the Venice Film Festival by being the first female film director from Saudi Arabia to be shown there. She’s also being considered the first female Saudi filmmaker ever. In a country so closed off they don’t even have movie theaters, this is a big deal for any filmmaker from Saudi Arabia, aside from being a woman.

Her film is called Wadjda and it’s about a 10-year-old girl in Riyadh who defies customs and wants to own a bicycle (I’m thinking because girls aren’t allowed to ride bikes there?) When she can’t get enough money …

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To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku, Sony has announced that it will be releasing a limited edition Walkman in Japan which will have Hatsune Miku’s profile on the back and her image in the wallpaper on the screen.

There will be three models to choose from: a blue, a black and a blue with speakers. Each Walkman will come with Miku’s song “Hoshi no kakera” preloaded.  It will also come with her image embellished on a neckstrap.

Sony will only be releasing 3,939 units which is believed to be a play on the Japanese pronunciation …

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After this years Avengers, Marvel Studios showed us at this years Comic Con some test footage of the long in development Ant-Man movie as well as some Iron Man 3 footage.  Sadly I have neither of those for you, but what I do have are some tittle cards and release dates for the next big movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, enjoy.

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On Tuesday, the ashes of actor James Doohan, who played the beloved Scotty on Star Trek, will be blasted into space along with the ashes of 308 other people. The Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch from Cape Canaveral by a company called Space X, which belongs to a billionaire from South Africa named Elon Musk.

This first ever space mission organized by a private firm will be carrying, aside from the precious cargo, 1000 lbs. of food and supplies to the space station.  Nine minutes into the flight, the capsule with the ashes is scheduled to separate from the …

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This latest of Jet Li’s martial arts blockbusters will have a limited release in the US in IMAX 3D in September. It is produced by the same guy who brought us Infernal Affairs starring Andy Lau (which was remade by Martin Scorcese into The Departed starring Matt Damon and Leo di Caprio). This will be the first ever Chinese language film to be released in IMAX 3D. It is also the fourth biggest selling Chinese flick in film history.

The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate – 3D Trailer

[Source: Deadline]

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Kevin Conroy, the well known voice actor who played Batman in the animated series/movies and video game interpretations recently announced that a Flashpoint animated film is being produced.

For those of you who dont know, Flashpoint was a 2011 DC Comics mini series and crossover event.  Written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Andy Kubert, the series showed Flash (Barry Allen), altering the entire DC universe by tampering with the past.  This radically changed the DC universe and all of the characters. One of the more notable examples of this change was the new Batman.

In the Flashpoint universe, Bruce …

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On Wednesday, April 25th, Dark Horse Comics will be releasing the first installment of their 4 part series covering the death of one of Star Wars’ most iconic characters: the bounty hunter known as Boba Fett.  This will be the sequel to the Star Wars: Blood Ties mini-series which explored the relationship between Boba and his “father” Jango. Writer Tom Taylor collaborated with artist Christ Scalf. The variant cover (shown above) was created by David Palumbo.

Here is a synopsis from the Dark Horse Comics website: The news spreads from one end of the galaxy to the other like wildfire: …

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According to several sources, DC may be planning for the release of #0 issues of their New 52 titles this September. The source indicated that the issues will go from #12 and then skip to #0 before moving on to #13 in October. Apparently, these #0 issues will delve into the stories of the characters before the release of their #1’s.

So what do you guys think of these new #0 issues? Are you going to pick them up? What characters would you like to go back and learn more about?…

 

Oh yeah, they’ve finally done it.  Japanese researchers have developed a technology which can make someone stop talking from 100 ft. away.  For all the brow beaten boyfriends & husbands and children of overly talkative moms, this one’s for you… It’s called a speech jamming device and it looks kinda like a toy gun an 8 year old kid taped together using a remote control and a garage door opener.

Kazutaka Kurihara at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tskuba and Koji Tsukada at Ochanomizu University worked off of a widely known psychological principle that a …

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