We complete our Halloween Zombie Stories trifecta with word from the Hollywood Reporter that George A. Romero, the father of all Zombie movies, is now green-lighted to add yet another Zombie flick to his famous Trilogy of the Dead series (now known simply as the “Dead Series”).

The fifth film of the Dead series, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, is named “Diary of the Dead.” It follows a group of film students as they make a documentary about their experiences during a zombie attack. The as-yet-unnamed sixth film will pick up right where the previous movie leaves off, according to THR, and will follow the survivors to a remote island where they will — you guessed it — fight more zombies.

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Train passengers in Bad Segeberg, Germany, were surprised to find a zombie riding their train earlier this week.

Paramedics arrived and were able to clear up the confusion. The zombie was a drunk 20-something who passed out in his halloween costume.

During a townhall meeting last Friday, October 26, New Mexico Governor and Presidential candidate Bill Richardson admitted that as a member of Congress he requested the classified data related to the 1947 Roswell incident. His request was denied by the Department of Defense.Responding to a request from a member of the audience, he promised to work on declassifying the information if elected President.

While I agree with the Governor’s position, I wish that that he wasn’t mired in the past.

What I want to know is why the Canadian government ceded their sovereignty to the U.S. Army during the Security and Prosperity Partnership summit last August? Why waste your time worrying about that 40 year old incident, when it’s obvious that the SPP summit was really just a front so that the heads of state of the nations of North America could meet with an alien delegation.

After declaring that “Sci-fi films are as dead as westerns” earlier this year, Ridley Scott wants you to know that he should have directed Aliens vs. Predator.

With Christmas just around the corner, Golfsmith has a new product that might interest fans of Star Trek. A Star Trek Enterprise putter.

The putter’s unique design has an MOI of 7200 g/cm2, a high center of gravity, and a very soft touch.

Available for purchase are a limited edition (only 1701 will be made), a standard edition, or just the putter head. You can also purchase the head cover, or the special grip.

Welcome to episode number 3. We’ve got a big one for you today. The headline is that Albus Dumbledore has been outed by J.K. Rowling as gay and we’ve got the details on the way. Casey also sat down with BriAnna and Dan for a discussion about LGBT themes in Science Fiction.

Also in the show, Wonder Woman has been cast in the Justice League movie. We’ve picked the five worst villains EVER and we amuse ourselves with idle speculation about the future of the Stargate universe and its possible third spinoff.

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