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Topics: Harry Potter, Superman, Arthur C. Clarke, DVD Menus, Boston Legal, Starbucks Coffee

Thank YOU for taking time to spend with us. This is show number 23 and geeky goodness is full swing.

Harry Potter movies are in the news along with Superman Returns Again. We’ve got the list of Aurthur C. Clark novel finalists as well as a couple movie remakes that may bring joy or fear depending on who you are. I’m going to give you a more complete rundown of which television shows are or are NOT going to back in the fall. Vince and I also are going to have something of an experimental conversation that will begin with Spoilers in DVD menus and will somehow make it’s way to coffee in the space program. You’ll have to stick around to find out how we get from one to the other.

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Anti-witness News

Potter VII To Be 2 Films
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The seventh Harry Potter film is now the seventh and eighth Harry Potter films. The final book in J. K. Rowling’s massively popular series will be made into two movies that will be filmed concurrently and released fairly close to each other. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1″ will be released during the holidays of 2010 and part 2 will be in theaters for the summer of 2011. Of course we’re still waiting for the sixth movie, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which comes out on November 21st of this year.

Superman Sequel Has Begun
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Empire Online dot com is reporting that director, Eric Singer has confirmed that work has begun on a sequel to Superman Returns. Singer says he plans to be the director and there will be more action in the second film.

I Believe In Harvey Dent Campaign
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A viral marketing campaign has begun to support the July 18th release of the movie “The Dark Knight.” “Dentmobiles” have been spotted in U-S cities to support “Harvey Dent for District Attorney in Gotham City.” Fans of the Batman franchise know Harvey Dent to be the person that eventually becomes Two-face.”

Arthur C. Clarke Finalists
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The Arthur C. Clarke award finalists have been made public. The award was founded by Clarke to promote Science Fiction in Great Britain. The finalists are: “The Red Men” by Matthew de Abaitua (Uh-bate-uh-wuh), “The H-Bomb Girl” by Stephen Baxter, “The Carhullan Army” by Sarah Hall, “The Raw Shark Texts” by Steven Hall, “The Execution Channel” by Ken MacLeod and “Black Man,” also known as “Thirteen” in the U-S, by Richard K. Morgan. The winner will be announced on April 30th at the “Sci-Fi-London” film festival.

Paramount Plans Heavy Metal
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Another R-rated Animated Heavy Metal movie is getting put together. This time, the film will more closely resemble the magazine that dates back to 1977. There will be 8 or 9 different segments that will be directed by different people. David Fincher, Kevin Eastman, and Tim Miller are all expected to be involved as directors and overall producers of the project.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Gets Remake
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Another important cinematic re-envisioning is in the works. “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” will be restarted based on the 1978 horror spoof. Kent Nichols from “Ask a Ninja dot com” will be making his feature film debut as director in the project.