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Universal thaws out The Thing

‘You gotta be fu*king kidding’

Variety has confirmed chilling rumours that Universal was planning to remake The Thing – a project described as a “re-imagining” of the classic which first hit the big screen in 1951 and resurfaced in John Carpenter’s excellent 1982 adaptation.

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The A-Team flies into Hollywood

I ain’t goin’ on no adaptation, fool!

Twentieth Century Fox has enlisted director Joe Carnahan to bring 1980s TV series The A-Team to the big screen, Variety reports.

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‘Bart Simpson’ punts Church of Scientology

Fox none too pleased

It appears that Twentieth Century Fox is none too pleased with Nancy Cartwright’s use of Bart Simpson to punt an upcoming Church of Scientology event in a “robo-calling” recording.

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Album Art Game – January 2009

How to play

25 Things About You

Simple; does what it says on the tin. Write 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.

1. My wife & son are the best things to have happened to me, albeit relatively late on, perhaps moreso.

2. I’ve lived more than one life over the years, not in a reincarnation way, but [...]

‘Babylon’ Blitz Indymedia Internetz

Kent Police yesterday seized a server hosted by by Manchester-based hosting firm UK Grid and rented by the independent news collective Indymedia UK.

In a statement, the force said: “Kent Police has seized computer equipment from a company in Manchester. The company are fully co-operating as Kent Police continues with an ongoing investigation.”

A spokeswoman [...]

Side Effect – A Short Film

Bobby Llewellyn’s ‘CarPool’ – Ed Bye

‘Ed Bye sits in the passenger seat.’

Panda bites man

BEIJING (Reuters) – A panda with a record of aggressive behaviour attacked a man who jumped into its enclosure at a Beijing zoo to pick up a toy, local media said on Thursday.

The nine-year-old panda, Gugu, bit the man on his legs but was driven away by a zoo worker brandishing a broom, the [...]