‘World of Warcraft’ gets facelift in ‘Cataclysm;’ gamers get new villain
Published Monday December 6th, 2010
Curtis Withers, The Canadian Press
The developers of “World of Warcraft” wanted to breathe new life into their flagship franchise and they were willing to blow up a large part of their world to do it. (Edit – I’m no fan of WoW. Why not blow it all up?)
THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Screengrab from “Cataclysm,” the latest expansion pack to the PC game “World of Warcraft.” The developers of “World of Warcraft” wanted to breathe new life into their flagship franchise and they were willing to blow up a large part of their world […]
The force is absent: Original Darth Vader costume fails to sell at London auction
Published Thursday November 25th, 2010
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON – Auctioneers overestimated the power of the dark side.
Christie’s employees walk past a Darth Vader costume from the epic ‘Star Wars’ movie anthology on display during the ‘Popular Culture : Film and Entertainment’ sale at Christie’s auction house in London, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. The Darth Vader costume sold for a hammer down price of 150,000 pounds (US$236,700 or 177,300 euro) (AP Photo/Sang Tan
An original Darth Vader costume from a “Star Wars” movie did not sell at auction Thursday when no bidder offered to pay the reserve […]
‘Buffy’ to kick more vampire butt in Warner Bros.’ planned remake of 1992 movie
Published Wednesday November 24th, 2010
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Vampires, beware: Buffy is coming back.
A remake of the horror comedy “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is in the works at Warner Bros., the studio said Tuesday.
A studio spokeswoman says the project is in the earliest stages of development. It hasn’t even been green-lit yet, and there’s no director or star attached.
One thing we do know: Joss Whedon, who wrote the first “Buffy” script and created the TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar that became a pop-culture phenomenon, is not involved. The new script comes from Whit Anderson, a 29-year-old […]