The new version of the Bionic Woman is doing very well for itself in the States. The show, which began on 26th September has become NBC’s highest Wednesday ratings among adults aged 18-49 since 1999’s The West Wing. The show drew 13.6 million viewers.

The show stars Michelle Ryan (of Eastenders fame) as Jaime Sommers a bartender and surrogate mother who after nearly getting killed in a car accident receives a butting edge operation that leaves her with advanced bionic prosthetics and implants with extraordinary new strength, among other artificially enhanced gifts.
13.6 million viewers.

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Yet more rumors are being flung around the internet in relation as to who will be playing Kirk in the next Star Trek film. The film, which is being spearheaded by Lost and Alias creator, JJ Abrams, is expected to open on Christmas Day 2008 yet the latest Kirk has yet to be confirmed.

IESB.net reported a rumor that 28-year-old Mike Vogel (see in Poseidon) could be the guy to fill the Captain’s shoes. Vogel is already working with Abrams in another project codenamed Cloverfield which is slated to open Jan. 18, 2008 and this link does make the rumor just a tad more credible. Of course neither Vogel’s agency nor Paramount will confirm it.

The cast members who have been confirmed include Zachary Quinto who plays Sylar in Heroes as a young Spock, , Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov.

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Good news for Tron fans. According to the Hollywood Reporter, commercial director Joseph Kosinski is in final negotiations to direct a sequel to the 1982 cult movie classic. Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film, has signed on as a producer.

Kosinski, who last month signed on to the remake of “Logan’s Run” for Warner Brothers, will oversee the visual development of the project and have input on the script, which is being written by “Lost” scribes Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Story details are being kept secret.

In case you didn’t see the original film or have forgotten the plot (after all it’s 25 years-old now), Tron was about a computer programmer who gets sucked into a virtual world and forced to fight in his own video games. In 1982, the special effects used in Tron were groundbreaking. It was the first movie to use computer generated images (CGI) in conjunction with live action. Sources also say that visual effects personnel, for many of whom Tron was an inspiration to enter the business, are already are jockeying to work on the film.
Good news for Tron fans. According to the Hollywood Reporter, commercial director Joseph Kosinski is in final negotiations to direct a sequel to the 1982 cult movie classic. Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film, has signed on as a producer.

Kosinski, who last month signed on to the remake of “Logan’s Run” for Warner Brothers, will oversee the visual development of the project and have input on the script, which is being written by “Lost” scribes Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Story details are being kept secret.

In case you didn’t see the original film or have forgotten the plot (after all it’s 25 years-old now), Tron was about a computer programmer who gets sucked into a virtual world and forced to fight in his own video games. In 1982, the special effects used in Tron were groundbreaking. It was the first movie to use computer generated images (CGI) in conjunction with live action. Sources also say that visual effects personnel, for many of whom Tron was an inspiration to enter the business, are already are jockeying to work on the film.

Before Disney green lighted Lisberger to make the original film, he had to shot a test reel, financed by the studio, of the deadly Frisbee battle. It looks like Kosinski will have to do the same thing, but this time the studio wants to see a test sequence involving the movie’s Light Cycles. I can see why. The arcade game based on the Light Cycle scene was so popular in the early 1980’s that it earned more money than the movie.

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Before Disney green lighted Lisberger to make the original film, he had to shot a test reel, financed by the studio, of the deadly Frisbee battle. It looks like Kosinski will have to do the same thing, but this time the studio wants to see a test sequence involving the movie’s Light Cycles. I can see why. The arcade game based on the Light Cycle scene was so popular in the early 1980’s that it earned more money than the movie.

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So it had been rumored for some time that Kristen Bell, star of Veronica Mars would be joining the cast of Lost. This turns out is not the case. Instead she will appear in a number of Heroes episodes according to Variety.

Bell will play the role of Elle who is involved in Claire’s future and is also connected to Peter and H.R.G. Her character will start to appear in the show in October.

“This was not easy to pull off,” show creator Tim Kring told Variety. “But since we’re an ensemble show, with many arcs playing out through the year, we found a way to jump into a small window in her schedule.”

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Shooting will start next month on Push which will be released next year. The Film is about a group of young Americans with telekinetic and clairvoyant powers who have gone to Hong Kong to escape from a U.S. government agency.

The film is being shot in Hong Kong and stars Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle and Djimon Hounsou. The movie will be directed by Paul McGuigan who recently directed Lucky Number Slevin. The film is written by David Bourla.

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Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to play a femme fatale in an adaptation of Will Eisner’s noir comic series, The Spirit alongside Samuel L. Jackson. The film is to be directed by Frank Miller for Odd Lot Entertainment and Lionsgate, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Johansson will play Silk N. Floss, a sexy and intelligent secretary with a vindictive instinct. She is seen to be the perfect partner for Jackson’s character, Octopus, an evil mastermind.

The Spirit is the story of a detective who fakes his own death in order to fight crime in Central City as the masked man known as the Spirit. In the film the character Spirit will be played by Gabriel Macht.

Production is scheduled to start in October, with the film scheduled to be released in 2009.

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Ramayan 3392, the Science Fiction comic franchise is going to be turned into a massively multiplayer online game.

Sony Online Entertainment will develop and publish the game and Virgin Comics will serve as a creative consultant on the project. The game will be initially made for the PC.

Ramayan 3392 A.D. started in 2006 and reimagines one of India’s greatest epic myths as a futuristic story. The comic is based on a story by Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur.

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Jason Dohring is going to star in supernatural CBS series, Moonlight. He will play the role of an ancient Vampire called Josef.

In the pilot of the show, Dohring’s character was played by 60 year old actor, Rade Serbedzija as opposed to Dohring at 25 which showed that the concept of his character has changed somewhat.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dohring will play the role of ancient vampire Josef in the supernatural CBS series, which is produced by Warner Bros and Silver Pictures.

Jason Dohring recently played the role of Veronica Mars’ boyfriend Logan on the now-cancelled drama.

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Joss Whedon, the man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly is auctioning off five seats at a private dinner with him in aid of Equality Now, a charity that promotes equal rights for and fights violence and discrimination against women around the world.

Its an incredible opportunity for fans to get closer to Whedon and pester him with questions without fear of restraining orders.

“For three hours, Joss gets to be your biggest fan,” Whedon writes on his official auction page on eBay.

The dinner is being sponsored by Dark Horse Comics, which is currently publishing Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer season-eight comic series, and MySpace.com. Auction Cause is handling the auction.

The auction will also feature other items, including a watch and autographed comics. The auction will start on July 2.

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GallifreyOne Web site reports that Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast member James Marsters will guest star in the second season of the BBC’s Torchwood. Torchwood, which is an spin-off of the popular Doctor Who will see Marsters star alongside John Barrowman who plays the lead.

GallifreyOne Web site reported, citing JamesMarstersLive offered no details about Marsters’ appearance. Marsters’ former Buffy castmate, Anthony Stewart Head, made a guest appearance on Doctor Who.

Marsters has previously appeared as a guest star in Smallville, playing Dr. Milton Fine.

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