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Worth Reading from around the Net

From around the web...

During the early days of the original Battlestar Galactica Ralph McQuarrie was hired to create concept art for the series.  To see them all head over to Flickr.

Rome and Punisher star Ray Stevenson joins Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman in The Book of Eli. [Variety]

USA Today has a new photo and article for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Courtney B. Vance and Jack Davenport have been cast in ABC SciFi Flash Forward developed by David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga. [The Hollywood Reporter]

In another THR report, Joseph Fiennes and John Cho are in talks for joining the cast of Flash Forward.

Could the Green Lantern have a cameo from Superman, read about it at MTV.

The first review I've seen for Dollhouse starring Eliza Dushku has shown up at TIME.

Darren Aronofsky says he like to recut his film The Fountain which is a totally weird movie but good at the same time. [MTV]

Jim Hill Media says that the next Chronicles of Narnia may be in trouble.

The new Planet of the Apes film is called Caesar and Chud has some new details.  Apparently it is not a remake of Conquest.

A while back a report came out that Russell Crowe was going to play both Robin Hood and Nottingham.  Brian Grazer makes it more clear while speaking to MTV.

Some new details have come out about the Sherlock Holmes villain.  Mark Strong tells IGN the story.

Some early reviews for Johnny Depp and Christian Bales new movie Public Enemy's have shown up at Ain't It Cool News.

ComingSoon.net spoke to George Lucas about Star Wars and Indiana Jones and as for Indy they are currently researching a new item for another film.

Here are some high quality promos from Wolverine:

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Sigourney Weaver spoke to MTV about Ghostbusters and she say she has "heard about it" and is "supposed to get in touch with Bill Murray next week."  She also has no idea if her character is in the film.

The Dark Knight is making a return to theaters on January 22nd, 2009 which will probably push it over the $1 billion dollar mark. [AICN]

Sin City 2 is written and ready to shoot in April, read the story at IGN.

Is Star Trek going to run in IMAX theaters? [Cinematical]

Will Smith confimers that I AM Legend 2 will be a prequel. [Collider]

Check out some really amazing artwork from Greg Horn (click to enlarge):

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Do you like reading books?  Lets read about Fight Club.  Thanks to Ben Bella Books here's this press release for an anthology that talks about how Fight Club has "has grabbed our imagination by the throat and refused to let go."

We’re Talking about fight club.

With a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk, BenBella’s newest Smart Pop anthology, You Do Not Talk About Fight Club, explores the philosophy behind the popular book and film.

The Anthology

YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB includes essays ranging from uncovered government conspiracies to re-imagined comic strips. Explore why Fight Club continues to have such an impact on our collective psyche.
From shopping lists to Middle Earth, and from the physics of fighting to Oedipus, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB explores all the reasons why Fight Club has grabbed our imagination by the throat and refused to let go.
 
Some Topics and Contributors Include:

A foreword by Chuck Palahniuk on how radicalism creates community
 
Jesse Kavaldo uncovers the romantic in Chuck Palahniuk and the romance behind Fight Club in “The Fiction of Self-Destruction”
 
James Corbett reveals the ticking time bomb of anarchy lurking in your own home: soap
 
In “Tyler Durden: Boss Playa,” Ned Vizzini expounds the virtues of starting a cult versus getting a job
 
David McNutt asks what hobbits have in common with Tyler Durden in “I Am Jack’s Happy Ending”
 
Uri Dowbenko exposes how Fight Club might reveal secrets about a government mind-control conspiracy
 
Galvin Chow reveals how an imaginary friend from childhood can emerge years later as a lethal version of a grown-up Calvin and Hobbes
 
In “Tyler Durden Is a M*ther F#cker,” Chris Landis unmasks the link between Oedipus and Tyler Durden
 
 
About the Editor:  Editor Read Mercer Schuchardt is assistant professor of communication arts at Marymount Manhattan College. He is the co-founder of Cleave: The Counter Agency and contributing editor for the New Pantagruel. He is also the co-founder and publisher of Metaphilm, a Web site dedicated to interpreting cinema. His writing has been published in Utne Reader, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times and Re:generation Quarterly.

Publication Details
YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB: I AM JACK’S COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ESSAY COLLECTION
 
§  Editor:             Read Mercer Schuchardt
§  ISBN:              9781933771526
§  Pub. Month:               September
§  Retail:              $14.95 US
§  Publisher:        BenBella Books

Here is a fantastic video showing us all the appearances of The Observer from Fringe. Take a look:

Lets take a look at some high quality photos of Marissa Miller at the 2008 Victoria Secret Fashion show. Her body is completely amazing (click to enlarge):

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