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Black Friday Movie Deals: Walmart

1 hour ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Our good friend and Eic Erik Davis (that's me!) had a very thoughtful idea for the holiday season: Why not scan the early flyers for the Black Friday sales, and report back to you -- the ravenous movie junkie -- to let you know where to find the best treats on the day after Thanksgiving? We'll be bringing you deals for a variety of stores and online retailers all week long. Here's what we've posted so far so you can keep track:

Black Friday Movie Deals: Best Buy

Black Friday Movie Deals: Target

Walmart opens at 5am on Friday, November 27th. I've highlighted the most notable (for being awesome) deals in bold.

DVD/Blu-ray

17 Again (DVD) $9.00

Aliens In The Attic (DVD) $9.00

Blazing Saddles (DVD) $2.00

Blood Diamond (DVD) $2.00

Braveheart (Blu-ray) $10.00

Casino Royale (DVD) $2.00

Facing Giants (DVD) $2.00

Fast & Furious (Blu-ray) $10.00

Fireproof (DVD) $9.00

GI Joe (DVD) $9.00

Gladiator (Blu-ray) $10.00

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets »

- Erik Davis

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Marvel Comics On Sale This Week

4 hours ago | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Even with Thanksgiving right around the corner, that hasn’t stopped Marvel from dropping some great comics this week for your reading pleasure. Some of the one’s we’re particularly interested in this week include the latest issue of Avengers: The Initiative, the new Hulk, the latest Criminal: The Sinners and Dark Wolverine #80.

Be sure to check out the list of all the upcoming Marvel comics below. And, as always, be sure to click through for some cool cover art from some of these comics after the jump as well. Now go and enjoy some Thanksgiving comics.

Comics On-Sale:

Amazing Spider-man #613 (Gntlt)

Amazing Spider-man #613 Villain Variant (Gntlt)

Avengers: The Initiative #30

Criminal: The Sinners #2

Daredevil #501 2Nd Printing Variant

Dark Avengers: Ares #2

Dark Reign: The List – Hulk 2Nd Printing Variant

Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors 2Nd Printing Variant

Dark Tower: The Fall Of Gilead #6

Dark Tower: The Fall Of Gilead »

- Joe Gillis

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'Judge Dredd,' Image United And 'Assassin's Creed 2' In Today's Twitter Report

4 hours ago | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

"Judge Dredd" is still moving forward, according to Jock's tweets today. That new "Judge Dredd" fan film that he mentioned last week got a few other creators tweeting today, including Pj Holden and Dwight MacPherson, who launched jabs at the Stallone incarnation.

Elsewhere in the comics Twittersphere over the weekend, Rob Liefeld posted a video of his sons checking out "Image United" to see how his old characters would play to a younger generation, proving both that his sons share his enthusiasm for superheroes and that they would definitely buy an Overtkill series. "FoxTrot" creator Bill Amend, meanwhile, was watching his own son play "Assassin's Creed 2." Find how how that experience has shaped his perspective on "World of Warcraft," along with what Todd McFarlane's been working on and what Tim Seeley thought of the cosplay at Daisho Con in Wisconsin. It's all in the Twitter Report for November 23, 2009.

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- Brian Warmoth

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Fringe star Joshua Jackson to pilot big-screen UFO remake

6 hours ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Joshua Jackson is to star in the feature film adaptation of British TV series UFO, according to Variety.

The star of sci-fi show Fringe will play Paul Foster, a test pilot who joins Shado (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation), a covert organisation built under a film studio.

Shado defends Earth against a race of aliens who have been abducting humans for their body parts.

Visual effects guru Matthew Gratzner, whose work includes The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Hancock, Iron Man and Alien: Resurrection, will direct the new big-screen version in what will be his feature film debut.

He said: "Character development is the most critical part of UFO and Joshua's terrific talent and range is exactly what I need to convey the inner conflict of the character of Paul Foster."

The series, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, aired in 1970 and 1971. Rights for the series were optioned from ITV Global, »

- David Bentley

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Danny Arroyo on new film Repo Chick and his passion for superheroes

6 hours ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Among the stars of the upcoming new movie Repo Chick - Alex Cox's so-called "official non-sequel" to his 1984 sci-fi cult classic Repo Man - is Us actor/writer/producer Danny Arroyo. 

The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, is co-produced by David Lynch's production company (Eraserhead, Dune, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks) and produced by Daren Hicks and Simon Tams (producers of Batman: Dead End, Searchers 2.0, Hunter Prey). 

The official synopsis of the project is: "Against the background of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the Us, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high, the repo business has expanded to everything from boats, houses, aeroplanes, small nations...children."  

Jaclyn Jonet stars as the central character Pixxi de la Chasse, a rich girl disinherited by her family for her antics. She ends up »

- David Bentley

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'Thor' Sends Kat Dennings to Asgard?

6 hours ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

By: Zachary Hermann

We can all thank Natalie Portman for letting slip this bit of casting news for the upcoming Thor movie. While plugging the American remake of Brothers (hitting theaters Dec. 4), Portman told MTV News she is "really excited" to work with her friend Kat Dennings on Thor. It just feels like cast announcements have been pouring in for the upcoming Marvel adaptation -- Dennings will join Portman (love interest Jane Foster), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Anthony Hopkins (Odin), Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and just about everyone else under the sun for what is shaping up to be a very interesting stab at the Norse superhero. Kenneth Branagh will be directing from the script by Mark Protosevich (with Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller).

Of course the burning question here is who will Dennings be playing? MTV's Splash Page and /film both mention the possibility of Enchantress, which »

- Cinematical staff

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‘Iron Man 2′ Trailer in December?

7 hours ago | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Since photography wrapped on July 18, director Jon Favreau has been tweeting his progress while editing Iron Man 2.  He rarely reveals details about the actual movie, but for anyone on Twitter Favreau’s tweets are exciting little updates about how the visual effects are coming together for the May 2010 release.

When he’s not participating in trending topics, Favreau also interacts with his fans, retweeting Iron Man-related pictures or comments or thanks for his other movies like Elf.  Then Thursday this re-tweet:

Rt @Ann_Howard: @Jon_Favreau Please tell us the trailer is coming soon – w/Sherlock Holmes, perhaps??

It seems like the logical spot.  Paramount could be looking to other studio’s major releases since they have no blockbusters scheduled for this holiday season (it is distributing Oscar-bound Up in the Air).  Sherlock Holmes fits the Iron Man demographic and it’s the clear favorite to top the »

- Jeff Leins

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News: Twilight Tops Weekend Box Office or How some vampires killed The Dark Knight

11 hours ago | doorQ.com | See recent doorQ.com news »

Batman: The Dark Knight is dead.

Well, B:tdk record for the Biggest 2-Day box office take is. The boys from The Twilight Saga: New Moon popped fangs and claws and went to town on the dark avenger, pulling in $115.9m, beating the $114.8 million of Tdk. 

Those numbers also tore out Harry Potter's jugular, formerly held with $102.7m and shredded Spider-man 3's pjs of $151m.  

According to Nikkie Finke, this has surprised the Hollywood-know-it-alls, who expected nly Iron Man size numbers from the flick. 

Truly, Taylor Lautner's abs are tools of destruction.

This wasn't just an American phenomenon, either. New Moon is a hit around the world, with a world-wide five day take of $258.8M. Those numbers will rise higher as the actual counts continue to come in.

Teen girls are loving the film, rating it an "A-" through cinema score.

Our own teen-girl and Twilight fan, Carlos Pedraza, »

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Joshua Jackson to star in 'UFO'

14 hours ago | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Joshua Jackson has signed up to star in the big screen adaptation of British cult TV series UFO. The Dawson's Creek and Fringe star will play lead character Paul Foster, while Matthew Gratzner (Shutter Island, Iron Man) will direct, according to Variety. Foster is a test pilot who joins the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organisation [Shado], a secret group who operate underneath a Hollywood studio. Shado's (more) »

- By Alex Fletcher

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Mandarin Might Still Reappear as the Villain in Iron Man 3?

18 hours ago | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

I know we're jumping ahead here, since Iron Man 2 is another six months out, but this a pretty good story, even though it's not necessarily something we haven't heard before. Actor Faran Tahir, who played Raza, the mysterious leader of the 10 Rings in the first Iron Man, was interviewed by Moviefone UK recently for Star Trek (he plays Captain Robau in that). The interviewer jokingly says that he's probably always asked about Mandarin and Iron Man 3, yet continues to ask the question. However, Tahir's answer hints that the villain Mandarin might still pop up in the third movie, whenever it gets made sometime in the future. "Jon Favreau and [the producers] are not stupid. They're also listening in on all of this and wanting to get the pulse of where the audience is. But at some point, they want to introduce Mandarin into the storyline and my character, ... »

- Alex Billington

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Could Iron Man 3 Villain Be The Mandarin?

18 hours ago | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

We haven’t event had an Iron Man 2 trailer or poster yet but that doesn’t seem to matter to the rumour mill, which chugs on, turning out speculation here, there and everywhere. And this time on the block is none other than the yet-to-be-announced Iron Man 3!

If you remember, 2008’s Iron Man featured a terrorist organisation known as the Ten Rings, at the time director Jon Favreau clearly said that there would be a build up to the first real appearance of the Mandarin, so the following should come as no surprise. Speaking to Moviefone, actor Faran Tahir – who played the leader of the Ten Rings last year said:

“At some point, they want to introduce Mandarin into the storyline and my character, like Mandarin, was the leader of the Ten Rings. We’re leaving it open because, partly, it makes good business sense for us to leave »

- Craig Sharp

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Joshua Jackson Flies a UFO

20 hours ago | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

Joshua Jackson has been on a bit of a comeback the last few years thanks, would you believe it, to television. Returning to film -- but not leaving television -- the actor has agreed to star in UFO, the feature film version of the British TV series that will be directed by Matthew Gratzner.

Joshua Jackson for UFO

Gratzner not sound familiar? Well, take comfort in knowing that he definitely has the experience. The helmer served as the visual effects supervisor on films ranging from Shutter Island to Iron Man.

Adapted by scribes Ryan Gaudet and Joseph Kanarek, UFO will have Jackson star as Paul Foster, a test pilot who joins S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization), a covert org built under a Hollywood studio that defends Earth against a race of aliens who have been abducting humans and using the body parts. »

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Joshua Jackson Set to Fight Off Aliens in 'UFO' Adaptation

20 hours ago | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Though my inner-child still knows him as Charlie Conway, captain of The Mighty Ducks, actor Joshua Jackson made an impressive leap from hockey and a certain titular creek into sci-fi. On the Fox TV series "Fringe," Jackson has investigated cases that would make Mulder and Scully blush. Now he's sticking with sci-fi as Variety reports he is set to star in UFO, an adaptation of a 70's British television series about a test pilot, Paul Foster, who joins S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization), a covert org built under a Hollywood studio that defends Earth against aliens who are abducting humans for body parts. Visual effects supervisor Matthew Gratzner (who worked on Iron Man and most recently Shutter Island) will make his directorial debut with UFO, aiming for a spring start in the United Kingdom. Gratzner seems pretty pumped to have Jackson on-board as he tells »

- Ethan Anderton

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'UFO' Lifting Off with Joshua Jackson

21 hours ago | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Actor Joshua Jackson is set to hop on UFO, a feature adaptation of the 1970-71 British cult TV series.

The Vancouver-born Jackson, who currently stars in the Fox television series Fringe, will play Paul Foster, a test pilot for an organization called S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization) which defends Earth from aliens who abduct humans and harvest their body parts. Col. Paul Foster was played in the original ITV series by Michael Billington, and starred the late Ed Bishop as Cmdr. Ed Straker, the head of S.H.A.D.O.

The UFO movie will be produced by Henri M. Kessler and Avi Haas, from a script by Ryan Gaudet and Joseph Kanarek. Matthew Gratzner, who served as visual effects supervisor on such films as Iron Man, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and the upcoming Shutter Island, will be making his directorial debut. »

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Mandarin Strongly Hinted as 'Iron Man 3' Villain

22 hours ago | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

When are we getting Iron Man 3, exactly? I mean, I know the second one's next year and then there's The Avengers two years later, so maybe 2013? Probably at the earliest. So it's a little strange to hear rumors about the villain for that movie at least three years early.

Faran Tahir, who showed up in the first Iron Man as the leader of the Ten Rings terrorist group, told Moviefone (via Latino Review) that he may be playing Mandarin in Iron Man 3, if for no other reason than that Marvel and Jon Favreau want to move forward with that villain.

"At some point, they want to introduce Mandarin into the storyline and my character, like Mandarin, was the leader of the Ten Rings," Tahir said. "We're leaving it open because, partly, it makes good business sense for us to leave a little bit of uncertainty for people to speculate on. »

- Colin Boyd

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Joel Silver Interview, Ninja Assassin

23 hours ago | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

Joel Silver, one of the most prolific and successful producers in the history of motion pictures, has produced over 50 films, including the groundbreaking “The Matrix” trilogy, the blockbuster four-part “Lethal Weapon” franchise, and the seminal action films “Die Hard” and “Predator.” To date, Silver’s catalog of films have earned more than $10 billion in worldwide revenue from all sources.

Under his Silver Pictures banner, Silver is currently producing “Sherlock Holmes,” directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams, and set for a Christmas release; and the action thriller “The Book of Eli,” starring Denzel Washington under the direction of Albert and Allen Hughes, and due out January 2010.

MoviesOnline caught up this weekend with Joel at the Los Angeles press day for his new film, "Ninja Assassin.” The film is directed by James McTeigue from a screenplay by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski and »

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The Mandarin May Be In Iron Man's Future

23 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

If there is a single problem with the Iron Man franchise (in all its forms) it's that he doesn't have the greatest cadre of villains. Unlike, say, Batman, who has icons such as The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman, and Two-Face, Iron Man's foes don't have great name recognition. One villain in particular, however, is known by anyone who has even lightly brushed up on the character: The Mandarin. As leader of The Ten Rings, The Mandarin is easily Iron Man's greatest foe. With Whiplash set to appear as the upcoming sequel's main villain, many fans have questioned when we're going to see the hero's arch-rival on the big screen. If Faran Tahir (who played Raza in the first movie) is to be believed, it won't be much longer. In an interview with Tahir by Moviefone UK, the subject of Iron Man (remember: his character's death is never confirmed »

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Paul Bettany Not Yet In Iron Man 2

22 November 2009 6:08 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

While I love the original comic book series to death, one of the best things about Iron Man is how they treated Jarvis. For those that don't know, in the original series Jarvis is actually Edwin Jarvis, Tony Stark's butler - the Alfred Pennyworth to his Batman you might say. While the idea wasn't completely original (Jarvis was the computer inside the suit for the House of M series), it was a change for the better and eliminated possible Alfred Pennyworth comparisons (see above). While the sequel has now moved into post-production however, Paul Bettany, who provided Jarvis' voice, has yet to hear the phone ring. In an interview with IGN, Bettany revealed how he originally got the part ("Wanna be in Iron Man?" "Fuck Yeah") but has said that he has not yet heard from director John Favreau about coming back for the sequel, sometimes even forgetting that he »

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Joshua Jackson Spots UFO

22 November 2009 6:03 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

In a story from Variety, Joshua Jackson (Fringe) is going to star in UFO.

This movie is going to be a feature film version of the British television series that is going to be directed by visual effects guru Matthew Gratzner (Iron Man).

Jackson will play Paul Foster. He is a test pilot who joins up with S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization), "a covert org built under a Hollywood studio that defends Earth against a race of aliens who have been abducting humans and using the body parts."

The TV series was very popular in the 1970s.

"Character development is the most critical part of UFO, and Joshua's terrific talent and range is exactly what I need to convey the inner conflict of the character of Paul Foster," Gratzner stated.

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Mandarin To Be The Villain In Iron Man 3?

22 November 2009 2:24 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

We don't even have a trailer for "Iron Man 2," yet there's already gossip for part 3. Faran Tahir, who played the leader of the Ten Rings terrorist organization that held Tony Stark hostage in "Iron Man," has hinted that his character will become the Mandarin in the third chapter. Here's what he said to Moviefone: "At some point, they want to introduce Mandarin into the storyline and my character, like Mandarin, was the leader of the Ten Rings. We're leaving it open because, partly, it makes good business sense for us to leave a little bit of uncertainty for people to speculate on." "He [Favreau] has known for a long time where he wants to take it and I don't want to speak for him, but my feeling is that the second movie didn't want to just follow a singular storyline. They wanted to expand the characters to show that it's »

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