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Lucasfilm to end production on “Clone Wars”
In a rather confusing press release, Lucasfilm announced on Monday it was halting production of animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars after five seasons as the company is pursuing a “new direction”...
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New “Star Wars” animated series in works
Miss The Clone Wars? Well, don’t fret: “the force” is creating a new animated series to ease the pain. Lucasfilm announced Monday it was launching a new animated series called Star Wars: Rebels, which...
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Richard Matheson dies
Acclaimed science-fiction writer Richard Matheson died last week, according to a statement his family released via a protected Facebook account. Matheson was known for many short stories, including I...
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Comic-Con, Day 3: Superstar Superhero Crossover Saturday
Merging into a theater near you. If you thought The Simpsons-Family Guy crossover event announced last Thursday wasn’t going to be trumped… well, two of the world’s prominent superheroes said “we’ll...
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Marvel hooks up with Netflix
(Geek Exchange) In a sign where online video distributors are ramping up their original programming slates, Marvel Entertainment announced Thursday it is pairing up with Netflix to launch four new...
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T Dog’s Grab Bag: CW showing signs of life, while Fox ebbs
Also: MST3K, Wild Chicago holding fan events in Chicago this weekend The latest items in the Grab Bag: – Once left for dead, it looks like there is signs of life at The CW: Three of their freshman...
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T Dog’s Grab Bag: Alternative rock returns to 101.1
It’s official: the alternative rock format, which vanished from the 101.1 frequency in 2011 after Merlin Media took over, returned Friday morning at 9 a.m. prompt, simulcasting sister station WKQX/87.7...
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T Dog’s Grab Bag: Sports-talk war escalates with Finfer defection
Regular or unleaded? Josh Henderson (no relation, unfortunately) wants to know. * The first shot has been fired in the Chicago’s new sports-talk wars: Robert Feder reports that Tribune’s new Game has...
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TCA Summer Press Tour: CW, Showtime’s turn
The cast of “Jane the Virgin” at TCA. Friday was two other CBS Corp. other properties presenting their wares at the tour: co-owned CW and premium channel Showtime. CW –Executive session : Mark Pedowitz...
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Leonard Nimoy dies
Leonard Nimoy at 2011 Phoenix ComicCon (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia) The entertainment world is mourning the loss of Leonard Nimoy, who passed away Friday morning at the age of 83 from...
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Comic-Con Notepad: It’s A Marvel (or a DC)
Attendees were still jackin’ it in San Diego as the 2015 Comic-Con extravaganza continued with more costumes, more cosplay (whatever that is), and more panels of your favorite TV shows, movies, and...
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Comic-Con: “Heroes: Reborn” takes center stage
NBC’s relaunch of the 2006-10 series is massive – and actually impressive It was back in 2006 when a 73-minute pilot called Heroes was screened at the San Diego Comic-Con. The episode blew fans away as...
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“Star Trek” returns – for a price
The legendary series returns to the airwaves – but on CBS’ SVOD service The Starship Enterprise is back in business. But if want you get on board, it’s going to cost you. CBS announced...
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Welcome Back: MST3K to return
Thanks to Kickstarter, a cult classic rises again In this era of reboots and revivals comes an unlikely name surfacing: Mystery Science Theater 3000. And so it shall be done. Thanks to a Kickstarter...
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“X-Files” return does it for Fox
Reunited: David Duchovny (l.) and Gillian Anderson. Strong football numbers power X-Files return (Editor’s Note: Contains spoilers.) The Truth is still out there. The X-Files‘ return Sunday night...
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San Diego Comic-Con gears up
SyFy to broadcast from Comic-Con; new SVOD platform with Lionsgate ramps up The last few years, television coverage from San Diego’s Comic-Con has been hard to come by. But this year, that’s going to...
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Think Tank Express: Lucas with the lid off: Lakefront plan derails
Special interest group hijacks and derails plan – a situation we’re all too familiar with in the media business The Lakefront project Star Wars creator George Lucas wanted to build has been zapped by...
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