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This week on CastaBlasta:
GEEK NEWS FTW:
- Futurama coming back!
- Neil Marshall (director of Doomsday) to direct sequel to Predator.
- “Predators” (Robert Rodriguez) now being called a sequel, not reboot.
- Marcus Nispel (director of the rebooted Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th, plus Pathfinder) to direct Conan the Barbarian.
- Rumors that G.I. Joe director fired and new director/editor brought in to save it. But not confirmed.
- Ghostbusters 3 still in limbo. No final script. Nobody signed on.
- IMAX version of Transformers 2 will have 2 extra minutes of robot fighting.
- Ridley Scott’s new web series “Purefold” set in bladerunner universe. But not. Due to licensing isues with Philip K Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Will be… creative commons.

GAMES:
-Ghostbusters 3 out this week
- Nintendo’s Shigiro Miamoto says that next Zelda game will REQUIRE Wii Motion Plus, and that link may not have a sword (?!?).
- Blizzard announces WoW’s next patch content: ”Isle of Conquest” — a new pvp battleground. Free!
- Mirror’s Edge 2 confirmed by EA VP Patrick Soderlund.
- Also from Soderlund, “we have maxed out the XBox360, but not the PS3″ — developers skeptical about 10-yr lifecycle, even with intro of Natal.
- And MORE EA news: $1billion loss in the previous financial year (1,100 jobs cut), because their games “haven’t been good enough” (quote from COO John Pleasants).
- Paramount Pictures has released a “Star Trek Timelines” flow chart for use on Star Trek Online’s website, confirming that the ST universe has officially become a multiverse franchise. (http://www.startrekonline.com/startrek_xi)

MOVIES:
- Akira (live action) project appears dead, after losing director.
- “Predators” (Robert Rodriguez) now being called a sequel, not reboot.
- Star Trek still going strong, totaling