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The Brits take over again, as the week’s highlights come from the UK.

1. Hotwire: Deep Cut #1 of 3. “Alice is back!” says the promotional poster hanging on my computer at work. Boy, is she ever!

Here’s how the official press release describes the book: >>Detective Exorcist Alice Hotwire is back in a brand new adventure! Radical Publishing is proud to announce that the first issue Hotwire: Deep Cut, follow-up to the acclaimed Hotwire: Requiem For The Dead, will be written and illustrated by Steve Pugh and co-created by Warren Ellis. Hotwire: Deep Cut delves further into the life and mind of the city’s only supernatural investigator, Alice Hotwire.

Directly following the explosive events of Hotwire: Requiem For The Dead, Alice Hotwire is taking some much-needed R&R. But when a ghost from her storied past appears at her door, it sets off a series of events that lead Hotwire and her partner, Mobey, across the city as they try to stop a secret government project from turning the city into a living nightmare. In Hotwire: Deep Cut, Steve Pugh takes readers on a new supernatural adventure that will offer a glimpse into Alice Hotwire’s past, as well as her future, with a host of familiar faces including the unsettling Coroner Love and the rest of the Metro Police.

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‘SGU’ Season 2 Trailer Released

As previously reported, the sophomore season of Stargate Universe will begin airing on Tuesday, September 28, on Syfy.

Now a new trailer has been made available for fans who are anxious to get a glimpse into the new year on the Destiny.

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Clark Kent Finally Dons Superman Suit In ‘Smallville’

Fans have been waiting nine seasons for this to happen–Clark Kent (Tom Welling) dons the Superman costume in the tenth and final season of Smallville, according to theflickcast.com!

During the Comic-Con panel on the show, panel moderator DC Comics’ Geoff Johns said he will be writing an episode during the season that will feature Booster Gold and Blue Beetle. Also, current V star Laura Vandervoort will be back as Supergirl. Producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson mentioned that a lot of supervillains will be causing mayhem during the season, including James Marsters’ Brainiac. two members of the Suicide Squad and a very different version of one of the DCU’s major bad guys, Darkseid.

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Longoria Won’t Be In ‘Avengers’ Movie

Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria has been the fuel of rumours in recent months, with people claiming that she will play the role of the Wasp in the much-anticipated Avengers movie, which is to be directed by Joss Whedon. This rumour has recently been quashed by Gossip Cop.

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‘Brand New Day’ Ends For ‘Amazing Spider-Man’

Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day ends in October with a double-sized #647. After that, Amazing will only be written by Dan Slott and be released twice a month, starting with #648, according to bleedingcool.com.

What will Spidey face next? Stefano Caselli and Dan Slott working on a new Matt Gargan Scorpion story arc. Then there’s a “Fantastic Spider-Man” with Marcos Martine and Humberto Ramos joining the title with a Hobgoblin arc and with Spider-Man with a new costume. No word if it will be all black again or not.

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‘Supernatural’ Gets ‘Back To Basics’ In Year Six

“We’re getting back to the basics, to what we all fell in love with in the beginning,” said Jensen Ackles during the recent Comic-Con panel on Supernatural, according to The CW’s website.

The show returns with new episodes on Friday, September 24 after Smallville,

The Winchester brothers have not spoken to each other in a year. Dean has been living a normal family life. Said producer Ben Edlund, “Dean is a family man. He has a life and a marriage that he’s going to try to protect.” But Sam will interrupt this–and hunting will begin again!

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‘All-Star Superman’ Next DC Comic Soaring Into DVDs

Okay, so you have your copy of Batman: Under The Red Hood. You’re ready to buy Superman/Batman: Apocalypse when it arrives in stores on September 28.  But what can you purchase to get your DVD animated fix from DC after that?

You’re in luck! Warner Bros. has just announced that the hit comic book series All-Star Superman will be adapted into a direct-to-DVD film, according to comicbookmovie.com.

Just what is All-Star Superman? This was a twelve-issue mini-series written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Frank Quitely.  The comic ran from November 2005 to October 2008.

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Karl Urban Confirms ‘Judge Dredd’ Role

Last week a quote from actor Karl Urban with regards to Judge Dredd got quite a lot of play. The actor said that he’d not make people vomit into their popcorn should he wind up playing the extreme law enforcement officer.

It now looks as though Urban, who is best known to Star Trek fans as the new Doctor McCoy, will have a chance to prove himself in the role.

The actor has now confirmed reports that he will indeed be playing the iconic comic book character of Judge Dredd, who was launched back in 1976 in the pages of the second issue of 2000AD.

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Del Toro Wants Jackson To Direct ‘The Hobbit’

Much-loved genre movie director Guillermo del Toro may have left The Hobbit, but it doesn’t mean that he will stop talking about it.

The director who departed the movie to move onto other projects has recently admitted that he’d like to see Peter Jackson direct the prequel movies.

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Aronofsky’s ‘RoboCop’ Reboot Axed

Awhile back it was widely reported that director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) was to do a remake of the cult 1987 movie RoboCop.

The project has now been axed, at least according to new reports from moviehole.

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‘Sherlock’ Actor Turned Down ‘Doctor Who’ Role?

This weekend when watching the modern interpretation of Sherlock Holmes, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, I couldn’t help but think that there was something “Doctorish” about how Cumberbatch was portraying the iconic detective.

It would seem I’m not the only one to pick up on this.

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