Drive-by movie news: Capt. America, Star Trek, Potter, Wonder Woman, Magneto, Temeraire

ILM vet to direct Captain America movie. Marvel has signed Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, The Rocketeer) to helm The First Avenger: Captain America. Johnston got his start as an effects illustrator and designer on Star Wars, and also worked on ESB, ROTJ, Raiders, Temple of Doom, Willow, and Young Indy.

• Breaking news from the the forbidden planet of Omega 3: A new Star Trek trailer will be debuting on Quantum of Solace this weekend, but AICN has a description. We do get some new posters, but they’re nothing too exciting.

• Why you do this? We’re not going to get to see Professor Trelawney lobbing crystal balls at Death Eaters because Emma Thompson is picking the Nanny McPhee sequel over Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Not even a quick cameo? Ms. Thompson, why do you hate fun?
• Just imagine the theme song. Beyonce wants to be Wonder Woman. She’s certainly a woman who knows how to dress like something out of a comic book.
• What remains of the X-Men: A synopsis of the Magneto prequel has leaked.
• Much ado about Temeraire: Peter Jackson options Naomi Novik’s Empire of Ivory and Victory of Eagles. (He already has the first three.)

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Super bargain for Pixar Ultimate Collection

It’s a wee bit too early for holiday shopping, no matter what the store decorations say. Still, Amazon is right this minute offering the Disney / Pixar Ultimate Collection for $109.99, 54% off list price. The DVD set contains every major Pixar release from Toy Story through Ratatouille, so I’m sure we all know someone who would appreciate it. (via)

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Out Today: TCW Movie & Video Games!

Today sees the release of three new EU items: The first is the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” movie on DVD and Blu-Ray. Be sure to check Target and Wal-Mart for exclusive editions!

Also on sale today are the Clone Wars video games, “Lightsaber Duels” (Wii) and “Jedi Alliance” (DS). You can check out Pablo Hildago’s “Wiiview” of Lightsaber Duels here. You can also find Lucasarts’ full press release and helpful game links here on SW.com.

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R2-D2’s Inner Workings Revealed In The Clone Wars
What is R2-D2 made of? Audiences will find out, both literally and figuratively, in “Duel of the Droids“…
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Interview with Robot Chicken Producers Green Senreich
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POur friends at YodasNews.com have scored a great interview with Seth Green and Matt Senreich about the upcoming Robot Chicken Star Wars Episode II Special!/P
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The Top 10 Most Expensive Star Wars Items Ever Sold
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Fate of the Jedi Cover Plans

A little while back, Sue Rostoni told us that we can expect to see Luke Skywalker on the cover of the upcoming “Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Outcast” novel. What she didn’t tell us then, however, is we can also can expect to see someone else. According to Rostoni,

“The plan for the Fate of the Jedi books is to have a main character on the cover as well as a secondary character. The design concepts we saw showed just the one character — I haven’t seen a final concept for OUTCAST yet.“

Well, it’s not the cover, but at least we know to expect more than just Luke on Outcast!

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TCW Gets Encore Time!

According to Star Wars.com,

“..beginning this Saturday, Nov. 15, Cartoon Network will add an encore presentation of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Saturday mornings! All-new episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiere at 9 p.m. Fridays. And now, at 9:30 a.m. each Saturday, Cartoon Network will re-air the previous evening’s 30-minute episode, providing a new opportunity to experience the adventure.”

Read the full announcement here.

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Today in The Clone Wars: Droids, droids, droids

Cartoon Network has added a Saturday morning showing of The Clone Wars to their schedule. Also at the link, writer Kevin Campbell talks about Artoo’s bits and pieces. Plus, the ‘Duel of the Droids’ preview.

• io9 was less than impressed with ‘Downfall Of A Droid,’ while IGN gives it a 7.2.

• And here’s another Clone Wars DVD review at DVD Talk.

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Young Readers Can Feel the Rebel Force Too!
PDue for release next year, from Scholastic Inc., is a new series of books, aimed at the younger reader.nbsp;nbsp;This new seriesnbsp;are set in the classic period of the original trilogy.nbsp; The first two releases are Target and Hostage and will be on shelves at the same time./P
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