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With production for The Avengers less than two weeks away, you'd think that either the shooting schedule or the $150 million budget would be foremost on the mind of director Joss Whedon. Nope.

It's a decision that Firefly fans have never let lie and now the executive who decided to pull the plug on the series has said that although she regrets it she doesn't think there was any alternative.

Quite frankly we've had to wait too long to see Chewie in animated form, but the wait is over. Take a look at this still of the furry one as he'll look in the forthcoming season of Star Wars: Clone Wars.

The Mortal Kombat is being resurrected in the form of an online series and Dollhouse's Agent Paul Ballard (aka Tamoh Penikett) has joined Jeri Ryan (Star Tek: Voyager) on the cast list.

Contrary to previous reports, Michael Rosenbaum has announced he WILL reprise his role as Lex Luthor on the series finale! And he says he's doing it for the fans.

Ron Howard's adaptation of the Dark Tower is set for three movies and two TV series, so the actor who takes the lead role better be in it for the long haul... could that actor be Christian Bale?

Guillermo del Toro is keen to bring the green one back to the small screen and the series is likely to utilise a mix of puppetry and prosthetics to create the Hulk rather than CGI.

Christopher Nolan will complete his Batman trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises, after which it seems the franchise will be heading back to the small screen, with the Joker lined up as the bad guy.

Having played the evil Colonel in James Cameron's Avatar and soon to be seen as Conan's nemesis Stephen Lang has also landed the bad guy role in Steven Spielberg's time travel series Terra Nova.