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Will we see a retread of SUPERMAN RETURNS, rather than the smash-up superhero tale that the The Last Son of Krypton deserves.  The darker tone has also suggested that Christopher Nolan may have injected too much "Dark Knight" influence over the film.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/scoop-early-screenings-of-man-of-steel-reveal-more-about-the-tone-action-and-superman-kicking-all-kinds-of-ass

An interview with the 'Doctor Who' star ahead of his new ITV series.

http://www.timeout.com/london/tv-and-radio-guide/david-tennant-talks-broadchurch-and-the-bard

The Americans have now actually met their obligations under the Kyoto protocol on climate change – and they never even signed up for it. The shale gas industry is a huge employer, and has so far contributed $50 billion in tax. As for the anxieties about water poisoning or a murrain on the cattle, there have been 125,000 fracks in the US, and not a single complaint to the Environmental Protection Agency.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/9733518/Ignore-the-doom-merchants-Britain-should-get-fracking.html

A real-life Indiana Jones has filed a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Co., Lucasfilm, and Paramount Pictures for using the crystal skull in the film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." The archaeologist says the film used a replica of the skull in the film and collected "illegal profits."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/08/real-life-indiana-jones-sues-luscasfilm-disney-crystal-skull-jaime-awe_n_2263981.html

In the never-ending online debate to find a new Star Wars director, a name that has been surprisingly muted - at least comparatively - is Joe Johnston!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/joe-johnston-star-wars_n_2121928.html

A new fact-check video put together by TechFeed tackles the mythic helicarrier, which can convert from an ocean-bound aircraft carrier to an invisible, flying airship thanks to some ultra-powered jets.

http://blastr.com/2012/10/fact-check-clip-explains.php

It’s not quite the reunion film that die-hard Monty Python’s Flying Circus fans have been lusting after for almost three decades, but it will have to do for now. Former Python member Terry Jones told Variety on January 26 that he will be directing a science-fiction farce, tentatively titled Absolutely Anything, starting in the next few months.

http://www.straight.com/article-594121/vancouver/monty-python-reunites-sort-upcoming-scifi-spoof

Yesterday, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich turned heads when he announced his plan to establish a permanent moon base by the year 2020. Gingrich's critics were swift to attack the practicality of his plan, as well as point out that he was pandering to America's wounded sense of virility stemming from the faltering of our own space program.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/01/science-fiction-authors-agree-newts-moon-idea-isnt-so-crazy/252083/