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Geek Daily: New 'Prince of Persia' and 'Wolverine' Photos, Green Lantern, and Megatron

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The weekend may have belonged to Watchmen, but a few geek tidbits managed to make their way online for Monday. The best comes by way of ComingSoon.net, who caught up with The Green Lantern producer Donald De Line. He denied they were casting Hal Jordan as young as those Anton Yelchin rumors suggested. Jordan will be in his "late '20s, early '30s."

In the category of "eye candy" comes these two new photos of Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia, courtesy of The Huffington Post and residing now in the gallery. These aren't no paparazzi shots, these are the real candlelit deal:




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also has a new photo of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, and the official X-Men Origins: Wolverine site has been updated with new character bios and downloadables. The best part? When you go there, Wolverine says his catchphrase. My heart jumped in my chest a little. I won't deny it.

Gallery: Wolverine




Meanwhile, Michael Bay was revealed to be a big fat liar. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen cowriter Robert Orci confirmed on TFW2005 that Megatron returns. Hugo Weaving double-confirmed it to Adelaide Now, and hinted how the character might return: "I think in the last one, doesn't Optimus Prime pick up a little bit of, a little shard of the cube, or the thing that's left, and he takes it with him. Maybe there's something there... but I don't know." Bay was then forced to confess on his official website: "Okay cat is out of the bag. Megatron is back -- but you will only get to see him from the long lost past. We go way back in time as this movie explains the mythology of the Primes. He is not a tank like everyone suggests, but an alien vehicle. But sadly he does not has much screen time." Should you believe him? That's up to you.

Nussbaum's Ruined Life

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Remember back in high school, there was that "cool kid" who always managed to make you feel as if your life was meaningless? Well, imagine growing up to be somewhat successful, only to find out that same kid was just hired to work alongside you. How would you feel? Would all of those horrific memories suddenly rush back to your brain and force you to dash toward the back corner of the office so that I you could bury my your head in a textbook?

Perhaps, if you were Joe Nussbaum, you would write a spec script about the whole thing, sell it to Warner Brothers, and call it Brad Cutter Ruined My Life ... Again. Now, I can't say whether or not this all actually happened to Nussbaum, but I can tell you that Warners picked up the spec for Donald De Line to produce. Nussbaum jumped onto the scene back in 1999 when he co-wrote and directed the short film George Lucas in Love. Pic told the story of a young George Lucas attempting to finish his sci-fi script, Space Wheat, while dealing with a severe case of writer's block. Ultimately, of course, that same script would turn into Star Wars. The fictional comedy garnered a strong cult following and helped prove that short films, if done well, really can open up the right doors eventually. I think ... and hope.

 
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