The first TV spot for Ghost Rider is now available to view at Freewebs.

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Ghost Rider is an adaptation of the popular Marvel comic first published in 1973 that tells the story of a motorcycle stunt rider who surrenders his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante and supernatural anti-hero. The movie stars Nicolas Cage and will hit cinema screens February 16th 2007.

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A survey for The Bookseller magazine in the UK has revealed that a quarter of independent booksellers say that they will not stock Harry Potter book 7 when it’s released because they cannot make a profit on it.

Smaller retailers are unable to match the discounted prices offered by online retailers and some have even claimed that supermarkets will be offering the book at up to £3 less than their usual wholesale suppliers.

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SCI FI Channel has cast Alan Cumming in its upcoming six-hour original miniseries tentatively titled Tin Man, a SF fantasy reimagining of The Wizard of Oz.

Cumming will play Glitch, one of a motley assortment of characters trapped in the Outer Zone, or O.Z. SCI FI described Tin Man as “a sometimes psychedelic, often twisted and always outrageous take” on L. Frank Baum’s classic fantasy tale. In it, a young woman is plucked from her humdrum life and thrust into the Outer Zone, a fantastical realm filled with wonder and oppressed by dark magic.

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SCI FI Channel has announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California that they have green-lit production of a brand new Flash Gordon show, a series based on the popular comic-strip franchise.

The characters of Ming, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov will be brought back for a contemporary retelling of the comic-strip story created in 1934 by Alex Raymond. The strip is still distributed internationally by King Features Syndicate.

Production on the 22 one-hour episodes begins in Canada early this year. The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is slated to debut on SCI FI in July, with a broadcast syndication window to follow.

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