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News Bites: Friday, July 28th 2006

By Garth Franklin Friday July 28th 2006 11:03AM

Scoop: Focus Features is sending out a pretty high class promo item for their Woody Allen flick "Scoop" opening today. Embossed moleskine notebooks, the kind the likes of Hemingway and Picasso used, have been handed out to media and press for the film and are being talked about on radio - rare for these kind of schwag items. Good job Focus.

Aquaman: The unaired pilot that The CW didn't pick up has gone up for sale at iTunes and has already hit the #1 downloaded show spot. Actor Justin Hartley talks about it to Krypton Site.

Arrested Development: Microsoft Corp. will run free episodes of the quirky TV comedy "Arrested Development" through its MSN Video service later this year says Digg.Com.

Battlestar Galactica: The third season trailer is up at Video Sift.

Commander in Chief: The truth behind the show's cancellation is up at iF Magazine

Desperate Housewives: WXLO 104.5 FM reports that creator Marc Cherry has stated that the new season will build up to a hostage situation in a supermarket, during which a major character will die.

Enchanted: Photos of Susan Sarandon in a glamorous witch outfit are up at JustJared.

Flushed Away: The official site for the animated Dreamworks film has gone up.

Harry Potter: Warner Bros. has confirmed to HPANA that it plans to pull all of the first four "Harry Potter" DVDs off store shelves by early 2007, with no announced plans for their return.

Miami Vice: Two exclusive scenes from the Michael Mann film are up at IGN Filmforce.

New Stills: Lots of new pics are up for Adrift, The Black Dahlia, Breaking and Entering, Crank, The Fountain, The Queen, Rocky Balboa, TMNT.

Renaissance: An exclusive clip from the animated flick is up at the official site, and the poster is up at JoBlo.

Resident Evil: Extinction: Sony's Screen Gems has set a September 7th, 2007 release date for the anticipated third installment.

Saw 3: The latest one-sheet for the sequel is up at SKNR.

Scary Movie 5: CNN reports the next one is slated for release 2008.

The Simpsons Movie: Clips from the Comic-Con presentation are up at YouTube.

Snakes on a Plane: A hilarious interview with Sam Jackson is up at Latino Review.

Threre will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson talks about his next film to YouTube.

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