Difference in Opinion

On November 5th, Xbox Live is going to be available in India. Prices for the service and Microsoft Points are slightly more expensive ($55 a year, $27 for 1600 points). There are a couple other differences between the US and Indian services. Microsoft announced that India will be the first country to offer learning aids for grades 1-12. This will market the 360 to parents as a utility for learning.

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Variety reports that Robert De Niro is teaming up again with Michael Mann on a movie adaptation of the novel The Winter of Frankie Machine, written by Don Winslow. This movie will have De Niro playing a mob hitman who retired to run a bait shop. Bad news: De Niro is cast as another mobster, again. Good news: There is a reason he always gets cast as a mobster, because he does a damn good job of playing one.

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Variety reported that the writers for Superman Returns have decided not to come back and write for a sequel, even though they would continue to work with Brian Singer (with which they made Superman Returns and X-Men 2 with). Warner Bros still wants to make another ‘S’ movie, so they are looking for new scribes to write a script for the 6th Superman. Apparently the rumor is that they are also abandoning any sort of continuation from Superman Returns, and making another movie as if Returns never happened.

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Variety reported today that Naomi Watts will play the staring role in the remake of the classic Hitchcock film, Birds. Martin Campbell, recently known as the director of Casino Royale, is in negotiations to direct the movie, but is busy with current projects which may affect his availability.

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Variety recently got the scoop on the official name and release date for the newest X-Men title coming out, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie, which will be directed by Gavin Hood, will go back into Wolverine’s past and give fans a look at what made the confused man into the lethal hero he is. Fans will recognize some returning heroes from the other X-Men movies, as well as some new characters making their debut on the silver screen.

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