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		<title>Robert Pattinson to Retire from Acting in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/robert-pattinson-to-retire-from-acting-in-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a strange twist of fate, Robert Pattinson has announced he will retire from acting following the fulfillment of his contract with Summit Entertainment and the completion of the Twilight Saga which will see the release of New Moon this November and Eclipse next June. When asked if he planned on returning for an adaptation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Bay Says &#039;You Won&#039;t Believe How Transformers 2 Ends!&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/michael-bay-says-you-wont-believe-how-transformers-2-ends</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Megatron will be in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. And, yes, it will be awesome! But I bet you don&#039;t know how it is all going to end&#8230; Well, I got the scoop straight from Michael Bay&#039;s mouth as I had a sit down interview with the helmer over the weekend from a glass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Bay Wanted to Bring Transformers to the Oscars</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/michael-bay-wanted-to-bring-transformers-to-the-oscars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=13213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Mock up of what it would have looked like if Optimus and Megatron presented together
Photo: DreamWorks / AMPAS


This year the Oscars are doing something a little different, what exactly no one really knows outside of 81st Academy Awards®, telecast producer Laurence Mark and executive producer Bill Condon and I would assume President Sid Ganis. Hints [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Bay Promises Next &#039;Transformers 2&#039; Trailer Will Spoil Most of the Film</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/michael-bay-promises-next-transformers-2-trailer-will-spoil-most-of-the-film</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/michael-bay-promises-next-transformers-2-trailer-will-spoil-most-of-the-film#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=12937</guid>
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Photo: Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks


Michael Bay has revealed that not only is the latest Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl trailer just the start of things to come, but it also doesn&#039;t spoil the movie nearly enough. &#034;Just wait until they see the next one,&#034; he tells us exclusively, &#034;we are going to show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Yes Man 2&#039; Already Getting Greenlight?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/yes-man-2-already-getting-greenlight</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/yes-man-2-already-getting-greenlight#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Almighty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yes Man]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t seen Yes Man yet (seeing it next Monday), but a WB insider has just emailed in after an early exec screening on the WB lot went very well and has already sparked a lot of interest in a sequel to the film in which Jim Carrey plays a man who decides to say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Dance Flick&#039; Comes from the Spawn of Satan</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dance-flick-comes-from-the-spawn-of-satan</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dance-flick-comes-from-the-spawn-of-satan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damien Wayans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marlon Wayans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shawn Wayans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=10696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#039;t going to report on the news from The Hollywood Reporter about a new movie called Not Another Not Another Movie which will apparently be a spoof movie of spoof movies such as Scary Movie and Meet the Spartans. The flick is going to star Chevy Chase, Burt Reynolds, Vinnie Jones, Michael Madsen, all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation with My Buddy Kirk Cameron</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/conversation_with_my_buddy_kirk_cameron_20081017</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/conversation_with_my_buddy_kirk_cameron_20081017#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shallow End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Hills Chihuahua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fireproof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirk Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religulous]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
David Frank knows more than you. Care to disagree?

Not sure if you remember, but back at the beginning of August I wrote a Shallow End piece about the upcoming September flicks and made a brief reference to October flicks and how I had a vision of Kirk Cameron pointing out how the release of Beverly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casting the 2008 Presidential Election</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/casting_the_2008_presidential_election_20081016</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/casting_the_2008_presidential_election_20081016#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Cage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Dreyfuss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Corddry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tina Fey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobey Maguire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10543</guid>
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Forget Oliver Stone&#039;s W. (which is sorta boring if you ask me), we are going major and leaving no stone unturned as we set out to cast a feature film adaptation of the 2008 Presidential Election. From the media elite to the folks at the top of the ticket there is hardly a name we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin to Appear on Very Special &#039;According to Jim&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sarah_palin_to_appear_on_very_special_according_to_jim_20081002</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sarah_palin_to_appear_on_very_special_according_to_jim_20081002#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA &#8211; Watch out Jim, it might just be &#034;According to Sarah.&#034; In another shocking move by the McCain-Palin presidential campaign, Governor Sarah Palin will guest star on an upcoming episode of &#034;According to Jim.&#034; 

&#034;My friends, I&#039;m proud to be to be on a maverick ticket comprised of my maverick self and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Official &#039;Robert Pattinson is God&#039; Wallpaper</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/official_robert_pattinson_is_god_wallpaper_20080929</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/official_robert_pattinson_is_god_wallpaper_20080929#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I posted my article earlier today asking &#034;Who&#039;s the Next Big Male Movie Star?&#034; there was an outcry by Robert Pattison (a.k.a. Edward Cullen) fans proclaiming he was certainly the next big thing.

Their outcry came as a shock, considering I did add him to the list, but I felt it was impossible to judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sam Jackson&#039;s Lost &#039;Titanic&#039; Audition Tape Surfaces</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sam_jacksons_lost_titanic_audition_tape_surfaces</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sam_jacksons_lost_titanic_audition_tape_surfaces#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samuel L. Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titanic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered what Titanic would have been like had Samuel L. Jackson played the role of Jack rather than Leonardo DiCaprio?
 Well wonder no longer, the lost screen test with Jackson auditioning for the role has risen from the depths&#8230;



]]></description>
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		<title>Casting Tarzan: Who Will Play Lord of the Apes?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/casting_tarzan_who_will_play_lord_of_the_apes</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/casting_tarzan_who_will_play_lord_of_the_apes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Billy Bob Thornton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Fraser]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matthew McConaughey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was just reported in both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter that Stephen Sommers will direct Tarzan, Lord of the Apes for Warner Bros. with a script by Stuart Beattie in what I can only imagine is an attempt to bring some Pirates of the Caribbean wackiness to the vine-swinging story considering Sommers&#039; pedigree.

Sommers recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth about the &#039;Harry Potter 6&#039; Delay Revealed in One Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/truth_about_the_harry_potter_6_delay_revealed_in_one_picture</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/truth_about_the_harry_potter_6_delay_revealed_in_one_picture#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures and a Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

He just blends in so well!
Photo: Warner Bros.


After so much online speculation as to what the real problem with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was and why the delay, the truth has been revealed via a new behind-the-scenes shot featuring Dumbledore and an on-looking crew. Just look, one person seems out of place. Look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Megan Fox In An NC-17 Mother Teresa Biopic?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/megan_fox_in_an_nc_17_mother_teresa_biopic</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/megan_fox_in_an_nc_17_mother_teresa_biopic#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[How to Lose Friends and Alienate People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother Teresa: The Making of a Saint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie Maes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Sophie Maes stars in Mother Teresa: The Making of a Saint
Photo: Oblivious Pictures


It seems How to Lose Friends and Alienate People was already planning on playing the same movie-within-a-movie games Tropic Thunder is currently dipping its toes in and I can&#039;t quite tell which movie I want to see more, Kirk Lazarus in Satan&#039;s Alley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Oliver Stone Consider Snoop Dogg for Condoleeza Rice?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/did_oliver_stone_consider_snoop_dogg_for_condoleeza_rice</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/did_oliver_stone_consider_snoop_dogg_for_condoleeza_rice#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condoleeza Rice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conan O&#039;Brien had on John McCain this past week and besides being a pretty good sport with a fake falling asleep moment, McCain sat back and had a laugh while Conan played a &#034;what if&#034; scenario if there were a TV movie to be made about McCain&#039;s vice presidential selection process.

With the upcoming release of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Read Michael Bay&#039;s Rejected &#039;Dark Knight&#039; Script?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/have_you_read_michael_bays_rejected_dark_knight_script</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/have_you_read_michael_bays_rejected_dark_knight_script#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Spill.com


Just imagine if instead of those Disaster Movie hacks, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, Michael Bay actually spoofed films, but tried his best to make them kick ass all Bay style with explosions and shit! Well, Spill.com took their imagination one step further and made their own passing it off as legit:

Apparently, Michael Bay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It &#039;WALL-E&#039; or &#039;Johnn-E&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is_it_wall_e_or_johhn_e</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is_it_wall_e_or_johhn_e#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WALL-E]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was bored and decided to have a little fun with one of the WALL•E posters. I wonder if inspiration hit Pixar in the same way when they created their new film set to hit theaters on June 27.


Come on, take a look at the original poster below and you tell me if you see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXCL: Peter O&#039;Toole is NOT in &#039;Transformers 2&#039;!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/exclusive_peter_otoole_is_not_in_transformers_2</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Entertainment Weekly told us Jonah Hill was in talks to star in Transformers 2 and now they tell us &#034;negotiations between Jonah Hill and DreamWorks have broken down&#034; and he won&#039;t be in the film. Bummer huh? That&#039;s not the half of it.

RopeofSilicon has exclusively learned that not only will Jonah Hill NOT be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iron Man and Hulk Action Scene? No Way!?!?!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/iron_man_and_hulk_action_scene_no_way</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/iron_man_and_hulk_action_scene_no_way#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>

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When I was trying to figure out if I wanted to do an April Fool&#039;s Day story I originally thought about using the above image I created (give it a click for a hi-res version), but decided against it. Instead I bring you what everyone else is doing. With a few notes here and there.

Film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POSTER: &#039;Art House Movie: There Will Be Farts&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/poster_art_house_movie_there_will_be_farts</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[There Will Be Farts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have teased you over the past five days and it is finally happening. RopeofSilicon was exclusively made aware that the spoof film Art House Movie: There Will Be Farts has been greenlit and we not only have the exclusive poster premiere below, but RopeofSilicon was also declared the official host for the film&#039;s official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXCL: Kevin Sorbo and Carmen Electra Circling &#039;Art House Movie&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/excl_kevin_sorbo_and_carmen_electra_circling_art_house_movie</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/excl_kevin_sorbo_and_carmen_electra_circling_art_house_movie#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art House Movie: There Will Be Farts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we revealed the first two pages of the script for Art House Movie: There Will Be Farts. The silly scribblings had plenty of ways for the filmmakers to spoof such films as No Country for Old Men, Juno, There Will Be Blood and Once. Well, today we can exclusively tell you that two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: &#039;Art House Movie: There Will Be Farts&#039; Script Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/exclusive_art_house_movie_there_will_be_farts_script_pages</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[There Will Be Farts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may not recognize the names Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, or Craig Mazin, but you&#039;ve probably seen their calling cards on movie trailers for Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans or Superhero Movie. Yes, these are the guys mentioned in the trailer credits as &#034;brought to you by a couple of the guys who wrote one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judd Apatow Disowns &#039;Drillbit Taylor&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/judd_apatow_disowns_drillbit_taylor</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/judd_apatow_disowns_drillbit_taylor#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
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Judd Apatow is cleaning house after he held a press conference late Wednesday night following a screening for this weekend&#039;s &#034;comedy&#034; Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson as a homeless soldier gone AWOL who cons some high school nerds into paying him as their bodyguard. The move comes as a reaction to the recent credit Apatow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: Incredible Hulk Being Investigated by FBI for Steroid Use</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/exclusive_incredible_hulk_being_investigated_by_fbi_for_steroid_use</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/exclusive_incredible_hulk_being_investigated_by_fbi_for_steroid_use#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Incredible Hulk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[





Somehow Universal and Marvel managed to keep the story under wraps for several years, but ever since Ang Lee directed Hulk back in 2003 the FBI had been looking into the possibility that the Hulk was, in fact, using steroids and/or other performance-enhancing drugs.

FBI spokeswoman Debra Weierman made the announcement Sunday saying, &#034;The request to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 Things &#039;Transformers 2&#039; MIGHT be Doing!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/13_things_transformers_2_might_be_doing</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/13_things_transformers_2_might_be_doing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of some vastly profound news out of Coming Soon citing &#034;Main Line Today&#034; saying that not only is Three Sistas filming in Philadelphia (consider me floored), but &#034;possibly Transformers 2&#034; will be as well, we have received some exclusive and utterly mind blowing news concerning the next Transformers film. Get ready for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SUPER Secret NPE &#039;Beowulf&#039; Trailer</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/super_secret_npe_beowulf_trailer</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/super_secret_npe_beowulf_trailer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beowulf]]></category>

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By now you&#039;ve all heard of the red band Beowulf trailer. And if you&#039;ve heard of that chances are you&#039;ve heard of the new non-red band trailer. But have you heard of the trailer that&#039;s so scandalous that they can&#039;t even release it? That&#039;s right, Paramount has a trailer so secretive that they can&#039;t even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Videogame Adaptation: PONG!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/next_videogame_adaptation_pong</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With today&#039;s news that CP Productions has optioned the rights to turn &#034;Joust,&#034; an arcade game that first debuted in 1982, from publisher Midway Games, into a feature film it was time to let the cat out of the bag. Lakeshore Entertainment has nabbed the feature film rights for the classic videogame &#034;Pong&#034;.

Originally launched in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Transformers&#039; Tanks after &#039;Cloverfield&#039; Trailer Leaked Online</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/transformers_tanks_after_cloverfield_trailer_leaked_online</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word all over the Internet thanks to a slow week of news has been regarding Paramount Pictures&#039; secret film being referred to as Cloverfield produced by J.J. Abrams and directed by Matt Reeves.

The teaser trailer for the mysterious film debuted in front of Transformers on July 3rd propelling the film to a two-day box-office tally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox Tackles &#039;Roller Coaster Tycoon&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/fox_tackles_roller_coaster_tycoon</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/fox_tackles_roller_coaster_tycoon#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 09:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the announcement that 20th Century Fox scooped up the feature film rights to Electronic Arts&#039; &#034;The SIMS&#034; we now learn that they are also set to give the feature film treatment to Atari&#039;s &#034;Roller Coaster Tycoon&#034; with sights already set on franchise possibilities since there are already three editions of the [...]]]></description>
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