Why So Serious? Warners Cutting 800 Jobs...

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Despite big returns for "The Dark Knight", Warner Bros. Entertainment has announced plans to cut 800 jobs, as Hollywood 'outsources' and 'downsizes' under the weight of the current recession.

Time Warner's stock fell 49 cents or 5.1 percent to $9.12 a share in afternoon trade.

General Electric Co's NBC Universal and Viacom, owner of Paramount, have already cut jobs.

"We are very sad to announce that based on the global economic situation and current business forecasts, the studio will have to make staff reductions in the coming weeks in order to control costs," said Barry Meyer, chairman/chief executive, Warner Bros Entertainment.

Industry insiders expect more layoffs at Walt Disney Co, while Sony Corp's Sony Pictures announced 8,000 job cuts, chiefly from its electronics division, with the studio expected to follow suit.

"The changing entertainment business landscape, shifting consumer demand and the overall state of the economy have affected companies around the world, and Warner Bros. is not immune to these factors," said Alan Horne, Warners' president...

"Veronica Mars": The Feature...

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Creator Rob Thomas said he is developing a feature film based on his TV series "Veronica Mars".

The show aired for two seasons, debuting September 22, 2004 on UPN and ended May 22, 2007, after one season on the CW Television Network.

Set in the fictional town of 'Neptune', "Veronica Mars" starred actress Kristen Bell as the title character, a student who progressed from high school to college during the series while moonlighting as a private investigator under the wing of her detective father.

Described as "a little bit Buffy and a little bit Bogart", the critically acclaimed first season's run of 22 episodes garnered an average of 2.5 million viewers per episode.

Thomas originally wrote "Veronica Mars" as a young adult novel for publishers Simon & Schuster. While writing for the series "Dawson's Creek", he developed his teen detective project as a spec script, changing the gender of the protagonist to a woman, because he thought a noir piece told from a female point of view would be more interesting and unique...

Pride & Prejudice: Lizzy Bennett...

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Marvel adapts the tale of 'Lizzy Bennet' and her eccentric family, as they navigate through British social circles...

'Professor X' Confronts 'Danger'...

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'Professor X' takes the sentient being 'Danger' as his slave, but she escapes and plans her revenge...

"The Sisterhood": Proposition X..

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Despite the plans of the 'Sisterhood', 'Simon Trask' gains traction in the California state legislature, pushing through 'Proposition X' for an emergency ballot vote, effectively stopping all mutants from being allowed to 'breed'...

"Astonishing X-Men": The Ghost Box...

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The "Astonishing X-Men" prepare for the secret of the 'Ghost Box'...

The Sticky Web Of "Spider-Woman"...

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Experience the new adventures of 'Jessica Drew' the 'Spider-Woman'..

Plans of 'HYDRA" Pick Up Speed...

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The plans of 'HYDRA' pick up speed, as 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' falls, 'Nick Fury' reconnects with an old colleague and the 'Warriors' suffer their first casualty of war...

The Savage "She-Hulk"...

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From a world where society has crumbled and humanity changed, comes the all-new "Savage She-Hulk". But what terrible secret does this gamma-irradiated beauty bare ?

'Ronin' and 'Mockingbird'...

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'Ronin' and 'Mockingbird' find each other...

Enter "The Scarlet Witch"...

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'The Scarlet Witch' returns, while her brother 'Quicksilver' races around the globe hunting down the 'Avengers'...

New "Exiles" On Main Street...

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'The Beast', 'Scarlet Witch', Black Panther', 'Forge' and 'Polaris', find themselves in a place out of time with their new mission in life...

Marvel's "Cabal Of Villainy"...

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'Doctor Doom', 'Emma Frost' 'The Hood', 'Namor the Sub-Mariner' and 'Loki' become members of the 'Cabal Of Villainy', changing the landscape of the Marvel Universe...

'Black Panther' Meets 'Morlun' the Devourer Of Totems...

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'Wakanda' stands at the brink as 'Morlun', the 'Devourer of Totems' returns, hungrier than ever...

The Avengers and The Invaders...

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The 'Avengers' and the 'Invaders' make their way under the Atlantic ocean to confront the enemies of freedom planning their next move behind a wall built around Europe...

The "Avengers" Take 'The Initiative'...

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From the moment it was formed, the 'Initiative' has had more than its share of dark secrets..

"Astonishing Tales": Kiss of the 'Spider-Woman'...

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'Iron Man 2020' has his air transport blasted by 'Commodore Q', 'Sunspot' and 'Cannonball' create mayhem in 'Mojoworld' and 'Fiona Staples' reveals an untold tale of 'Spider-Woman'...