"Thor 2' : Enter "The Enchantress"

According to sources, Marvel Studios' "Thor 2", currently in development, will feature Marvel Comics' character "The Enchantress" as one of the villains, alongside "The Executioner".

'The Enchantress', aka 'The Valkyrie', 'Leena Moran', 'Amora Incantare', 'Amora Lorelei' and 'Helen Eve', debuted in Marvel Comics "Journey into Mystery" #103, (April 1964), created by writer Stan Lee and illustrator Jack Kirby.

As a member of the alien race known as the 'Asgardians', the Enchantress possesses superhuman strength, speed, stamina and durability.

She can also manipulate ambient magical energy to project 'power bolts', realize interdimensional teleportation, build protective energy shields, create illusions, levitate, conjure, transmute, time-disrupt, mind switch and mind control.

The Enchantress has also used sorcery to enhance her natural beauty and allure, charging her lips, so that by kissing virtually any man she can make him her slave.

'Skurge', aka the 'Executioner', born in 'Jotunheim', gained his name after fighting in a war against the 'Storm Giants'. Skurge is in love with the 'Enchantress' and regularly assists her in various evil schemes to gain control of 'Asgard'. However, the Enchantress only manipulates Skurge, using her charms to keep him under control.

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"John Carter": Lost In Our World, Found In Another

Sneak Peek a new poster supporting the upcoming 3D, science fiction, fantasy adventure, "John Carter".

The new film is directed by Oscar winning Andrew Stanton.

IMAX Corporation and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures report that "John Carter" will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film's worldwide release, March 9, 2012.

Currently in post-production, "John Carter" is based on author Edgar Rice Burrough's fantasy adventure novel "A Princess Of Mars" :

"...Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton brings 'John Carter' to the big screen.

"The stunning adventure epic is set on the wounded planet Mars, inhabited by warrior tribes and exotic desert beings.

"Based on the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Barsoom Series', the film chronicles the journey of Civil-War veteran John Carter.

"Carter finds himself battling a new and mysterious war amidst a host of strange 'Martian' inhabitants..."

"I have been waiting my whole life to see the characters and worlds of 'John Carter of Mars' realized on the big screen," said director Stanton.

"It is just a wonderful bonus to have anything to do with it".

The ensemble cast is led by Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch as 'John Carter, Lynn Collins as warrior princess 'Dejah Thoris' and Willem Dafoe as the Martian 'Tars Tarkas'.

Cast also includes Thomas Haden Church, Polly Walker, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy and Bryan Cranston.

Creative team includes Oscar-nominated production designer Nathan Crowley, costume designer Mayes Rubeo and DP Daniel Mindel.

The character of 'John Carter' debuted in 1911 in "A Princess of Mars", serialized in 1912 as "Under the Moons of Mars" in the pulp magazine "All-Story", before being published in book form in 1917.

The same character reappeared in subsequent volumes of the series, including "The Gods of Mars (1918), "The Warlord of Mars" (1919), "Swords of Mars" (1936) and "Llana of Gathol (1948).

Carter is also a major character in the fourth volume, "Thuvia, Maid of Mars" (1920), and the ninth book, "Synthetic Men of Mars" (1940).

According to author Burroughs, Carter served as a captain in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. After the war, he struck it rich finding gold in Arizona.

Wounded in a gun fight with Apache warriors, Carter hides out in a cave, and seemingly dies, leaving his inanimate body behind, as he is mysteriously transported by astral projection to the planet Mars.

Re-embodied in a form identical to his earthly one, Carter is stronger than the natives of Mars, because of the lighter gravity.

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Sneak Peek Guillermo Del Toro's "The Strain"

From Synthia.Ca Sneak Peek a new trailer supporting Dark Horse Comics' "The Strain" # 1, available December 15, 2011, written by director Guillermo del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan, adapted for comics by Eisner Award-winning writer David Lapham, with illustrations and cover by Mike Huddleston :

"...when a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the 'Center for Disease Control', fearing a terrorist attack, calls in 'Dr. Ephraim Goodweather' and his team of expert biological-threat first responders.

"Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event-an ancient threat intent on covering all of mankind in darkness..."

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"The Simpsons: "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"- December 4, 2011

Fox will air "The Simpsons" episode "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution", Sunday, December 4, 2011, starring (guest voice) Joan Rivers as 'Annie Dubinski', talent agent for 'Krusty the Clown':

"...'Krusty the Clown' is stuck in a rut when the television network pulls his show from the air and his talent agency drops him as a client.

"But when 'The Simpsons' introduce him to seasoned agent 'Annie' (Rivers), they are surprised to learn that Annie was Krusty's very first agent. Despite their rocky relationship, Annie is convinced to re-sign Krusty and craft his career comeback.

"But when Krusty's retro comedy show reboot is deemed a critical success, Krusty must decide to stay with his agent or side with the network executives..."

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HBO Rides With "Doc Holliday"

Executive producer Akiva Goldsman has signed a two-year exclusive deal with HBO.

His first project is to deliver an Old West drama pilot for a potential series, focusing on real-life gunslinger, gambler and killer, 'Doc Holliday'.

Ron Howard is attached to direct the pilot from a script by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage ("Accepted").

The pilot will be an adaptation of author Mary Doria Russell's novel "Doc", that takes a closer look at the 'love triangle' between Holliday, his prostitute wife, 'Big Nose Kate Elder' and best friend, lawman 'Wyatt Earp'.

'John Henry Holliday' was born in 1851 in Griffin Georgia. In 1872, after earning his 'Doctor of Dental Surgery', he opened an office in Atlanta with a fellow graduate, but was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Hoping to gain some more years of life, he moved to Dallas, Texas, but his illness forced him to find other ways to live and he became an avid gambler, while learning how to handle a 'six-shooter' gun.

In 1875, he killed a well known citizen, forcing him to flee Dallas under the pursuit of lawmen. In Jackson, he became a card dealer. After killing several people, including a soldier from nearby Fort Richardson, he fled to Denver, changing his name and dealing cards at a place called 'Babbitt's House', until he got into a knife fight with 'Bud Ryan'. Doc was forced to run again, traveling to Wyoming, New Mexico, and Fort Griffin, Texas.

In Fort Griffin, he met prostitute Kate, as well as Wyatt Earp. Doc helped Wyatt to find evidence on a man wanted for train robbery and the two became fast friends. During this time, at a card game, a man named 'Ed Bailey' pulled his pistol, but not before Doc disemboweled him with his knife. Doc was arrested, but Kate set fire to a shed, and during the distraction, she went into the jail and held the guard at gunpoint as she freed Doc. The pair then fled the town on stolen horses.

Doc then took up dealing cards at the Texas Long Branch Saloon and Kate went back to whoring.

After an argument with Kate, Doc took off for Trinidad, Colorado. A man named 'Kid Colton' harassed Doc into a fight and Doc killed him with two shots. He fled immediately to Las Vegas, New Mexico. In 1879, he started up his dentistry practice again, but it closed not long after. He bought a saloon on Center Street, but soon got into a fight with a man named 'Mike Gordon'. After killing Gordon, a lynch mob gathered, looking to hang him.

Fleeing to Prescott, Doc made a run at a poker table, and with Kate and $40,000 in gambling money, headed out to Tombstone, with Kate opening the town's first brothel.

In 1881, when a confrontation at the 'O.K. Corral' occurred, cowboys threatened to kill the Earps and Doc if they didn't leave town. By the end of the fight, cowboys 'Joseph Clanton', 'Robert McLaury' and Thomas McLaury were dead.

Wyatt teamed up with Doc and some other men to become federal marshals with a goal of destroying the cowboy gang. By March 24th, the posse had killed 'Curly Bill', the leader of the gang, and a number of other members. Satisfied with their redemption, Doc and Wyatt went to Denver.

Shortly after arriving, Doc was arrested by 'Perry Mallan' and spent some time in prison. He was eventually released and left for Leadville, Arizona. He ran into old foes, 'Billy Allen' and 'Johnny Tyler', both from Tombstone. On August 19, 1884, Doc went into 'Hyman's Saloon' and stood at the end of the bar. As Allen walked across the bar towards him, Doc killed him. Since he had been publicly threatened by Allen, no charges were pressed.

May 1887, Doc went to Glenwood Springs to try using sulfur vapors to clear his tuberculosis symptoms, spending his last days in bed, often delirious. On November 8, 1887, he woke up and drank down a glass of whiskey. After saying "this is funny," he was dead.

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