Canadians will soon be able to get their hands on Alan Moore‘s pornographic fantasy LOST GIRLS. The Canada Border Services Agency recently cleared the book, which includes graphic sexual content involving minors, for importation into Canada. Canada has some of the strictest laws involving pornography.

In a letter, the CBSA said that the “depictions and descriptions are integral to the development of an intricate, imaginative, and artfully rendered storyline,” and that the “portrayal of sex is necessary to a wider artistic and literary purpose.”

The book will now be available to all Canadian retailers and fans as soon as the new printing arrives at Top Shelf Productions’ distributor in mid-December. Top Shelf expects the new printing to sell out in a single day.

• ABC will air SHREK THE HALLS, an original animated special from DreamWorks Animation SKG based on the SHREK movies, in December. The half-hour special will feature Mike Myers, , Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, and Antonio Banderas returning to voice their movie roles. [Link]
• Paramount Vantage has acquired A.N. Wilson‘s novel A JEALOUS GHOST for Kirsten Dunst to star in and produce. [Link]
• Sacha Baron Cohen, riding high on his BORAT success, has signed on to star in DINNER WITH SCHMUCKS, a remake of a French comedy

By Marvel Press Release

Marvel Entertainment has released its third quarter financial statements for 2006. It included the following list of Marvel movies and video games in development:

2007 MOVIE RELEASES
Ghost Rider (Sony) – Feb 16, 2007 Release
Spider-Man 3 (Sony) – May 4, 2007 Release
Fantastic Four 2 (Fox) – June 15, 2007 Release

2007 VIDEO GAME RELEASES
Ghost Rider (Take-Two) – Q1 2007
Marvel Vs. Card Game (Konami) – Q1 2007
Spider-Man 3 (Activision) – Q1 2007
Fantastic Four 2 (Take-Two) – Q1 2007
Marvel Nemesis 2 (Electronic Arts) – Q4 2007
Spider-Man Trilogy (Activision) – Q4 2007

MOVIES IN DEVELOPMENT BY MARVEL
Iron Man – Writer, director engaged, slated for May 2, 2008
Incredible Hulk – Writer, director engaged, slated for June 27, 2008 release
Ant-Man – Writer and director engaged
Captain America – Writer engaged
Nick Fury – Writer engaged
Thor – Writer engaged
The Avengers – Writer engaged

Black Panther, Cloak & Dagger, Doctor Strange, Hawkeye, Power Pack and Shang-Chi are other projects that may be developed by Marvel.

LICENSED MARVEL CHARACTER MOVIES IN DEVELOPMENT
Wolverine (Fox) – Status TBD
The Punisher 2 (Lions Gate) – Status TBD
Magneto (Fox) – Status TBD
Namor (Universal) – Status TBD

ANIMATED TV PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
Wolverine (First Serve Toonz) – 26 30-minute episodes in development
Iron Man (Method Films) – 26, 30-minute episodes in development

DIRECT-TO-VIDEO ANIMATED PROJECTS
Iron Man (2007)
Doctor Strange (TBD)

LIVE-ACTION TV PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
Alter Ego
Moon Knight
Skrull Kill Krew

WHERE AND WHEN
Fri. Sat. & Sun. November 10-12, 2006
The Crowne Plaza Meadowlands Hotel
Two Harmon Plaza (free parking)
Secaucus, New Jersey

SHOW HOURS
Friday: 1pm to 7pm
Saturday and Sunday Noon to 6pm
Saturday Night 9pm: Dessert Party for Gold Weekend Patrons

GUESTS
WILLIAM SHATNER Captain Kirk, Classic Star Trek – Sunday

AVERY BROOKS
Captain Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Friday

KATE MULGREW
Captain Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager – Saturday

RICHARD ARNOLD
The world’s leading authority on Star Trek, Richard served as Gene Roddenberry’s right hand man for over 15 years. Richard will be on hand all three days with different presentations and news updates.

It has been an incredible journey for fans of Star Trek, an unprecedented trip that includes television spin-offs, theatrical feature films, thousands of products, a major publishing empire, breakthrough gaming ventures, on-line clubs and message boards, and of course, the amazing story of Star Trek Conventions.

Back in the early 1970’s Star Trek fans gathered for the first time. This first meeting was a major resounding success and brought media attention to Star Trek fandom. Certainly without the conventions it is unlikely that Star Trek would have become the international phenomenon it did. That first convention took place in New York City and now, in celebration of the 40th Anniversary the STAR TREK CONVENTION returns to the New York City area! And what a return it will be because Creation Entertainment is proud to be bringing THREE CAPTAINS along to headline!

EVENTS INCLUDE:

• STAR TREK: TOP 20 MOMENTS FROM CLASSIC AND NEXT GENERATION
• STAR TREK BLOOPER REELS
• MUSICAL GUESTS “THE VULCAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS”
• AUTOGRAPH ROOM

Tickets will be available at the door!
General Admission is only $30 per day.

Weekend ticket packages and preferred seating are also available.

For more information, go to CreationEnt.com

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