Darren, Author at The Movie Blog https://www.themovieblog.com/author/darren/ The Correct Opinion Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:35:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.themovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-IMG_3714-32x32.jpeg Darren, Author at The Movie Blog https://www.themovieblog.com/author/darren/ 32 32 The Luckiest SOB On The Face Of The Earth Is The Guy With The Stormtrooper Helmets https://www.themovieblog.com/2011/07/the-luckiest-sob-right-now-on-the-face-of-the-earth-is-the-guy-with-the-stormtrooper-helmets/ https://www.themovieblog.com/2011/07/the-luckiest-sob-right-now-on-the-face-of-the-earth-is-the-guy-with-the-stormtrooper-helmets/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:24:39 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=42652 The courts in the UK have ruled and a former employee of Lucasfilm can indeed sell his Stormtrooper Helmets that he has made from the original 1976/1977 casts….so long as he only sells them in the UK. What?????? Believe it or not, Mr. Ripley. Anyway… Reuters reports: In what a Lucasfilm spokesman told the BBC ...

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]]> https://www.themovieblog.com/2011/07/lin-wants-sarah-connor-back-for-terminator-5-good-luck-on-that/feed/ 9 Did Marvel Get The Rights To ‘Blade’ Back? https://www.themovieblog.com/2011/07/did-marvel-get-the-rights-to-blade-back/ https://www.themovieblog.com/2011/07/did-marvel-get-the-rights-to-blade-back/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:08:24 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=42624 Over the past weekend at SDCC, Marvel’s Joe Quesada had many an answer for many questions. One slip of the tougue, however, has gotten some buzz: Marv’s CEO claims that New Line, in thier infinite wisdom, has handed over the rights to Blade back to Marvel Studios. CBR reports: Speaking of things that will have ...

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