For over a year now, there has been a lot of talk about nude scenes and romantic moments making it into the two Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows films, which will end the series [Read ‘Harry Potter’ Star’s Nude Scene Confirmed For ‘Deathly Hallows’].

Now that Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 is out in theaters, we finally got to see how provocative director David Yates took the seventh film.

But, the director has revealed that a lot more was going on romantically in the uncut version of the film, which will be included in the eventual DVD release.

According to Yates, there’s 10-15 minutes of extra footage, some of which involves Ron and Hermione flirting by the sea, where Ron teaches Hermione how to skip stones across the water [...]

Every day, Amazon offers up “Lightning Deals,” limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out within that four hours, the sale is over.

Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Typically you don’t know what will be on sale until the minute it gets posted, but as a prelude to Black Friday, Amazon has released today’s Lightning Deal schedule for Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray. See list of today’s deals here below, along with more information on how these special deals work.

GOLD BOX DEAL OF THE DAY [valid only for today until midnight PST:

Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset
DVD for $23.99 | Blu-ray for $39.99.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010

4:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. PST

The Runaways
DVD - $8.99

Mamma Mia! The Movie
DVD - $3.99

Surf's Up
DVD - $4.99 […]

The Gold Box deal of the day over at Amazon today is Harry Potter Years 1-6 Gift Set for 60% off.

The DVD is $23.99, while the Blu-ray is $39.99.

Note, this sale is only for today, Tuesday November 23, 2010, until midnight PST while supplies last.

Both sets contain the first six Harry Potter films, along with tons of bonus features (see below for full list of extras). The Blu-ray edition comes with an extra bonus disc with additional deleted scenes; cast Q&A, a profile on author J.K. Rowling, footage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a look at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Orlando theme park, and more.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [...]

The $9 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury today is the Star Wars-inspired “Lightkatana Fight” by artist AJ Paglia.

The sale at Teefury began at midnight EST (Tuesday, November 23, 2010) and will continue for 24 hours, and once it’s over, it’s gone forever.

The shirt is mash-up of Japanese katana swordplay and Star Wars lightsaber duel. One of the swordsman is the Darth Vader figure all in black with a red sword, while the other is in light clothing with the Rebel Alliance insignia and green sword, a la Luke Skywalker in Return Of The Jedi [...]

If you’ve yet to see director Duncan Jones‘ Moon, you should immediately remedy that…trust us.

After you’re all caught up, you can join us all in being excited for Jones’ sophomore effort, Source Code. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a man who discovers that he’s being programmed into the final minutes of another man’s life just before a bomb on a train goes off, killing many people. It turns out that it’s part of a secret government experiment to try and identify and stop those responsible for the bomb before another much larger attack is executed. He’ll have to re-live this man’s final moments over and over again on his mission, and also finds himself trying to save the life one of the passengers on the train.

Be sure to head on down below, where you can read the full synopsis for the movie and check out the first trailer for Duncan Jones’ Source Code now!

The movie will be released in theaters on April 15, 2011. [...]

Mere hours ago, word hit the internet that Warner Brothers had acquired the rights to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and would be moving forward on a reboot of the property based on a pitch by Whit Anderson, who is currently working on the screenplay for her take on the character.

Well, it didn’t take long for someone to get a hold of Joss Whedon, who wrote the script for the 1992 original Buffy starring Kristy Swanson, created, wrote, directed, and produced the mega-popular TV series of the same name starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, and is also responsible for things like Firefly, Angel, and Dollhouse. Whedon is busy working away on The Avengers, the Marvel comic book movie that’s been set up over the past handful of years to become one of the biggest movies of all time, which he was hired to write and direct. Nevertheless, the fanboy favorite took the time to write a response letter sharing his feelings on the new reboot, and you don’t want to miss what he had to say.

You can head on over to the other side to read the full letter from Whedon, and you should plan to giggle once or twice. [...]

Later this month, the theater group Commedia Beauregard will once again be performing A Klingon Christmas Carol, a full-length play based on the classic Charles Dickens taleA Christmas Carol, but with an interesting twist.

This is the fourth year in a row that the group will be staging the play in tlhIngan Hol, the Klingon language heard in the Star Trek television series and films.

Tickets are on sale now through cbtheatre.org for two locations: Saint Paul, MN and Chicago, IL.

* Twin Cities: Landmark Center [12 shows]
November 26, 2010 – December 12, 2010

* Chicago: Greenhouse Theater Center [16 shows]
November 26, 2010 – December 19, 2010

Scrooge has no honor, nor any courage. Can three ghosts help him to become the true warrior he ought to be in time to save Tiny Tim from a horrible fate? Performed in the Original Klingon with English Supertitles, and narrative analysis from The Vulcan Institute of Cultural Anthropology. [...]

A feature film reboot of the popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer is now moving forward with a new writer and major studio backing.

In May of 2009, it was reported that the reboot — without the great Joss Whedon — was possible, and that Kuzui Enterprises was receiving many inquires about sequels and reboots and many other things. It took a little while to get something done, but now Warner Brothers has stepped in to acquire the rights from Kuzui, and has joined forces with Vertigo Entertainment and Atlas Entertainment to make it happen.

Not only that, but a writer has been found to get the script going, and that writer is Whit Anderson. The 29-year-old Anderson is a newcomer to the business, with only three small credits to her name as an actress — two in short films and one a small role in Yes Man — and none as a writer. Anderson won the job based on a pitch that really appealed to those who back the film, who were impressed with her understanding of where they wanted to go with Buffy and the tone she was presenting. [...]

You’ve wanted it, and now you’ve got it: Netflix has announced their new streaming-only plan, for those of you who have no use for one or two DVDs out at a time, and are only interested in watching movies and TV shows directly on your computer, gaming console, or various other streaming options.

Netflix states that the new plan will cost you $7.99 a month, which is a dollar less than what the next plan up — one DVD out at a time along with the instant streaming — used to be.

This of course brings us to the next announcement Netflix made, which is increases to all of their prices. Due to the growing quantity of movie and TV show offerings that are streamed, the company will add $1 to the cost of their $8.99 and $13.99 plans. All plans after that will see multi-dollar increases in prices, anywhere from $3 to $8 more than they once were. [...]

It’s a sad thing to say, but it will be Christmas before you know it, and if you’re looking to get a jump on your gift buying for that comic book fan in your life, or if you just want to buy something for yourself, Khepri Comics is running a sale you will want to check out.

Go to Khepri Comics to their “Thanksgiving Appetizers” section between now and November 24th, and you can get a 40% discount on a number of trades and single issues.

Standouts of the sale are both volumes of Greg Rucka’s Whiteout for $8.37 each; Brian K. Vaughn’s Ex Machina hardcover and softcover editions; and Andy Diggle and Jock’s The Losers Book 1 for $11.99 and Book 2 for $14.99 [...]

While some might think it’s a piece of junk, it’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.

Do you know which ship that is?

If so, then you’ll want to check out this new poster.

The official Star Wars Shop is currently taking pre-orders for a new limited edition poster, Star Wars Retro Travel Poster – Kessel Run. The travel ad is for would-be Kessel Run tours (with a guarantee to make it there in less than 12 parsecs!) aboard the famed Millennium Falcon, with a great image of the ship flying away from an asteroid (love it!).

Pre-orders for this Star Wars poster, which has a limited edition of 150, will ship on December 14, 2010, and costs $88.99. The “Kessel Run” poster is one in a series of eight retro-style travel posters from the Star Wars galaxy by artist Steve Thomas [...]

Remember all those zombie Star Wars posters that came out earlier this year from artist Matt Busch for the Hollywood Is Dead series?

NeotoShop now has the exclusive on the signed editions of those posters, on sale for $19.95 each.

Aside from the aforementioned Star Wars varieties, there’s also zombified versions of E.T., Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Back To The Future, and many more. Currently, there’s 27 of Busch’s posters available for purchase at the site [...]

The first trailer for the mini-series prequel to Starz’s hit show, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, has been released online.

The six-episode prequel, titled Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, was announced after series star Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, delaying production on season 2 of the show. Sadly, Whitfield has faced setbacks in his fight, and recently it was announced that the lead role would be re-cast. Starz has now narrowed their search down to just a few names, and we should get an announcement on who will be stepping into the role and when production on season 2 will begin in the near future.

Now you can see a trailer for Gods of the Arena by clicking over to the other side, which is accompanied by a lengthy synopsis. The prequel debuts on January 21 at 10pm EST on Starz.

SYNOPSIS

Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed through the gates onto the sand. “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena,” tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus (Dustin Clare) in a more ruthless time before Spartacus’ arrival where honor was just finding it’s way into the arena. [...]

Every day, Amazon offers up “Lightning Deals,” limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out within that four hours, the sale is over.

Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Typically you don’t know what will be on sale until the minute it gets posted, but as a prelude to Black Friday, Amazon has released today’s Lightning Deal schedule for Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray. See list of today’s deals here below, along with more information on how these special deals work.

4:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. PST

Up in the Air
DVD – $6.99

The Men Who Stare At Goats
Blu-ray – $8.99 | DVD – $7.99

The Ultimate National Lampoon’s Vacation Collection
DVD – $13.99 [...]

The $9 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury today is the Doctor Who-inspired “Who’s Who” by artist Ian Leino.

The sale at Teefury began at midnight EST (Sunday, November 22, 2010) and will continue for 24 hours, and once it’s over, it’s gone forever.

There’s been a surge of cool Doctor Who t-shirts lately, and this newest offering is one long-time Who fans will really dig. It’s a light blue shirt with a cartoon drawing on it of the famous time-traveling TARDIS. Spilling out of the TARDIS is the 11 incarnations of the regenerating Doctor.

While some Doctors aren’t very well represented (I’m pretty sure for one of them you only see his butt), those popular actors like Tom Baker, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and current Doctor, Matt Smith, are all easily recognizable [...]

For the first time ever, Universal Studios Orlando is offering up selections from their theme park exclusive merchandise for sale online, including items from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

The new online shop, located at The Universal Store, is selling products from both Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure.

At The Wizarding World of Harry Potter section of the store, you can purchase Harry Potter books, movies, shirts, and toys, as well as items like Hogwarts robes and scarves, and Ollivanders wands. Check out the various sections of the WWHP part of the online store: Dervish and Banges, Filch’s Emporium, Ollivanders, Owl Post, and Zonko’s.

Along with The Wizarding World of Harry Potter merchandise, there’s products from other rides, attractions, and characters from the Universal Orlando theme parks, like the E.T. and Jurassic Park rides, along with Betty Boop and the Nickelodeon characters like SpongeBob SquarePants [...]

A little over a week ago, the first clip for The Futurama Holiday Spectacular was released online. Since then, numerous other clips have followed in an effort to get people prepared to watch the special, which airs tonight at 10pm EST on Comedy Central.

Being the awesome friend we are, we just wanted to take the opportunity to remind all of you Futurama fanatics one more time so that no one misses it. We’re in the middle of a long wait between the end of the last season and the start of the next one, so this is the last new stuff we’ll get until sometime next year. For those of you who didn’t get the memo, those 26 brand new episodes that Comedy Central ordered, making all of our hopes and dreams come true, were ultimately split up into two seasons. We still twitch with anxiety hoping that many more new seasons will come, but that’s all still up in the air and only tuning in to specials like this can help! [...]

The t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a Doctor Who-themed shirt called “It Also Travels In Time.”

The tee, by artist D4N13L, is on sale at RIPT only for today, Sunday November 21, 2010, until midnight PST. It’s available in both men’s and women’s sizes and sells for $10.

The shirt is blue with lighter blue writing that reads “Did I Mention It Also Travels In Time” forming the shape of the TARDIS.

This is a great-looking shirt and perfect for any Doctor Who fan, so if you’re interested, grab it today before it’s gone [...]

Take me down to the Paradise City where… I HAVE THE POWER!

Oh how I love a good mash-up.

Here’s a new one from artist Joey Spiotto, who took his two favorite things from the 1980s and found a way to put them together: He-Man cartoon characters with the classic Guns N Roses album cover for Appetite For Destruction.

The 13 x 19-inch print, which is on watercolor paper, is available at the artist’s Etsy shop for $25 and is listed there as “Appetite For Eternia” (it’s called “Masters of Paradise City” on his blog).

You’ll recognize the album cover, which has a cross background with skull faces on each point and in the center. The original cover had versions of the five GNR band members; Spiotto’s version has five characters from He-Man. He-Man in the center; to the right of him is Man-At-Arms; Orko is at the bottom (no face at all); Skeletor at the very top (with his own skull face). I don’t know who that is on the left, I would think it’s Teela, but the headpiece and coloring are wrong. The top banner reads “Masters Of The Universe”; the bottom one reads “Appetite For Eternia.” [...]

The power of yarn compels you!

Artist Croshame (aka Shove Mink) created the most awesome combination of cute and sick with The Exorcist Crochet Amigurumi Playset.

Check out the photo of the playset here at right.

This playset depicts a scene from the classic horror film, The Exorcist, where a young demon-possessed girl projectiles green vomit onto the priest performing an exorcist on her. You’ve never seen vomit look so adorable.

Visit the artist’s gallery for some other cool creations, like Grimm the Little Black Metal Guy (want!!!) and Who Killed Nancy? (a Sid & Nancy murder playset, complete with tiny knife!). You can also visit her Etsy shop to purchase some of the artist’s handmade crafts [...]