From the Palantir! The Economics of STAR WARS, and James McAvoy is Taking Patrick Stewart DOWN!

Posted on 26 September 2010 by Brent Hartinger, Editor

• Wow, fascinating! The economics of Star Wars. Lucas has made that much more from marketing even than he’s made from the movies? Depressing.

• The second season of Warehouse 13 was a big, fat hit.

• A cool new Jim Hensen exhibit in Chicago. I’m such a fan!

• Spartacus: Blood and Sand is out on DVD!

• The unstoppable folks over at Save Our Seeker are working on a campaign to get the People’s Choice Award to include a new fantasy-related category (which, of course, they hope Legend of the Seeker would win). Go, SOS!

• Kate Beckinsale is back for Underworld 4, due in 2012.
  

• Former Mr. Tumnus, James McAvoy says he’s going “bury” Patrick Stewart’s performance as Professor Xavier in the upcoming X-Men reboot. Calm down, he’s joking: