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Geek News: Friday, January 30, 2009

Thanks to Roberto who sent me a link to a 1,474 megapixel picture of Barack Obama’s inaguration that you can fully zoom in to see facial reactions on the people that were there; even President Obama himself. It’s amazing

http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/22/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/

We have a first look Soundwave from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, it’s not the actual Soundwave but it is our first look at the official toy.

Thanks to Chris for the article on Robots taking over the planet. Some of us will see it coming other… not so much. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129155416.htm

Speaking of neat stuff… Adidas is now selling a line of Star Wars-inspired sneakers. The Adidas Superstar Force trainers come in black and white and sell for $150 a piece at adidas.com.
Empire and Rebels

Variety is reporting that Emily Blunt and Jason Segel are both in negotiations to join 20th Century Fox’s Gulliver's Travels comedy that will star Jack Black But there's the catch. I reported a few weeks ago that Emily Blunt was rumoured to appear as Black Widow in Iron Man 2 - apparently not anymore. "Fox holds an option on the actress that was part of her deal when she co-starred in The Devil Wears Prada, and the studio may invoke it to see that she takes part in the giant tale

A remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick Predator is in the works, with Robert Rodriguez likely to direct. In the updated version a team of commandos will face a mysterious race of vicious monsters. Plural. As in more than the one, lone bad guy that appeared in the first Predator.

Sylvester Stallone says he's planning to reprise the role of Vietnam veteran John Rambo again.

A Paul Blart: Mall Cop sequel is in the works.

Thanks to marco Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver have set Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson to make his live action directing debut on Masters of the Universe, a re-imagining of the signature Mattel toy line.