Fannish Items of Interest

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As of when nominations closed last night, 2831 fandoms had been nominated for Yuletide.

Newsarama interviewed Chris Claremont at New York Comic Con.

As an added bonus during this year’s Children In Need special, you will not only get a sneak peek at the Doctor Who Christmas special, but there will also be a “mini-script,” starring Matt Smith.

If you believe this, then there is supposedly talk of a Doctor Who reboot movie in the works, directed by Harry Potter’s David Yates. Bleeding Cool shows that a few are still saying it’s the same old rumors that have been circulating. I’ll just wait and see. Thanks to yamx for correcting me, and pointing out Barrowman and Tennant were not part of this rumor--it must have been another one that briefly made the rounds around the same time, which I haven't been able to find the origin of.

The Lego movie is still happening.

The reason why Haven Distributors went under.

The first trailer for The Hobbit is due to be released next month, around Christmas.

New York Comic Con: The Amazing Spider-Man Panel.

Art Nouveau Tributes To The Men of Firefly.

10 Comic Characters Inspired By Literature.

This Saturday, Svengoolie shows The Ghost And Mr. Chicken. I’ll skip that one.

Cartoon Network is launching a DC Nation block in 2012, and here’s the teaser trailer.

The Holiday Wishes Meme is going around again--I’ll try to come up with more than two things later.