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ABC has picked up Rob Thomas' remake of his '90s show Cupid for midseason.

Fox.com will simultaneously stream the series premiere of Fringe (September 9) and the season premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (September 8), but only for computers logging on from college based .edu domains. Behind the scenes footage, cast interviews, and music videos will also be offered. “The move is designed to expose the shows to college students, who are more likely to have computers than TVs in their dorm rooms and make up a key portion of the network's audience.”

David Eick talks about Battlestar Galactic and webisodes.

Marvel has announced a deal with, Japanese animation studio, Madhouse for anime series featuring characters from Marvel’s stable of customers. It’ll start with four series spring 2010 on Japanese station ANIMAX. To appeal to Japanese audiences the characters “will be retrofitted with new looks and backstories that touch on local culture and Japanese history.” Here’s Marvel Iron Man beside Madhouse Iron Man.

Vin Diesel, "I'm directing an animated Hannibal that will serve as the prequel to the [live-action] film. So it's Hannibal as a boy. So it's like the boy and an elephant. It's for BET, actually, which will be great fun.” Diesel will be among the voice cast. Hannibal the Conqueror will premiere in 2009.

Michelle Rodriguez will reprise the character of Ana-Lucia in the fifth season of Lost. Most likely in the second episode.

Lawrence Fishburne will replace William Peterson on CSI. His character, a former pathologist turned college lecturer, will make his first appearance in the ninth episode of the upcoming ninth season.

Stargate Atlantis is done as a TV show after it finishes its fifth season next year, but it’ll find new life as a TV movie. The two hour unnamed project will air on SciFi Channel before hitting DVD. Co-creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper: "We're excited to tell Atlantis stories on a bigger canvas. The successes of the two original Stargate [direct-to-video] movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise."

But Stargate Universe will begin production early 2009 with Brad Wright and Robert Cooper as executive producers and writers. There’ll be a two hour movie first followed by hour long episodes starting in the summer. “After unlocking the mystery of the Stargate's ninth chevron, a team of explorers travels to an unmanned starship called the Destiny, launched by the Ancients at the height of their civilization as a grand experiment set in motion but never completed. What starts as a simple reconnaissance turns into a never-ending mission as the Stargate Universe crew discovers that the ship is unable to return to Earth and that they must now fend for themselves aboard the Destiny. The crew will travel to the far reaches of the universe, connecting with each of the previously launched Stargates, thus fulfilling the Destiny's original mission.”