• There’s a wild rumor going around that Universal and Disney are thinking about creating a theme park based around Lord of the Rings. But /film asks an important question – who would go? Theme parks are built around families and children, and Mordor is cool, but is it kid-friendly? [Editor's Note: Are they kidding?! Me and 500 million geeks would go -- repeatedly!]

• R.I.P.D. is looking to make the jump to the big screen, and the rumor is they want Ryan Reynolds as the lead character, Nick Cruz. He gets murdered, but gets a chance for justice in exchange for 100 years of service in a form of divine law enforcement. It’s unclear how Reynolds would find time with the two Green Lantern sequels – rumor is he’s being forced to drop out of Deadpool.

• Joe Dempsie, most famous for playing Chris in the first two seasons of Skins, has been cast in HBO’s Game of Thrones as the armorer’s apprentice Gendry.

• We’ve got a new troll-centric trailer available for the Lord of the Rings: War In the North game. The graphics look a little preliminary, but hey, it’s trolls – they aren’t supposed to be pretty!

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has confirmed the splitting point. I’m not going to spoil the story point, but I will say it’s chapter 24 – if you get spoiled at the link, that’s on you.

• Also on the Harry Potter front, Entertainment Weekly has Rupert Grint and Emma Watson on the cover, and promises secrets inside.

• Narnia.com continues to launch new content. Now you can land the Dawn Treader on Magician’s Island, explore, and play games. It sounds like there are tricks to making it work, so head on over for tips.

• Adam McKay says his gritty, hard-R adaptation of The Boys might shoot in 3D, if the story calls for it. But it won’t be a conversion.

• There’s little doubt the superhero genre has contributed mightily to geekdom. Now Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics brings the history of the characters and the men who created them to life. It’s narrated by Ryan Reynolds.

• Nobody from Harry Potter showed up to Comic-Con (and no one was supposed to), and people were upset. Now James and Oliver Phelps are going to bring their Weasley mischief to Dragon-Con.

• Fantasy fans who live in Seattle have lucked out: Harry Potter the Exhibition will finish its tour at the Pacific Science Center October 23 to January 30^th.

• Daniel Radcliffe says he kept three pairs of glasses from the Harry Potter films as souvenirs. Of course he also claims he’s chasing girls, but getting very few responses, so we also know he lies. For all we know, he kept the Hogwarts Express train engine.

• I’m not completely sure of the details of Outcast from the trailer – I know there’s a beast, and there appears to be some symbology-based magic, but the setting is the modern world. It’s got a loose release date of “winter 2010.”

• The latest set of rumors, being fed by the Wall Street Journal, are that Spyglass Entertainment is nearing a deal to run MGM, and the debt will be converted to stock for the creditors. This would get the studio back to making movies, including James Bond and The Hobbit.

• While my movie plans this weekend are for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, people who have dates are probably going to see Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts. I pity them. It would be more interesting this way though.

That’s it folks, have a great weekend!

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