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First of all, I apologize for the lack of updates this week--it's been a crazy one.  There will be "Flashforward" and "V" recaps this weekend, along with a "Stargate Universe" recap after tonight's mid-season premiere.


I'm also going to start a new release Tuesday column where I'll preview all of the new releases hitting DVD/Blu-Ray each week.  But for now, here's the news:


Joss Whedon to Direct The Avengers?
IESB reports that none other than Joss Whedon is currently the front-runner to direct Marvel's Avengers movie for 2012.  Now, anyone that knows me knows that I HATE Joss Whedon (yep, I'm the one guy).  But I'm actually not at all disheartened by this news.  As much as I loathe the guy, it's his writing I can't stand--he's not too shabby in the director's chair.  And The Avengers is being scripted by Zak Penn (X-Men) so there's little chance of Whedon fucking this up.  What's more, he'll be working with established characters that will have already been introduced in their respective films (Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America).  I say let him have it.


Ryan Reynolds to star in R.I.P.D.
Producer Neal H. Moritz tells Collider that Ryan Reynolds is signed to star in the adaptation of "R.I.P.D.", a graphic novel about the Rest In Peace Department (cops for dead people).  Reynolds plays a recently deceased police officer who is partnered with a veteran gunslinger.  I haven't read the book but I like the concept and this could be a lot of fun with Reynolds on board.  Consider me intrigued.


Freddy Krueger Revealed AT LAST
Finally, we a have a good look at Freddy Krueger's face from the Nightmare on Elm Street remake, thanks to some Photoshop work by a poster over at the Superhero Hype message board.  One of their users took a studio-released screenshot and enhanced it with Photoshop to give us our first peek: