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We’re waiting with bated breath! Following their 2001 Emmy-Award winning Band of Brothers, Tom Hanks’ and Steven Spielberg’s latest mini-series, The Pacific, will be aired March 2010 on HBO! Military Technical Advisor, Dale Dye, had this to say:

…it’s very different from “Band.” It’s as different as World War II in the Pacific was from World War II in Europe. It’s much darker and more brutal but that was the nature of fighting on those Pacific islands. Just ask any veteran for confirmation of that. …Hanks [...] likes to say it will take the audience on a brutal journey to hell and back; the same sort of journey that was experienced by the men who fought the real battles.

HBO’s president of international distribution claims The Pacific to be ”the biggest production in the history of television. [...] It’s like making 10 major movies at once.”

Have a look at The Pacific trailer below!

Hopefully the same fate doesn’t befall one of my new favorite projects, What Would Don Draper Do? Wondering what to do after college, how to meet women or what type of scotch one should drink during the day? Simply send a mail to the virtual Don Draper, America’s new favorite Madison Ave ad-man and wait for the words of wisdom to flow.

97. Dear Don Draper, Where do I go to meet a woman like Betty?
You can’t just go somewhere to meet women like Betts. You prepare yourself every day: work hard, keep clean and stay in good shape. She’ll come along. If you happen to see her first, you’ll be ready to make your move. And a move, in women like Betty’s case, is a kind word or gesture and always honest. Betty knows what she wants. Sincerity is only the start. Hope to God you fit the rest or she feels like a gamble.

DLMers of the world jump for joy. Dead Like Me start Ellen Muth (Georgia) recently dropped some new information about the long-awaited Dead Like Me DVD film, teasing fans with the tidbit that if the direct to DVD film sells well, it could possibly revive the series on an unknown network. The downside? Series heavyweights Rube (played by Mandy Patinkin), and series creator Bryan Fuller (busy as writer and co-executive producer of Heroes) are not attached to the project, sadly. There are also rumors that Daisy (played by Laura Harris), will have limited, if any involvement. Recent industry casting calls have pointed to a new plot based around the film, which, could work or could possibly not. Personally, I think the void left by Rube is a huge one to fill, Daisy not so, but, still, any sort of DLM news is good news. All I hope is that Muth is looking a touch healthier than the later episodes of season two, where I was worried more about her health rather than seeing her accept her role as a grim reaper and somehow reunite with her family.

Plot breakdown from a recent industry casting resource:

When Calvin Kane, a slick businessman who couldn’t care less about helping the newly dead, takes over Rube’s Head Reaper duties, all hell breaks loose, bringing out the worst in Daisy, Roxy, and Mason. George, however, is determined to set her latest, botched reap right, especially because the boy who was supposed to die, Hudson Hart, is her little sister Reggie’s secret boyfriend. In the process, George and Reggie re-connect for real, for the first time.

Read more: Ellen Muth @ MySpace

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Columbia University alumnus Matthew Fox (Jack on Lost people!) was asked to do a keynote speech at this year’s Columbia University Class Day festivity. This being a Northeastern university, a small scandal broke out among the student population, with students arguing over whether a more decorated speaker could have been chosen. Fox having graduated with a degree in Economics from Columbia, playing on their varsity football team, being a talented photographer and last but not least, the star of one of the biggest television shows to hit the tubes in recent memory, didn’t seem to be successful enough for many students at one of the nation’s top-10 colleges.

But, Fox pulls it off, giving an amusing, slightly inspiring speech, even though he had to hunch over the podium due to the low microphone. He seemed to connect with the crowd and it’s hard to hear a ‘boo’ anywhere, even when he asks one of his most vocal critics to stand up, wave and say hello, in a nice sort of way.

Watch the speech after the jump, spoiler free!

The fellow TV Addicts at thetvaddict.com reported yesterday that Battlestar Galactica will be seeing a fourth season on the Sci-Fi Network, surprising quite a few naysayers who were expecting the show to be axed after viewership declined heavily for the early parts of this 3rd season. Battlestar is one of the most amazing shows that noone seems to watch, so it would have been a huge pity if such a dynamic and intelligent drama would see the way of the trash bin.

Read more: Battlestar renewed for fourth season

A young Japanese anime fan takes on Western animation kings The Simpsons, converting them into a hyper-glowing anime-style community who you know are just waiting to bring out the tentacles, spiked gloves and techno-pop. I love the deviant look of most of the characters, most of whom look ready to shoot you with some sort of experimental apocalyptic near-future heat laser gun.

See more: The Simpsons as Japanese anime characters | Futurama as Japanese anime characters

Our nerdy little brothers (or whatever) over at Playthrough came upon a fun little machinima video that seems to be getting some exposure around the interweb. Since we’re huge Battlestar Galactica fans we couldn’t help but give it a look or three and post it up on our side of the pond. Battlestar Galactica returns Sunday, January 21 at it’s new time of 10pm EST, though, we’re not so hot on the new day and time, a similar time switch occurred for X-Files, so let’s hope that slot is as beneficial to Battlestar as it was for those Xers.

Watch the video after the jump..

See more: Machinima.com