This week in New York City, the annual Toy Fair convention hits the Jacob Javits Center and thousands of new and popular toys and toy properties are shown off. There were, of course, some less-than-interesting booths, but we know what you want to see, so we went straight to the newest lines of toys and statues based on some of the upcoming movie and TV properties.

Obviously, Toy Story 3 had a huge presence at the show, given the fact that it’s the best hybrid of toys and film out there today. Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland had some great new figures of the whacked out Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. LEGO stepped up their game with some brand new LEGO Star Wars playsets, including a great “Luke on Hoth” scene.

Diamond was also in attendence with some great new Ghostbusters products, including a new Ghostbusters replica sign for those hardcore fans. Finally, there were some great new 12-inch figures for the upcoming Jonah Hex film, including our first look at John Malkovich from the film.

Check out our Movie Toys picture gallery from the show after the jump, and be sure to check back in tomorrow to see what else we’ve got to show you from this year’s Toy Fair.

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Ghostbusters is one of those films that’s simply timeless. Sure, the special effects are a little iffy these days but the story and comedic beats are still perfect. On the other hand  Ghostbusters 2 didn’t quite hit the mark for most people. That being the case, it’s hard to decide which way a third film may fall.  Would it live up to the original or become a parody of itself like the sequel?

It’s hard to imagine anything being as good as the original. However, I think some sort of transition film, in which a younger Ghostbuster team takes the place of the originals, could work. Original Ghostbuster Harold Ramis thinks so too:

“Something’s going to happen. Dan [Aykroyd] did write a spec GB3 screenplay a few years ago, but no one was motivated to pursue it. Now, 25 years after the original, there seems to be some willingness to proceed and apparently a substantial public appetite for a sequel. We’ll introduce some new young Ghostbusters, and all the old guys will be in it, too. Think Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future … GB3 is progressing with plans to shoot next summer and release in 2011. . . “

So there you have it, right from Egon’s mouth.  Ghostbusters 3 is on track to production and will probably set up a new franchise. The original spec script by Dan Aykroyd Ramis referred to was Ghostbusters Go To Hell which probably wouldn’t work to well. As such, co-executive producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky from The Office TV series have been tasked with writing a new script.

Hmm, Ghostbusters meets Dunder-Mifflin?  Sounds crazy, but it may just work.

Any real fan of film lives with a certain curse. When you go to see a movie and the whiny-yet-lovable main character switches between a green shirt and a red shirt in the middle of a scene, it can drive you mad. You saw it, but none of the other people in the theater did. Thankfully MovieMistakes.com was created to keep your sanity intact by showing you that folks like McG and Ron Howard aren’t perfect.

The site was created to help see the flaws in some of our favorite (or least favorite) films. Mostly, it can be used as an educational tool, but it’s also good to see how bad a really bad movie is. For example, a film as recent as Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight has 79 total mistakes, and once you read them, you may not see the movie in the same light again.

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Last week on The Flickcast, Chris, Matt and Christina discussed lots of different subjects including Megan Fox as Lara Croft, the new Conan, Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, the return of Futurama and much more.

This week, the trio takes on some new topics such as the proposed remake of An American Werewolf in London, the Watchmen Director’s Cut, the importance of Comic-Con in San Diego, the box office success of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, changes to the number of Best Picture Oscar nominees and the tragic death of Michael Jackson.

Plus, as they do every week, your favorite team makes some great picks. Matt goes back to his youth with the Ghostbusters video game, Christina learns more about confidence scams with David Mamet’s The Spanish Prisoner and Chris just wants to be scared by his pick Slither, a horror/comedy directed by James Gunn and starring Nathan Fillion and Elizabeth Banks.

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There’s a bunch of movies and TV programs out on DVD this week so if you’re looking for something to watch, here’s a big list from which to choose. Our best best include the original Ghostbusters, Burn Notice Season 2 on Blu-Ray and the HBO Gulf War mini-series Generation Kill.

Movies:

Friday the 13th (Reboot)
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail
Ghostbusters

TV Shows:

Burn Notice – Season 2
Everwood – Season 2
Family Guy – Vol. 7 and 100th Episode Celebration
Generation Kill – Mini-Series
House of Payne – Vol. 4
The Hunger – Season 1
I Can’t Believe I’m Still Single – Season 1
John Adams – Mini-Series (Blu-ray)
Lost – Season 1 and Season 2 (Blu-ray)
Saving Grace – Season 2
The Secret Life of the American Teenager – Season 2
Sgt. Preston of the Yukon – Season 2
South of Nowhere - Vol. 3
Tom and Jerry – Greatest Chases, Vol. 2
Transformers – Season 1 (25th Anniversary)
Zoey 101 – Season 1 and Season 2

This Tuesday marks a big day for fans all over the world who’ve ever wanted to bust ghosts. Why? Because the Ghostbusters are making their move from the big screen to video game consoles. Ghostbusters: The Videogame features original cast members Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson together for the first time since 1989’s Ghosbusters 2– although they’re all supposedly signed on to continue the franchise in a third film.

Reviews of the game are already rolling in with nothing but high praise. IGN, for example,  gave the PS3/XBox 360 version of the game an 8 out of 10 on IGN.com calling it a “hell of a ride.” While this is great news for all, fans who pick up Amazon.com’s exclusive Slimer Edition of Ghostbusters: The Video Game are in for some disappointing news. The box set was going to contain Minimate figurines of Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Louis Tully, and Dana Barrett, but Amazon regretfully reported that they would not be included.

This brought the price of the set from $129.99 to $109.99, even for those who pre-ordered before the Minimate’s exclusion. It looks like they’ll be sold separately and come out a few days before the game. Amazon’s Slimier Edition does, however, include a light up “Ecto 1″ keychain (complete with siren sounds), a set of Gamer Graffix console skins, and an exclusive Slimer bust created by originial movie sculptor, Steve Johnson.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game hits store shelves tomorrow and is available for for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC.

In a recent interview with the LA Times, the legend of Blues, comedy and ‘busting ghosts’, Dan Aykroyd, updated the fans on the developments of a third Ghostbusters film, which has been on hold for quite some time, mostly due to Bill Murray’s prior reluctance to return to the franchise.

“I don’t put not making the third movie on Billy,” said Aykroyd in the interview. “We can’t do that. I’ve been very busy. Harold’s been busy, Ivan’s been busy. And a third script really didn’t coalesce properly. And Billy, you can’t blame an artist for not wanting to do the same thing again. He did two of them, for God’s sake.”

Aykroyd went on to defend Murray further and elaborate a bit more on when he feels the film may come together and start production. According to the actor:  ”Although I’m the biggest cheerleader as the originator of the concept but I’ve never begrudged Billy not doing a third movie. I never said he held it up or that he refused. I’m sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we’re at a point that there’s a story that he can accept and that’s going to work, and I think we’re going to be in production fairly soon. We could be in production by winter.”

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