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In heavy aggregation mode as news in and out of Comic-Con in San Diego is dropping at a rapid clip:

– Footage was revealed to the Comic-Con audience to herald the announcement of a Tron sequel, with the unfortunate title of Tr2n. Jeff Bridges will be back for the followup. (MTV Movies)

– Rack em’ up for another Harold and Kumar installment (Variety)

– Darren Aronofsky, confirmed for a MGM fast-tracked Robocop sequel targeted for 2010. (Variety)

– Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy has Glee, an hour-long comedy in development for Fox, centered around a high school chorus. Do I sense a Hamlet 2 vibe?

– Harvey Keitel has signed on for his first-ever regular TV role, in ABC’s adaptation of U.K. cop show property, Life on Mars. Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) also stars.

– MTV has designs on remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show, using the original script but leaving open the possibility that new musical numbers will be developed (Slashfilm)

– TV Squad recaps Alan Ball’s True Blood panel discussion at Comic-Con.

– Mark Walberg and Peter Berg will star in a dramatic adaptation of the 2006 doc Cocaine Cowboys. (Hollywood Reporter)

– “Episodic” Dexter game in development for iPhone and iPod Touch. (MTV)

– Geoge Lucas looking to trick out all six Star Wars films in 3-D format (io9)

– “‘Pineapple Express’ emerges as a fitfully funny, tonally trippy but not entirely satisfying effort from the Judd Apatow comic fraternity. Featuring Seth Rogen and a scene-stealing James Franco as two pot-addled losers on the run from a ruthless dealer, director David Gordon Green’s first mainstream venture is an unruly, literally half-baked hybrid of bloody hijinks and stoner laughs.” - Variety’s early review