Universal Catches 'asteroids'

When a game is hailed as "the most anticipated title of the year" and is the third installment in a franchise that blew away nearly all the competition from the last generation of console gaming, expectations are high, and there is almost certain to be a letdown.

Fans of The Cove, the environmentally themed film that won the feature documentary Oscar Sunday night, will be happy to know there's more where that came from. A new television series about the controversial dolphin trade in Japan, tentatively titled Dolphin Warriors, has been green-lighted by Animal Planet.

The brutal and bloody God Of War III is a blistering adventure and an essential purchase for all PS3 owners.

Universal is developing a sequel to "Midnight Run," the 1988 action comedy that starred De Niro as a bounty hunter who must bring back an embezzler, played by Charles Grodin, across the country.

The voice cast of "The Smurfs" just keeps growing: Alan Cumming, Jonathan Winters, and George Lopez have signed on, and Katy Perry is in talks to play Smurfette.