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Sherlock Holmes 3

October 24, 2011 by · Comments Off on Sherlock Holmes 3 

Sherlock Holmes 3Sherlock Holmes 3, Despite “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” is still two months of his arrival in U.S. theaters, Warner Bros. Pictures is already planning a third installment of Robert Downey Jr.-starring franchise detective movies. The words are, the studio has hired a screenwriter to write the script of “Sherlock Holmes 3.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has taken advantage of Drew Pearce to serve as the scribe for the upcoming “Sherlock Holmes” movie. Pearce is writing the script for “Iron Man 3,” which also stars Robert Downey Jr. also addressed the screenplay for Paramount Pictures DC Comics adapted superhero movie, “The Mighty”.

No new talent has joined the star of “Sherlock Holmes 3”, but it is almost certain that Downey Jr. and Jude Law will play Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively. In “Sherlock Holmes 2”, which hits U.S. theaters December 16, both stars, the actors face Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace and Stephen Fry.

Directed by Guy Ritchie, the story of “A Game of Shadows” focuses on Holmes, who continues his pursuit of Professor Moriarty, who suspected of being the world number one supervillain. In attempting to resolve the case, with the support of his long-trusted partner Dr. Watson, and receives help from his older brother, Mycroft Holmes and the gypsy woman named Sim.

Google Buying Yahoo

October 24, 2011 by · Comments Off on Google Buying Yahoo 

Google Buying YahooGoogle Buying Yahoo, Google might be considering the purchase of Yahoo, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Citing a “person familiar with the matter,” WSJ said Google has contacted at least two private equity firms trying to help finance a bid for Yahoo.

It is clear that companies have held talks with Google. Google is still in the early stages of these conversations, and the company has not made a formal proposal. Google may even end up making an offer, the source told the magazine.

Microsoft also has its eyes on Yahoo, Reuters reported earlier this month. Microsoft was first mentioned as a potential suitor for Yahoo in September just after Carol Bartz was ousted as CEO of Yahoo.

Not the first time Microsoft has followed Yahoo. The company made a failed attempt to buy Yahoo in 2008, but after much back and forth and a bid by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, never went through the offer.

One of the reasons that Google supposedly wants Yahoo to sell advertising space across Yahoo properties, the Journal said. It would also be an opportunity to open growing social network, Google +, up to a wider audience. The Wall Street Journal also said Yahoo is the relationship with content publishers such as ABC news are particularly attractive to Google.

Other potential buyers include Yahoo China Alibaba, Global DST, and a group effort of Providence Equity Partners, Hellman & Friedman and Associates Sliver Lake.

A merger of Yahoo and Google, two of the largest Internet companies, could invite antitrust scrutiny. In mid-August, Google announced it would buy the Motorola Mobility and 12.5 billion, but the closing of the deal has stalled for the Justice Department investigations. Neither Yahoo nor Google declined to comment on the rumors.

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