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Seen here in an artistic interpretation, the giant squid is thought to be the inspiration for many sea monster stories throughout history like the Kraken, Scylla, Cthulhu, and probably Sharktopus, but it refuses to be taken alive. It won't even let its picture be taken alive, until now that is. A film crew for Discovery has captured the first footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, probably doing squid stuff.

Well-connected entertainment industry blog Deadline reports on an emerging trend in Hollywood which is meant to cut down on leaks, but which forces many actors to jump into movies they don't know much about: Refusing to let actors read scripts for movies they're auditioning for, instead giving them vague descriptions. The culprit? Geeks obsessed with picking apart leaked scripts from their favorite franchise films.

Beach bums, beware: Syfy has cooked up what has to be one of the best premises for an original movie ever devised: There's a sharktopus. And it's angry. And it does not approve at all of you bungee jumping over its territory, attractive up-and-coming actresses. Yes, Sharktopus is coming soon to a television near you, and it promises to be wonderfully entertaining. First of all, it's being produced by Roger Corman, who brought you such similar works as Dinoshark, Supergator, Scorpius Gigantus, Dinocroc, Wolfhound, The Sea Wolf, Carnosaur, Angelfist, Attack of the Crab Monsters, and, of course, Private Duty Nurses. Oh, and over 370 others. Seriously. The guy's a legend. But wait, there's more before we get to the beachy trailer below.