George Lucas revealed that he wants to bring the
wonders of 3-D animation to Asia, produce television
shows much more cheaply than the rest of the industry,
Lucas is producing his upcoming series "Clone Wars" in
3D animation and building a facility in Singapore to
"use the amazing artistic talents in the Asian
community," he said. "A lot of (Asia) is still trying
to move into the 3D age. I set up a plan to speed up
the process and to build up the community there. I
also look at this as a way to get my foot into anime,"
he said.

Television is also new frontier for the use of digital
tools, he said.

"What would normally cost $20 million-$30 million we
can do for $1 million," Lucas promised. He is shooting
a live action series on a small Sony digital consumer
camera.

Lucas also said thinks that with advances in voice
recognition technology and artifical intelligence, the
fast-growing realm of video and online gaming will
move well beyond basic first-person shooter
narratives.

"I want to get to a point where you can talk to the
game and it will talk back, Lucas said.

An updated version of "Charlie Chan" for 20th Century
Fox with Lucy Liu attached to star and executive
produce the long-gestating project, which centers on
the granddaughter of the fictional Chinese-American
detective.

"Soylent Green" -- a remake of the 1973 Charlton
Heston starrer from Warner Bros is on the way.

Also "The Omen 666" for Fox.

Jose Canseco's best-seller "Juiced: Wild Times,
Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big."
is coming to the big screen... Possibly as a computer
animated film.