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Welcome to Captain's Log -- your (semi) daily round-up of sci-fi randomness from around the web. Here's what's happening today:

- The Battlestar Galactica movie reboot rumors are cropping up again. HitFix is reporting that Universal is nearing a deal with X-Men director Bryan Singer to produce and possibly helm a brand new BSG feature film. Singer was originally attached to a scrapped BSG project in 2001 before Ron Moore's landmark SciFi Channel series hit the air. Is it too soon for another take on Battlestar?

- A movie based on Marvel's Namor The Sub-Mariner is "in active development," says director Jonathon Mostow (Terminator 3, The Surrogates), who is attached to direct. Unfortunately, the character is held under option by Universal, which means he probably won't show up in Marvel Studios' upcoming Avengers flick. [/Film]

- Shock Till You Drop is reporting that a Death Race prequel is in the works. Expect more explosions, car chases and the suicide of Roger Ebert.

- TV Squad tells us writer-director Frank Darabont (The Mist, Shawshank Redemption) is bringing writer Robert Kirkman and illustrator Tony Moore's awesome zombie comic The Walking Dead to TV. The series will air on AMC, home to the popular "Fear Fest" horror movie showcase.

More sci-fi awesomness after the jump.

- Killer grandmas! Rogue angels! An exploding Dennis Quaid! You must watch the Legion red-band trailer:



- Former Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson will join the already packed cast of Heroes next season. Hudson will play a cop (surprise!) hunting down another character on the show. [TV Squad]

- Either Hasbro is going way experimental, or someone is having a very nerdy wedding with help from this Optimus Prime ice sculpture.

leoben bsg 24- Battlestar Galactica's Callum Keith Rennie will join former cast-mate Katee Sackhoff in the next season of Fox's 24. Fans will remember Rennie as Leoben, the Cylon obsessed with Sackhoff's Starbuck. [Buddy TV]

- A friend once walked into my apartment and scoffed at my concrete stairs saying "those things are definitely not zombie proof!" I think he'd be pleased with this Amazon Zombie Survival Guide.

- Do we really need more Riddick movies? Star VIn Diesel thinks so, and he says writer/director David Twohy is writing a new script. [AICN]

- And finally ... Stargate producer Robert C. Cooper told SciFi Wire the planned SG-1 and Atlantis DVD movies won't go into production any time soon thanks to the slumping economy.