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** MOVIE NEWS **

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TERMINATOR 3

Claire Danes talked to 'PageSix' about her role in "Terminator 3" saying: "It's all pretty top secret, but I can say in regards to kicking butt, I'm pretty impressive. I play a veterinarian who is abducted by the Terminator."

Her role is expected to be recurring as Danes confirmed she is "contracted to the next 'Terminator' as well, so if audiences like what they see, I'm obliged to give it to them again!"

In related news, 'USA Today' have printed the first official photograph of the new TX villainess (see right).

ALEXANDER

The race is on. Apparently Baz Luhrmann's "Alexander", to star Leonardo DiCaprio, has hit a snag. 'Variety' reports that 'Fox' have pulled out of financing the project, although 'DreamWorks' have now stepped in.

However, insiders say that Luhrmann's production is not quite as advanced as reports stated. This means the rival biopic of Alexander The Great (by Oliver Stone) may have an advantage.

Luhrmann's expected start-date has now been estimated as "late 2003 at the earliest" - with DiCaprio's commitment to "The Aviator" a crucial factor.

So, if Oliver Stone can get to work fast he could gazump the Aussie director at the box-office!

In related news, 'Zap2it' reports that Nicole Kidman has expressed interest in playing Olympia - Alexander's mother. The site says the role would require make-up to age Kidman as her son grows from child to man and would reunite her with Luhrmann - who directed her in "Moulin Rouge!" Negotiations with the actress are expected to commence in the New Year.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

'Coming Attractions' talked with special-effects designer Lyle Conway, who was working on early tests for the sequel to "Spider-Man".

Lyle Conway: confirmed Doctor Octopus will be the lead villain, saying that: "Sam [Raimi] wants to use mechanical tentacles [for Doc Ock] whenever possible, he wants the actors to have actual physical tentacles to interact with. Sam wants to 'save the CGI for Spider-Man'."

"The puppeteers filmed some test scenes with someone wearing prototype tentacles. In the test footage, Doc Ock is standing behind a desk and he picks up the phone, puts on a pair of glasses, pops a cigar into his mouth, lights the cigar, and dials the phone."

"The smoke alarm on the ceiling goes off and he smashes it with one of his tentacles. Then he starts to sit down (without looking) and another tentacle reaches out behind him and grabs a chair-placing it under him in the nick of time. Bear in mind that all of this happens simultaneously. Sam was floored".

BATMAN vs SUPERMAN

'The Hollywood Reporter' spoke to Alan Horn (President and Chief Operating Officer of 'Warner Brothers'), who revealed that the studio is still keen to make "Batman Vs Superman".

"We had a competing script [to 'Superman'], 'Batman Vs. Superman'. It's very, very good, written by Akiva Goldsman, and we will do it. But I prefer we start with 'Superman', the early years, and complement that with a Batman origins movie. And I'd like to think that each character will evolve so that when we have 'Batman Vs Superman', the meeting of the two will feel more organic."

Akiva Goldsman? I thought Andrew Kevin Walker ("Seven") was the guy who'd been hired to pen "Batman Vs Superman"? Strange...

GLADIATOR II

Producer Walter F. Parkes talked to 'Latino Review' about "Gladiator II" confirming that the film will be a sequel set "7 years later in Rome! Well remember the character Lucius? He is the last heir to Marcus Aurelius, so it's a prince reigning to happen and guess who he finds out who his real father was..."

HANNIBAL

Scottish novelist Ross Leckie's biography on Hannibal The Conqueror is set to be the basis for Ridley Scott's Vin Diesel-starring movie, according to 'The Sun'.

HARRY POTTER 3

'The Sun' reports the role of Professor Dumbledore in "Harry Potter 3" will continue to be played by deceased actor Richard Harris! The tabloid explains that various visual-effects studios are being asked to test various facial mapping techniques to allow stand-in Harry Robinson to physically play the part on-set, with his face digitally replaced by a CG-rendering of Harris!

An unknown insider said: "Many hours of footage are currently being scanned to see if the process is viable for the film. The process has been used to allow extras to fill in for main characters in the past, one of the more notable uses of similar technology this year was actress Kate Bosworth's face mapped onto a surfing stunt double for scenes in 'Blue Crush'."

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HULK

The official one-sheet poster to next year's "Hulk", starring Eric Bana, has been released. It confirms that the design for the Hulk seen in the toy figure photographs is quite accurate. (see right)

INDIANA JONES 4

Steven Spielberg confirmed to 'Zap2It' that the screenplay for "Indiana Jones 4" by Frank Darabont ("The Green Mile") is now complete and has been approved by the studio. Spielberg will definitely direct the production in 2004 with George Lucas as executive producer and Harrison Ford to star.

Later Spielberg told the 'Chicago Sun-Times' that: "It was really Harrison who got me into it. He was the guy that said, 'I want to do one more', and he got George [Lucas] and I interested in working with him again, so the script's being written, I'm going to shoot it late-2004 coming out July '05 for the July 4 weekend".

Spielberg also talked to 'The Chicago Sun-Times' and confirmed that Sean Connery will return as Indy's father in a few scenes for the fourth film, as well as some of the female leads from the previous films. "I'd like to get Karen Allen back for one sound-bite, and there are other Indy girls who had smaller roles who will come back," Spielberg confirmed.

However, Spielberg's wife Kate Capshaw seems quite unlikely to reprise her Willie Scott role from "The Temple of Doom" due to scripting reasons - "Maybe or maybe not. Frank Darabont, who is writing the script, called me and said, 'I'm not sure we can work her into the script, too'."

KING ARTHUR

According to 'The Hollywood Reporter', director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") is being lined up to a big-screen adaptation of the Arthurian legend for producer Jerry Bruckheimer. A spring 2003 start-date is being eyed.

The project is described as a demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - basing the legends with realistic historical facts.

LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS

While busy promoting "The Two Towers", writer/director Peter Jackson is already trumpeting the final third "The Return Of The King".

He said: "We've got a rough cut. And I just started last week, before I came over here; I started to do the final cutting of it which will take me about three months."

"And then there's all the visual effects to do and the music and everything else so we're pretty busy next year. The third one is my favourite I think of the three".

Jackson also revealed what extra footage will be added to next year's DVD release of "The Two Towers". He said: "There's some great scenes - good stuff with Merry and Pippin and Treebeard. A couple of good Gollum scenes actually that we're going to put on the DVD that we didn't end up using in the film. There'll probably be about the same amount of footage roughly as there was for the 'Fellowship' - about 30-35 minutes worth of footage. There's a lot of good stuff, strong scenes".

THE MATRIX RELOADED

Hugo Weaving talked to the 'Sunday Herald Sun' about training and fighting for "The Matrix" sequels.

Weaving: "The Americans are very big on going as far as you can go in films. And for 'The Matrix' they wanted us to do all the fights. They didn't want stunt people to do them."

"It was fairly full-on and as a result we all carried injuries. Carrie-Anne [Moss] broke her leg, Laurence [Fishburne] injured his arm, and both Keanu and I copped a lot of nicks, scrapes and facial punches."

"So in a sense it forced me to get fit and healthy. When you've hit 40 your body starts cracking up so it's actually quite a good time to do it. It proved a good discipline for me."

ROCKY VI

'Empire Online' indicates that Sylvester Stallone is nearing a final deal with 'MGM' to write, star and produce the sixth film in the "Rocky" franchise. The new movie would have a lowly $10-15 million budget, and the storyline will revolve around "a 50-year-old Rocky Balboa who is now at work running a youth centre, [being] lured out of retirement from the ring for one last fight".

THE STEPFORD WIVES

Nicole Kidman is set to star in a remake of classic thriller "The Stepford Wives", which saw a group of husbands transform their wives into robot slaves.

Kidman will play the role made famous by Katharine Ross in the 1975 original - as an outsider who arrives in the robot-infested town. Frank Oz (voice of "Star Wars" Yoda) is attached to direct.

SUPERMAN

Alan Horn (President and Chief Operating Officer of 'Warner Brothers') recently spoke with 'The Hollywood Reporter' about the "Superman" script and what the studio is trying to do with the film.

Horn said: "In many cases, the very things that the letter-writers were objecting to or concerned about were the very same things that we're concerned about. We don't think Lex Luthor should be an alien, either. And my answer is - and it's all over the web - we agree with you. He won't be."

"We're planning to do the J.J. Abrams screenplay for 'Superman', which is an origins story. We feel it's fresh even though it covers ground that was originally covered by the Dick Donner movie - that was 20-some-odd years ago. We feel that this is fresh, hip, contemporary, moving, funny and loaded with action".

WATCHMEN

'Comics Continuum" spoke with screenwriter David Hayter ("X-Men") about the development of the "Watchmen" adaptation. He said that: "'Watchmen' is moving along now. We are developing the script and awaiting the green light." Great news!

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US TOP 10 (CINEMA)

  • 1. Maid in Manhattan ($18.7m)
  • 2. Star Trek X: Nemesis ($18.5m)
  • 3. Drumline ($12.6m)
  • 4. Die Another Day ($7.7m)
  • 5. The Hot Chick ($7.4m)
  • 6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($6.3m)
  • 7. Analyze That ($5.4m)
  • 8. The Santa Clause 2 ($4.0m)
  • 9. Treasure Planet ($3.1m)
  • 10. Empire ($2.9m)

    UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

  • 1. Die Another Day (£2.2m)
  • 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (£1.8m)
  • 3. The Santa Clause 2 (£1.1m)
  • 4. Like Mike (£0.24m)
  • 5. Deathwatch (£0.20m)
  • 6. The Quiet American (£0.18m)
  • 7. Dirty Pretty Things (£0.14m)
  • 8. Anita and Me (£0.13m)
  • 9. Enough (£0.12m)
  • 10. 28 Days Later (£0.07m)

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    ** TRAILERS **

    Identity

    When a nasty storm hits a hotel, ten strangers are stranded within and as they begin to know each other, they discover they are being killed off one by one.

    Buzz Rating: 2.0/5.0 - too early for any real buzz to have begun, but this does star the always impressive John Cusack and the premise sounds interesting.
    Click here for trailer

    Bruce Almighty

    Jim Carrey's fantasy comedy about a world-weary man who is granted divine powers by God (Morgan Freeman)...

    Buzz Rating: 3.5/5.0 - this should be a really big hit next summer, with the premise offering a potent mix of fantasy/comedy that should please a wide spectrum of people. A break from next year's action/sci-fi thrills will also help "Bruce Almighty". Expect good things.
    Click here for trailer

    ** IN THE PIPELINE **

  • December 2002: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
  • January 2003: Gangs Of New York, Catch Me If You Can
  • February 2003: Daredevil, Solaris
  • April 2003: Timeline, Dreamcatcher
  • May 2003: X-Men 2, The Matrix Reloaded
  • June 2003: The Italian Job (2003), The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • July 2003: Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle, Lara Croft & The Cradle Of Life, The Hulk
  • August 2003: Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, Bad Boys 2
  • September 2003: The Fast & The Furious 2, American Wedding
  • October 2003: Kill Bill
  • November 2003: The Matrix Revolutions, The Last Samurai
  • December 2003: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

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