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TERMINATOR 3

James Cameron spoke to 'MTV' recently about why he decided not to make Terminator 3, saying: "I made that decision [not to be involved] a long time ago. Really it was when I was in post-production on 'Titanic,' I said, 'Guys, I don't want to do this.'

But Arnold kept kind of hanging on, wanting me, trying to reel me in. Because we are friends and he really wanted that continuity. And finally I just said, 'You know, dude, just go make this. You were born to go play this guy, and I just don't feel it. I've told the story that I wanted to tell.

If they can come up with a good script and they pay you a lot of money, don't think twice.' So we're still on great terms. It's funny, you know, there's a part of me that kind of hopes it sucks, but Arnold is one of my best friends, and so for him I really want it to be good. And also, you just want it to be good because you want it to continue the line."

DEAD RECKONING

'20th Century Fox' have bought the rights to George Romero's "Dead Reckoning" screenplay - the official fourth film in his legendary "Night Of The Living Dead" saga.

DEUCE BIGELOW: ELECTRIC GIGOLO

'Variety' reports that 'Touchstone Pictures' are moving ahead with a sequel to "Duece Bigalow: Male Gigolo" with Rob Schneider reprising his role.

The sequel, working-titled "Deuce Bigalow: Electric Gigolo", may involve Schneider's character attending a "Harry Potter"-esque academy for gigolos. Schneider is working on the script to the film, with shooting to begin next year.

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LORD OF THE RINGS - RETURN OF THE KING

Attention has already now shifted to Christmas 2003's final instalment in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy and (surprise, surprise!) it seems the last movie will be the best.

'The Chicago Sun-Times' talked with Elijah Wood and director Peter Jackson about the final film. Jackson said the movie "will be as long as it needs to be. The third is my favourite one in the trilogy. It's almost biblical and makes me cry. It's about incredible courage and the last part of it is just mind-boggling."

Wood agreed, saying that: "the third movie has always been my favourite. I've seen moments from it and they just break my heart. You've grown to care about these characters and they lose quite a lot in the process of the third movie. Frodo, Sam, Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn will never be the same."

Cover In related news, photos showing actor Andy Serkis (Gollum) as Gollum's alter-ego Smeagol, and together with his brother Deagol, have been release on the 'net. These scenes are likely to be from "Return Of The King", although they could possibly be released on the "Two Towers extended edition DVD next Christmas. (see right - top, middle, bottom)

DIE HARD 4

Australia's 'TV Week' reports that '20th Century Fox' have a title for their proposed fourth "Die Hard" movie. It will be known as "Die Hardest".

Cover The publication also talked to an insider on the film, who revealed star Bruce Willis is a bit frustrated about doing the flick. The mole revealed that "[Bruce is] tired of running with guns and yelling. Bruce is keen to get it done and concentrate on more intelligent films.

HELLBOY

Doug Jones recently spoke with 'Countingdown.com' about his role as Abe Sapien in the "Hellboy" movie adaptation. Regarding the make-up he said: "They did about sixteen, seventeen different life casts of me, body parts, very specific. They're gonna be gluing things to my actual body from head to toe, so there's going to be an awful, awful lot of doing up.
Most expensive I've ever done. 'Cause often times they'll do a full body cast, and they do a suit and you'll slip into it. This is different because they're creating a chest piece, some shoulder pieces, and the neck with the gills, and then this, and then that, and the head, and the hoo-hah... so there's a lot of different components that have to come together, and I love the overall shape.

Y'know, they've given me an amazing body, one that would take me years of 24-hour fitness to get. And the face, the lines, they are just beautiful."

And the actor's voice won't be dubbed. "We've talked about what kind of a style to give him, and I think he's gonna be soft-spoken, articulate... with a certain melodic sort of tone to his voice. I want to make him quirky enough so he's not just a guy."

INDIANA JONES 4

'SciFi Wire' talked with Steven Spielberg about the upcoming "Indiana Jones 4", who confirmed that the film will have a supernatural element and that it will take place in the 1950s.

Spielberg: "You have to understand that Harrison [Ford] is going to be 62 years old when the film [begins production in 2004], so we had to push the years into the 1950s. The story's wonderful, but Frank [Darabont]'s writing the script right now. Frank and I and George [Lucas] spent weeks together pounding out the story."

MAD MAX 4

'First Magazine' interviewed director George Miller about "Mad Max 4", who said: "We're almost done on the script, and we hope to get filming early in the year. Yes Mel [Gibson]'s back on board. [In response to his payment] He's worth every cent.

I mean would you watch a 'Mad Max' film without Mel? [In terms of casting] we've a bit of a way to go there. But Mel has an idea to put Robert Downey Junior, who I adore by the way, in a role, and I myself would love to see some of the faces from the earlier films return - be it Tina Turner, Emil Minty..."

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THE MATRIX - THE GAME

Some stills for next year's video-game "Matrix" tie-in are online here.

OCEAN'S ELEVEN 2

'Entertainment Weekly 'spoke to producer Jerry Weintraub, who revealed that the script for an "Ocean's Eleven" sequel has been written and is ready for director Steven Soderbergh to read. The film could start shooting at the end of 2003. Weinstraub insisted that "George [Clooney] and Matt [Damon] and Don Cheadle and the whole gang will be back.

THE RIFT

Writer-director Richard Kelly ("Donnie Darko") is teaming up with James Cameron to make "The Rift". The film concerns a group of New York University students, led by a team of physics professors, trying to build a Dimensional Rift in the middle of the Antarctic.

STARSHIP TROOPERS 2

'3D World Mag' reports that 'Tippett Studios' are working on a sequel to Paul Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers", which visual-effects wizard Phill Tippett will direct himself. Frank Petzoid will serve as the film's Director Of Photography and shooting begins in February 2003.

SUPERMAN

The 'UK Times Online' reports that casting for Superman on Brett Ratner's upcoming movie isn't progressing very well. Ratner still wants to cast an unknown actor, so casting agents have been despatched to London, Sydney and New York to screen-test aspiring young actors.

US TOP 10 (CINEMA)

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($48.8m)

2. Catch Me If You Can ($30.0m)

3. Two Weeks Notice ($15.5m)

4. Maid in Manhattan ($12.5m)

5. Gangs of New York ($10.9m)

6. Drumline ($8.1m)

7. The Wild Thornberrys Movie ($7.3m)

8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ($6.4m)

9. The Hot Chick ($4.8m)

10. Die Another Day ($4.3m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (�8.1m)

2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (�1.55m)

3. Die Another Day (�1.50m)

4. Sweet Home Alabama (�0.92m)

5. The Santa Clause 2 (�0.51m)

6. Like Mike (�0.15m)

7. The Quiet American (�0.15m)

8. Chicago (�0.11m)

9. Dirty Pretty Things (�0.07m)

10. Kaante (�0.06m)

WEBSITES

The Cat In The Hat

Next year's Michael Myers comedy based on the story by Dr. Seuss has a website online right now to whet your appetite.
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TRAILERS

Bad Boys 2

A belated sequel to the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence buddy cop film of 1996 that became Smith's first mainstream movie success pre-"Independence Day", and (to date) Lawrence's only half-way decent piece of celluloid.

Buzz Rating: 2.5/5.0 - I personally didn't like "Bad Boys". Some good visuals, but little else. I'm not personally looking forward to a sequel, although with Smith now a real movie star it could eclipse its predecessor quite easily. Early word isn't so good, however...
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Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

*WARNING: You can't SAVE this trailer, only download and view.*

The long-awaited third entry for one of the most influential modern sci-fi franchises. Future resistance leader John Connor, now a young adult, faces a new adversary sent back through time to kill him - the female TX...

Buzz Rating: 4.5/5.0 - This is a sequel to the film that catapulted Arnold Schwarzenneger into superstardom in the 80s, and pioneered CGI special-effects for the 90s. Expectations are, quite simply, massive.

Creator/co-writer/director James Cameron isn't involved - aaah!, Linda Hamilton refused to return - hmmm, well..., there's no Edward Furlong - yes!, but we still have big Arnie - hooray!

To be brutally honest "T3" will be a gigantic success even if the film itself is utter crap. Leaked elements of the plot make "T3" seem like a stale rehash of "T2" (itself merely a variation on the original), the glimpses of the TX haven't been that impressive, and audiences are divided on whether or not Arnie can still deliver the good now he's in his 50s. And don't mention the strong rumour that to recoup its huge investment the studio wants "T3" to have a PG-13 rating to ensure more people can see it! Oh, the horror!

But, have faith: Jonathan Mostow ("U-571") is a solid choice to direct and the special-effects are bound to be staggering - since Arnie allegedly has the studio throwing money at the sequel to ensure it isn't upstaged by "Matrix 2".

But will we get a decent story, with engaging characters and something NEW to say? Well, that all remains to be seen.
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