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** MOVIE NEWS **

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THE CROW - WICKED PRAYER

'Production Weekly' reports Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) is likely to win the role of Jimmy Cuervo in the fourth Crow movie. The story has Cuervo and his girlfriend Lily killed by Satanic Bikers as part of a ritual to become an immortal demon, but their leader finds that Jimmy has been transformed into the avenging spirit of The Crow.

Production is scheduled to begin on 21 April in either Salt Lake City, Utah or Capetown, South Africa under the eye of director Lance Mungia.

BRIDGET JONES' DIARY 2

Renée Zellweger has dismissed reports that she has agreed to star in the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, says 'BBC New'.

Speaking at the start of the 'Berlin Film Festival' on Thursday, Zellweger said that neither she, nor her co-star Hugh Grant, know anything about plans for a second film.

Zellweger said that there was nothing to commit to when it came to another film. "Neither of us has seen scripts, neither of us has a start date and neither of us has committed because there is nothing to commit to."

Despite the uncertainty over another sequel, Zellweger said she would enjoy taking up the role again. "I would love to do it if it's right," she added. "Bridget is a character I care a lot about."

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

It looks like director Sam Raimi has decided on who to cast as the sequel's villain, Dr Octopus. Not Sam Neill, no Philip Seymour Hoffman, but... Alfred Molina!

"Alfred, who?" I hear you cry. Well, Molina (pictured right) has starred in Boogie Nights, Frida, Chocolat and Raiders Of The Lost Ark (the "throw me the idol") character from the famous opening.

As you can see, Raimi has made a fabulous choice. Not only does Molina look like the spitting image of Doc Ock, but he has the acting muscle to transcend the potentially hokey material (as Willem Dafoe did with Green Goblin).

In related news, 'Zentertainment' reports that Jake Gyllenhall (Donnie Darko) will cameo as Kletus Kasady in the sequel, setting himself up for a bigger role as villain Carnage alongside Venom in the next sequel!

'Marvel Comics' studio chief Avi Arad told 'Sci Fi Wire' that the script to the sequel is completed, saying: "That's it. We are done." The film is scheduled to open on 7th May 2004. Several writers have been reported to be doctoring the script.

CATWOMAN

So just who will slip inside the cat-suit? Ashley Judd has been the serious contender since the late-90's, but recently Halle Berry's name was mentioned. Well, you can now add Nicole Kidman to the mix!

'The Hollywood Reporter' says Kidman is being pursued for the role, still with French director Pitoff attached. Kidman is no stranger to the Batman universe, having already played Dr Chase Meridian in 1995's Batman Forever.

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FORBIDDEN PLANET

A synopsis of the Forbidden Planet remake has hit the 'net: In the year 2020, a crew is sent on a rescue mission to investigate what happened to a colony of settlers on a faraway planet where they find only two survivors: Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira, as well as their robot Robby.

However, Morbius announces that he has no intention of being rescued and returned to Earth. The crew question Morbius to find out that at one time, the planet was populated by the Krel, a wise, intellectually superior race. Using leftover Krel technology, Morbius has doubled his intellect and gained the ability to shape a new world to his own specifications.

THE CORE

'IGN FilmForce' spoke with The Core's producer, David Foster, about whether or not the film will be edited in light of the Columbia Shuttle disaster.

He said: "The picture will open as scheduled, on Friday, March 28 [in the US]. The shuttle scene remains intact. In fact, in the movie it is a very heroic scene when it crash-lands safely in the L.A. River Basin - a funny thought itself. In every test screening that scene has received huge applause."

"If I must say so myself, it's a pretty exceptional visual effects sequence. The only thing Paramount has done with the blessings of myself and the director [Jon Amiel] is to pull the trailers and cut the few frames of the shuttle sequence out of them. The trailers will be back in the theatres this weekend."

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THE LOST BOYS 2

Gregory Cannon talked with 'Sight + Sound' magazine about the current status of the long-awaited sequel to Joel Schumacher's 80's vampire flick: "They've been talking about it for years, and I think it's only recently that Joel decided he'd take a back seat and just produce on it."

"One idea was to have the whole cast all female, another was to be a prequel, but I think the one we're going ahead with is the straight sequel. I think that's what fans would want most".

Will they replace any of the (then) teenaged actors? "No why? How's it going to look if Corey Haim suddenly doesn't look like Corey Haim, or Feldman's not Feldman. That's who you mean isn't it?"

DAREDEVIL II

Director Mark Steven Johnson talked with 'News Askew' about ideas for a Daredevil sequel: "Born again [which sees DD up against Kingpin again] would be an obvious choice. The other idea is to do Guardian Devil [Kevin Smith's run for Marvel, in which DD has his faith tested.] I'd let Kevin write the screenplay, which I think would be a blast. I've talked to Kevin Smith about him writing the next script... I'm gonna direct it man".

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PSYCHO

He's at it again! 'Moviehole' talked with director Gus Van Sant recently about his new flick Gerry, and he revealed he might remake Psycho... again!

"I'm thinking of remaking Psycho again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a Punk rocker setting. Viggo Mortensen suggested it. He was married to Exene Cervenka and knows all the right people to get involved - all the right punk rocker etc - so he would definitely be involved if we go ahead."

"Psycho was great, a huge kind of grand experiment project. Very trial by fire. It met with a lot of criticism - but we managed to keep afloat, I think we broke even."

Somebody stop him! Please!

HELLBOY

'Countingdown' talked with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, who revealed some changes in the movie from the comic.

Mignola: "Hellboy is probably as close to the comic as he can be, and still work on film. Abe Sapien is quite a bit different, and the fact that Wayne Barlowe designed the creature makes it a very different thing."

"It's a different thing, because the comic is my vision, the film is Guillermo del Toro's vision, so we see eye-to-eye 95% of the time. He knows how to make movies, and on a good day I know how to make comics. I'm very happy to defer to him when it comes to film".

It also seems the father/son relationship between Professor Bruttenholm and Hellboy is much stronger in the script. "It was only hinted as maybe for like two panels in the comic, but it's really the heart of the movie and I think it's the best thing in the film."

"The relationships between Hellboy and Liz, and Hellboy and Bruttenholm, but Hellboy and Bruttenholm is really to me the thing I love the most in the movie."

Del Toro also confirmed actors Larry Miller and Victoria Smurfit have had to leave the project due to scheduling conflicts. Jeffrey Tambor and Biddy Hodson have replaced them.

HITMAN

As reported in last week's DMD, the video-game Hitman it to be adapted into a movie. It now seems Christian Bale (American Psycho) is the hot contender to play assassin 'Number 47'.

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SUPERMAN

'Sci Fi.com', 'IGN Film Force' and '4Filmmakers' report that Victor Webster (Mutant X) has been cast as Superman in Brett Ratner's upcoming movie. Other sites admit Webster screen-tested for the role, but not that he was successful.

'Zentertainment' are so sure Webster is the new Clark Kent that they issued this statement: "Forget what you've heard up to this point. Victor Webster is Superman. All he has to do is sign the three-picture contract and it is a done deal."

PETER PAN

The 'Daily Telegraph' reports that Peter Pan lead Jeremy Sumpter has broken his foot, causing an upset on the $100+ million budget movie.

Director P.J. Hogan is reportedly shooting scenes not involving Sumpter and starting blue screen work earlier than expected, but "the shooting schedule... has been thrown into disarray".

Sumpter is expected to be out of action for a few weeks, which means work on the production could stop altogether. Sumpter seems a little accident prone as he also knocked his head on an overhead fan last month.

PIXAR

CGI animation studio Pixar (Toy Story, Monster's, Inc.) are finally going to produce a movie without the joint support of 'Disney'.

The project they have in mind tells the story of a bachelor mouse who lives in an upscale Restaurant, secure in his ways. Because it is his place and he's the only mouse in the house, life is good; there are no traps, no poisons... until...?

Well, we don't know yet!

SHANGHAI DAWN

Owen Wilson talked with 'E! Online' about potential story ideas for a third movie: "We're talking about it maybe starting in Hollywood and then going from there to Africa or the Pyramids. At the end, they say, 'What's this I hear about moving pictures?'."

"When you see the old Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy and Three Stooges movies - they all were sequels. Even though the characters are the same, they don't feed you the same jokes. I think that's one of the mistakes sequels do; they redress the whole movie in the same location and do the same movie again."

"I feel like we have the freedom to take them anywhere in time we want. I'd throw them in WWI and have Owen pop a champagne bottle and kill Ferdinand and start WWI - to me, that's funny. These two guys bitching at each other in a foxhole!?"

SPY KIDS 3

The third film in writer-director Robert Rodriguez' curiously popular children's franchise will be made in 3D! The film will be entitled Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, and is a more sci-fi outing set in a virtual world created by a criminal genius.

It's already speculated that Rodriguez plans to utilize cutting-edge 3D technology currently being championed by James Cameron. And yes, you will still need to wear those funny specs!

'Variety' later announced who would be playing the virtual reality mastermind - none other than Sylvester Stallone. Rodriguez enthused that "His larger-than-life persona will be a great addition to the Spy Kids 3D universe."

STARSHIP TROOPERS 2

'Production Weekly' reports that production is scheduled to begin this spring on a sequel Starship Troopers, to be directed by the original film's visual effects wizard Phil Tippett.

Screenwriter Edward Neumeier will write the script - which is said to focus on a new group of troopers who find themselves taking refuge in an abandoned outpost as they attempt to defend themselves against the encroaching arachnids, not realizing that a much graver danger is actually infiltrating their unit...

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THE TWITS

'Variety' reports that John Williams' 'Disney'-based 'Vanguard Films' has sold a pitch to the studio to adapt the Roald Dahl classic book The Twits.

The script will be written by John Cleese (Die Another Day) and Kirk De Micco (Quest For Camelot) and tells the story of Mr and Mrs Twit - the two nastiest people in the world, who play mean-spirited practical jokes on each other and mastermind elaborate heists along with their crew of trained animals. Until, one day, their animals turn the tables on the pair...

UNDERWORLD

'Sci-Fi Wire' spoke with Scott Speedman about this horror-thriller Underworld. He described the movie as a Romeo & Juliet love story between a vampire and a werewolf [two species at war with each other in the movie].

Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor) plays the female vampire of the loving duo. So is Speedman her werewolf other half? Well, no. Scott Speedman says: "I'm not playing a werewolf. I'm not playing a vampire. I'm playing this intern who gets pulled into this underworld."

"Kate Beckinsale plays a vampire, and the werewolves realize my strain of blood can save their race, so they track me and try to get my blood. [There's] a lot of big action. We had a lot of the stunt guys from The Matrix movies and got to do a lot of the wire training. I had a lot of fighting".

Underworld is released in the US on 19th September.


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ACADEMY AWARDS 2003 - NOMINATIONS!

Yes, the nominations are in for the biggest awards ceremony of the year - the fabled Oscars! Here's the list:

1. BEST ACTOR

2. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

3. BEST ACTRESS

4. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

5. BEST ANIMATED MOVIE

6. ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

7. ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

8. ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

9. BEST DIRECTOR

10. BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

11. ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

12. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

13. ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

14. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

15. BEST ORIGINAL SONG

16. BEST FILM

17. BEST ANIMATED SHORT

18. BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

19. ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

20. ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

21. ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

22. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

23. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY


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US TOP 10 (CINEMA)

  • 1. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ($23.7m)
  • 2. Shanghai Knights ($19.6m)
  • 3. Chicago ($10.7m)
  • 4. The Recruit ($9.2m)
  • 5. Final Destination 2 ($8.3m)
  • 6. Deliver Us From Eva ($6.6m)
  • 7. Kangaroo Jack ($6.1m)
  • 8. Biker Boyz ($4.2m)
  • 9. Darkness Falls ($3.8m)
  • 10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($3.5m)

    UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

  • 1. Two Weeks Notice (£2.63m)
  • 2. Catch Me If You Can (£2.23m)
  • 3. Final Destination 2 (£1.67m)
  • 4. The Wild Thornberrys Movie (£1.43m)
  • 5. Chicago (£0.87m)
  • 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (£0.76m)
  • 7. 8 Mile (£0.65m)
  • 8. About Schmidt (£0.38m)
  • 9. Gangs of New York (£0.33m)
  • 10. I Spy (£0.20m)


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    ** TRAILERS **

    The Animatrix
    Part 1: The Last Flight Of Osiris

    What's all this "Ani"-business?
    "Ani" is short for "anime", itself a term used to describe Japanese animation (wrongly known as Manga for many years in the West).

    And "matrix"?
    Is "Matrix", idiot - as in Keanu Reeves and slow-motion kung-fu sci-fi?

    Oh! Oh, right. I'm... still confused.
    2003 is officially The Year Of The Matrix, see? Not only is the sequel released this May, but a third instalment is also due in November! And if that weren't enough, there are also NINE animated short-movies released throughout 2003 under the banner The Animatrix.

    Excellent! What are they like?
    Each one is about 10-minutes long and tell various stories themed around the premise of The Matrix. Some have even been written by Matrix creators The Wachowski Brothers and all are official (i.e., a credible part of the Matrix theology). One of the shorts even acts as a short prequel to the 1999 original movie!

    This gets better and better...
    Just wait for this! The animation company Square have worked on one of the shorts, producing a stunning episode using photo-realistic humans! They were the team behind the visually impressive (but hollow) Final Fantast: The Spirits Within.

    When can I download!
    Episode 1 is online now at the above link. Be warned, though - these are larger downloads than your standard 2-minute theatrical trailer! For a decent sized download you're looking at 30MB - which will take quite some time over a modest 56k modem! Best quality comes at 90MB!

    Ohh! I knew there'd be a down-side. How can I get around this?
    Four options. Hope your ISP doesn't disconnect you and download throughout the night, get broadband and download lickety-split, get them burned onto CD by a friend with broadband, or just wait for the re-release of The Matrix on DVD this year - some of the episodes will be on there as extra-features - with more to follow on the Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions DVD's next year.

    Cool. Any final thoughts?
    Pity anyone who hates The Matrix. They're not going to escape it this year!
    Click here for trailer

    The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    Oh, yes! I love this show! "Are you local?"
    No, no. Not The League Of Gentlemen. This is The League of EXTRAORDINARY Gentlemen - something quite different...

    Explain.
    Well, this is a movie based on a classic graphic novel by Alan Moore (Watchmen, From Hell, V For Vendetta). Moore's story is a fantasy adventure that involves many famous 19th-Century faces, such as: Sherlock Holmes, Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Dr Jekyll (and Mr Hyde), The Invisible Man, etc. They all band together to defeat Fu Manchu (and a surprise villain) to stop an aerial bombing of London by flying machines.

    Wow! Sounds cool! Who's in it?
    Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Stuart Townsend...

    Hmmm, not quite so cool. So will this be good?
    I certainly hope so! Apparently the movie is quite a departure from the book and changes a few aspects, but hopefully the spirit of the thing will remain. It's being directed by Brit Steven Norrington (Blade), and features some characters unseen in the original comic, such as: Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, etc.

    Great! So, good family fun for the masses then?
    It will be interesting to see how this movie fares. It's not a well-known comic adaptation (a la Hulk), it's not a sequel (a la Matrix Revolutions) and it doesn't really have a massive fan-base (a la Terminator 3). Also, Alan Moore adaptations have so far been hugely diluted empty productions - just witness the glib reworking of From Hell.

    Any final thoughts?
    This movie deserves to succeed. Moore's work is almost always perfect for the big-screen (but gets chopped to pieces in the script process). Norrington's a strong director, and Connery still has an allure over filmgoers. I think LXG will be a surprise hit, perhaps filling a void between the truly MASSIVE box-office releases this Summer.
    Click here for trailer


    ** IN THE PIPELINE **

    Note that these are US release dates.

  • February 2003: "Shanghai Knights" (7), "Daredevil" (14), "Jungle Book 2" (14), Spider" (28)
  • March 2003: "Johnny English" (14), "Phone Booth" (14), "The Core" (28), "House Of 1000 Corpses" (TBC)
  • April 2003: "Ripley's Game" (4), "Timeline" (11), "Bulletproof Monk" (16), Basic" (18)
  • May 2003: "Matrix Reloaded" (16), "Bruce Almighty" (23), "Finding Nemo" (30), "The Italian Job" (30)
  • June 2003: "Fast & The Furious 2" (6), "Freddy Vs Jason" (13), "Hulk" (20), Charlie's Angels 2" (TBC), "Tomb Raider II" (TBC)
  • July 2003: "Legally Blonde 2" (2), "Terminator 3" (2), "Pirates Of The Carribean" (9), "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (11), "Bad Boys II (18), "Exorcist - The Beginning" (18), "Dumb & Dumberer" (18), "Spy Kids 3" (25)
  • August 2003: "American Wedding" (1), "Cursed" (8), "Jeepers Creepers 2" (29) October: "Kill Bill" (10), "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (17), "Underworld" (TBC)
  • September 2003: TBA
  • October 2003: TBA
  • November 2003: "Matrix Revolutions" (7), "Looney Tunes - Back In Action" (14), Around The World In 80 Days" (21), "The Cat In The Hat" (21), "Dirty Dancing 2" (21)
  • December 2003: "The Last Samurai" (5), "The Alamo" (12), "Lord Of The Rings - Return Of The King" (17), "Garfield" (19), "Lemony Snicket" (19), "Peter Pan" (25)

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