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Another in-movie photo has been released from The Hulk, this time showing the green-meanie about to knock a helicopter out of the air. Yikes! (see right)

ALIEN 5

Sigourney Weaver spoke to the 'Chicago Sun-Times' about whether or not she'd ever play Ripley again in another Alien film, and what storyline she'd be interested in pursuing.

Weaver: "[Director] Ridley Scott and I have talked about it a couple of times. He has some ideas. If we developed a good script, I'd love to play Ripley again. I've always felt so grateful to Ridley Scott because he gave me my first job. In fact, the first few weeks of Alien, I was so green that Ridley would say, 'Don't look at the camera.' And I'd say, 'How can I not look at it. It's right in front of my face all the time!'"

"The only thing I'm not interested in is going to Earth. I saw that Star Trek movie where they went to Earth and... yawn. I think it's more fun to go to a foreign planet - especially now. Who wants to come to Earth now? Let's go far, far away! Fantasy is what we need!"

'Filmjerk' also reports that the original Alien will be re-released on October 31 - which is strange considering the film's 25th Anniversary isn't until 25 May 2004.

AUSTIN POWERS 4

'Screen Daily' reports that Jennifer Lopez is tipped to be the new Powers Girl in a likely fourth Austin Powers movie.

ELEKTRA

'Variety' reports that 'New Regency' and '20th Century Fox' could begin production on Daredevil spin-off movie Elektra in 2004, with star Jennifer Garner likely to return.

Screenwriters Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner are to write the script, after they impressed executives with their draft for Deathlok; an adaptation of another 'Marvel' comic about a man who is transformed into a machine.

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SCOOBY DOO 2

The working title for the movie is now Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Seth Green talked with 'About.Com' about his role in the sequel: "I just flew in this morning. I finished work at five this morning, was on a flight at six and I haven't really slept yet so I'm a little delirious right now. I play a museum curator, like a professor of museum studies."

"I thought the first one was pretty sharp with the adult subtext, but I think they're less bound this time by committee. I think the first one, they had a lot more to prove so they didn't know exactly what direction to go in, and this time they know what works and what doesn't, so they're just pulling ahead".

It's also been revealed that Alicia Silverstone (Clueless) has joined the cast, as has Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein) as classic cartoon foe Old Man Wickles (aka The Black Knight Ghost).

The first inmovie photo has also been released, showing a stretch-limo Mystery Machine visiting a museum. (see right)

THE LEAGUE OF....

'Coming Attractions' reports that '20th Century Fox' has shortened The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen's title down to just The League.

The studio will still use the acronym LXG in some cases to promote the film but otherwise it will be known as The League only.

Another source also said that the film's new trailer is "far better" than the first one; with footage of Captain Nemo's Nautilus submarine.

THE MATRIX RELOADED

The 'Sydney Morning Herald' interviewed star Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) about the Matrix sequels Reloaded and Revolutions.

He had the following to say: "The first one seemed very contained. It was long, but the energy was maintained. But the sequels were really draining on a lot of people. They pushed through it and every day got what they wanted. But it was a much more strenuous battle."

In the sequels, Weaving's Agent Smith can replicate himself, which leads to scenes where hundreds of Smith duplicates fight Keanu Reeves's Neo. Creating this illusion required Weaving to be surrounded by twelve actors of the same height and build.

"They'd had all their hair shaved and my hair on and glasses. They kind of looked vaguely like me. They put me in the centre of the frame and did face replacements on them after the event. Or not, depending on the shot."

"The strange thing about it really was doing scenes with myself. When we were shooting it, I got to know them all as Rob or Mike, or whatever. I just treated them as other people. But halfway through a scene, I'd have to do some dialogue with myself and that was peculiar. You'd be doing it with someone else then have to jump in and do the scene with yourself."

Weaving says much of the filming was tedious: "I'd much rather work on an eight-week shoot in Australia with other actors. There were a lot of injuries again this time around. I was getting these strange tinglings down my arm and in my fingers."

Weaving also praised the tenacity of Reeves: "His skills were fantastic. He wants to be able to do everything himself and gets really angry if he can't. Training seems to be more dangerous than the actual shoot because you're stretching yourself, seeing what you can do and doing things for the first time and trying to make things work."

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - THE PREQUEL

Robert Englund revealed that Freddy Vs Jason director Ronnie Yi "would like to do a whole series of Freddy Vs Jason movies. He believes this is the start of a new series. If it happens, great. I think we will all be back. We had such a great time on this movie; it's going to be far from a chore to draw everyone back for seconds."

"Who knows maybe we might even see another solo Freddy movie again, if that's what the fans want... Ronny has sort of taking on a new surrogate father role to Freddy Krueger and Jason, so if any more solo movies come along, he's already told the studio he wants first option on directing them."

"I've always thought a Freddy prequel would be a wonderful idea, and now with Exorcist, the time feels right. That would be great fun, if only because I'll only be in make-up for like a quarter of the picture. Let's see how Freddy Vs Jason does first thought before we get too excited. But yes, it's definitely something Ronny and I have been talking about".

PREACHER

James Marsden (X-Men 2's Cyclops) talked to 'MTV' about Preacher, the adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic-book which will be directed by Rachel Talalay.

"Right now it's in one of those weird Hollywood states where financing is still kind of questionable at this point," explained the 29-year-old actor as he relaxed in his hotel room, dressed in a dark shirt and jeans. "But they keep threatening to start [filming] in June, so if they do it, I'm thrilled to be a part of it."

The actor said it was the book's mature themes and complex character dynamics that attracted him to the material. "I [like] the maturity of the relationship between Tulip and the Preacher, the mix between the issues that it deals with, that it's kind of a Western and that he walks around with the image of John Wayne around him.

"I also like the bravery in Garth Ennis' writing. He's not afraid to tackle the hypocrisies of modern religion and things like that. A couple of people have said, 'Boy, if Garth Ennis had created a religion, I would sure like to be a part of that.' It just makes sense, the way he tackles things in it. It's really heavy stuff [and] it's incredibly well written."

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STARSKY & HUTCH

The 'Z Review' posted the first set picture of Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller in Starsky & Hutch - the movie adaptation of the hit TV series. (see right) The movie, due out next year, also stars Snoop Dogg (as Huggie Bear), Vince Vaughn, Carmen Elektra and Molly Sims.

RED DWARF

Co-creator and writer Doug Naylor is in Australia scouring studio facilities for his Red Dwarf movie and preliminary designs are being created. Filming on the long-awaited movie (which has missed the peak of the TV show's success by eight years!) should hopefully begin in late September.

Doug Naylor: "We had originally planned for Shepperton [UK], but at the time we were told there were no studios available. We looked everywhere - Germany, Austria, Italy - and eventually Richard Taylor at WETA recommended Australia."

"We've been delighted by everything we've found out here. Australia's the sci-fi capital of the world right now. Star Wars, The Matrix, Farscape... It's the ideal place for Red Dwarf."

RESIDENT EVIL 2

'Filmjerk' revealed details about the Resident Evil movie sequel, which begins filming this July for three months.

New characters that will join returning actors Milla Jovovich and Eric Mabius include a trio from the Resident Evil video-games (including Jill Valentine). The character of Addison, who was infected with the virus that creates zombies, will be the villain of the sequel - entitled Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse.

SCARY MOVIE 3

Leslie Nielsen (Naked Gun) has been cast by director David Zucker (Airplane!) to star in Scary Movie 3, now filming in Vancouver, reports 'Variety'. The Practice star Camryn Manheim has also been cast.

Nielsen (a veteran of spoofs from Airplane to, er, Dracula: Dead & Loving It), joins Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards, Anna Faris, Simon Rex, Anthony Anderson, Eddie Griffin, Regina Hall and Jeremy Piven in the third instalment.

SPY KIDS 3D

The Times of India reports that Salma Hayek's role in the film requires her to "use her new pigtails to fly".

STAR WARS EPISODE III

The official Star Wars Homing Beacon newsletter included an interview with Star Wars: Episode III producer Rick McCallum in which he talks about the script.

"We get our preliminary first draft of the script next week, which we're very excited about," says McCallum, who is currently overseeing the preparation of Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia. In just over two months, the stages of the motion picture facility will be the used for shooting Episode III."

"We're currently on schedule to begin on or around June 30, finishing some time in September," says McCallum. Already, the crew down under has enough information from George Lucas to begin construction of environments, props and costumes.

"After that George will be rewriting to a more formal first draft and will keep revising right up until the start of shooting," adds McCallum. "The story he wants to tell is firmly in his head. All the details are stored away in there, without a lot of influence from anyone else. He's been talking a lot about how this movie fits with Episode IV in some very cool and unexpected ways."

It won't be until the summer (or technically, the southern hemisphere's winter) that the actors arrive in Australia, but already Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard has met briefly with both Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor in the US. "Hayden is coming shortly to begin massive rehearsals, stunt rehearsals. We expect Ewan in the next 4-5 weeks. He's starting to work on all the fight sequences in the movie which I think will be extraordinary," he said.

VAN HELSING

'MTV' interviewed Hugh Jackman (X-Men 2) about Van Helsing in 2004: "I'll tell you, man, it is huge - the sets, the costumes. I just saw a little trailer of it cut together. We showed it to the whole crew [and] everyone was so jazzed. It looks amazing."

"I feel like I'm in Indiana Jones. That was my favourite movie as a kid, and I really feel like I've walked into one of those movies. [It's got] swashbuckling, but it's got a darkness to it, but it's still funny. And the look of it - I think it has a style to it that I've never really seen before. And I think the story is very intricate."

The movie also stars Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge) as Dracula, Shuler Hensley (Someone Like You) as Frankenstein's Monster, Samuel West (Notting Hill) as Dr. Frankenstein, Kevin J. O'Connor (The Mummy) as Igor, and Will Kemp as the Wolf Man.