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The best images yet of Hellboy and Abe Sapien have been released (see below and right). Director Guillermo Del Toro's adaptation of Mike Mignol's acclaimed comic-book series will be released in 2004.

BEVERLY HILLS COP 4

Eddie Murphy is set to return as motor-mouthed cop Axel Foley in yet another Beverly Hills Cop sequel, again likely to co-star Judge Reinhold and John Ashton.

Michael Bay (Armageddon), Tony Scott (True Romance) and original helmer Martin Brest are all interested in directing duties.

BLADE III

Screenwriter David Goyer will direct Blade III, having previously written both previous instalments of Marvel's vampire franchise. Worried? Don't be. Goyer recently directed star Wesley Snipes in Zig Zag with impressive results. Blade III begins filming very soon with an apocalyptic storyline.

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ELEKTRA

'Access Hollywood' talked to Jennifer Garner regarding her Elektra spin-off movie from Daredevil.

Garner confirmed the project's existence, saying: "I think that there is something in the works to be made next summer, definitely. We still need to read the first draft of the script, and if it isn't great than none of us want to do it. I am hoping that it will be done. I had a really great time playing that role."

FAMILY GUY - THE MOVIE

The cancelled comedy animation Family Guy may return as a straight-to-DVD movie, says creator Seth MacFarlane: "It's certainly some vindication and a sign that the show is as popular as we always suspected. 'Fox' certainly gave the show more of a chance than a lot of shows would've gotten, and we're indebted to Gail [Berman, 'Fox Entertainment Chief'] for the fact that we even got a third season. But it's also frustrating for everyone who worked on the show. We all felt it was killed before its time."

THE FANTASTIC FOUR

Is singer Jessica Simpson set to star as Sue Storm (a.k.a Invisible Girl) for the Fantastic Four movie? Recently she told reporters: "I don't know if your everyday person would know but I can tell you this - it's not Wonder Woman."

GARFIELD

Bill Murray (Ghostbusters) is providing the voice of Garfield in the sarcastic feline's live-action movie, to be directed by Peter Howitt (The Borrowers).

Producer John Davis ensured that Garfield will look like a real live animal, despite being computer-generated: "The goal there is to make you believe that we found a cat that did all those things, even though it was all created in a computer. A tremendous amount of research and development has gone into making that cat look absolutely real."

"He has features like his ears and his eyes, and he's kind of a fat cat. He's bigger than any cat you've seen. You've got those big paws. You'll look at him and go, 'He's Garfield. That's Garfield.'"

Garfield also stars Breckin Meyer (as owner Jon), Jennifer Love Hewitt and Stephen Tobolowsky.

INDIANA JONES 4

Harrison Ford finally received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Director Steven Spielberg was there and Indiana Jones 4.

"We're about to launch production next year on Indiana Jones 4," said the legendary director. Ford commented that he doesn't "know anything about it except that Steven's very enthusiastic. He's got a period of time to work on the script before I see it. So I should see it in a couple of weeks."

"I can't say [the film is going ahead] until I read it. But it feels like a go to me."

IRON FIST

'Comics Continuum' asked Ray Park about the status of Iron Fist. Park said "I still want to do it, of course. We better hurry before I get too old [laughs], but we're doing it."

"I get asked all the time when Iron Fist is going to happen. I want to make the film happen."

IRON MAN

An article on the proposed Iron Man movie appeared in 'Cinescape' magazine recently. Inside, producer Don Murphy said: "In Iron Man, he's putting on a suit of armour that protects his heart - I totally get it. To me it's always about, 'Can I see it as a movie?' So Iron Man works for me because of that very reason. He's not going to be Superman turning back the world. It's believable stuff."

Screenwriter Gough added: "The intriguing thing to us [Gough & co-writer Miles Millar] was [Iron Man's alter-ego Tony Stark] has an alcohol problem and he needs the suit to stay alive. [He is] a very unique character in terms of he's not a teenager struggling with a superpower... he's like the Howard Hughes of superheroes."

"[Iron Man is] a very relevant sort of thing to be doing - somebody who's basically a weapons manufacturer in this world situation we're in. And also, it's global. It's not a guy protecting one city; it has a James Bond-meets-Tom Clancy feel. That's our approach."

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WALKING TALL

'Variety' reports that Jackass star Johnny Knoxville is set to co-star alongside WWE wrestler The Rock in Walking Tall.

The movie is a remake being directed by Kevin Bray, with Knoxville picking up $5 million for his services. Walking Tall has The Rock as a character who returns to his hometown, stands up to local roughnecks and becomes sheriff. Knoxville will play a local underachiever with is deputized by The Rock.

Screenwriters Channing Gibson and David Klass wrote the script, and filming begins on 23 June in Vancouver.

JOE 90

'Disney' is to make a live-action movie adaptation of Gerry Anderson puppet series Joe 90. The 60's series concerned a device known as BIG RAT that could transfer a person's intelligence and skill into another. Joe, a nine-year-old boy was the guinea pig for the machine's test and, after its success, became a super-intelligent secret agent for organisation W.I.N.

If Joe 90 is greenlit, 2003 has been quite a year for creator Gerry Anderson - whose most popular series, Thunderbirds, is currently being made into a film for 2004. Rumours still persist that a computer-generated TV remake of Captain Scarlett, about an invulnerable futuristic law-enforcer battling aliens known as Mysterons, is also imminent.

SPIDER-MAN 2

Apparently the sequel is now unlikely to retain its The Amazing Spider-Man title, instead opting for Spider-Man Unmasked.

STAR WARS EPISODE III

Designer Ian McCaig recently talked about what fans can expect from Star Wars Episode III regarding Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader.

"In Episode I, when we saw Jake Lloyd, we wondered where's the dark side? Why isn't this kid creepy? And then, in Episode II, Hayden Christensen came across as a justifiably angry teenager more than a kid who crosses over to the true dark side. Killing the Sand People... they killed his mom! I could go mad and do something like that."

"So, I kept waiting for the dark side to take hold. In this film, you realize, it's more about Anakin making the wrong choices. He's given a glorious moment by George - I'm so happy with part of the script - where he truly has to make a choice. In the end, I think that's a smarter way to go than a slow transformation. It's more tragic this way."

"What are we wearing this year in Star Wars? In Episode I, [Natalie Portman] was the Queen, and she was wearing disguises. I once said she should be able to slip out of the back of the costume, and you'd never know she was gone."

"Ironically, in this one, she's back to wearing disguises. As well as now hiding this marriage to a Jedi, which is not allowed, she has to hide the fact that she's going to have babies. All of the costumes had to disguise these facts."

SUPERMAN

'E! Online' reported that write JJ Abrams' Superman screenplay has "changed quite a bit" from the draft that infamously made its way onto the internet to receive harsh critique.

Abrams revealed his motive for writing the script, saying: "I fought for the job. I thought it could be really good despite it being Superman."

And his thoughts about the difficulty in casting Superman, which was one reason director Brett Ratner left the project? "Someone was born to play Superman, and they will get the role whether it's someone you know or don't."

WESTWORLD

'Variety' reports that Terminator 3 writers Michael Ferris and John Brancato have been hired to pen a remake of sci-fi movie Westworld. The movie is still attached to Arnold Schwarzenneger - who should as the rogue cowboy android, a role made famous by Dirty Dozen actor Yul Brynner.