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The first image of the CGI Garfield have been released, to be voiced by Bill Murray. (see right)

AKIRA

Director Stephen Norrington's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen has been resoundingly panned by the US critics, so his attachment to the live-action remake of anime hit Akira is now in doubt.

Norrington himself said: "I have dropped out of all my Hollywood development deals because I want to pursue more creative avenues" - therefore this remake project he was attached to is now free.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

'Entertainment Weekly' spoke with director Baz Luhrmann about his take on the biopic headed for production next year. In terms of casting he revealed that "Nicole Kidman is playing Alexander's mother, Olympia, who is sort of a match for Cleopatra. I'll be seeing her in a few weeks and Leonardo [DiCaprio] in Montreal and I'm bringing them a draft, so both of them will know exactly what I'm doing."

"I still can't technically offer anyone contracts. I've gotten into the story by investing hugely in Alexander's childhood at the age of 9. So, I've got to find the perfect 9-year-old that looks like Leonardo as a child, who's really good with a horse and can act, and then I've got to schedule him before he grows up. As soon as I can cast the child, I can offer the contracts to the other actors."

And what will the aesthetic of the film be like? "The assumed look of the ancient world was cooked up in 50's Hollywood - everyone in white bed-sheets and white miniskirts. It's definitely not that. There's a visual richness that you don't associate with the kind of camp 50's Hollywood language of it. It's a world you look at and wish you'd been part of."

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FLETCH ONE

Writer-director Kevin Smith (Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) has committed to direct Fletch One (a.k.a Fletch Won) for 'Miramax', followed by the sci-fi adventure Ranger Danger & The Danger Rangers for 'Dimension Films'.

Fletch One will continue the exploits of journalist detective Fletch played in the two previous movies by Chevy Chase, and in this new one by Jason Lee. Shooting will begin in January.

Ranger Danger is described by Smith as "my stab at a comic-book/sci-fi movie. It's in the vein of Flash Gordon, something I've noodled with a couple of years. Now I feel we are mature enough filmmakers to tackle it."

Smith hopes to shoot that movie while Fletch One is in post-production during the Autumn of 2004.

BOND 21

Mariah Carey has apparently signed to provide the theme song for the next James Bond movie - as long as she gets a cameo role, a la Madonna.

A source said: "Mariah has had meetings with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. She was asked if she'd consider singing the theme tune for Bond 21. Mariah said she wanted a part in the new film although the story hasn't been discussed yet."

DOOM

'Sknr.net' claims that screenwriters Ron Mita and Jim McClain have been hired to write an adaptation of the famous 90's computer game Doom.

HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE

Mike Newell has agreed to direct Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, the fourth film in the franchise. Newell recently completed production on Mona Lisa Smile, starring Julia Roberts, and also directed Four Weddings And A Funeral, Enchanted April and Donnie Brasco.

Production on the fourth film is scheduled to begin in April 2004. David Heyman will again produce with Steve Kloves writing the screenplay adaptation. The movie should be released in late-2005.

A spokesman said: "We're really happy to bring Mike on board to direct this movie. He has the ability to get tremendous performances from his actors, and handles drama and comedy equally well."

"We've been lucky to have worked with excellent filmmakers on the first three Harry Potter movies and we are looking forward to continuing that tradition as we start on this next movie with Mike."

David Heyman agreed: "When Alfonso made the decision to focus on completing Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, we were faced with the daunting task of finding a director to handle the complex challenges of Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire and to follow in the footsteps of Chris Columbus and Alfonso Cuaron."

"Mike's rich and diverse body of work show him to be the perfect choice. He has worked with children, made us laugh, and had us sitting on the edge of our seats. He is great with actors and imbues all his characters, all his films, with great humanity. I'm thrilled."

Newell later commented: "I'm very excited about directing Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire. As audiences have become more familiar with both the books and the movies, there has been an increasing challenge to continue to develop each of these characters and to make their world real on the screen."

"It is a pleasure to follow directors Chris Columbus and Alfonso Cuaron, who have done so much to establish the tradition of Harry Potter on film, and to work with David Heyman and Steve Kloves, whose love and respect for this material have been central to the success of this enormous undertaking."

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FREDDY VS JASON II

Okay, the latest rumour is that a sequel to Freddy Vs Jason is already being considered, with Freddy and Jason teaming up against a common enemy - Bruce Campbell's Evil Dead character Ash!

No kidding. Apparently the 'New Line' executives think the idea is a real winner and are pushing for the movie to go into pre-production very soon. Could be groovily ghoulish fun...

INDIANA JONES 4

Writer/director Frank Darabont talked to the 'Alameda Times-Star' about writing Indiana Jones 4 - still set for a July 2005 release.

"I absolutely don't want to do things like having him say, 'I'm getting to old for this shit.' I don't want to be slipping and sliding in clich�s. This character is no longer in the 1930's. He has to age honestly. He's got to be in the 1950's."

"Let's face it, what's not to like about Indiana Jones? I saw the first movie in 1981, five years before I started my writing career. Who knew I would grow up to write the sequel?"

KING KONG

'Universal Pictures' are ready to pay Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson $20 million against 20% of the box-office gross for his King Kong remake.

Jackson will share that fee with co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The $20 million advance puts Jackson in the same category as superstars like Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson.

The movie will be shot in New Zealand, for a Christmas 2005 release date.

THE LOOKOUT

'DreamWorks Pictures' is hoping to sign director David Fincher (Panic Room) to helm The Lookout. The thriller is rumoured to have attracted names such as Sam Mendes, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The movie has been penned by screenwriter Scott Frank and focuses on a young man who is rendered semi-disabled by short-term memory loss in the wake of a car accident. He is then befriended by a local gangster who needs help robbing a bank.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - THE PREQUEL

Robert Englund has revealed that the title of the Nightmare On Elm Street prequel is currently known as Elm Street: The First Murders.

OUTPOST

'The Z Review' reports that writer-director Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers) is set to develop a new film set in the North Sea in partnership with the UK Film Council's Development Fund.

Neil Marshall confirms that the action "is set on a derelict oil rig where a secret genetic experiment goes horrifically awry. 48 hours later a special military forces team arrives to investigate only to find themselves faced with a fearsome and mutating opponent."

So, Resident Evil meets The Thing, then...

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OZZY OSBOURNE

Johnny Depp is rumoured to be interested in playing Ozzy Osbourne in a 'Paramount'/'MTV' biopic about the heavy-metal Prince Of Darkness.

'The Herald Sun' reported that Depp has been "fascinated" for years by the former Black Sabbath rock-star, describing him as "a deeply fascinating human".

SCARY MOVIE 4

Anna Faris, who plays Scary Movie's lead character Cindy, recently told her official site that she is not coming back for a fourth instalment. She has indicated that whilst she loves playing the character, she doesn't want to be typecast to this series.

SON OF THE MASK

'MTV' interviewed Jamie Kennedy about his starring-role in The Mask sequel Son Of The Mask. Kennedy: "I'm not playing the Jim Carrey character; I'm playing a different character... I play a father."

Indeed, Kennedy will play a cartoonist named Tim Avery whose infant son stumbles upon the magical Mask Of Loki. Alan Cumming (X-Men 2) will play his son (once transformed by The Mask, of course).

Lawrence Guterman (Cats & Dogs) will direct the movie, which is currently being shot in Australia.

TERMINATOR 4

'The Movie Guide', a Lebanese film magazine, interviewed producer Mario Kassar about the possibility of a Terminator 4 now that Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to run for Governor of California.

Mario Kassar: "T4 is in the works. The screenplay will be ready in 8 or 9 months. Once we have that, we will proceed with the production. The question that has never been answered in all the Terminator films is time-travel."

"You can come from the future to change the present. But we never see how they go back to the future, which is a subject that can be explored. I think you already know where T4 is going from the ending of T3."

So will Schwarzenegger return? "It depends on what he's doing in life. If he wants to do politics, he'll do politics. Then we'll have to figure out a way to do it without him. But he has expressed interest in doing T4."

Interesting, but not surprising news. One worrying thing is that it was already established in The Terminator that time-travel was a one-way trip - something Kassar has obviously forgotten about. Let's hope the screenwriters have better memories...

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

1. S.W.A.T. ($37.0m)
2. Freaky Friday ($22.2m)
3. American Pie 3: The Wedding ($15.4m)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($13.0m)
5. Seabiscuit ($11.9m)
6. Spy Kids 3D: Game Over ($9.7m)
7. Bad Boys II ($6.0m)
8. Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life ($5.2m)
9. Finding Nemo ($2.5m)

10. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ($1.6m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (�3.76m)
2. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (�2.24m)
3. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (�0.57m)
4. Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (�0.56m)
5. Rugrats Go Wild! (�0.36m)
6. What a Girl Wants (�0.22m)
7. Piglet's Big Movie (�0.19m)
8. Bruce Almighty (�0.18m)
9. Koi... Mil Gaya (�0.17m)

10. Veronica Guerin (�0.16m)

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