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HOUSE OF WAX

Elisha Cuthbert (TV's 24, right) is in final talks to star in 'Dark Castle Entertainment''s House of Wax, to be produced by Joel Silver (The Matrix), Robert Zemeckis (Back To The Future) and Susan Levin.

House Of Wax is a remake of the 1953 original about a mad professor who uses human bodies covered with wax in his wax museum. The new version, written by Chad and Carey Hayes, will depart from the original slightly but still retain the gruesome "human bodies in wax" element and focus on a group of teens who fall prey to demented killers who like to encase their victims in wax.

Commercial director Jaume Collet-Serra will make his feature film debut with the movie, which begins shooting this April in Australia.

STAR WARS EPISODE III

There's still over a year to go until Episode III completes George Lucas' prequel trilogy, but executive producer Rick McCallum has revealed a new villain for the final instalment - General Grievous.

McCallum: "In Attack of the Clones, we saw that former Jedi Count Dooku was the political leader behind the Separatists movement and instigator of the Clone Wars. In Episode III, we'll meet General Grievous, the military leader of all the Separatist armies. He's part alien and part robot. Grievous is a master strategist and the greatest hand-to-hand Jedi killer the galaxy has ever known."

But for fans who can't wait - General Grievous will feature in the upcoming Star Wars Clone Wars animated series, according to 'StarWars.com'.

The Star Wars: Clone Wars micro-series begins on 26 March in the U.S., and will be available for download via the official site to subscribers.

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ELEKTRA

'20th Century Fox' and 'Regency Enterprises' are in talks with director Rob Bowman (Reign Of Fire) to direct Elektra, the Daredevil spin-off movie with Jennifer Garner (TV's Alias, right) set to reprise her role.

'Horseshoe Bay' partners Mark Steven Johnson and Gary Foster are producing with 'Marvel Studios' executive Avi Arad.

The script has been written by Zak Penn and draws heavily from the Elektra graphic novels The Elektra Assassin and The Elektra Saga, as she battles the Hand, an organization of killers that trained her and then betrayed her.

Casting will begin shortly for a May start on the production. One major character already confirmed for involvement will be Stick, a martial arts trainer and revered 'Marvel Comics' character.

EVEL KNIEVEL

Director McG (Charlie's Angels) is attached to helm 'Universal Pictures' biopic of legendary 70's stuntman Evel Knievel, entitled Pure Evel. Screenwriter Andrew Walker (Seven) will write a new draft of the script.

McG and Walker plan to visit Knievel himself, who is recuperating from back surgery, and interview him for the film. Pure Evel will focus on a narrow slice of Knievel's life, tracking the stuntman's rise to fame.

McG already envisions ending the movie after Knievel's much-hyped failure to rocket jump across the Snake River Canyon.

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

1. 50 First Dates ($20.4m)
2. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen ($9.3m)
3. Miracle ($7.8m)
4. Welcome to Mooseport ($6.7m)
5. Eurotrip ($6.7m)
6. Barbershop 2: Back in Business ($6.2m)
7. Mystic River ($3.0m)
8. Against the Ropes ($3.0m)
9. The Butterfly Effect ($2.9m)

10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($2.8m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

1. The Haunted Mansion (�1.56m)
2. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) (�1.32m)
3. School of Rock (�1.22m)
4. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (�0.96m)
5. Something's Gotta Give (�0.84m)
6. Lost In Translation (�0.54m)
7. Big Fish (�0.48m)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (�0.45m)
9. Sex Lives of the Potato Men (�0.35m)