MOVIE NEWS
CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Six more one-sheet posters have been released as Tim Burton's Charlie & The
Chocolate Factory's release date grows closer. As you can see, the general
aesthetic and actors chosen for the cast is sublime - can't wait for this!
BOND 21
Daniel Craig (Layer Cake) is expected to be the new James Bond, beating
Clive Owen - who now feels Bond would be career suicide after winning
numerous awards for his role in Closer.
GARFIELD 2
Despite the movie's bad critical drubbing in the media, the movie did good
enough business to warrant a sequel. Director Tim Hill (Muppets In Space)
will helm the project, but it isn't known of the original cast (and voice
talent of Bill Murray) will be back.
MEG
'New Line Cinema' is going ahead with a movie based on bestselling novel
Meg, about a voracious prehistoric shark, with Jan De Bont (Speed) set yo
direct.
The studio is fast-tracking production with the goal of a summer 2006
release. Meg has a budget of $75 million.
In the nove, an 80-foot-long ancestor of the great white shark, technically
known as carcharodon megalodon (dubbed "Meg") is discovered by a present day
adventurer.
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SUPERMAN VS BATMAN
Yes, that old chestnut has reared it head again! We know Andrew Kevin Walker
(Seven) has penned a script, but now the new Batman (Christian Bale) was
recently interviewed and let slip that he's contracted to do two more Batman
movies and then Superman Vs Batman (with new Superman Brandon Routh).
But was Bale having a laugh, or should this be taken seriously...?
THREE BAD MEN
Britain's own Simon Pegg (Shaun Of The Dead) has joined Brendan Fraser and
Woody Harrelson in the cast for Paul Weiland's black comedy Three Bad Men,
reports 'Production Weekly'.
Written by Peter Straughan and set in the US, the film is about a trio of
hit men who start new lives in the suburbs but find it impossible to escape
their past.
The film starts shooting in June. Amazing what Shaun Of The Dead's US
success has brought its leading star!
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
'Paramount' has signed writer-director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) to remake
classic sci-fi drama When Worlds Collide, reports 'Variety'.
In the original, scientists discover that another planet is veering
dangerously close to Earth, and they make plans for a small group of humans
to leave the planet before the inevitable deadly collision.
X-MEN 3
As most of the X-Men cast only signed up for two movies originally, 'Fox'
have been trying to get the main players to sign on for the third movie.
British director Matthew Vaughn will helm the new movie, and screenwriter
Simon Kinberg has revealed that James Marsden's Cyclops has been written in
to the third film, saying: "I'm trying to write him so he only has to come
back for a couple of weeks. But he's definitely a part of the movie."
Ian McKellan has stated that he will return for X-Men 3, saying: "X-Men and
its story is about mutants, about people who feel disaffected with society,
and whom society is hard on, appeals most to young blacks, young Jews and
young gays. That's why I did the movie and that's why I intend to do the
third movie if it happens."
'Variety' reports that Famke Janssen (Jean Grey) and Hugh Jackman
(Wolverine) have both agreed to return, while Halle Berry (Storm) and
Patrick Stewart (Professor Xavier) are still in negotiations. Rumour also
has it that Vinnie Jones is set to land a role, no doubt due to his
connections with director Matthew Vaughn.
X-Men 3 is scheduled to be released on 26 May 2006. A potential spin-off
movie for Wolverine is still being looked at, as well as a spin-off for
Magneto. So would Ian McKellen reprise his role for that? "If my character
is in it and if he's my age. They might bring Magneto back but it may be the
young Magneto. Who knows?"
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