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Dan Owen reviews

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MOVIE NEWS

V FOR VENDETTA
The one-sheet for V For Vendetta has been released (see right). The script for this adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel - by Matrix creators Andy and Larry Wachowski - has had mixed reviews online, but the casting of Natalie Portman (Evey) and Hugo Weaving (V) is inspired, and some leaked photos of the production look quite cool. As does this poster.
Could this be the Alan Moore movie adaptation fans have been waiting for - after the misfires of From Hell and League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Let's hope so, as Moore's masterpiece, Watchmen, remains stuck in development hell...

BATMAN CONTINUES
Now that Batman Begins has become a worldwide success for director Christopher Nolan, plans are already afoot for the sequel. Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman have all signed for three movies, although Katie Holmes will not reappear as Rachel Dawes.
The villain for the second movie will be The Joker, and a list of potential actors is already flooding the internet (from Mark Hamill, who voiced The Joker in the acclaimed Batman Animated Series, to Crispin Glover). However, 'Now' magazine apparently overheard a drunken Christian Bale commenting that director Nolan would like Sean Penn to claim the role...

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Screenwriter Tony Gilroy has begun work on a third Jason Bourne movie, entitled The Bourne Ultimatum, but differing from the novel by Robert Ludlum (primarily because it utilized characters the movies failed to).

TRAILERS

King Kong (2005) (weblink)

Don't tell me, another remake?
Well, yes, obviously. But this comes from Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord Of The Rings.
Wow, he's busy!
This is his dream project; something he was months away from directing back in 1997 before Hobbits and Orcs got in the way!
So is it set in the modern day, with a Godzilla-style rethink?
No, nothing so sacrilegious! This is a straight remake set in the 1930s, but with all the special-effects majesty 2005 can throw at it. Er, and a less two-dimensional role for the lead actress Naomi Watts!
I presume the trailer is stunning in terms of effects then?
It takes a while to get to the "meat", as this trailer is designed to introduce the concept to audiences perhaps unfamiliar with the 1933 original.
Okay. But does Kong look cool?
Yes, of course. Imagine Mighty Joe Young, but much bigger. Plus, there are lots of great-looking dinosaurs - including a V-Rex and some brontosauruses.
Don't you mean T-Rex?
No, this is a fantasy hybrid dino. But needless to say Kong has some outrageous fights with various monsters on Skull Island.
Well, we all know how it ends...
True. But the same was true about Lord Of The Rings - for fans - and look how that turned out. December can't come soon enough!

US TOP 10 (CINEMA)

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

1. Batman Begins (right) ($48.7m)
2. Bewitched (2005) ($27.6m)
3. Mr & Mrs Smith ($16.8m) (total to date: $126m)
4. Herbie: Fully Loaded ($12.7m)
5. Land of the Dead ($10.2m)
6. Madagascar ($7.43m) (total to date: $160m)
7. Star Wars Episode III: Return of the Sith ($6.11m) (total to date: $358m)
8. The Longest Yard ($5.53m) (total to date: $142m)
9. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D ($3.5m)

10. Cinderella Man ($3.45m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

1. Batman Begins (�2.92m)
2. Mr & Mrs Smith (�1.44m)
3. Star Wars Episode III: Return of the Sith (�0.60m) (total to date: �37.8m)
4. Gong Fu (�0.46m)
5. A Lot Like Love (�0.41m)
6. Sin City (�0.33m)
7. Paheli (�0.19m)
8. The Pacifier (�0.17m)
9. Monster-in-Law (�0.06m)

10. House of Wax (2005) (�0.05m)

** IN THE PIPELINE **

All the following are U.K. release dates, and are subject to change.

1st July 2005: Clean, War of the Worlds, Clean, DiG!, Walk on Water, The United States of Leland, Imaginary Heroes

8th July 2005: Punishment Park (1971), The Car Keys, Overnight, Wonderful Days, The Descent

15th July 2005: EMR, The Wedding Crashers, One Love, Madagascar, The Debutantes

22nd July 2005: Fantastic Four (2005), No Entry, Silver City, Dark Water

29th July 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), 29 Palms, Shallow Ground, Whisky

5th August 2005: Herbie: Fully Loaded, Stealth, Because of Winn-Dixie, Stealth, The Devil's Rejects, Beautiful Boxer, Yes, Dear Wendy, The Last Days, Wolf Creek

12th August 2005: The Island, Fever Pitch (2005), The Rising, Supercross, Crash (2004), Primer

19th August 2005: The Skeleton Key, Bewitched, Paradise Now, R-Point, Danny the Dog, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Bewitched (2005),

26th August 2005: Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), Bad News Bears, Intruder, The Cave

2nd September 2005: The Business, The Honeymooners (2005), Red-Eye, On a Clear Day, Vital

9th September 2005: Cinderella Man, Land of the Dead, Rock School, The Man, The Longest Yard

16th September 2005: Four Brothers, Must Love Dogs, Pride and Prejudice (2005)

23rd September 2005: The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Revolver

30th September 2005: Goal!, Corpse Bride, A History of Violence, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Aeon Flux, The Perfect Man, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The History of Violence

7th October 2005: Night Watch, Oliver Twist (2005), The Constant Gardener, Serenity, The Kinky Boot Factory

14th October 2005: Wallace & Gromit Movie: Curse of the Wererabbit, Lord of War, The Dark

21st October 2005: Nanny McPhee, Murderball, Elizabeth Town, Syriana, Sky High, Broken Flowers

28th October 2005: Doom, Flightplan, The Legend of Zorro

4th November 2005: V for Vendetta, The Exorcism of Emily Rhodes,

11th November 2005: Everything is Illuminated, The New World, Hustle & Flow, In Her Shoes

18th November 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2nd December 2005: Tickets

9th December 2005: Hey Mr DJ, Just Like Heaven, The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Shopgirl, Brokeback Mountain

14th December 2005: King Kong (2005)

16th December 2005: The Hawk is Dying

30th December 2005: Stray Dogs

TBA: The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3D, Domino, The Pink Panther (2005), Halloween 9, Final Destination 3D, Noel, The Tiger and the Snow, Underworld: Evolution, Walk the Line

All the following are U.S. release dates, and are subject to change.

JUNE: War Of The Worlds (29)
JULY: Fantastic Four (1), Bewitched (8), Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (15), The Island (22), The Dukes Of Hazzard (29)
AUGUST: 3001 (5), Doom (5), Deuce Bigelow European Gigolo (12),
SEPTEMBER: Birth Of The Pink Panther (23), Legend Of Zorro (23), Serenity (30), Spy Hunter (30)
OCTOBER: Wallace & Gromit (7), The Fog (14), Land Of The Dead (21)
NOVEMBER: Cars (4), Harry Potter 4 (18), Brother Grimm (23)
DECEMBER: Chronicles Of Narnia (9), Underworld 2 (9), King Kong (14), The Producers (24), Zathura (21), Mad Max Fury Road (31), Die Hard 4 (31)