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NACHO LIBRE
Composer Danny Elfman (Beetlejuice) has asked for his name to be removed
from the credits of Nacho Libre, the upcoming wrestling comedy with Jack
Black (right). Elfman's score will still be used however. The reason for Elfman's
withdrawal of his credit is that his score was edited and additional music
inserted that he did not agree with.
ALIEN VS PREDATOR 2
'Variety' interviewed music-video directors Greg and Colin Strause, who have
been tasked with filming the sequel to Alien Vs Predator. Colin: "We really
want to take it back to the original Alien and Predator films and make a
serious, gritty horror film." Greg: "We want to take it back to its roots,
without losing sight of the human struggle. That's what made the originals
so good."
AVP2 is written by Shane Salerno, and will begin shooting in September, for
a 10 August 2007 release.
HELLBOY 2
Director Guillermo del Toro revealed at 'Fangoria's Weekend Of Horrors' that
the sequel to Hellboy has moved from 'Sony Pictures' to 'Paramount', saying:
"They don't have a deal with 'Sony' any more and we are looking for
financing for Hellboy 2. It's at 'Paramount' right now. It's bigger in
scale, but not necessarily in budget. Abe Sapien has a much bigger part, and
we're keeping closer to the mythology of the comics. "There is a song by
Barry Manilow [in the sequel], and you'll have to find out about how that
fits in. I know you are all saying 'what the fuck is that?!'"
HOSTEL 2
Hostel writer-director Eli Roth told 'MTV' that he's writing the sequel for
three girls, something that producer Quentin Tarantino suggested. Roth:
"They're studying in Italy for the summer, and they get lured, and they go
back to... well, we're going to go back to a lot of familiar places."
Through the existence of this Italian hostel, Roth plans to reveal that the
Slovakian stopover from the first film is actually part of a chain,
commenting: "It's all part of the organization; they've got the whole thing
set up all over the place, and they have different scouts. We're going to
learn a lot more about how it all works. In Hostel 2, you're really going to
see the ins and outs of the whole organization and how they get people and
kill them."
Roth also confirmed that Jay Hernandez's character Paxton is part of the
script and he'll encounter the three girls in Italy. "Jay has a few less
fingers, so it might be difficult for him to blend in. But yeah, he's not
out of the woods yet. Hostel 2 is going to start literally with the next
cut, and you're going to see [Paxton] at the same time. You'll see that he's
totally messed-up from the experience. It's completely wrecked him, and his
life is in ruins."
Roth hopes to begin shooting in August and to release the film in January
2007.
FANTASTIC FOUR 2
Actor Ioan Gruffudd (right) has spoken about the Fantastic Four sequel, which begins
shooting in Vancouver in late August. Gruffudd revealed he still hasn't seen
the script, saying: "I have not seen the script or read it. I don't know
exactly what the story line is. I know Jessica Alba has been talking about
it quite a bit and I believe that the premise is Silver Surfer is the new
character that comes into it."
"It's fantastic. You know it's beyond our wildest dreams on how [the first
movie] performed in the box office. Obviously, personally I'm delighted that
we're going back. Hopefully this one will be successful and we'll go back
for a third one as well after that."
Gruffudd did confirm that co-star Julian MacMahon, who played Dr Doom in the
first movie, will be returning, saying: "I'm sure he'll be just as
ambiguous. Is he on our side or isn't he?"
Fantastic Four 2 is set for a release on 15 June 2007.
INDIANA JONES 4
George Lucas told 'Access Hollywood' that he is pushing to get Sean Connery
to appear in Indiana Jones 4, saying: "I would love him to be in the next
Indiana Jones... maybe I can push him into it. We are writing him in whether
he wants to do it or not."
HULK 2
There are rumours that the Hulk sequel could restart the franchise and
ignore Ang Lee's original. It is already known that, for financial reasons,
the Hulk will be shrunk to a more manageable size. It is still not known if
original stars Eric Bana and Jennifer Connelly will reprise their roles,
despite being contracted for a sequel, due to the relative failure of the
first movie.
SWEENEY TODD
Director Tim Burton has delayed his bio-pic of Ripley starring Jim Carrey,
due to budgetary concerns ($150m and rising). He will now focus on his
musical adaptation of Sweeney Todd, to star long-time cohort Johnny Depp.
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