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PASSENGERS

Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, right) is set to star in this supernatural thriller from 'Mandate Pictures'. Rodrigo Garcia is directing the movie, which focuses on a grief counsellor (Hathaway), who helps six plane crash survivors, then finds them mysteriously disappearing. Suspecting a conspiracy, she investigates...

Production is set to begin early next year, from a script by Ronnie Christensen.

THE FLASH

Reynolds: "It's a hundred and eight billion dollar movie if they do it. I don't know how that stuff works and I don't really get involved with it. I think if they do it, they're going to see it through the eyes of Wally West and its inanimate world. I can hear people falling asleep while I'm talking about this. I honestly don't know. It's just such a huge undertaking. I'd love to wear a red unitard sometime, but I can do that on my own."

SIN CITY 2

Jolie: "We talked about it and I read the comic. I don't think the film is being made at this moment. When it's actually going to be made I'm sure we'll talk about it.

"It was a funny thing, because the idea came to me when I was pregnant. So it was this idea... I've been Clover [in The Good Shepherd], depressed and quiet, and then I was feeling very maternal, pregnant. It was this idea of this sexy, violent and loud [character]... I thought maybe after I'm pregnant it would be nice to do."

It sounds like Rodriguez and Miller have their Ava if everything works out, as a start date for Sin City 2 has not been announced.

In the graphic novel, Ava Lord is the dame to kill for. She is an ex-lover of Dwight McCarthy (Clive Owen) who manipulates men through her good looks and her supposed innocence.

TARZAN

Del Toro: "I'd love to create a new version that is still a family movie, but as edgy as I can make it. There are strong themes of survival of a defenceless child left behind in the most hostile environment."

"John will be writing it alone, as I'll be in production on Hellboy 2 and pursuing writing projects of my own. He's got a great sense of adventure and the wilderness."

OBITUARIES

Peter Boyle: 1935-2006

The actor most famous for playing The Monster in Mel Brooks' classic comedy Young Frankenstein, has passed away. Boyle, who was 71, also starred in US sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, had a memorable role in The X-Files episode Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, and starred in many movies.

He died after suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease and is survived by his wife Loraine Alterman.

US TOP 10 (CINEMA)

All figures are weekend box-office gross, including Sunday estimates (at the time of posting):

• 1. The Pursuit of Happyness ($26.5m)
• 2. Eragon ($23.2m)
• 3. Charlotte's Web ($11.5m)
• 4. Happy Feet ($8.36m) (total to date: $149m)
• 5. The Holiday ($8.01m)
• 6. Apocalypto ($8.01m)
• 7. Blood Diamond ($6.52m)
• 8. Casino Royale (2006) ($5.63m) (total to date: $138m)
• 9. The Nativity Story ($4.66m)
• 10. Grounded: Unaccompanied Minors ($3.55m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

• 1. Happy Feet (£2.03m)
• 2. The Holiday (£1.59m)
• 3. Casino Royale (2006) (£1.44m)
• 4. Eragon (£1.31m)
• 5. Deja Vu (£1.09m)
• 6. Flushed Away (£0.78m)
• 7. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (£0.55m)
• 8. Black Christmas (£0.36m)
• 9. Grounded: Unaccompanied Minors (£0.24m)
• 10. Deck the Halls (£0.17m) <