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INDIANA JONES 4

Sean Connery (right, with Harrison Ford) has told 'Scotland On Sunday' that he is considering returning as Dr. Henry Jones in Indiana Jones 4, reprising the role he played he 1989's Indiana & The Last Crusade.

The new script by Davie Koepp (Spider-Man) has been approved by director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas. Indiana Jones 4 will begin shooting this summer for a release in May 2008.

Connery: "At the moment there's nothing decided. I haven't got the script. Everything depends on the script."

'FilmStew.com' talked to screenwriter David Koepp, who dropped some interesting hints about the new movie, saying: "You can't write a fan script. You have to pretend that this movie exists without the other one. The worst thing to do would be to have him make reference to things he said in the first movie, like to pun on lines of dialogue."

BLACK SWAN

The movie is a psychological thriller, written by John McLaughlin, about a manipulative relationship between a veteran dancer and a rival.

GET SMART

Shooting begins next month on the Peter Segal-directed comedy for 'Warner Brothers' and Village Roadshow Pictures.

Tom Astle and Matt Ember wrote the script, which will contemporize the TV series, but retain classic gadgets like the "cone of silence," the shoe phone and the original cars.

GHOST IN THE SHELL

Kodansha published Ghost In The Shell comic-book in 1989, then made it into a hit animated feature film in 1995 (an inspiration for The Matrix trilogy).

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2

Brosnan: "Thomas Crown 2, for all intents and purposes, will happen. The script came in two days ago and it's good. We've announced it, we've said to the world that we're going to do it -- come hell or high water, we're going to do it. The bar is high on this one; the expectation is high on it."

Brosnan, who will also produce the sequel, added that Rene Russo does not appear in the sequel, which has a working title of The Topkapi Affair. The sequel will draw on material from 1964's and will draw on material from 1964's Topkapi and the Eric Ambler novel it was based on called The Light Of The Day.

HAPPY FEET 2

Miller: "It's certainly now a real possibility. There's about two or three films I want to do before we would ever embark on that, including another Mad Max sooner or later."

Happy Feet received an Oscar nomination on Tuesday for Best Animated Feature.

IRON MAN

Famous creature designer Stan Winston is working on the Iron Man suit, while sets are being built.

The comic-book adaptation about a billionaire who builds himself a super-powered metallic suit, will star Robert Downey Jr.

THE MUMMY 3

Gough: "We figured out a really good family story with Rick and Evie, and [their son] Alex is now grown up. So it's really interesting."

Director Rob Cohen (xXx) is taking over from Stephen Sommers, in a story that will involve the grown-u[ son of Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evie (Rachel Weisz). A new mummy will be used, replacing Arnold Vosloo's character.

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are in talks to return for the sequel.

SPIDER-MAN 4

Koepp is not signed for Spider 4 yet, but the studio is definitely moving forward with another movie after being wowed by Spider-Man 3.

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST ACTOR

• Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond"
• Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson"
• Peter O’Toole in "Venus"
• Will Smith in "The Pursuit Of Happyness"
• Forest Whitaker in "The Last King Of Scotland"

• Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children"
• Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond"
• Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls"
• Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed"

• Penélope Cruz in "Volver"
• Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal"
• Helen Mirren in "The Queen"
• Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada"
• Kate Winslet in "Little Children"

• Adriana Barraza in "Babel"
• Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal"
• Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls"
• Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel"

• "Cars" dir: John Lasseter
• "Happy Feet" dir: George Miller
• "Monster House" dir: Gil Kenan

• "Dreamgirls"
• "The Good Shepherd"
• "Pan’s Labyrinth"
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest"
• "The Prestige" (Buena Vista)

• "The Black Dahlia" Vilmos Zsigmond
• "Children of Men" Emmanuel Lubezki
• "The Illusionist" Dick Pope
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" Guillermo Navarro
• "The Prestige" Wally Pfister

• "Curse of the Golden Flower" Yee Chung Man
• "The Devil Wears Prada" Patricia Field
• "Dreamgirls" Sharen Davis
• "Marie Antoinette" Milena Canonero
• "The Queen" Consolata Boyle

• "Babel" Alejandro González Iñárritu
• "The Departed" Martin Scorsese
• "Letters from Iwo Jima" Clint Eastwood
• "The Queen" Stephen Frears
• "United 93" Paul Greengrass

• "Babel"
• "The Departed"
• "Letters from Iwo Jima"
• "Little Miss Sunshine"
• "The Queen"

• "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
• "Children of Men" by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
• "The Departed" by William Monahan
• "Little Children" by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
• "Notes on a Scandal" by Patrick Marber

• "Babel" by Guillermo Arriaga
• "Letters from Iwo Jima" by Iris Yamashita
• "Little Miss Sunshine" by Michael Arndt
• "Pan’s Labyrinth" by Guillermo del Toro
• "The Queen" by Peter Morgan

US TOP 10 (CINEMA)

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

• 1. Stomp the Yard ($12.3m)
• 2. Night at the Museum ($12.0m)
• 3. Dreamgirls ($8.01m)
• 4. The Hitcher (2007) ($7.82m)
• 5. The Pursuit of Happyness ($6.31m) (total to date: $146m)
• 6. Freedom Writers ($5.21m)
• 7. El Laberinto del Fauno ($4.50m)
• 8. Children of Men ($3.71m)
• 9. The Queen ($3.40m)
• 10. Arthur et les Minimovs ($3.08m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

• 1. Rocky Balboa (£3.63m)
• 2. The Pursuit of Happyness (£1.72m)
• 3. Night at the Museum (£1.41m)
• 4. The Last King of Scotland (£0.70m)
• 5. Miss Potter (£0.64m)
• 6. Casino Royale (2006) (£0.59m)
• 7. Babel (£0.59m)
• 8. Smokin Aces (£0.56m)
• 9. Employee of the Month (£0.42m)
• 10. Happy Feet (£0.41m) <