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‘The Hollywood Reporter’ says both films would be shot in 3-D withcustom-designed high-definition cameras. Whichever film Cameron does next,he also plans to use a photo-real version of the performance capturetechnology used by Robert Zemeckis on The Polar Express.

Battle Angel is based on Yukito Kishiro’s 12 popular Japanese graphic novelsabout a nymphette who morphs into an action heroine. Cameron has reworked ascript from Alexander screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis that could serve as thebeginning of a franchise.

Eager to use the latest technology toolbox on his next film, which will beeffects intensive, Cameron has had a team of technicians workingbehind-the-scenes to build customized solutions that will enable thedirector to bring his visions to the big screen.

‘The Hollywood Reporter’ adds that Cameron will deploy the sameside-by-side, 3-D high-definition video ‘Sony’ cameras that he used onGhosts Of The Abyss on his upcoming feature. Cameron also hopes to releasehis next film in 1,000 theatres equipped with digital projectors.

X-MEN IIIThe teaser poster for Brett Ratner’s X-Men III has been released. (seeright) SHOOT ‘EM UPClive Owen (Sin City) is in final negotiations for a pay-or-play deal tostar in Shoot-Em-Up for ‘New Line Cinema’, says ‘Variety’.

The trade says the ultra-violent film will start production in January, fromwriter-director Michael Davis. The movie would feature Owen as a mysteriousman protecting a newborn baby from criminals out to kill it. Set piecesinclude a shootout during a sex scene and another in the midst of afreefall.

The studio is targeting a holiday 2006 release.

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

• 1. Mr & Mrs Smith (right) ($50.3m)
• 2. Madagascar ($17.2m) (total to date: $128m)
• 3. Star Wars Episode III: Return of the Sith ($14.9m) (total to date: $332m)
• 4. The Longest Yard ($13.9m) (total to date: $118m)
• 5. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D ($12.6m)
• 6. Cinderella Man ($9.73m)
• 7. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants ($5.71m)
• 8. The Honeymooners ($5.54m)
• 9. Monster in Law ($2.62m)
• 10. Haute tension ($1.90m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

• 1. Mr & Mrs Smith (£3.94m)
• 2. Star Wars Episode III: Return of the Sith (£1.59m) (total to date: £35.4m)
• 3. Sin City (£1.02m)
• 4. The Pacifier (£0.38m)
• 5. House of Wax (2005) (£0.25m)
• 6. Monster-in-Law (£0.24m)
• 7. The League of Gentleman’s Apocalypse (£0.23m)
• 8. Millions (£0.119m)
• 9. Parineeta (£0.115m)
• 10. Kingdom of Heaven (£0.06m)

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

• 17th June 2005: Mindhunters
• 24th June 2005: Wonderful Days, Torremolinos 73, Evil, Batman Begins
• 1st July 2005: Stray Dogs, Madagascar, DiG!
• 8th July 2005: War of the Worlds (2005), Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Overnight
• 15th July 2005: A Lot Like Love, The Debutantes, Clean, The Wedding Crashers, One Love
• 22nd July 2005: Whisky, Fantastic Four (2005), The Devil’s Rejects
• 29th July 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), The Descent
• 5th August 2005: Stealth, Because of Winn-Dixie, Nanny McPhee, The Skeleton Key, Dear Wendy
• 12th August 2005: The Island, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Fever Pitch (2005)
• 19th August 2005: Doom, Bewitched (2005), Dark Water, The Cave, The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3D, Domino
• 26th August 2005: The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), Goal!, Bad News Bears
• 2nd September 2005: Cinderella Man, The Last Days, The Business, The Honeymooners
• 9th September 2005: The Man, Everthing is Illuminated, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• 16th September 2005: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Four Brothers, Must Love Dogs
• 23rd September 2005: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
• 30th September 2005: The Perfect Man, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, The History of Violence
• 7th October 2005: Red-Eye, Night Watch, Oliver Twice (2005)
• 14th October 2005: Wallace & Gromit Movie: Curse of the Wererabbit, The Longest Yard
• 21st October 2005: Aeon Flux, Sky High, Corpse Bride, The Pink Panther (2005)
• 28th October 2005: Noel, Flightplan, Halloween 9 (31st), The Dark, Final Destination 3D, Tickets
• 4th November 2005: Serenity, Legend of Zorro
• 11th November 2005: The Tiger and the Snow, In Her Shoes, The Moguls
• 18th November 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The New World
• 9th December 2005: Underworld: Evolution, The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Shopgirl
• 14th December 2005: King Kong (2005)
• 16th December 2005: The Hawk is Dying, Walk the Line
• 23rd December 2005: Brokeback Mountain

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

• JUNE: Mr & Mrs Smith (10), Batman Begins (17), 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)

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