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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN II & IIINaomie Harris (28 Days Later, right) has joined the previously announced StellanSkarsgård as cast members of the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequels, says ‘TheHollywood Reporter’.
Harris will play a gypsy queen in the new films, which begin shooting inearly March in L.A and the summer in the Caribbean.
DOOMEx-wrestler The Rock has revealed an aspect of Doom’s plot, saying: “Ivenever actually talked about this. Basically, the world as we know it hasended. And I’m in a zoo. I’m part of a zoo with many, many differentcreatures from different planets, and Im on the run. It’s great!” SUPERMANActor Sam Huntington has been cast as Jimmy Olsen in Bryan Singer’s Supermanmovie. He joins Brandon Routh (Clark Kent), Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane), KevinSpacey (Lex Luthor) and Hugh Laurie (Perry White).
SHREK 3John Cleese (right) has confirmed, via a newsletter sent out from his officialwebsite, that he will return as the voice of the King in Shrek 3, set for aMay 2007 release.
Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, and Antonio Banderas are expected toreprise their roles, and Sarah Jessica Parker is rumoured to be providing avoice as well.
Not much is known about the third movie other than that Shrek may contendwith King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
TERMINATOR 4Terminator 3 star Nick Stahl, who played John Connor, HAS told ‘Sci Fi Wire’that neither he nor his T3 co-star Claire Danes will appear in Terminator 4.
Stahl: “None of the cast is coming back. The [T4] story is changingconceptually. I believe it’s a jump to the future, so my character will bequite a bit older. That’s all that I know. So I’m not coming back, which isa drag.”
It is already near-definite that original star Arnold Schwarzenegger willnot return, and plans for a cameo also look increasingly unlikely.
US TOP 10 (CINEMA)All figures are weekend box-office gross.
- 1. Hide and Seek ($22.0m)
- 2. Are We There Yet? ($16.3m)
- 3. Million Dollar Baby ($12.3m)
- 4. Meet the Fockers ($8.03m) (total to date: $258m)
- 5. Coach Carter ($8.02m)
- 6. The Aviator ($7.55m)
- 7. Racing Stripes ($6.54m)
- 8. Sideways ($6.35m)
- 9. In Good Company ($6.24m)
- 10. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) ($4.29m)
UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)
- 1. Meet the Fokkers (£7.91m)
- 2. Closer (£0.91m)
- 3. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) (£0.74m)
- 4. The Aviator (£0.62m)
- 5. Team America: World Police (£0.48m)
- 6. Creep (£0.47m)
- 7. Million Dollar Baby (£0.44m)
- 8. Sideways (£0.349m)
- 9. White Noise (£0.344m)
- 10. Ray (£0.28m)
** IN THE PIPELINE **All the following are U.K. release dates, and are subject to change.
All the following are U.S. release dates, and are subject to change.
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.