DAN’S MOVIE DIGEST 153

The studio is keeping the villain’s name under wraps (though it’s quiteclearly Sandman!)

Spider-Man 3, again directed by Sam Raimi, swings into cinemas on 4 May2007. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco will return, alongsideChurch and Topher Grace (who is rumoured to be playing arch-nemesis Venom).

BIG NOTHINGDavid Schwimmer (Friends) and Simon Pegg (Shaun Of The Dead) have joined thecast of Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s Big Nothing for ‘Pathe Pictures’, says ‘TheHollywood Reporter’.

The movie is a fast-paced and tightly plotted black comedy, written byAndrea and William Asher.

IRON MAN’New Line Cinema’ have now lost the rights to create a movie from ‘Marvel’property Iron Man. The company had been trying to develop the movie, at onetime with Tom Cruise attached to star, but have consistently failed.

CASTLEVANIAPaul W.S Anderson (Alien Vs Predator) will writer and direct the video-gameadaptation of Castlevania. RESIDENT EVIL – AFTERLIFEThe third instalment of the franchise is set to film soon, again written byPaul W.S Anderson (Alien Vs Predator). In the third movie, the Australianoutback will double for the Nevada desert, while a fourth movie is rumouredto be set in Japan.

Milla Jovovich is expected to reprise her action heroine role as Alice.

SAW IIIProducer Gregg Hoffman assures fans that plans for Saw III are already inplace, thanks to the success of its sequel this Halloween. Saw II only cost$4 million to make, yet has already taken $60 million at the box-office!

‘Lions Gate Films’, distributor of the films, has already registeredSaw3.com, which currently takes you to the studio’s official site.

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

• 1. Chicken Little ($40.0m)
• 2. Jarhead ($27.7m)
• 3. Saw 2 ($16.9m)
• 4. The Legend of Zorro ($10.0m)
• 5. Prime ($5.14m)
• 6. Dreamer ($4.79m)
• 7. Good Night, and Good Luck ($3.07m)
• 8. The Weather Man ($2.87m)
• 9. Shopgirl ($2.52m)
• 10. Flightplan ($2.29m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

• 1. Nanny McPhee (£1.65m)
• 2. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of The Were-Rabbit (£1.62m)
• 3. Saw 2 (£1.23m)
• 4. The Brothers Grimm (£0.91m)
• 5. The Legend of Zorro (£0.67m)
• 6. Elizabethtown (£0.66m)
• 7. The Corpse Bride (£0.47m)
• 8. Grama Masala (£0.29m)
• 9. Broken Flowers (£0.24m)
• 10. Sky High (£0.18m)

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

• 11th November 2005: The Constant Gardener, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Hustle & Flow, In Her Shoes
• 18th November 2005: Transporter 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rize
• 25th November 2005: White Countess, Mad Hot Ballroom, The Matador, Mrs Henderson Presents, The Libertine, The Proposition, Just Like Heaven, Bee Season
• 2nd December 2005: Tickets, Keeping Mum, Ice Harvest, Where The Truth Lies, Family Stone
• 9th December 2005: Everything is Illuminated, The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Shopgirl
• 14th December 2005: King Kong (2005), Joyeux Noel
• 16th December 2005: Lassie (2005)
• 30th December 2005: Stray Dogs, Brokeback Mountain, Proof

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