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MOVIE NEWS SPIDER-MAN 3It now seems very likely that Venom will join Sandman as one of the villainsin Spider-Man 3, after a teaser one-sheet poster was unveiled showing Spideyin a black costume (see right). For non-fans, Venom is the result of asymbiotic “suit” that consumes a rival reporter of Peter Parker’s,transforming him into an “anti-Spider-Man” monster. In the comic-books, thissymbiotic suit originally attaches itself to Peter Parker for awhile – henceSpidey’s black costume. So now you know. 10,000 B.CDirector Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) will direct this movie about acaveman who embarks on a journey into dangerous territory to secure a placefor his dying tribe. Steven Strait (Sky High) is set the play the heroiccaveman, with Camilla Belle (When A Stranger Calls) as his love interest. THE DIVEAnother project announced by James Cameron, that should follow Battle AngelAlita and Avatar. The Dive will be a tragic love story about two oceandivers. Laeta Kalogridis will pen the script.
PRIMEVALDominic Purcell (TV’s Prison Break, right) is set to star in Primeval, akiller-crocodile thriller that will serve as the debut of veteran TVdirector Michael Katleman for ‘Touchstone Pictures’. Orlando Jones(Evolution) will also star in the movie about a news producer, reporter andcameraman who are dispatched to South Africa to capture a legendary 25-footcrocodile known as Gustave. However, their quarry proves far more elusiveand deadly than they anticipated, and their situation turns even moreperilous when a feared warlord targets them for death.
Purcell plays the producer, while Jones will portray the cameraman.Screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris (Terminator 3) wrote thescreenplay, which is inspired by a real man-eating crocodile legend inAfrica.
FRED CLAUSEVince Vaughn is set to star in this comedy about Santa Claus’s loserbrother…
US TOP 10 (CINEMA)
All figures are weekend box-office gross.
- 1. Madea’s Family Reunion ($30.0m)
- 2. Eight Below ($15.9m)
- 3. The Pink Panther (2006) ($11.1m)
- 4. Date Movie ($9.13m)
- 5. Curious George ($7.21m)
- 6. Firewall ($6.68m)
- 7. Final Destination 3 ($5.5m)
- 8. Doogal ($3.61m)
- 9. Running Scared ($3.38m)
- 10. Freedomland ($2.87m)
UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)
- 1. Date Movie (£1.28m)
- 2. Chicken Little (£1.22m)
- 3. Lucky Number Slevin (£1.07m)
- 4. Final Destination 3 (£0.97m)
- 5. Big Momma’s House 2 (£0.95m)
- 6. Walk the Line (£0.74m)
- 7. Zathura: A Space Adventure (£0.41m)
- 8. Good Night and Good Luck (£0.29m)
- 9. Brokeback Mountain (£0.25m)
- 10. Capote (£0.23m)
** IN THE PIPELINE **All the following are U.K. release dates, and are subject to change.
- 3rd March 2006: MirrorMask, Syriana, The Weather Man, Stay, Last Holiday, Manderley, Kidulthood
- 10th March 2006: Two for the Money, The Proposition, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Transamerica, These Foolish Things, Evil Aliens
- 17th March 2006: Romance & Cigarettes, She’s The Man, V For Vendetta, Failure To Launch, The Pink Panther (2006)
- 24th March 2006: Tristan & Isolde, The Big White, Inside Man,Half Light, The Greatest Game Ever Played
- 31st March 2006: Slither, Shooting Dogs, Firewall, Yours Mine & Ours, Lemming, The White Countess, Imagine Me & You, Basic Instinct 2
- 7th April 2006: Ice Age 2: Meltdown, Three, Take the Lead, The Squid and the Whale, Rent, Wah-Wah, An American Haunting
- 14th April 2006: Lemming, Alien Autopsy, American Dreamz, Junebug, Just My Luck, Scary Movie 4
- 21st April 2006: The Moguls, Harsh Times, Hoot, Hostel, Confetti, CRAZY, L’Enfer (2005), Mistress of Spices
- 28th April 2006: Eight Below, Lucky You, Love & Hate, Flight 93
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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.