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CoverMOVIE NEWS BATMAN BEGINS 2Two more names to add to potential actors to play The Joker have surfaced,namely Hugh Jackman and Hugo Weaving (right). CELLStephen King’s latest novel, about a “pulse” transmitted to every mobilephone on the planet, turning every phone user into a rampaging zombie, isalready set to be adapted into a movie. Director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever,Hostel) is now attached, and will begin work after filming Hostel 2. PANAn intriguing update of the Peter Pan story is in production, entitled Pan.The movie will focus on a detective (Hook) and his attempts to capture apsychopathic villain with the supernatural abilities of Peter Pan. So far,the movie has only been sold as a pitch by Ben Magid, but the intriguingpremisecould quickly become reality…

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLESYes, the Turtles may be back for another movie! The cult characters, thatdominated the late-80’s/early-90’s with their cartoon series, toy figuresand movie trilogy, will be back thanks to ‘Warner Brothers’ and ‘Miaramax’.Unlike the 1990 movie, the new movie will be rendered with CGI andfaithfully adapt the origin story of the pizza-guzzling quartet from theoriginal Eastman and Laird comic-book… SAW IIIPlans are afoot for the third Saw movie, set for a release on 27 October2006 for Halloween. The film will be directed again by Darren Lynn Bousman(Saw II), with the story by original scribes Leigh Whannell and James Wan.

Saw II achieved one of the best opening weekend hauls for a horror sequel,with $31.7 million in the States last Halloween. It eventually took $87million in the US and more $148 million worldwide!

A spokesman confirmed Saw III, saying: “Yes, there will be more blood. SawIII will involve the same creative forces responsible for the tremendoussuccess of Saw II. The ‘Twisted’ team of Mark and Oren, along with Darren,James and Leigh, have all agreed to be prominently involved in Saw III. Weare proud to be partnered with some of the most disturbing creative talentson the planet, and the Saw franchise will ensure that gore becomes every bitas much a Halloween staple as ghosts, goblins and candy corn.”

“We have been discussing story lines that extend the Saw franchise to newlimits and beyond with Lionsgate for the past several months. The mostimportant element of any franchise is remaining true to the roots of itssuccess. We believe that we are developing a script that is certain toplease the Saw franchise’s core fans while adding fresh, terrifying andunimaginable new twists to the Saw saga. Jigsaw himself would be proud.”

SUPERMAN RETURNSKevin Spacey appeared on TV’s Parkinson chat show recently confirmed to hostMichael Parkinson that he’ll appear in the sequel to Superman Returns, andpossibly a third movie. He added that he spent six weeks filming the roleand that he expects “the franchise to look after him.”

THE 78TH ACADEMY AWARDS – THE RESULTS

For a list of all the nominees in each category,click here

  • Best Picture: Crash (2004) – Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
  • Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote (2005)
  • Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005)
  • Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney for Syriana (2005)
  • Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener (2005)
  • Best Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  • Best Original Screenplay: Crash (2004) – Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain (2005) – Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
  • Best Cinematography: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) – Dion Beebe
  • Best Editing: Crash (2004) – Hughes Winborne
  • Best Art Direction: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) – John Myhre, Gretchen Rau
  • Best Costume Design: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) – Colleen Atwood
  • Best Original Score: Brokeback Mountain (2005) – Gustavo Santaolalla
  • Best Original Song: Hustle & Flow (2005) – Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard(“It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp”)
  • Best Makeup: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) -Howard Berger, Tami Lane
  • Best Sound: King Kong (2005) – Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges,Hammond Peek
  • Best Sound Editing: King Kong (2005) – Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
  • Best Visual Effects: King Kong (2005) – Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers, RichardTaylor
  • Best Animated Film: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) – Steve Box, NickPark
  • Best Foreign Film: Tsotsi (2005) – Gavin Hood (South Africa)
  • Best Documentary, Features: Marche de l’empereur, La (2005) – Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau
  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005) – CorinneMarrinan, Eric Simonson
  • Best Short Film, Animated: The Moon and the Son (2005) – John Canemaker, Peggy Stern
  • Best Short Film, Live Action: Six Shooter (2005) – Martin McDonagh

CoverUS TOP 10 (CINEMA)

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

  • 1. Madea’s Family Reunion ($12.6m)
  • 2. 16 Blocks ($11.9m)
  • 3. Eight Below ($10.1m)
  • 4. Ultraviolet ($9.06m)
  • 5. Aquamarine ($7.48m)
  • 6. The Pink Panther (2006) ($6.88m)
  • 7. Block Party ($6.21m)
  • 8. Date Movie ($5.13m)
  • 9. Curious George ($4.52m)
  • 10. Firewall ($3.58m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

  • 1. Date Movie (£1.05m)
  • 2. Syriana (£0.86m)
  • 3. Lucky Number Slevin (£0.80m)
  • 4. Chicken Little (£0.73m)
  • 5. Big Momma’s House 2 (£0.63m)
  • 6. Final Destination 3 (£0.58m)
  • 7. Walk the Line (£0.57m)
  • 8. The Weather Man (£0.40m)
  • 9. Last Holiday (£0.39m)
  • 10. The Matador (£0.33m)

Cover** IN THE PIPELINE **

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

  • 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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