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MOVIE NEWS FANTASTIC FOUR 2’Fox’ are scheduling the sequel to the underwhelming Fantastic Four (starringJessica Alba, right) to premiere on 4 July 2006 – up against Michael Bay’s Transformers. BE KIND REWINDDirector Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine) looks set to team-up with JackBlack for Be Kind Rewind, about Black’s character becoming magnetized whilstsabotaging a power plant and erasing all the tapes at a buddies video store. CHRONICLES OF NARNIA – PRINCE CASPIANThe next Narnia installment has been pushed back to 2008, so as not toconflict with The Water Horse next Christimas – another movie that coverssimilar ground to Narnia.PLOGAN’S RUNDirector Bryan Singer was set to film a Logan’s Run remake before SupermanReturns took over his schedule, so now it seems Singer has two choices thissummer: one, film Logan’s Run and a Superman Returns sequel back-to-back, ortwo, concentrate on a Superman sequel much later on.It’s expected that Singer will favour a Superman sequel, meaning JamesMcTiege (V For Vendetta) could start on Logan’s Run this summer instead…
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US TOP 10 (CINEMA)All figures are weekend box-office gross.
- 1. Mission: Impossible 3 ($25.0m)
- 2. Poseidon ($22.2m)
- 3. RV ($9.95m)
- 4. Just My Luck ($5.69m)
- 5. An American Haunting ($3.56m)
- 6. United 93 ($3.51m)
- 7. Stick It ($3.17m)
- 8. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown ($3.15m) (total to date: $188m)
- 9. Akeelah and the Bee ($2.40m)
- 10. Hoot ($2.29m)
UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)
- 1. Mission: Impossible 3 (£2.75m)
- 2. Prime (£0.85m)
- 3. When a Stranger Calls (2006) (£0.49m)
- 4. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (£0.44m)
- 5. Confetti (£0.43m)
- 6. Silent Hill (£0.23m)
- 7. 16 Blocks (£0.21m)
- 8. Brick (£0.14m)
- 9. She’s The Man (£0.10m)
- 10. Scary Movie 4 (£0.09m)
** IN THE PIPELINE **All the following are U.K. release dates, and are subject to change.
- 19th May 2006: One Day in Europe, The King, Once in a Lifetime, The Da Vinci Code, Waiting…
- 26th May 2006: X-Men: The Last Stand, Friends With Money, Curious George, Thief Lord, The Wild, Down in the Valley, Hoot
- 2nd June 2006: Wah-Wah, Things To Do Before You’re 30, The Benchwarmers, Poseidon, Ask the Dust
- 9th June 2006: Pretty Persuiasion, RV
- 16th June 2006:Imagine Me & You, Stay Alive, Thank You For Smoking, An Unfinished Life
- 23rd June 2006: Ultraviolent, The Lake House, Half Light, The Empty Building, Aquamarine, Fearless
- 30th June 2006: Reeker, Over the Hedge, Little Manhattan, Forty Shades of Blue, Innocent Voices
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