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CoverMOVIE NEWS FANTASTIC FOUR 2Returning director Tim Story has revealed how they plan to portraysupporting character The Silver Surfer (right) in the Fantastic Four sequel, saying:“The Surfer will be a new CGI design being developed especially for themovie. It’s going to be incredible.” AVATARJames Cameron’s next movie will involve a great deal of motion-capture, andWETA (Peter Jackson’s company that worked on Lord Of The Rings and KingKong) have supposedly been approached to get involved… HE-MAN’CanMag.Com’ report that John Woo’s Spyhunter and He-Man movies have bothstalled while the director returns to Hong Kong to make movies for awhile… HIS DARK MATERIALS’New Line Cinema’ are finally moving ahead with the movie adaptations toPhilip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy, with Chris Weitz back in charge of the$150 million first movie The Golden Compass (the UK novel was known asNorthern Lights). The production have already cast young heroine Lyra, anunknown actress called Dakota Blue Richards, who apparently impressed authorPullman immensely. Filming starts on 4 September. I AM LEGEND’BlackFilm.com’ revealed that Johnny Depp will co-star in I Am Legend, fromdirector Francis Lawrence, alongside Will Smith. Smith is playing the leadrole in the post-apocalyptic adventure, previously made as The Omega Man,with Depp set to play a fellow survivor named Philip. In related news, arecent draft of the script has made the monsters unable to speak, with moreemphasis on primal unintelligence. INDIANA JONES 4’The Hollywood Reporter’ mentioned that the latest draft of Indiana Jones,this time from David Koepp, is expected to be handed in within the next 3months. After going through years of drafts with dozens of screenwriters,will this finally be the script that ensures Spielberg, Harrison Ford andGeorge Lucas actually make the bloody thing before Ford pushes up thedaisies? DAN’S MOVIE DIGEST BLOG (DMDB) –Dan Owen.blogspot.com

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Transformers” – Announcement Trailer(click here for trailer)

Trans-for-mers, robots in disguiseeee…
Ah. A child of the 80’s.

Oh yes. Please tell me a movie is on the way with massive transforming robots.
Okay. A movie is on the way with massive transforming robots.

YES! Who’s directing this? Steven Spielberg? Clint Eastwood? Ron Howard? Peter Weir?
Michael Bay.

Oh good! He can blow shit up very nicely.
Yep! As witnessed in The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys and The Island.

Does the trailer look cool?
It’s… well, interesting. This is just an announcement trailer, not even ateaser, and shows the Beagle 2 mission’s “reality”.

This reality being…
It didn’t burn up on entry into Mars; it landed safely and was stomped onby a giant transforming robot!

I see.
Like I said, just an announcement trailer to let everyone know aTransformers movie is on the way. I’m sure it will be every bit as dumb andstuffed full of exciting explosions and special-effects as you’reimagining…

CoverUS TOP 10 (CINEMA)

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

  • 1. Superman Returns ($52.1m)
  • 2. The Devil Wears Prada ($27.0m)
  • 3. Click ($19.4m)
  • 4. Cars ($14.0m) (total to date: $182m)
  • 5. Nacho Libre ($6.19m)
  • 6. The Lake House ($4.51m)
  • 7. The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift ($4.40m)
  • 8. Waist Deep ($3.31m)
  • 9. The Break-Up ($2.80m) (total to date: $110m)
  • 10. The Da Vinci Code ($2.30m) (total to date: $210m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

  • 1. Over the Hedge (£3.58m)
  • 2. Just My Luck (£0.57m)
  • 3. The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift (£0.53m)
  • 4. The Lake House (£0.39m)
  • 5. The Wind The Shakes The Barley (£0.33m)
  • 6. The Da Vinci Code (£0.232m)
  • 7. X-Men 3: The Last Stand (£0.231m)
  • 8. Huo Yuan Jia (£0.19m)
  • 9. Hard Candy (£0.13m)
  • 10. The Omen (2006) (£0.12m)

Cover** IN THE PIPELINE **

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

  • 7th July 2006: Ju-on: The Grudge 2, Awesome: I Fuckin’ Shot That!, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
  • 14th July 2006: Superman Returns, Viva Zapatero, The Death of Mr Lazarescu
  • 21st July 2006: 13th District, Little Fish, The Break-Up, 11:14, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties
  • 28th July 2006: Little Man, The Science of Sleep, Adrift, Cars

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