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(DVDfever Dom adds: “I do think Jessica Alba’s thecutest girl on the planet, but how many more times will classic Japanesehorror thrillers get remade and diluted by Hollywood?”

ADAM RESURRECTEDJeff Goldblum will star in writer-director Paul Schrader’s Holocaust dramaabout a Jewish circus entertainer who is kept alive by the Nazis toentertain fellow Jews as they march to their death in concentration camps.The film is based on the novel by Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk.

THE FOUNTAINThe best sci-fi movie of 2006? Early word suggests so. Just check out theglorious one-sheet poster (right) BOND 22Well, Casino Royale isn’t even released yet, but already rumours of the nextfilm’s director are surfacing! It appears that Roger Mitchell (Notting Hill)is in the frame to direct a movie based on an idea by Bond producer MichaelWilson. Mitchell has already worked with Bond star Daniel Craig in TheMother and Enduring Love. FANTASTIC FOUR 2Unconfirmed rumours suggest Doug Jones (Abe Sapien in Hellboy) is close tobeing cast as The Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four 2, a character that willbe digitally created like Gollum from Lord Of The Rings. GALLOWWALKERWesley Snipes is set to play the lead in this movie from Andrew Goth,written by Joanne Reay, about a gunman called Kaos (the son of a nun whobreaks her covenant with God to ensure his survival). This act brings acurse upon Kaos… so everyone he kills will return as ghosts. Snipes’character finds himself haunted by his former victims, led by the viciousKansa, so he enlists the help of a warrior called Fabulos…

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

• 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($62.3m) (total to date: $258m)
• 2. Little Man ($21.6m)
• 3. You, Me & Dupree ($21.5m)
• 4. Superman Returns ($12.3m) (total to date: $164m)
• 5. The Devil Wears Prada ($10.4m)
• 6. Cars ($7.84m) (total to date: $220m)
• 7. Click ($7.26m) (total to date: $120m)
• 8. The Lake House ($1.67m)
• 9. Nacho Libre ($1.62m)
• 10. A Scanner Darkly ($1.27m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

• 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (£6.04m)
• 2. Superman Returns (£4.33m)
• 3. Over the Hedge (£0.91m)
• 4. The Wind The Shakes The Barley (£0.167m)
• 5. Just My Luck (£0.165m)
• 6. The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift (£0.09m)
• 7. The Lake House (£0.07m)
• 8. Golmaal (£0.051m)
• 9. The Da Vinci Code (£0.050m)
• 10. Banlieue 13 (£0.03m)

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

• 21st July 2006: 13th District, Little Fish, The Break-Up, 11:14, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, Stormbreaker
• 28th July 2006: A Lion in the House, Stay Alive, Renaissance, Little Man, Warrior King, The Science of Sleep, Cars
• 4th August 2006: Miami Vice (2006), My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Paper Clips, The Ant Bully, The Notorious Bette Page
• 11th August 2006: Nacho Libre, Innocent Voices, Monster House, Tideland, Lady in the Water
• 18th August 2006: Akeelah and the Bee, London to Brighton, Look Both Ways, Harsh Times, Stray Dogs, A Scanner Darkly, Snakes on a Plane, Spitfire 944
• 25th August 2006: How to Eat Fried Worms, Return, Severance, You Me & Dupree, Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

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