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MOVIE NEWS FINAL DESTINATION 3’New Line Cinema’ has revealed the new teaser trailer for the anticipatedsequel, Final Destination 3, released on 10 February 2006 in the US.Set 6 years after the original film, the latest instalment centres around ahigh school senior who has a premonition of a fatal roller coaster accidentinvolving herself and all her friends. When the premonition proves true,those who have “cheated death” and survived the accident are forced to dealwith the repercussions of escaping their fate.
Directed by James Wong (X-Files), the horror-thriller stars Ryan Merriman,Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kris Lemche and Alex Johnson.
DAWN OF THE DEAD IIThe remake to George Romero’s original, directed by Zack Snyder, has beengiven a sequel. The second part will continue the action from where thefirst movie left off, with director Steve Miner (Friday 13th Part II & III)at the helm! PREDATOR – THE REMAKEYes, seriously. It appears attempts to get Predator 3 greenlit continue toflounder – even given renewed interested after Alien Vs Predator – but aremake of John McTiernan’s original could be on the way!
Apparently WWE wrestler John Cena is apparently up for the lead role,originally played by Arnold Schwazenegger.
ERAGONDirected by Stefen Fangmeier, the 15 December 2006 release stars EdSpeleers, John Malkovich, Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Robert Carlyle,Sienna Guillory and Garrett Hedlund.
The film is based on the Christopher Paolini-penned bestselling fantasynovel about a youth whose discovery of a dragon egg leads him to become aknight and battle an evil king. The medieval-set tale revolves around a farmboy who learns he is the last of a breed of benevolent Dragon Riders, whosemagical powers derived from their bond with the beasts.
FansiteShur’tugalhad scanned and posted a fold-out promo for Eragon thatappeared in ‘Variety’. In addition to the previously-seen images from theofficial website, the fold-out included an entire page of pictures of thecast members in character. The images are not online at present, but checkthe site again shortly as they’re aiming to get more online soon.
RAMBO IVSylvester Stallone has Rocky VI off the ground, and now his Rambo franchisecould get a third sequel, too!
The $50 million Rambo IV will star Stallone as iconic muscleman John Rambo,now living as a recluse, but compelled to return to action in order to helpfind a missing a girl, taking justice into his own hands…
US TOP 10 (CINEMA)All figures are weekend box-office gross.
- 1. Saw 2 ($31.7m)
- 2. The Legend of Zorro ($16.3m)
- 3. Prime ($6.22m)
- 4. Dreamer ($6.13m)
- 5. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of The Were-Rabbit ($4.3m)
- 6. The Weather Man ($4.25m)
- 7. Doom ($4.23m)
- 8. North County ($3.56m)
- 9. The Fog ($3.11m)
- 10. Flightplan ($2.73m)
UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)
- 1. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of The Were-Rabbit (£3.59m)
- 2. Nanny McPhee (£3.07m)
- 3. Saw 2 (£2.18m)
- 4. The Legend of Zorro (£1.88m)
- 5. The Corpse Bride (£0.92m)
- 6. Sky High (£0.37m)
- 7. Broken Flowers (£0.32m)
- 8. Into The Blue (£0.30m)
- 9. Lord of War (£0.24m)
- 10. Pride and Prejudice (2005) (£0.20m)
** IN THE PIPELINE **All the following are U.K. release dates, and are subject to change.
- 4th November 2005: Murderball, Elizabeth Town, Brothers Grimm, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- 11th November 2005: The Constant Gardener, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Hustle & Flow, In Her Shoes
- 18th November 2005: Transporter 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rize
- 25th November 2005: White Countess, Mad Hot Ballroom, The Matador, Mrs Henderson Presents, The Libertine, The Proposition, Just Like Heaven, Bee Season
- 2nd December 2005: Tickets, Keeping Mum, Ice Harvest, Where The Truth Lies, Family Stone
- 9th December 2005: Everything is Illuminated, The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Shopgirl
- 14th December 2005: King Kong (2005), Joyeux Noel
- 16th December 2005: Lassie (2005)
- 30th December 2005: Stray Dogs, Brokeback Mountain, Proof
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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.