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MOVIE NEWS KNIGHT RIDER’Dimension Films’ are apparently quite close to going ahead with a movieadaptation of cult 80’s action-adventure series Knight Rider, about ahigh-tech talking car called K.I.T.T that helps Michael Knight (DavidHasselhoff, right) fight crime. No word yet on casting, but it’s likely Hasselhoffwill cameo and William Daniels reprise his role as K.I.T.T, with creatorGlen Larson penning a “darker” script than the TV show.(DVDfever Dom adds: “Knight Rider wouldn’t be Knight Riderwithout The Hoff in the lead role!”)
HIS DARK MATERIALSDirector Anand Tucker has stepped down from the project, to be replaced byChris Weitz (the director he originally replaced!) Weitz stepped asidebecause he didn’t think he could handle the extensive visuals required tobring Philip Pullman’s novels to life, but maybe he had a change of heart?
RESIDENT EVIL – EXTINCTIONThe official website for singer-actress Ashanti (right) has revealed that she willappear in the final installment of the Resident Evil movies, entitledExtinction. Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Sienna Guillory, Mike Epps and IainGlen are also set to star in the third movie based on the popular video-gamefranchise.
Director Russell Mulcahy (Highlander) is at the helm, working from a scriptby Paul W.S Anderson (Alien Vs Predator).
THE MUTANT CHRONICLESDirector Simon Hunter already has Thomas Jane starring in this movue about amilitary leader in a fight against NecroMutants who are threatening Earth.John Malkovich is attached to star, and now Stephen Rea (V For Vendetta) hasjoined the cast as Richard Crenna (Jane’s former commander). Ron Perlman(Hellboy) has also joined the movie as a religious leader who recruits Janeto stop the mutants). TRANSFORMERSDirector Michael Bay is beginning to cast the voices in his upcomingTransformers movie, adapted from the ’80s cartoon series and toys. JonVoight, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and Bernie Mac are now signed to lend theirvoices to the transforming robots. Rumour also has it that Michael ClarkeDuncan, John Turturro and Tyrese may also provide voices, but nothing hasbeen confirmed yet. DAN’S MOVIE DIGEST BLOG (DMDB) –Dan Owen.blogspot.com
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US TOP 10 (CINEMA)All figures are weekend box-office gross.
- 1. Mission: Impossible 3 ($47.7m)
- 2. RV ($11.0m)
- 3. An American Haunting ($5.78m)
- 4. Stick It ($5.48m)
- 5. United 93 ($5.35m)
- 6. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown ($4.16m) (total to date: $183m)
- 7. Silent Hill ($4.01m)
- 8. Scary Movie 4 ($3.69m)
- 9. Akeelah and the Bee ($3.37m)
- 10. Hoot ($3.37m)
UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)
- 1. Mission: Impossible 3 (£5.37m)
- 2. Confetti (£0.63m)
- 3. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (£0.58m)
- 4. Silent Hill (£0.34m)
- 5. 16 Blocks (£0.31m)
- 6. Scary Movie 4 (£0.19m)
- 7. American Dreamz (£0.18m)
- 8. Slither (£0.16m)
- 9. She’s The Man (£0.13m)
- 10. The Inside Man (£0.10m)
** IN THE PIPELINE **All the following are U.K. release dates, and are subject to change.
- 12th May 2006: When a Stranger Calls, Quo Vadis, Baby?, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (right), Prime
- 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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