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The Simpsons Movie Targeted for 2008
Source: ComingSoon!
The 16th season of hit animated Fox comedy The Simpsons began on Sunday and Entertainment Weekly talked to executive producer Al Jean who revealed secrets about upcoming episodes while also giving an update on the possible movie.

Jean says the show's writers are working on the long-promised feature film, with a targeted 2008 release date. They've even laid down some possible plotlines, but won't spoil anything this early.

"There are a couple things on the show that I steered away from what might be in the movie," Jean says. "The biggest thing is you don't want to do a movie that's not reflective of the quality of the show, and you don't want the quality of the show to slip because you're doing the movie. So we're taking a little time."

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DreamWorks Boxes-Up Real Steel
Source: ComingSoon!
DreamWorks has hired Jeremy Leven (The Notebook) to write the robot boxing project Real Steel and is in talks with Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) to direct, reports Variety. The trade says the studio launched the project last year when it bought Dan Gilroy's spec script for Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers to produce.

The project takes place in a future in which 2,000-pound robots resembling humans battle in a boxing ring. The story revolves around a promoter who takes his fighter to the championships.

Leven's previous credits also include Don Juan de Marco, Alex & Emma, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. Mostow recently signed on for Confessions of a Little League Coach at Columbia Pictures.

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McMahon & Farrell Talk 007
Source: DarkHorizons
Despite being offered, "Nip/Tuck" star Julian McMahon has decided to pass on playing 007 in the next James Bond movie due to his TV commitment schedule according to The Herald Sun.

His mother, Lady Sonia McMahon, spoke openly to guests about the casting at last week's Melbourne Cup where she confirmed he had indeed been "sounded out" for the role but declined the offer as he recently signed a long-term deal to FX for "Nip/Tuck".

Meanwhile, at this past weekend's press junket for "Alexander", Irish spunk rat Colin Farrell was asked whether he would be interested in taking on James Bond? "No, not at all," he told LatinoReview.

Pierce Brosnan suggested Farrell would be a good replacement a few days ago, that speculation has since grown into a full-blown rumour sweeping the globe - gossip that Farrell himself is not happy about - "Pierce has f**ked me. He just shot that out. It's great to think that he has that much faith in me but I have no idea. I haven't heard a thing about it except for Pierce and I don't think they're listening to him for casting".

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The Punisher 2: AICN reports that it looks like it will be filming in Australia and Michael Keaton may play villain Jigsaw.

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The Old Starsky & Hutch Return
Source: DarkHorizons
It looks like "Starsky and Hutch" might be making a comeback - no I'm not talking about this year's Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson comedy, rather the original show's stars Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul look to be reprising their most memorable roles again according to the official Arsenal FC magazine & Hollywood News.

The new show could see David Starsky and Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson on the streets of London - "We have written a treatment. Starsky is in New York and Hutch is here in London. Then we meet up and get together, it will be interesting," said Soul who admitted the duo are still looking for backing for the project.

Back in its day, "Starsky & Hutch" was one of the most popular shows on televsion with the two cops battled criminals in their red Ford Torino/ Soul is currenty starring as Jerry Springer in the West End show, "Jerry Springer: The Opera".

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First Look at General Grievous from Revenge of the Sith

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Tony Kaye Helming Thriller Reaper
Source: ComingSoon!
American History X helmer Tony Kaye will direct the thriller Reaper, penned by comic book writer, novelist, and video game writer Gary Whitta, reports Production Weekly.

Reaper, Whitta's first screenplay, is a stylish action-neo-noir film in the vein of Blade Runner.

It's the story of Virgil, a private investigator recruited to work for the beautiful and mysterious Delia. Virgil gradually finds himself immersed in a surreal underworld where the boundaries of life and death as well as right and wrong are blurred.

Filming will being in February.

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These two Tom`s are a pair of THIEVES
Tom Jane and Tom Sizemore play criminals with a twist
Source: Cinescape
Here's a cool take on a cops and robbers movie: instead of having the bad guys steal high profile goods like gems, gold or money, have them go after rare and valuable comic books, baseball cards and old lunchboxes worth big bucks. That's the premise for THIEVES, a new movie that now has actors Tom Jane (THE PUNISHER) and Tom Sizemore (BLACK HAWK DOWN) attached to star in it.

Jane and Sizemore starred together in the Lawrence Kasdan adaptation of DREAMCATCHER a couple of years ago, which may be how they came to be involved in this new picture. There's also another connection to consider: the screenplay for THIEVES was written by Tom Sizemore's brother, Aaron. No doubt that kind of family connection helps when you're trying to find the right talent to attach to your budding movie screenplay.


The movie also has director John Swanbeck (THE BIG KAHUNA) attached to helm it but it's not set up at a studio (yet.)

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CONSTANTINE helmer to shoot Protosevich's I AM LEGEND?
Source: AICN
Hey folks, Harry here... Did some research on this tidbit. Now, Mark Protosevich's I AM LEGEND script has been... kind of a thing of legend in its own right. I'd say for the better part of the last 8 years i've been tracking its development and progress around Hollywood. Arnold was attached forever, then with Ridley Scott, then rumors of Cameron, then there was Will Smith and Michael Bay, dozens of others in-between. There was a period where the script was developed so far away from Mark's original - that it was set to be a disaster of epic proportions, and then it got back on track with slight permutations of his original draft. The only problem with Mark's original script was how his ending was forced to be different from the actual Matheson ending - which is kinda the whole point of the damn thing - but then - Mark always wanted to stick to Matheson's ending too. Sigh. Well - recently I'd heard rumors that Ridley Scott was fishing again around these waters - but ultimately hung up his fishing gear to move on to other waters. This time, it looks like Warners is in serious talks with Francis Lawrence, based upon how high they are on his CONSTANTINE movie. Now, I hear Francis isn't signed yet, but that it's more or less just a formality at this point. All parties want this to work out. I just hope that Francis keeps Protosevich on the project - if that's at all possible, given he's off working on POSEIDEN ADVENTURE for Wolfgang Petersen.
Hey big guy,

I haven't seen anything on this, so I wanted to let the cat out of the bag.

Sophomore Director Francis Lawrence (Constantine (2005) is going to helm "I Am Legend".

-Sausage King

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Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool
Sounds like Ryan Reynolds is basically a lock for the comic cum film "Deadpool".
Source: Moviehole
Reynolds gave Bloody Disgusting an update on the long-mooted project. "Avi Arad called me into his office after we were done shooting and said 'Ryan I want you to play DeadPool, you've got to do DeadPool, I don't know how we'll do it but we'll do it."

The mug behind 'Van Wilder' also touched upon the "Blade : Trinity" spin-off.

"New Line sees it as a new franchise for them, there's alot of interesting characters in there like the Midnight Sons and all these other guys who are really interesting and they see it as something they can mine out this new franchise. David and I talked about doing the story together, he doesn't need any help from me but I defiantly hope to collaborate with him on that. But at this point it's such conjecture, it's something we're not even thinking about."

Reynold's also been waxing lyrical to About.Com, where he announced - once and for all - that 'Van Wilder' will never return (Frat Boys cry).

"I don’t think so. No. I know they’ve written a script and they’re trying to go for one, but I don’t think so."

It's not that he doesn't want too. "Sometimes when I see a character that I love and a movie that I love, I always want them to do it again. And when they do it again, I’m inevitably disappointed. So I just feel like given the opportunity to have that happen or not, I think I’m going to go with 'not'. I just feel like [we should] let sleeping dogs lie. It was a lot of fun, it was a cult hit. It did really well on DVD. I think I’d leave that legacy in my wake. It was a lot of fun."

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NEW DVD RELEASES FOR NOVEMBER 9, 2004
Source: VideoETA
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Ace High (Widescreen)

Adventures of Grand Master Roc Raida Part 3

Ahmad Jamal: Live in Baalbeck

Alila

Ani Difranco: Trust

Antony Santos: Concierto En Vivo United Palace

Argentosoma: The Complete Collection

Arrowhead (Full Screen)

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Before Sunrise / Before Sunset (Back-To-Back)

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Betty Page

The Big Dis

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Blade 1 & 2 (Set)

Blind Fury (Widescreen)

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi / Sonatine (Double Feature)

Boys Over Flowers Volume 8: Do You Want a Friend?

Braceface Volume 3: Twist of Fate

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Bridget Jones's Diary (Collector's Edition)

Britney Spears Greatest Hits: My Prerogative

Broadway: The Golden Age

Bruce Springsteen: MTV Unplugged 1992

Brum: Snow Thieves & Other Stories

Bubblegum Crisis TV: Special Collector's Set (Set)

Bumfights 3: Felony Footage

Christmas Child

Christmas With Crosby and Kate Smith

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Cinema of Vengeance

The Clearing

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Dead End

Directors Label Series (Boxed Set)

DNAngel Volume 1

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Dr. Wai In The Scripture With No Words

Dragon Drive Volume 4: Daring Mission

Fall: Live at the Hacienda

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Friends: The Complete Eighth Season

Goddess Workout with Dolphina (Set)

Gone With The Wind (Collector's Edition)

The Grateful Dead Movie

Guerrilla Salvaje (Spanish)

Gungrave Volume 3: Undead War

Happy Holidays From Sinatra and Crosby

Harry Connick Jr.: Harry for the Holidays

Harvie Krumpet

Hilary Duff: Learning to Fly

The Hillside Strangler (Unrated)

The Hillside Strangler

I Drink Your Blood (Deluxe Edition)

III Nino: Live from the Eye of the Storm

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Jesus Of Montreal (Subtitled)

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Johnny Cash: Singing at his Best

Ju-On

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Kung Fu Years

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Lee Scratch Perry Live in San Francisco (Includes Music CD)

Legally Blonde Platinum Collection (Set)

Los Lobos: Live at the Fillmore

The Love Machine

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Mary Engelbreit's The Night Before Christmas

Mason Jennings: Use Your Van

Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas

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Needle Arts: Shay Pendray

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Oi: The DVD

Omega Doom (Widescreen)

Parting Shots

Petula Clark: Live at the Paris Olympia

Pokemon Advanced Volume 5: Whole Lotta Trouble

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Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy

Popular Mechanics for Kids: Rip Roaring

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Prairie Home Companion

Queen: On Fire Live at the Bowl

Raiders Of Buddhist Kung Fu

Rave Master Volume 2: Release the Beasts

Ray Charles: Live in Brazil 1963

Ray Charles: Soul of the Holy Land August 1973

Real Deal 7

The Remarkable 20th Century (Set)

Rick

The Road to Love (Unrated)

Robert Earl Keen 2: Live Dinner

Shania Twain: Up Close & Personal

Shaolin Idiot

Shock & Awe

Sneaky Preview 73

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Something Corporate: Live at the Ventura Theater

Soundstage Presents: Lyle Lovett with Randy Newman

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Spanish Fly

Spend the Holidays with Liberace

Star Trek Voyager: Season Five (Checkpoint)

Star Trek Voyager: Season Five

The Stepford Wives (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

The Stepford Wives (Full-screen Collector's Edition)

Strauss: Alpine Symphony in Images

Strike Force

Strip Tease: The World's Most Famous Strip Artists

Suspicious River

Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema

Take a Load Off Your Heart

TMNT: Battle Nexus

Traffic: Live 1994

Transformers Armada: Season 1 (Boxed Set)

Tsukikage Ran Complete Collection

TV Gold Volume 1

UC Gundam Movie Set (Set)

UFOs: Uncensored

Unsolved Mysteries: Miracles (Set)

Veggie Tales: The Complete Silly Song Collection

Woman In The Moon (B&W)

Zentrix Volume 2: Last Hope



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NEW COMIC-BOOK RELEASES FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2004
Source: Diamond
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Paul Dini Gives "Lost" Spoilers
Source: DarkHorizons
When it comes to "Batman" only one format ever got it pitch perfect right - the Warner Bros. animated series of the early 90's. Now Paul Dini, one of the geniuses behind that series, has a new job working for "Alias" creator J.J. Abrams on his new ABC series "Lost" which has become one of the biggest hits of the new season. Over the weekend, Dini attended the Wizard World Convention in Dallas and spoke about all of his projects. Along the way were some big spoilers for "Lost" and 'Ranger1138' was in attendance to write it all down:

WizardWorld: Paul Dini on Lost - by 'Ranger1138'

"Two clips were shown from this Wednesday's episode. One featured a funny exchange between Hurley and Charlie. Charlie believes that the large man is hording food. He bases this hypothesis on the sheer fact that he hasn't lost any weight in their time on the island. The banter goes back and forth for some time until it is mentioned that Hurley has gone down one belt notch. The second clip was very intense. It showed Sayid torturing Sawyer. This is a long scene that will definitely get that "viewer discretion is advised" box to pop up at least once or twice during the hour. The torture involves fingernails and sharp objects if anyone was curious.

After the clip it was asked if Standards and Practices had issues with the show since it was an 8PM EST slotted show. Paul said that they rarely worry about that kind of thing although they did wonder if they would be able to go ahead with the drug storyline for Charlie. ABC is fully behind the show and it rarely sends in notes to the writing team. The decision to air the show in "Pan and Scan" was the network's decision and the DVDs feature widescreen transfers of the show.

One of the original marketing plans was to release the DVD of the two hour pilot some three weeks after it aired. ABC moved on to the concept of just re-airing the show, like NBC and CBS do now, on Saturdays for those viewers who need to catch up. DVD sets are planned with deleted scenes but Disney and Bad Robot have not decided on any release dates yet. Some time last year ABC decided that they, like the other networks, needed to have a series shot in Hawaii. LOST was ABC's attempt to have a scripted or dramatic version of Survivor. Although ABC preferred to think of it as a "deserted island" show.

Paul said that each writer drew names from a hat. Three names were chosen by each writer. That writer then went off to write the character's history and back story. Paul's character's are John Locke, Sawyer and Sun [Daniel Day Kim's wife]. Paul said that Locke was based off of the real life philosopher John Locke. He also said that Locke was a strategist. He likes the thrill of the hunt and comes to see things like the game he played in episode 104 "Walkabout".

When asked if it was a coincidence that Locke seemed to be around at a character's key moment Paul stated that Locke just seems to be an opportunist. He apparently is not good or evil, however, he may play a given situation either way to gain an advantage. It was also said that the monster is sort of a reflection of yourself. The pilot saw it in horror and he was killed because he feared the monster. Locke saw the monster with true awe, therefore, he was able to survive his encounter.

The monster it's self may not be revealed totally at any point in the series. It may be, as Paul described it, "a Loch Ness Monster kind of thing". Bits and pieces of the beast will be shown throughout the series but a full reveal could prove to be anti-climatic. Still the monster will be explained at some point in future seasons.

Kate is said to have a checkered past in her character's bio. She is also wanted for multiple things other than the bits shown early on in the season. A future ep will really bring her past to the forefront this season. Jack was originally planned to be killed off in the two hour pilot. The plan was to have someone famous play him and then kill him off before the middle of the second hour. The team talked about getting Michael "Batman" Keaton, however, Paul wasn't sure if they ever made it to the point of approaching him.

Paul said that some of the other survivors will have their turn in the spotlight. Scott and Steve were introduced last week and they have some lines in upcoming shows. A new character will step up soon to help Claire with her pregnancy. Rosa's story about her missing husband will be touched upon before the end of the season.

The team tried to cast as many natives to Hawaii as they could. Production costs could get quickly out of hand if they chose a famous actor to be a side character that would eventually work their way to the main cast. They loved the idea of maybe doing this but it would cost them a lot of money to fly out an actor for a few scenes. So casting found many extras in the area who could work their way up to speaking lines if the writing team needed a new "red shirt of the week". And they really do call them red shirts. Apparently at least one main character and several minor ones will be killed off before the end of the season.

Paul also acknowledged the Buffy fans that came over to the show when David Fury came on board. Julie Bens "Darla" had spoken in the same room moments earlier and many of those fans stayed to hear Dini. Someone asked how involved JJ was with the show. Paul answered by saying that he splits his time between Lost, Alias and the new Bounty Hunter mid season replacement show for ABC. Paul knows that it will get crazier the closer they get to pre production on Mission Impossible 3.

A question was asked about the time period that seems to be mentioned on the show each week. Paul said that they want the viewer to be very aware of the amount of time spent on the island. The entire first season will take one month of pseudo island time. A new CGI company is now on board to assist with effects needed. In a lot of cases the animals used in the show are CGI due to Hawaii's restrictions on the importing of animals. CGI was used for the wild bores and the polar bear.

Paul also told story about how the extras like to feed the bores when on break. This causes them to feel sleepy later on in the shoot. The scene where Locke uses Charlie as bait was one of the scenes where the bore fell fast asleep once in the hammock like net. Mira "Babylon 5" Furlan will guest star in a very important role before the season is out. P

aul said that the plan is to keep the show's current format of story punctuated with flashbacks. There was talk of maybe doing an episode where the survivor's families were shown but it was dropped for the same reason why a story about another person washing up on the beach was dropped. The team feels that the show's strength is based upon it's focus with those already on the island. Anything else may effect the "Gilligan" factor. The team is well aware that the show will have to move beyond this focus at some point, however, that could be done in say season 3 or 4. And yes they have a loose season plan for going that far with the show.

Paul said that the final script is almost done for Jingle Bell. He expects the movie to come together by either the fall of 05 or 06 depending on the studio's time table. He hasn't worked on Justice League Unlimited in some time. He isn't sure where Bruce Timm is with season four of the show as he hasn't really spoken with anyone at WB Animation since April.

He said that there were plans for a big original Batman animated movie with Justice League cameos but that has been scrapped, and a Justice League straight to video movie was also dropped. Basically any new projects talked about with the original DC animated universe are either scrapped or on hold until further notice. One woman asked Paul if he had seen his cameo in Arkum Asylum in a recent ep of "The Batman". Paul said that he knew of the cameo but he hasn't watched any episodes of the new Kids WB series at all.

Paul said that he has completed his work on the new "Krypto" series for Cartoon Network's early morning pre school block. He felt that the series was some of his best work and he was happy to hear that it had tested well with the network. He wasn't sure when season three of Duck Dodgers would go into full production. Paul said that Cartoon Network was more corporate now with their successes with Adult Swim. Shows that can be cheaply produced, like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, seem to be new trend at the network.

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New Writer for the 5th Harry Potter Movie
Source: ComingSoon!
Producer David Heyman tells ComingSoon.net that Steven Kloves, who wrote the first four "Harry Potter" screenplays, will be stepping aside for the fifth installment in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, to return to directing.

Kloves wrote and directed the popular 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff and Beau Bridges, and he is anxious to get back into directing by adapting Mark Haddon's best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which Heyman will also produce.

Heyman will be working with writer Michael Goldenberg on the script for "Order of the Phoenix," with the usual final approval by J.K. Rowling herself. Goldenberg wrote Jodie Foster's Contact, the 2003 adaptation of Peter Pan, as well as the screenplay for the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are film, which is to be directed by Spike Jonze.

At the time of this writing, the plans are to start shooting "Order of the Phoenix" in January 2006 for a Spring or Fall 2007 release. A director should hopefully be announced by the end of the year.