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Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - Originally scheduled to hit theaters March 31, 2006, the upcoming CGI sequel is now looking for a new release date.
'Goblet of Fire' Offcial Website Online
Warner Bros. Pictures has launched the
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire official website, which includes a new Flash intro and an area (click Triwizard Tournament at the bottom right) where you can support your champions for the Tournament. Clicking on the four characters will give you profiles, support kits and downloads.
In the fourth novel, Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal, even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hits theaters on November 18th.
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Warner Brothers
The official website for
Zathura has been updated. To check it out
click here.
The Fantastic Four Sequel
'Fantastic Four' Sequel is a Go
Ioan Gruffudd (Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards) appeared on TV's The
Big Breakfast today, says
AICN, and announced that they've got the greenlight on a "Fantastic Four" sequel.
The head of
FOX apparently contacted the actor last week - following the film's surprise success at the U.S box office - and told him that they're a lock for the sequel.
Hot-head Chris Evans told
Time Out that they see the sequel as a second chance to make something even better - hardly a challenge - than the first film.
"I look at it as a second chance – a round two," he sys "You're always your own worst critic, so you see your performance, you see the way the film was structured and what our final product was and know immediately what we could have done to make it better. It's exciting to know exactly what I can personally do to bring my game up, and I think everyone involved, not just actors – the writers, the special effects guys – can see what worked and what didn't so the second one can do nothing but improve."
Meantime, 007 fave Ioan Gruffudd is refuting claims that he's snagged that role. "It's very flattering but there's
no truth in it at all," he tells
ITV. "I would love to play the part but I think I'm 10 years' too young."
Source:
Moviehole
The Fantastic Four Cast on Sequels
Empire Online caught up with the Fantastic Four stars at the UK premiere and Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis and Jessica Alba talked about sequels:
The one thing that was on everybody's lips – especially given the extraordinary performance at the box office, was sequels. And if
Gruffudd's words are any indication, it's all looking very good: "We've signed for two and three already, and it looks more than likely that we'll be shooting them even as early as next year."
"The good thing is it won't be an origin picture," said Chiklis, "So we can go right into storytelling, and depending on which villain we decide to go with, and which way we decide to go, we can get right into the crux of the story immediately."
Meanwhile, Ms Alba had her mind on more matters maternal "Tim put secrets in this movie that he's going to reveal in the next one, and I think we have to get the Fantasticar – that'd be cool… and I think we need some kids, at least by the third one, so Reed and Sue should get busy!"
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Empire Online
John Moore to Direct 'Omen' Remake
20th Century Fox has snatched up John Moore (2004's Flight
of the Phoenix) as he is now set to take on directorial duties to
The Omen 666 - a remake of the 1976 classic horror feature
The Omen, reports
Variety.
The original film starred
Gregory Peck and
Lee Remick as a distinguished American couple living in England, whose young son Damien bears "the mark of the beast."
Dan McDermott is writing a script that contemporizes the story. The project is on a fast track, as the studio has set a tentative October 3 start date. Expect casting news soon.
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Rope of Silicon
The Dukes of Hazzard International Trailer
The official UK site has added a international trailer for
The Dukes of Hazzard with Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson
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E.T. to Phone Home ....Again
Moviehole reports that Steven Spielberg and Drew Barrymore have apparently been discussing a possible sequel to his 1982 blockbuster
E.T The Extra Terrestrial , something he said he'd never do. Apparently, it's the Charlie's Angel who has coaxed captain big-bucks into re-considering.
"Drew has spoken to Steven about it", says
SouthFlorida.com. "Although he thought she was joking at first, he's actually giving it serious thought. Drew thinks the world needs another feel-good movie like 'ET' right now and she's prepared to work with Steven to make it happen".
In the new film, ET would meet up with his now-adult friend Elliott as part of a desperate bid to save his alien race from being wiped out.
Besides Barrymore, it isn't known how many of the original stars - which also included Dee Wallace-Stone, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, C.Thomas Howell and Erika Eleniak - would be involved. I'm confident that if it's not Dreamworks decision - the not-so-busy originals would be keen for a reprise.
A few years back Spielberg re-released the original "E.T", and was asked at the time whether he'd consider bringing the Condom Full of Peanuts back for a second stint.
"I thought about doing a sequel in the intoxication of the success of E.T. [but then] realized it's a very perfect story."
Spielberg continued, "It ended exactly where it should have ended. There is no postscript to it. If people are hungry for a sequel, they should go see this 20th anniversary re-release, because there ain't gonna be one."
Moviehole chatted to a couple of the film's original stars - Dee Wallace-Stone and Erika Eleniak about a potential sequel.
“When you make a sequel to a classic, it isn't classic anymore. ET is a classic,” explains Wallace-Stone.
“One can only speculate why a sequel has never been done. The film was so amazing and really a piece of film history. Sometimes sequels have a hard time living up to the original, although, if anyone could do it, Steven Spielberg could!” adds Eleniak.
After the success of the first film, Spielberg penned a treatment for a second, "E.T 2 : Nocturnal Fears" which had some evil aliens, led by a chap named Korel, invading Earth. Guess which STD-user comes to the rescue?
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Moviehole