X-Men 2 Trailer With Rings 2?
by Bob Gough The trailer for X-Men 2 may debut with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on Dec. 18. The trailer was rumored to hit theaters and the Web last month but it didn't materialize. However, Internet surfers may get to see the X2 trailer a week earlier than at the Rings 2 premiere by visiting Yahoo! Movies. ZENtertainment, Comics2Film, Superhero Hype
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Immortals Plot Murder
by Bob Gough Darkness Falls director Jonathan Liebesman is in talks to helm The Immortals for Universal. The story centers on four 20-somethings offered eternal life if another is sacrificed. Michael Jonascu and Justin Stanley wrote the script with a Carter Blanchard rewrite. Hollywood Reporter, Coming Soon
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Kevin Smith Joins Scary Movie 3
by Bob Gough Kevin Smith will executive produce Scary Movie 3 with director David Zucker (Airplane) for Dimension Films. The Wayans brothers are not part of the project. They are planning a sci fi spoof to compete. Smith will also co-write with Pat Proft, Brian Lynch and Craig Mazin --Coming Soon
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New Two Towers Pics New images from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers have hit the Web. Click over to www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Fantasy/The_Lord_of_the_Rings/T he_Two_Towers to see all 27. Coming Soon
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Del Toro Talks Creature of Black Lagoon
by Bob Gough Blade 2 and Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro is talking about his plans to update The Creature from the Black Lagoon. "I'll be given carte blanche to develop the story, although I will bring in another writer," he told Fangoria. "I want to set the story in Victorian times during the exploration of the Amazon. The original Creature was essentially King Kong, but I want to make it more a 'beauty and the beast' fable. I want the look and feel to be akin to Jules Verne's tales like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I want to increase the horror edge and make it really scary, because my archaeological explorers will discover an area of the Amazon that has been kept on a tangential track of evolution alongside mankind. So there will be giant carnivorous squid, prehistoric sharks and weird alternate lifeforms that shouldn't really exist in such a fresh-water environment. Fish do truly have either an angelic or devilish quality, and I want to play on that," he said. Fangoria, Coming Soon
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New Terminator 3 Banner
by Bob Gough A new theater banner for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines has debuted on the Web. It features Kristanna Loken as the TX. You can see it at the official movie Web site (www.terminator3.com). Coming Soon
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Rodionoff Talks Tortured Souls
by Bob Gough Comic book to film expert scribe Hans Rodionoff is talking about the film based on Todd McFarlane and Clive Barker's Tortured Souls toyline. "There's already such a huge pre-awareness of this project and we've already been given a pretty great window into the movie, just by having the action figures out there," he told Creature Corner. "Since everybody's already seen or bought the figures, I don't think I'll be spoiling anything when I say that you're gonna see some of those creatures, and they're gonna scare the crap out of you. One thing is, I think anyone who looks at the figures will immediately think of Hellraiser, I know I did. But after reading Clive's original treatment, I realized that they were moving it into a completely new direction, and that's what got me really excited. So, yes, you will see some of the Tortured Souls big as life and in the rotting flesh. No, this is not going to be a Hellraiser movie," he said. Creature Corner, Superhero Hype
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Spiderwick Spins Movie Web
by Bob Gough Look for a movie version of The Spiderwick Chronicles, fantasy books by writer Holly Black and artist Tony DiTerlizzi. Paramount and Nickelodeon optioned the property for a feature film. The story centers on twin boys and their older sister who discover a doorway to a magickal realm in their great-uncle’s dilapidated house. –Hollywood Reporter
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Wesley Snipes a.k.a. John Doe
by Bob Gough Blade’s Wesley Snipes will play the lead in John Doe, a sci fi actioner directed and written by first-timer Zak Penn (who also wrote a treatment for X-Men 2). Doe, like the Fox TV series, centers on a homeless amnesiac who tries to put his life back together and finds he has superhuman powers. Meanwhile, an assassin is stalking him to keep him from discovering his identity. –Hollywood Reporter
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Shazam! Bolts To Big Screen
by Bob Gough New Line Cinema and DC Comics want to make a big screen version of the Shazam! comic book characters. The comic is about Billy Batson, a young boy who is given the power of the gods to become the super-powerful Captain Marvel. Although the distinction is clear to comic fans, how the movie will avoid confusing the character with one published by Marvel is unknown at this time. Batman franchise exec producer Michael Uslan will executive produce. New Line is also making a movie of Frank Miller’s Ronin. –Variety, Superhero Hype
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