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Various News Items – 14/1/09

Hey, so the Moviehole Mailbag might be coming back soon – but for the meantime here’s an item where I do all the talking..

– “Mary and Max” the debut feature film from Adam Elliot, Academy Award winning Director of short Harvie Krumpet, has been selected to screen in the Generation 14plus section at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.

– Don Cheadle, currently appearing opposite poochy Emma Roberts in “Hotel for Dogs”, talks a little about his role as ‘Rhodey’ in “Iron Man 2” to BlackFilm.com whilst Mickey Rourke talks about his involvement in the sequel to MTV.

TheArnoldFans.com spoke to composer Marco Beltrami (“Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines”) about Danny Elfman’s musical appointment to “Terminator Salvation”. Beltrami says “I guess he’s (Elfman) a real fan of sloppy seconds!” Ouch!

– Producer Michael Uslan says “Shazam” might still be alive. “I will only say one thing — and all I will do is quote Samuel Clemens to you,” hinted Uslan. “This is direct from Captain Marvel himself: ‘The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’”

– Britney Spears in a “Sex and the City” sequel? “My idea is to have someone like [Spears] move to New York as my cousin or niece and Carrie would show her the ropes”, says Sarah Jessica Parker.

– Reps for Vanessa Hudgens have denied reports that the actress auditioned for the role of Leah Clearwater in “New Moon”.

– The unrated trailer for “The Informers”, featuring Kim Basinger, Billy Bob Thornton and Brandon Routh, is exclusively up at MovieWeb.

– Faye Dunaway is in, Melissa George is out, over on “Grey’s Anatomy”, according to my pal Michael Ausiello.

– Heath Ledger’s Golden Globe for “The Dark Knight” will go to his daughter Matilda, according to Earth Times.

– Emma Thompson will start shooting a sequel to “Nanny McPhee” in two weeks, according to The Orlando Sentinel. Maggie Gyllenhaal will co-star.

– Sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger is indeed a part of “Terminator Salvation”. McG tells TheArnoldFans.com that he’s not announcing anything – that’ll be up to Arnie to do.

Here’s your first look at Taylor Lautner’s buff new bod girls. The young actor hit the gym in preparation for his role in the upcoming “Twilight” sequel.

– Amanda Detmer (“What About Brian”) will guest-star on TVs “Private Practice” for four episodes.

– Johnny Depp’s next film could be “The Rum Diary”, if these casting announcements at The Bad and the Ugly are anything to go by.

IESB have some behind-the-scenes videos from the upcoming “Wolverine and X-Men” animated series.

– “Prison Break” may be dead, but that thought-dead spin-off (set in a Women’s Prison) could still happen, according to one of the show’s stars.

King on The Spirit failure

Stills from Van Damme’s Eagle Path