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A round-up of news from the last 24 hours
When time is tight, and news is ‘eh’, it’s always a good idea to mash ‘em up….
Jason Lewis and David Eigenberg will reprise their “Sex and the City” roles for the forthcoming film version, says MTV.
The first poster of “Prince Caspian” has invaded the information super highway and you can check it out here.
Michael Bay tells fans on his official site that he’d direct a “Transformers 2” pre-strike but unfortunately “I might jump ship and come back a year or so later cause people at the studio have been dragging for two months”…”
Steven Seagal will star in “A Higher Form of Learning”, based on his own script. The Jeff King directed film will tell of a kick-butter who travels the world in search of serial killers.
A web-only prequel to J.T Petty’s “The Burrowers” will premiere on Fear Net in December, says The Hollywood Reporter. There will be seven 3-5 minute episodes in the prequel collection.
David Weddle, producer of “Battlestar Galactica”, tells SyfyPortal.com about the rumoured mid-season split coming up.
Aint it Cool News has the first few pages of the “Angel : Season 6” comic up. And yes, Angel does defeat the dragon… by the looks!
Following a fierce bidding war, Warner Bros. has cut a deal with CBS for the rights to a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced adaptation of Brit thriller “Eleventh Hour.” More details at Variety.
Jennifer Garner will star opposite Matthew McConaughey in “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”, says Variety. The story centers on a charming womanizer who is visited by the apparitions of girlfriends past, present and future while attending the wedding of his younger brother. He eventually realizes that he is in love with his childhood sweetheart.
Jim Broadbent tells Dark Horizons that he’s been asked to join the cast of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” as Horace Slughorn, a retired potion’s master lured back to the school in the sixth installment of the “Potter” franchise, due out in November 2008.
Will Kemp (“Van Helsing”) has joined the cast of “Step Up 2 : The Streets”, in production now for a February 2008 release.
Dash Mihok, Doug Hutchison and Colin Salmon have joined the cast of “The Punisher : Welcome Back Frank”, Lexi Alexander says via her official site. “As I look at their headshots on the wall in my office, my heart does little summersaults. And… I have the perfect, most talented Jigsaw!!!!!!! Stay tuned. (Don’t you hate that).”
TVGuide talked to George Lucas about not having Sean Connery be a part of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. Says Lucas, “It’s just a completely different character, so you’re not invested in him in any way. The fact that that character, after the first part of the movie, isn’t needed doesn’t become a problem. Whereas I think with the scene we had, where [Indy] says goodbye to his dad, everybody was, “Wait a minute! Isn’t he coming back?” So in the end, I think it turned out for the best. Sean just retired and he wants to stay retired, and I understand that. [Laughs] I think he just said, “Look, I’ve done it, I’ve done it.” He was very tempted, you know, and we talked for a long time. But in the end, he just said, “Eh, I’m playing golf.”
Moviehole has 5 passes up for grabs to see the great new family movie “BRATZ”, down under. If you’re keen, give us a shout out, and don’t forget to include your name and address peeps!
StarshipTroopers3.net has the first set of photos up from the upcoming “Starship Troopers : Marauder”. Hitting DVD next year. Click here to view.
“Highlander : The Source”, which is about to premiere on the Sci/Fi Channel, will debut in Australia, on DVD, this December.
Alan Dale (“Ugly Betty”) is returning to Australia to do a guest-stint on the Channel 9 series “Sea Patrol”, reports The Sunday Herald Sun. Dale’s last Aussie gig was as Jim Robinson on TVs “Neighbours”.
