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Indiana Jones and the Ravages of Age

The Man in the hat is back! For the first time since 1989, Harrison Ford dons the familiar costume on Thursday, June 21, 2007, as the upcoming Indiana Jones adventure begins production under the direction of Steven Spielberg.

The new Indiana Jones movie is set in the 1950s and stars Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Ray Winstone and Jim Broadbent . The Lucasfilm Ltd. production will be released by Paramount Pictures worldwide on May 22, 2008. The pic below is the first look at the new flick which is being closely guarded, which is strange, as Spielberg is credited for taking the photo in question!

Justice League before Superman Returns sequel?

Now this is interesting.

Not long ago, the folks at MovieHole stated that the powers-at-be at Warner Bros were considering doing a Justice League movie before the Superman sequel. The report was later debunked by a couple of other sites - one of them being Variety who, funnily enough, are the ones running this story - and their sources?

Well, all we can say is…. Um, actually, we don’t know what to say, besides… we told you something was cooking and here’s the pot to prove it.

Here’s what Variety reported today :

One of the more ambitious projects around town — the bigscreen adaptation of DC Comics' Justice League — cleared a major hurdle last week.

Husband-wife writing duo Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney turned in a first draft that had Warner Bros. suits actually smiling — no small feat, considering Justice follows a half-dozen of the best-known superheroes working together, including Batman and Superman.

But the accomplish-ment raises a tricky question for Warners: Should it release Justice before its Superman Returns sequel?

Christopher Nolan’s next Batman pic The Dark Knight bows in July 2008. Bryan Singer’s Superman follow-up had been expected to play in 2009. But there’s no script yet for that pic, while Singer is busy getting ready to shot Tom Cruise starrer Valkyrie for UA.

The question now: Will a souped-up Justice League prove to be Kryptonite to Superman?

It’s a definite possibility. Our contact at the Burbank water tower insists that it’s always been a consideration to release Justice League before Superman Returns II.

First Look: Where the Wild Things Are

It's been one of the most highly guarded film sets in a long long time. Shot in and around Australia, the cast were forced to sign strict confidentiality agreements - so much so, that actor Angus Sampson was not even allowed to comment on anything even remotley connected to the film.

None the less, we have managed to deliver you one of the first looks at an ‘actual’ image from Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, the film based on the popular children's book.

Will Raimi direct Spider-Man 4?

A few months back it would’ve taken a noose and a lighting bolt to lure Sam Raimi back to the Spider-Man franchise. According to Raimi, he was as good as finished with his contribution to the film series – pity it had to end on the low note that was Spider-Man 3 – and wished Sony, and whoever takes over as director, all the success in the world with the next bunch of sequels (Sony already plan to do three more films in the series).

Pretty big carrot must have been dangled in front of Raimi’s face because he’s changed his tune. Talking to MTV, it now sounds as if the Raimster might be quietly considering directing another chapter in the web-slinging series.

"If I can't find the right story that would work for me and that I could tell really well, I would like someone else to tell that story, "Raimi said. “But if it's a great story and Sony will bring me back to the screen, I would love to."
We assume Raimi just doesn’t want in if it’s going to be another Spider-Man 3 and by that we mean he doesn’t want the producers pushing things on him/the movie – like, say, Venom! And fifty different sub-plots – that aren’t in the best interests of the finished product.

If Raimi, who’d only do it if Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst return, does decide to direct the next film, he has a few ideas.

"I would love to see Electro, Vulture, maybe the Sinister Six as a team," he said.

It seems a no-brainer that Dylan Baker will finally get a chance to transform his Dr Curt Connors into the Lizard, in the next one, right?

"I love Dylan Baker as a person, and I really like the character he is developing," the filmmaker said of the actor who appears in the past two Spider-Man movies. "The Lizard is probably one of my favorite characters," he said of the baddie Connors eventually became in the comics. "But [Spider-Man 4] will probably have to start with the central journey of the main character to arrive at the proper villain."

Bottom line, "I would still hope that Sony would offer it to me [to direct] first," he said. "But that is not my place to say; it would be more about if Sony decided not to go with me. If not, it would be really up to them to come to a solution [for me to still be involved as a producer]."

Kill Bill sequels to shoot in China?

Quentin Tarantino will shoot two sequels to the Kill Bill movies in China, according to Crienglish.com.

The films executive producer, Bennett Walsh, said the third film will involve “the revenge of two killers whose arms and eyes were hacked by Uma Thurman in the first stories”, the site quoted the money-man as saying. “The fourth instalment of the popular kung fu action films concerns a cycle of reprisals and daughters who avenge their mother's deaths”.

Shatner out of Star Trek prequel?

Bill is pissed. Bill is very pissed.

William Shatner is considering using his phaser gun on the powers-that-be over at Paramount. Apparently they’ve decided to leave him out - despite rumours that he’d appear at the start of the film, briefly, as Kirk – of the forthcoming Star Trek prequel movie.

Funnily enough, Leonard Nimoy has been offered a role.

Strange Indeed. Spock but no Kirk? What’s gone on here ya think? Did Bill insist to provide a song for the soundtrack ya think?

Shatner "is very upset," an insider tells The New York Post, "and has been lobbying for a role."

Unless the role he was lobbying for was that of ‘young’ Kirk? Heh. Dunno. All we can suggest is that he find himself a good lawyer… we hear Boston Legal is good.

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