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Leterrier to direct 'Fantastic Voyage'?

James Cameron's long-awaited remake of Fantastic Voyage may have finally found a director in the form of Louis Leterrier.

Deadline claims that the Clash of the Titans director has effectively been offered the job if he wants it.

The remake of the 1966 science fiction film has been in pre-production since 2007 but was delayed due to the Writers Guild strikes.

The film's script has been written by Shane Salerno, best known for his work on Alien vs. Predator: Requiem and the Shaft remake, and will receive rewrites from Laeta Kalogridis.

Cameron also reportedly considered Paul Greengrass, Timur Bekmambetov, and Darren Aronofsky as potential directors.

The Fantastic Voyage is currently scheduled to start production in early 2011 and will be released in 3D.

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Daniel Craig's 'Dream House' delayed

The release of Universal's upcoming supernatural thriller Dream House has been postponed.

Variety notes that the the producers require additional footage to complete the movie, but that lead actor Daniel Craig isn't available for filming until December.

The additional footage will include all the film's cast members, including Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts.

Dream House follows a family led by Craig and Weisz, who are forced to team up with Watts's character after moving into a house in which the previous owners were murdered.

The delay means that Dream House will no longer be released in cinemas on the previously announced date of February 18, 2011, but later in the year instead.

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Reynolds: 'Deadpool will be nasty'

Ryan Reynolds has suggested that the upcoming film adaptation of the Marvel Comics character Deadpool will be "a nasty piece of work".

Total Film has quoted Reynolds as revealing that the film may even receive an R rating.

"The script is going to be a little harder [than the comics]," Reynolds said. "The script right now is walking a tightrope between [PG-13] and an R rating."

The actor originally starred as Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and will reprise his role for the upcoming spinoff.

Reynolds also added of the adaptation: "The fourth wall is broken many times in the movie - and it's important that we do so. I can't emphasise enough how closely the tone of the comic is being followed in the film script. But it's a nasty piece of work and that's what's important."

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Davis to join Johnson for 'Journey 2'

Kristin Davis will star alongside Dwayne Johnson in the upcoming sequel to Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 3D, according to Deadline.

Davis and Johnson will also be joined by Michael Caine and Vanessa Hudgens for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

The actress will play the film's primary love interest for action hero Johnson, as well as the mother of the returning Josh Hutcherson's character. Shooting has reportedly already begun in Hawaii.

It was earlier reported that Davis is also set to return to television in NBC's new comedy show The Happiness Project.

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Snipes: 'Blade role is still mine'

Wesley Snipes has claimed that he is still first in line to portray the Marvel Comics hero Blade if the film series continues.

Snipes last appeared as the character in 2004's Blade: Trinity, although it was Kirk Jones who portrayed Blade in the short-lived Spike TV series Blade: The Series.

"Maybe we get around to doing another Blade, except, from what I'm reading, every other actor is talking about playing him, and nobody is talking to Wesley," Snipes revealed to Deadline. "How strange that they don't come and talk to me about it."

Snipes has faced a number of legal troubles, including charges of tax evasion, since the release of Blade: Trinity.

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Paramount 'wants four more Jackass movies'

Paramount Pictures reportedly wants at least four sequels to the recent Jackass 3D movie.

According to the Daily Star Sunday, studio bosses were "shell-shocked" when the film topped the US box office last week, grossing $50m (£31m) in its opening weekend.

One of the film's stars, Steve-O, said: "I thought our glory days were over and, yeah, you do worry about fading into obscurity a little bit. I can't believe how things have turned out both for me and for Jackass."

It is claimed that the stars have each been offered $2m per subsequent film that they make in the Jackass series.

An executive at Paramount added:: "Their fans have sent a loud and clear message that they're missing them and want more."

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Neighbours' star in 'Never Back Down 2'

Ex-Neighbours star Dean Geyer has finished filming scenes for Hollywood movie Never Back Down 2, according to The Daily Telegraph.

It is the former Australian Idol finalist's first Hollywood role since playing Ty Harper in the Australian soap.

Geyer, already a third dan black belt in Shotokan karate, trained in jujitsu for his role in the fight-themed sequel.

Never Back Down starred Sean Faris and Amber Heard, and was released in 2008.

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Pegg 'agonised over Tarantino rejection'

Simon Pegg has admitted that the decision to turn down a role in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds was "agony".

Pegg was offered the part of Lt. Archie Hicox in the 2009 Oscar-nominated picture but was forced to reject it in favour of Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, which shot at the same time.

Pegg told the News of the World: "It was a horrible decision to make. I remember sitting on my own in a hotel room for an hour, having to decide which one to do. It was agony."

The role of Hicox was eventually given to Michael Fassbender.

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Warner Bros wants 'Inception' sequel?

Warner Bros has reportedly asked Christopher Nolan to make a sequel to his summer blockbuster Inception.

Inception, a film that follows a band of thieves who extract information from their victims' dreams, earned $810 million (£514.7 million) worldwide. Consequently, Warner Bros wants Nolan make a sequel, reports What’s Playing.

"Doesn't make a lick of sense creatively," revealed an insider at Warner Bros. "But financially? Well, it made a lot of money for them. Can't imagine Nolan wanting to do a sequel, let alone direct one. Also don't imagine [Warner's president] Jeff [Robinov] would want to p*ss off Nolan by doing one around him. All interest is on the studio side at this stage."

According to Collider, Nolan has not participated in any of these discussions. At present, Nolan’s next project is the untitled Batman 3 movie.

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Morgan: 'James Bond lacks realism'

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan has claimed that the James Bond series lacks realism.

The Queen and Frost/Nixon writer, who was hired to pen a script for the 23rd franchise instalment before MGM's financial problems postponed the project, told indieWire that he struggles to "still believe a British secret agent is saving the world".

He said: "I do think there's an absence of social reality in the Bond films. If they fix that - which I so hope they will - where you can actually believe in him [and] he isn't just a person in a dinner jacket. He's a creature of the Cold War."

Morgan added that he was "encouraged" by director Sam Mendes's attachment to the project: "He wouldn't put his name to a load of nonsense... He wouldn't want to do a Bond film and make it a panto."

Morgan, who said that he only penned a treatment and not a full script for the Daniel Craig spy movie, admitted that he wasn't confident about seeing any of his work make it to the big screen.

"I suspect that if they start again then they'll start entirely again," he commented. "I think that there was momentum behind my idea for a moment and I suspect that moment has probably gone."

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Khan 'will not be villain in Star Trek 2'

Star Trek villain Khan will not feature in the upcoming J.J. Abrams sequel, it has been claimed.

Khan, a Star Trek villain from the original TV series as well as the feature film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, was expected to be the central villain in Abrams's next film in the franchise.

However, Movie Web has allegedly received a report that the sequel will not feature the beloved villain. Instead, a different classic Star Trek character will be the focus of Abrams's next film.

"It's definitely a character that will make fans of (the original series) excited," said a source. "Think along the lines of Harry Mudd or Trelane or Gary Mitchell or the Talosians or the Horta. Actually it's one of those that I named."

Star Trek 2 is slated for a June 29, 2012 release.

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Matt Damon 'wasn't told about Bourne axe'

Matt Damon has revealed that the filmmakers behind The Bourne Legacy didn't tell him that they were making the movie without him.

Legacy writer-director Tony Gilroy, who had a hand in all three previous Bourne pictures, penned the latest movie with a new spy to replace Jason Bourne.

Damon told Parade that he first learned about Bourne's omission from the franchise when he read it on the internet.

"Nobody bothered to call me," he said. "I'm not in it, but even so, they'll work Bourne into the title, I guess. Universal just wants to call everything the Bourne something. So I guess they are trying to make another franchise and as they say, 'It isn't over until it's over'."

Gilroy previously said of Bourne's absence from the fourth spy instalment: "Jason Bourne will not be in this film, but he's very much alive. What happened in the first three films is the trigger for what happens."

The Bourne Legacy is due to arrive in cinemas in 2012.

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Nolan 'searching for Batman leading lady'

Christopher Nolan has allegedly started meeting potential leading ladies to star opposite Christian Bale in his latest Batman movie.

According to Moviehole, the Dark Knight director is looking for actresses in their late 20s and early 30s to take on the main female role in the superhero sequel.

Nolan and Warner Bros are keeping the casting under wraps, although insiders believe that the actresses could be meeting for the part of Catwoman.

"Some of the beauties coming in to chat with Christopher would suggest that," a source reportedly said.

Christian Bale and Sir Michael Caine will reprise their roles, while Nolan's Inception star Tom Hardy has been cast as the villain.

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Cameron agrees to make 'Avatar' sequels next

James Cameron will make the back-to-back Avatar sequels his next directing projects.

A tweet from 20th Century Fox's corporate communications account confirmed that the filmmaker "has agreed to make AVATAR 2 and 3 as his next films (sic)".

A further update on the Fox social networking site added: "Cameron, who always viewed AVATAR as creation of new world and mythology, will begin writing in early 2011 with eye towards late 2011 start."

Cameron had earlier revealed that he was considering making another movie before embarking on the next Avatar films.

Sony's Angelina Jolie-led Cleopatra was a project Cameron had expressed an interest in helming.

Avatar 2 will be released in December 2014, followed by Avatar 3 in December 2015.

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'Batman 3' to be titled 'Dark Knight Rises'

Christopher Nolan has revealed that the title of his next Batman movie will be The Dark Knight Rises.

The director disclosed the name of his third superhero picture in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, but ruled out the possibility of The Riddler as the story's villain.

"We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we'll be introducing some new ones," he said of The Dark Knight Rises.

Nolan said that he has reached an agreement with Warner Bros not to make the movie in 3D, instead opting to film with high-definition cameras designed for the IMAX format.

Christian Bale, Sir Michael Caine and Tom Hardy will star in The Dark Knight Rises, due out in cinemas in 2012.

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Matt Damon clarifies 'Bourne' comments

Matt Damon has said that he has no problems with the current plans for a new instalment of the Bourne franchise.

It was reported that Damon had not been consulted on the premise for The Bourne Legacy, which is to be directed by Tony Gilroy and will feature a new spy in place of Damon's character Jason Bourne.

However, Damon clarified his comments to Entertainment Weekly, saying: "I was in [a promotional interview] and they were, like, badgering me about the next Bourne movie. And I was like, 'I don’t know, guys, they didn't call me. They're doing another movie with Tony'."

Despite having previously said that he would only appear in another of the series' films if it were helmed by Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass, Damon insisted that he is behind developing the story's scope.

He continued: "I think it's a smart thing to do. It doesn’t interfere with Paul and me doing a movie.

"Tony doesn’t want to hurt the Bourne story. So as I understand it, Jason Bourne is alive in the world that Tony's going to create. I don’t appear in it, but it's very much that world."

Damon added: "Tony is a really clever guy. My guess is he has thought of a really great way to do it, to create a whole world that feels like the Bourne world, where Jason Bourne is very much alive and out there.

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Nolan: 'Dark Knight Rises is groundbreaking'

It was revealed yesterday that the upcoming Warner Bros picture is to be called The Dark Knight Rises and will be shot in Nolan's preferred choice of high-definition IMAX cameras rather than 3D.

Explaining his decision, Nolan said that the introduction of 3D could disrupt the visual continuity of his rebooted franchise, and argued that he wants to retain the vast sense of "scale" that was present in the previous films.

He told the Los Angeles Times: "We want the look and feel of the film to be faithful to what has come before in the first two films. There was a large canvas and operatic sweep to The Dark Knight and we want to make a film that will carry on with that look and feel.

"There's an intimacy at times [with the 3D effect] and we didn't want to lose scale... Our ambition for the third movie is to complete a story that has begun. This is not starting over, this is not rebooting. We're finishing something, and keeping a consistency with what's come before has real value."

Nolan went on to note that the high-definition cameras will potentially allow him to scale new heights of image quality on a cinematic scale, insisting that it will not be necessary to view the picture in IMAX to "see the benefits of the extraordinarily sharp, high-resolution".

He added: "We're looking to do something technologically that's never been done before. Our ambitions are to make a great movie."

The Dark Knight Rises is due to be released on July 20, 2012.

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Tom Cruise reveals 'M:I 4' title

Tom Cruise has revealed that the fourth Mission: Impossible film will be titled Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.

The actor said that the movie will include filming of the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai but would not add any further details.

He told Collider: "I'll be spending many days, many hours on the side of this building. I can't give you details, but I will be up there."

In addition, Ghost Protocol will be the first high-profile production to be set mostly in Dubai.

Director Brad Bird commented: "We love the fact that it's a big, new city, that it hasn't been photographed very much…It's almost like sets that you could never afford."

Cruise was also questioned about a Top Gun sequel, to which he replied: "Those things are a long way off. It takes a long time to figure out stuff."

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol is due for release in December 2011.

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Swedish newcomer to helm 'Deadpool'?

Swedish director Adam Berg has been named as the frontrunner to helm 20th Century Fox's Deadpool adaptation.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the newcomer is the favourite to claim the director's chair following reports that Robert Rodriguez has ruled himself out of the running.

Berg is best known for the short film Carousel, and has experience making television advertisements and music videos. He is yet to direct a feature film.

Both 20th Century Fox and Ryan Reynolds - who has been strongly linked with the title role - are said to be admirers of Berg's work.

Reynolds's participation in the project is uncertain due to his involvement in Safe House, R.I.P.D. and the Green Lantern sequel.

Deadpool is scheduled to arrive in theatres in 2012.

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Worthington unconfirmed for 'Avatar' sequels

Sam Worthington is yet to be officially confirmed for the Avatar sequels, according to sources.

Director James Cameron has agreed to write scripts for the films in early 2011. However, there is no immediate confirmation of which cast members will be returning.

A source told the Herald Sun: "The whole story was built around Jake [Worthington's character] - it's hard to see where Cameron can take it without him."

Worthington has previously expressed an interest in possible sequels, saying: "The plan was that if it made a billion we'd give an undertaking but we'd only do it if it challenged Jim."

The sequels are due to be released in December 2014 and December 2015.

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